Lots of electrical problems after my sail from San Andres to Panama. Not sure if it's a link with the lightning strike that hit the ocean behind me, but sure ...
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This is a great example in why I normally don't do buddy sailing. Underway I discovered more and more problems not only with their boat but also the crew. This ...
Buddy sailing with this boat almost drove me nuts. This is a great example in why I normally don't do buddy sailing. Underway I discovered more and more ...
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 ...
On route from Indonesia to Darwin, Australia this Tayana 37 ran into problems and the decision was made to abandon ship. The 2 crew were picked up by a passing ...
EP 179: Don't Fear When Ricky is Near.. We're settling down nicely in the anchorage (Prickly Bay) We weren't to pleased with the holiding of where we ...
We get a tow from a kind man with a working outboard after ours breaks AGAIN. Plus we wake up in the most beautiful anchorage in the world. For Greece's top ...
This episode is about sailboats in distress and the people who rally to help them. Check out our future camera and production equipment wish list here: ...
You might think it’s unlikely that you’ll be sailing along and happen upon a person or a couple of people drowning but it happened to us a few months ago. We ...
The saga continues… After a wonderful time sailing through the Great Sandy Straits, we suddenly hit a snag. Peanut’s engine gives out on us and Magnus can’t ...
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We call out the Australian Coast Guard for the first time and get lifted out of the water to check Florence's bottom ready for sailing to Indonesia. The clock ...
Adventures in England. I take a ride on the Plymouth Lifeboat and show you a 'real' rescue when a boat gets dismasted at sea, visit an old fort in Cornwall ...
In the last blog we left Woody to look after the boat in the Aegina and get on with maintenance work while we returned to England for a few weeks. It's great ...
Off the coast of Central America, we find a juvenile Hawksbill Sea Turtle, badly tangled in plastic debris. When we jump in, we are amazed at the amount of ...
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We left Portpatrick on a nice day that turned into a very stormy day and that made it very difficult to get back into Portpatrick and on that piece of ...
In this episode . . It's my turn to get rescued! Engine on the dinghy goes down opposite some nasty reefs in high wind and seas off the island of Aruba in the ...
On December 21st, 2016 the Coombes family were forced to abandon Dove II, their sailboat and home, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This video is the ...