Back to our windlass for routine maintenance and our Fischer Panda 6Kva Generator, which might be a bit more than routine. The windlass had a known crack in ...

Sailing a sister ship, @SailingTalisman have been all around the world in the last 6 years aboard another Oyster 485 (same boat as Zingaro!). Hear some of the ...

From summer of 2018, a short (but sweet) episode where we make a stop at the small harbor of Fiscardo, on the Greek Ionian island of Kefalonia. We take an ...

As the title says, it's time for a big hop and the 3-on-3-off watchkeeping rotation that we all love so much. Our trip begins with the dreaded currents of the ...

We arrive at Procida, just off Naples, to find ourselves in the midst of a huge party.

We leave Rome and head east under growing winds to the small island of Ponza, with its one small town and protected, Roman-built harbor. Talisman lies at ...

From the Island of Sardinia we head across open water to Rome, on the mainland of Italy.

It's hop skip and jump up the southeastern coast of Sardinia.

A long open water passage from Minorca to Carloforte, Sardiana. But along the way, a favorable tidal stream and brisk winds shortens our trip by almost 12 ...

Talisman's wonky bilge pump wiring is finally addressed.

Talisman continues east, landing in Menorca.

We take our two friends, Shanna and Kelly, aboard for a passage over to the Balearic Islands. From Ibiza town (as opposed to Ibiza island) we head over to ...

We get up early to make a long day run to Alicante, Spain. The sailing conditions were epic, and although we were close hauled for the first half, later it was ...

We finally tackle a finicky Fischer Panda genset that's been shutting itself down prematurely. I'm sure some viewers will see too much time spent barking up ...

We finally head east and north, across a long expanse of Mediterranean open water. It's a big passage, nothing like our short shakedown across the Strait of ...

We get a full tour of the Amel Super Maramu, a classic bluewater cruiser. This is the boat made famous by Brian and the rest of the crew on s/v Delos, and is ...

We see a weather window to leave Gibraltar for Ceuta, but then get hammered on both ends.

This is more of a maintenance video, as the Hood Formula electric mainsail furler we disassembled in the previous episode is reassembled, painted, installed, ...

Following our major furler failure, which damaged our sails and scared the crap out of us, the furler becomes the center of attention for a full rebuild.

We leave at 2:00 am from Rota, Spain for a passage down to Gibraltar. See our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/sailingyachttalisman

We continue heading south toward warmer weather and finally find the beaches we were told of.

In this departure from sailing down the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal, we take time for a minor upgrade. This is a project video, showing install and ...

We leave Cascais, Portugal and head 128nm south to the lovely town of Lagos.

After our disastrous stay in Leixoes, Portugal (losing Doc), we swallow hard and head south to Cascais, which turns out to be the perfect respite.