The ARC, or Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, has been held every year now for over 30 years. As a vehicle for “safety in numbers”, 189 boats participated in the ...

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Our race westward continues with a long 860nm passage from the island of Malta, located between the Sicily and the continent of Africa, to Cartagena, Spain. ...

After four days waiting out the weather in Mykonos (Greece), we finally head off southwest and west toward Malta, the first major leg of a trip that eventually ...

A pretty big passage from Rhodes, Greece, an island occupied and fortified by the Knights Templar, over to the remote island of Symi, then on to the anchorage ...

We visit four of the best spots in southern Turkey for cruising sailboats, Bozak Boku, the cliff tombs of Dalyan, Gocek Bay, and Cokertme. We get some good ...

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Some of our viewers are waiting for their children to leave the nest before they head out to sea. Others don’t want to wait - the kids are going to have to ...

The eastern Med never fails to amaze. Our stops were largely dictated by what we heard from other cruisers. Someone would say "you have to go here, here, and ...

Another near miss. This episode is more of a "what to do as a skipper" version. We hate when this happens, but if you're out on the water it'll only be a ...

A quick COVID-19 update from the Caribbean (Antigua), and then on to some more maintenance in Bodrum, Turkey. Specifically, we address motor mount issues on ...

Having left Greece, we arrive in Datca, Turkey. Things are great there, with a laid back style one wouldn't expect.

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We have checked out and have a long sail ahead of us. But there's no hurry and we still have stuff that we want to do. What would you do before a 500 mile ...

Wow! What to say. We sailed to so many cool places in a relatively short period of time that it all seemed to blend into one. The winds filled our sails and ...

We get told time and again by viewers to get out of the marina and start sailing, that real sailors do not use marinas, that they are bored with watching ...

As the Borneo rainforest burns and we go back in time, it adds an eerie pall to Siantan. With SY Esper safely moored, we go on a bike tour around the island ...

With 27kts of wind, lively waves, strong currents and hazards all around, it took us nearly all day sailing to find a safe anchorage. After a few false starts, ...

Would you poo in this loo? Yes, it really is planted proudly outside on the rocks... We introduce you to this charming village which isn't named on any map but ...

Out hot water heater (cholorifier) rots out, flooding the bilge with water. The bad part about this is that there were 750 liters of water in the holding tank ...

We finally get back to sailing after two weeks being pinned in Mykonos marina by the Meltemi winds. We still have upcoming mechanical issues, but for the ...

Parasites and disease are rife in SE Asia, as Jamie finds out in the Anambas when an uninvited 'passenger' climbs on board. A hookworm infestation must be ...

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16:14 Start here for engine fail and solution Leaving our favourite anchorage of Jemaja in the paradise islands of Anambas was heart-breaking. But it turned ...