This episode we continue with ongoing boat projects, including installing the CDI mainsail reefing system, ripping out our carpet headliner, and sewing our new ...
Learning the Lines
We've sailed across the Gulf Stream & checked into the Bahamas, now it's time for some fun! Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part of the ...
Gone with the Wynns
Part two of our Patreon asked Q&A. We dive into the second half of the 'saga' with a few off-the-wall questions. Join our crew on Patreon and become a ...
Work, work, work. After a quick stint in Switzerland to do a paying gig, I board a train to my dear Galopin to do more work. And thanks to Neptune, I’m working ...
Winded Voyage Sailing
We get back our rudder pintles and reinstall our rudder with new tiller. We also go check out the St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show to get some ideas for ...
This episode is far from distant shores and beautiful people. It’s about getting into the inside of things. Galopin is like a living being with a wired and ...
This week we work on installing our new CDI mainsail reefing system and get invited to go sailing on a brand new Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40! We want to thank ...
We sew a brand new genoa for our boat from a Sailrite kit. ...
We finally were sailing downwind. I had prepared my spinnaker three times and put it away. But third try was the one. That was quite a journey and learning ...
Once upon a time there was a tortoise and a hare. Each on their sailboats, they raced along the coast of Catalonia. The tortoise was lagging behind the hare, ...
As we continue with the carpet headliner removal, our rudder from Rudder Craft arrives in the mail! ...
Navigating at night is really cool when you're in the middle of the ocean. But when you're near the coast and coming into port it's less cool and sometimes ...
I rip out some of the old carpet headliner in our O'day 272 while waiting for our rudder to arrive in the mail. ...
My first time coming into a big port alone. And not just any port, Barcelona. It's amazing to sail into the heart of a city. You step out of your little ...
Time for solo sailing again! Anna had to fly back to Germany and since it was already May, hurricane season was about to start and I had to sail back to ...
WhiteSpotPirates
It seemed the sea and weather played with us. Rocked our boats and trapped us in Palamos for hours. We made the best of it and continued down the coast the ...
Winded Voyage Season 2 is off on new adventures. With my sailing license in hand I go back to Galopin in Port Leucate France to set off on an key challenge to ...
Winded Voyage Season 2 is here! New destinations, new projects, new friends are all coming together to take you along the journeys of an ordinary 55 year old ...
M.O.B. or Man Over Board is an exercise every sailor should practice and master. It's also something one hopes to never have to do. Our skipper Nico was ...
Hurricanes obviously don't follow our website and don't care we're embarking on our shakedown cruise. Read the full story and get the extra deets: ...
In Episode 34 we go for the final push to get back to Port Leucate before a forecasted Tramontane wind. On the way we cross paths we cargo ships, big cruiser ...
I sailed from Cayo Largo to Cienfuegos where my good old friend Anna was waiting for me because she came to spend her vacation with me in Cuba, jey! We ...
We leave Corsica behind to make a three day passage across the northern Mediterranean. Steph takes on another big tuna for a two hour fight. The passage is ...
The medieval city Bonifacio teeters on top of tall limestone cliffs overlooking the sea on the island of Corsica. It has to be one of the most spectacular port ...