This was a weird one to make… thanks for watching. And thanks for taking the time to remember our dear friend Doug Drinkwater. He was one of our first patrons, ...
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New to sailing? 🌊 Learn how to shake out a reef from your mainsail in this quick and clear step-by-step tutorial! This essential sailing skill lets you safely ...
Learn how to reef a sail with this complete step-by-step tutorial! Perfect for beginner sailors who want to master essential sailing techniques. In this ...
In our latest How To sailing video, El looks at how to reef sails single-handed, a useful skill when you're alone on night watch. One key element of reefing ...
The first 1,000 people to use the link or my sailingjibsea will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/sailingjibsea05221 We are preparing ...
We take a major detour to see somewhere that we missed on our last trip to Oban. The weather decided to keep us on our toes as well, but that is half the fun. ...
What a crazy journey this 346Nm non-stop sail without engine was. The most stressful part being entering the Ponce inlet at night in big swell without an ...
Time to leave the Bahamas for an intense 3 days sail without engine up the Gulf Stream back to the US. Trying to time a weather window was a challenge in ...
Stuck in Newlyn Harbour doing boat repairs in preparation for our passage around Lands End. The head is broken and the main sail reefing lines aren't working ...
Heavy Weather Sailing. You can’t avoid heavy weather - squalls and even storms pop up unexpectedly. We once had a Tropical Storm pop up and we had absolutely ...
Ep193. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we break away from the story of our South Atlantic Sailing Voyage and do a dedicated episode where we have the ...
Ep192. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' (Xquisite X5) Catamaran. We are on Day 4-5 of the voyage. ...
After cancelling the South-Pacific crossing, I decided to sail North before the hurricane season. I really enjoyed singlehanding the Sea of Cortez way more ...
Get ready for it to blow! These weren't super heavy winds but they were on the nose and had Plaintiff's Rest really heeled over during the second night and ...
Happy New Year! This week we squeeze four people overnight into a 27 foot boat as we sail out to the mouth of the manatee river during a cold front. We catch ...