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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lowell Sheppard of @Pacific Solo will be celebrating his birthday via live stream and answering questions submitted by YOU! Please join me, March 20th, ( 10 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...