As we were getting the boat ready for the summer season we had yet another problem with the electric heads. We had to use a bit of ingenuity to sort it this ...

The Salinas de Pedra de Lume is now a tourist attraction where people bathe and float is the densely salted pools like in the Dead Sea. We spend a day there ...

Just outside of the port of Palmeira on the island of Sal is a zone of magnetic anomaly. But what is the effect of magnetic anomaly? That depends on who. In ...

It's always nice to stop at a marina. We are able to use their facilities and get a proper shower, give the boat a proper clean down, easy access to stores for ...

We just did something most live aboard cruisers will have to do throughout their adventures. Also, enjoy a stroll through the marina we have been at for the ...

Falling asleep at the helm is not like falling asleep at the wheel. We did and went off course and not off a cliff. Nat was hungover and I was tired from ...

We have visited 4 out of 10 Cape Verde islands. And now we're preparing the boat to sail out Mindelo Bay. Next is the eastern most island called Sal. After ...

Just a few nautical miles away from Mindelo is a hidden gem of a cove. Protected from the constant trade winds which can get on your nerves back in Mindelo ...

For the past year, we've been sailing in and around the southern Caribbean Island of Grenada. There is one location that we've found to tick all the boxes - ...

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Getting to really know a place is when you have gotten to really know the people. For me it's most notably Peixe. One of the first guys I met who helped me fix ...

Our first sail on our new to us sailboat, a Kadey Krogen 38 called Hot Chocolate. We test our Kadey Krogen's sea worthiness in some high winds and big seas, ...

For seasoned sailors the answer is obvious. As well for arm chair sailors. But we begin this episode with a pretty lousy day at anchor. Which is a consistent ...

It seems many of the places to anchor in the Northern islands of Cape Verde are said to be rough. With real experience, I can say it all depends on the wind ...

This episode is PACKED with cool stuff - beautiful New Zealand landmarks, fabulous Birthday Party; visiting Cape Reinga, Te Paki Sand Dunes, 90 mile beach, ...

There's a big crowd of sailors coming to Opua, New Zealand about the same time to in order to get away from typhoon season in higher latitudes and Bay of ...

Few yachts go to where we go. Most are in a hurry to go cross the Atlantic and it's not a highly recommended anchorage. Too deep, hard to beach the dingy and a ...

In this episode we drop anchor in Mandraki Bay at Rhodes Town, Greece and get a sleepless couple of nights due to the swell. We leave Rhodes a few days later, ...

There's a lot of fear of pirates on the high seas. They do exists, and this episode will prove it. You will meet Tito, a "Conojero" from Lanzarote Island in ...

Cruising the north coast of Jamaica! We had a fantastic time in Port Antonio, exploring around and getting a few boat jobs done. After spending way to much ...

Amazing celebrations like Carnaval in Mindelo is also what sailing is all about. And this will blow you away! It's got beautiful girls of course, but Carnaval ...

What is life aboard a sailboat in a liveaboard marina really like? We've been enjoying the perks of liveaboard marina life in Marina di Ragusa in Sicily. ...

We must leave the island of Santa Luzia and head East to the island of São Nicolau. There we explore the town of Tarafal and meet a jolly Italian who shows us ...

After sailing in pretty tough Cape Verde conditions, we find refuge in a bay of the uninhabited island of Santa Luzia. The island is a Nature Reserve. It is ...