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 ...

In this episode, I move Wahine to a nearby marina where I will leave her for a few weeks as forward progress is difficult given the extended restrictions. I ...

This short video features the dripless seal installation by Yuki san, a real pro, followed by the water test. If you are interesting in knowing how I am ...

To replace the dripless seal, the boat needs to be out of the water. This gives me an opportunity to inspect the keel following the repair work last Sept, ...

Visit our website to read a jargon-free article about tacking and jibing. This is a key concept that stumps many new sailors. Learn what a tack and gybe are, ...

A few days ahead of schedule, but with a conducive sea state, the engineers decided to go early. The sea was calm but air temperature was frigid. But 6 hours ...

In trying to be cheerier, I set about cleaning the floorboards and the bilge, while managing the leak which we have slowed to 4 drips per minute. ( about a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At my last two ports, I have moored at Sea Stations ( Umi no Eki) and as they were very different in style and cost I thought that some viewers would like to ...

I am learning a myriad of things. Next is setting up genoa traveler. Advice is gratefully received. I have my own ideas but one aspect of setting up the ...

While waiting for the right conditions to round Cape Sata, I moved to Calm Lanai Harbor and enjoyed a few days of convenience and to some measure of luxury ( ...

My next challenge is to round Cape Sata, the southernmost tip of Kyushu. I have to time it carefully with the tides and also deal with the meandering Kuroshio ...

Well, this was unexpected. Strings and patches of pumice from the eruption in the Ogasawara Islands ( where a new island has been forming since August) have ...

Ep. 47 Day sail to learn how to trim our sails before we buy our future home, a catamaran twice the size of this Catalina 22. 00:00 ~ Intro : Sails up ...

Actually, the real question is `When to go?` My margin for getting to Amami Oshima ( an Island towards Okinawa from mainland Kyushu) is evaporating. The ...

I have been sailing south off the coast of East Kyushu with the goal of reaching Amami Oshima by late October. The sailing has been gentle but navigating ...

Sister ships, Wahine and Distant Dreamer, have keel work projects going on side by side. Wahine, my boat, a Gib Sea 402 is having to redo a repair I did two ...

(English Below 🇬🇧) Une navigation complexe nous attend: passer le cap de Dar Es Salaam, et le moteur décide encore de nous faire peur. Ce cap, ce sera vent, ...

My final few hours in Canada were significant as I had precious moments with my mother and breakfast with long time friend with my good friend Terry with whom ...

I was gutted when I could not set sail after my JCI inspection on August 26th because of a potential Keel problem. But at the very same time, Canada lifted ...

Finally, inspection day arrived, but in doing routine maintenance, while Wahine is out of the water, I discovered a two-year-old repair needed to be done ...