I left Wahine for a couple of weeks on a very busy road trip. The main reason was to attend screenings of the History Channel Pilot for a new series called ...
Japan Solo
In this episode we introduce a celebrity YouTube couple in Japan and then take them out for a sunset cruise on the East China Sea off the west coast of Okinawa ...
Sailing In Okinawa
A noisy neighbor prompted me to leave Imabari a couple days early. I decided to move to Nihama Marina which has a delightful beach beside it. An ...
As a rookie sailor, going through the Kurushima Strait and under the famed Kurushima Kaikyou Bridge (reportedly the world`s first triple-span bridge in the ...
In this episode we leave Ie Island and head back to Ginowan Marina but we have some visitors along the way -- a pod of dolphins. Please use the captions ...
I decided to spend the summer cruising the Seto Inland Sea ( Seto Naikai ) and enjoy the stunning scenery, explore the plethora of islands, visit the numerous ...
It's been three years since Japan's largest yacht race has been hosted by Zamami Island in Japan's Okinawa prefecture. And after a five-week rainy season the ...
Having looped the main island of Kyushu, ( about 1500 kms) I thought I might as finish a loop of Shikoku. But first a stop in the delightful Yamaguchi port ...
In this episode we arrive off the coast of Ie Island to deliver a burned out boat, take it into Ie port and checkout a supercool man cave. This video can be ...
Marijke and Jaap Mulder have spent their adult lives largely at sea having extensive passage experience and being long term live-aboards in the Netherlands, ...
In this episode we checkout the inside of a Yamaha 33 ketch-rigged sailboat that burned for a total loss at Ginowan Marina. Then we deliver the boat to Ie ...
This Video is dedicated to my cousin, Mark Robert Crawford who made his final passage a few hours before I passed through the Kanmon straits from the Japan Sea ...
In this episode we climb aboard a 1979 33-foot Yamaha named, "Rascal" for a day sail on the west coast of Okinawa. This video can be viewed in the language of ...
If I had this when I had my accident, I may not have had my accident. I never want have that experience again when i had and near catastrophic leak because of ...
Finally! The much awaited followup to episode 4. It's taken a year to complete but hopefully I'll be back on schedule as we have moved our social media ...
I returned to my boat in Fukuoka after a few weeks break to sail her to Iki Jima one of the eight islands in Japanese Mythology. Finally, after two previous ...
I`m not rich and had to find a way to pay for my dream. So I ignored the 1000 sub threshold and decided on a different fundraising idea and put together a ...
You`ll never guess who came to my house! I am returning to Wahine next week to continue my training voyage around Japan and the last few days i have met ...
To be disabled at sea was unsettling in itself, but when i discovered my boat had a leak once in harbour, self-doubt flooded in. This is an account of what ...
I don’t know which I love more …. Being in Japan or being part of the sailing community … yesterday morning I threw the lines at Dejima to begin to make my way ...
In this final video of 2021, I attend to an electrical problem on board (back on shore power for the first time in nine months), install new lines, hoist the ...
I wish all my subscribers, patrons and sponsors a wonderful Holiday Season and meaningful New Year. I have left Wahine in Nagasaki for two weeks to do some end ...
Sailing into Nagasaki! A dream come true. As with other Kyushu ports I had been to before, I had arrived by bicycle. A city rich historically, culturally, ...
It is my second time visiting Akune, Western Kyushu. This time by boat but 21 years ago by bicycle. I am grateful to Kaminota and his family for their ...