Have you ever plugged your boat into shore power and simply assumed everything was safe? After an electrical fault aboard SV Impavidus, I decided to ...

Boat life is never just about sailing! Before we could head off again, we had a few important jobs to tackle. We repaired a faulty bilge pump and readjusted ...

Captain Checked his Phone then We Crashed into Rocks What should have been a short, routine sail between two anchorages in Antigua turned into one of our most ...

Join me for Part 2 of my solo Mediterranean crossing as I leave Lampedusa before sunrise and make the final passage to Malta. After a slight navigational ...

The Rookie Mistake That Nearly Cost Us an Engine Every sailor likes to think they're beyond rookie mistakes...until they make one. Join us this week, on the ...

Leaving Tunisia wasn’t as simple as slipping the lines. In this episode I set off solo from Monastir on a 98-nautical-mile crossing to the Italian island of ...

We’re not the drama channel. But this time was real … and not good. I tell the story in the video, but the short version is that last summer I was diagnosed ...

Everything Has Changed For the first time in more than two months, our family is about to be reunited aboard our sailing catamaran Javelot. While I've been ...

After the frustration of our saloon upholstery project, it was refreshing to finally find a local Tunisian company that delivered exactly what they promised. ...

This week on Sailing UV, Violet and I take a break from boat projects and head into the mountains for an incredible hike through Mount Tamalpais and the ...

After motoring south along the Baja California coast, we discovered our prop shaft was out of alignment and needed attention before continuing our journey. ...

SAYING GOODBYE - Sailing the Caribbean Sooner or later, every voyage reaches it's destination, and this week is all about goodbyes. While I farewell my ...

Replacing the saloon cushions on a cruising yacht should have been straightforward. We spent weeks choosing fabrics, selecting the correct foam, creating ...

Finishing up the final electrical upgrades on our list. These include adding a Victron galvanic isolator, replacing the battery crossover switch, and replacing ...

DRUG SEARCHED in Netherlands 'highest' Kingdom This forgotten corner of the Caribbean is just five square miles making the Island of Saba one of the smallest ...

After months in the marina, it's finally time to start getting SV Impavidus ready for sea again. In this video I sit down with the charts, weather forecasts ...

After 1.5 years out of the water, we finally splashed the boat and pointed the bow south. A short night in the marina quickly turned into our first overnight ...

The REAL PIRATES of the Caribbean Do you know who the real pirates of the Caribbean are? It's not people sailing around on boats. When we were sailing in ...

After months in the marina, it’s finally time to start getting SV Impavidus ready for sea again. In this episode we refit the sails, re-thread the running ...

What does it take to prep for extended passagemaking and the liveaboard lifestyle? A lot of hard work, that’s what! And plenty of time spent sourcing all the ...

I Was Fine... Till I Wasn't - Sailing the Caribbean Welcome back aboard for another Caribbean sailing adventure. This week our patrons our patrons Greg and ...

This week Impavidus comes out of the water for the usual haul-out jobs — cleaning back the Coppercoat, polishing the topsides and checking everything ...

CREW CHANGE - A Caribbean sailing adventure Love your life. Take pictures of everything. Tell people you love them. Talk to random strangers. Do things you're ...

Installing a wireless remote control on our Bavaria 37 anchor windlass sounded simple… until we started digging into the wiring! In this video we install and ...