For more sailing adventures see our play lists: "Across the Pacific" sailing from Hawaii to Seattle, "Sailing the Pacific Coast" from Neah Bay, WA to San ...
This is part 3 of 3 a video clip we took of our week away to dive in what is known by some as the best dive site in the world. We share our journey with you, ...
This is part 2 of 3 video clipsof our week away to dive in what is known by some to be the best dive site in the world. We share our journey with you, our ...
Yes, that was a close one... who would have thought that just enjoying an afternoon flight with my drone around one of the most remote anchorages in the BVI, ...
With nothing to do and no place to be we found ourselves drifting through the amazingly beautiful El Nido. We found an incredible island where our days blended ...
Sailing 800 miles upwind to the Caribbean might have been our best passage ever! Normally right on the nose we had a light wind close reach/close hauled ...
TRAILER Varnishing Step-by-Step An expert’s advice on how to keep your boat’s brightwork looking beautiful with a minimum of effort. Includes step-by-step ...
TRAILER Fiberglass Boat Repairs Learn how to perform your own fiberglass repairs from patches to gel coat touch-ups. One of 9 segments from the Sailing ...
TRAILER Rigging Inspection Pt. 2 America’s Cup racer and rigger Robbie Young with more tips on checking and maintaining your boat’s rig. In part 2, Robbie ...
TRAILER How to Clean a Winch John Krase gives step by step instructions on how to disassemble, clean, lubricate then reassemble your boat’s winches. It’s so ...
TRAILER Diesel Maintenance Pt. 3 Understand the common problems that affect diesel engines and learn how to get yours to start even when trouble crops up. ...
TRAILER Diesel Maintenance Pt. 2 Review the regular periodic maintenance your diesel needs including cleaning and/or replacing air filters, engine oil, ...
TRAILER Diesel Maintenance Pt. 1 Carl Schlemmer from Mastry Engine Center demonstrates how to perform the critical maintenance your diesel needs to keep ...
Chapter 1 Gaspe Launch In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the ...
In this episode we're going to take you on a little journey to Georgetown in Penang, Malaysia. There's so much to do this little taster covers a simple two-day ...
The final episode of the haul out series is here! You will see how I paint under the keel before going into the water and watch the boat travel back to where ...
This is a special short video for a blog post I wrote about how to build your own mast steps. I just love mine 'cause I can mount the mast easily even whilst ...
We leave the big city of Manila behind and set sail for Coron, Palawan, Philippines! Along the way we stop at Apo Reef for some snorkeling and diving, then a ...
After the Atlantic Crossing we arrived to the BVI, Tortola. Got to work with a few jobs that needed to be done. Scraped the Hull, installed a new W.S.I after ...
It doesn't matter how many times you see a beautiful sunset, there is none that compares to the one you are watching that very moment... a sunset is something ...
For years we have been sailing 'Sophisticated Lady' in and through St Maarten on our ways North and South for each changing season.. it is our main stopover ...
As you will know if you have been following our films we sold our SunFast 32i at the end of last season however Nanny and Grandad still have Pintail, their ...
In this episode I take a walk around the yard and get a lesson from James on how to service my Barient 28 winch! Bonjour James!! www.lifeislikesailing.com ...
Inspired by our friends who sailed their Alberg 37 across the Atlanic, we decided to take our Niagara 35 sloop Phantasia from our home in Cobourg on Lake ...