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After suffering some teething issues following the reinstall of our spars and standing rigging, we set off on a shakedown cruise from Antigua to Dutch Sint ...

Join Captain James as he unboxes $10k of Dakota Lithium batteries and Victron equipment needed for the installation of a Lithium battery bank on his Oyster 485 ...

I have started to wonder if Martinique is the place where pleasure boats go to die in the Caribbean. It's so many wrecks here and still more added to the ...

This week we continue to discover Bocas del toro, surfing in big waves and hiking the beautiful island of Carenero. We hire a taxi with our friends and go to ...

Check out the fun and games that go on while on passage from Sicily to Tunisia! We get to use our Insta360 camera for the 1st time sailing and track ships ...

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It's SPLASH day (deja vu, anyone?). Join Captain James in Curacao for the SECOND splashing of the new Oyster! Going to be giving away some T-shirts in this ...

Bocas Del Toro!! Our new favourite anchorage has surf, hikes, beautiful beaches and a mass amount of islands to explore. This week we discover the richness and ...

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Failproofing is an elusive thing. No way to ever fully failproof a boat, but we do what we can. In this episode we repair our masthead deflector, which blasted ...

A DIFFERENT WAY OF COMMUNICATION is my way of looking at the important stuff in a humorous way. My intention is to share my communication strategy and it might ...

Rigging checks, strong winds, opposing currents and some tricky sailing conditions, make this episode like a lollies variety pack, it's got a bit of everything ...

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It is time for another passage and this time we have created a pre-passage checklist to help us remember to check all those various items before we sail. ...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we start to fibreglass on the starboard keel. Last week we did everything we could to try and get it off. We made the ...

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This week we put Merewether to the test, sailing to the most western island of the Holandeses cays in the San Blas Islands without a working map! Wanting to ...

In this video, I'm sharing with you my love for backstay tensioner. I'm not an expert but trying to explain how I believe this works for me on my Yacht without ...

Join Captain James with special guest Kevin, from the YouTube channel 'Sailing Yacht Talisman' to talk boats, corona, maintenance, past adventures, and future ...

The JOY of SAILING barring incident - Doh!! Ep A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You ...

A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of ...

The title says it all. Getting quality work done to your boat is always filled with risk. Here are some common-sense suggestions for not getting taken ...