Goodbye San Blas, hello Shelter Bay Marina! It's time for us to leave the wonderful San Blas Islands to pick up our new batteries in Shelter Bay Marina. ...

On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, we have yet another boat project fail as we attempt to complete the installation of our solar panels and try to finish ...

In this episode we sail and arrive in Milos. Jenny & Joanne go and explore the volcanic formed beach and then we sail off to our next destination. This is ...

I recently met Eduardo who makes up the amazing whale research project in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Since then he's done a survey of locations at all the islands of ...

Our tour of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde is almost over. We have one more day to discover more friends and family in Sao Nicolau island. Then we make ...

We are weatherbound in Conwy - an area of the UK with a large tidal range - and we get impatient and make a bit of a blunder. ----- About us ----- We have ...

This island is really something. Me and Nat had come here a few months ago, but did not visit the interior of the island because there was the "Bruma Seca". ...

On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, we spring a leak while we are away from the boat and the Coast Guard stops by to tell us what we are doing right and what ...

I batten down the hatches for typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful storm to hit the Kanto region of Japan since 1958. You can also read some of my thoughts in ...

Each island of Cape Verde has it's own identity. Boavista Island is the "Desert Island". Its golden white sand beaches was flown over from the Sahara desert by ...

Ever see a sailboat sailing under spinnaker in Cape Verde? This is a rare sight. But we did it. Conditions were just right for us to be sailing Cape Verde in ...

I noticed that part of my boom was in bad shape, broken. But Ricardo knew someone whom he was certain could fix my part. That's right, here they fix your ...

That's right! Three of us delinquents went sailing with cops on a catamaran. Deb and Phil bought their catamaran and have been getting ready to sail up to the ...

The best part of sailing is that you can go anytime. Or can you? After a fun outing with Peixe and family, where young Nelson shows off his captain and dancing ...

Margarida shows us she is the champ at catching crabs. I come second. Hey I don't care, I get to eat a log of crabs. The next day I am up early for a long ride ...

Adventures in the company of Canadians Dave & Pete continue. We get a flat in the middle of nowhere and manage to get a lift of Cape Verde manpower. What ...

When a story starts this way, it's gonna be a pretty good one. I'm Back on Galopin and sort my things for life aboard again. My Swiss friends Jean tries to get ...

My visit in Switzerland is not over. There is more food follies and festival fun to eat up. La Fête des Vignerons, a festival that happens every 20 years cant ...

In this episode we get a new crew member aboard, show them the safety procedures and then set off on a 27 hour sail from Crete to Mylos in the Greek Islands. ...

Sometimes you mess up and it works out for the best. Fortunately for me and Mamadu, I messed up for a better passage. We left early in the morning and about 3 ...

Solo sailing can sometimes be lonely. Not for me. I got my friend Galopin to talk to. Being French, he's not at a loss for words. So we banter then turn on the ...

Oh no, Natacha will go. There goes my crew. But before she goes, we find an beautiful anchorage to get wild and frolic. We then sail back to Palmiera ...

Leaving marina life to sail the world on our tiny sailboat home. It's the final countdown! The rush is on to get Hot Chocolate ready to sail to Greece before ...

The star attractions of the island are its beaches. We land the dinghy and explore the beach at the southern most point of the island. Made of angel blond sand ...