Going up the Sao Vicente Canal in it's fury is when failure is not an option. I had to get to Mindelo Bay, and I did. Under sail only, a huge achievement for ...

Sailing upwind, against current and nasty breaking waves in Force 7 gale forces winds was the toughest sailing of my life. A real navigation adventures that ...

After several weeks of waiting, we're going back out to sea! I'm accompanied by a new crew member who was looking to hitch a ride on a sailboat. As well I was ...

What's it like to turn sixty in Cape Verde? Well, you're about to see how it was for me. Imagine a bunch of young lovely girls and a few friends drinking and ...

Being a full time live aboard sailor is often a life full of surprises. Some people don't like surprises, but I do. And in this episode I get a lot of them. ...

We're out sailing again! This time with Gilson and family we take Galopin for another test sail in Sao Vicente canal and catch a tune. We go and listen to our ...

After a wake up call of what it's like to sail in these Cape Verdean waters by breaking something, we sail into a favorite bay of ours to make repairs. Our ...

After Gilson successfully changed my Cutlass bearing, we had to go and test drive Galopin. But before all that, we saved a boat from drifting. Organized a ...

Covid19 is sill holding us hostage with our sailboats. But that doesn't mean we cant go out to sea. So we took the ferry across the Sao Vicente Canal to the ...

In light of recent events, I have spoken out in support of Black Lives Matter in this episode. I am in Africa and a minority. I have been treated with respect ...

The lock down is finally over on the island of Sao Vicente in Cabo Verde Africa. But the wind keeps on blowing harder than ever. Boats get tossed around in ...

It's the beginning of the pandemic and as sailors we are grounded at anchor or at the marina. Cargo is still being unloaded, but a cruise ship and super yacht ...

Sometimes good times get the better of us. But not during our passage to Santiago Island. We waited for the right conditions and the wait paid off. Beautiful ...

It's something that can happen to any sailor. This is the story of Jurgen, German solo sailor who left his boat at anchor for a couple of hours only to come ...

I recently met Eduardo who makes up the amazing whale research project in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Since then he's done a survey of locations at all the islands of ...

Our tour of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde is almost over. We have one more day to discover more friends and family in Sao Nicolau island. Then we make ...

That's right! Three of us delinquents went sailing with cops on a catamaran. Deb and Phil bought their catamaran and have been getting ready to sail up to the ...

The best part of sailing is that you can go anytime. Or can you? After a fun outing with Peixe and family, where young Nelson shows off his captain and dancing ...

Adventures in the company of Canadians Dave & Pete continue. We get a flat in the middle of nowhere and manage to get a lift of Cape Verde manpower. What ...

When a story starts this way, it's gonna be a pretty good one. I'm Back on Galopin and sort my things for life aboard again. My Swiss friends Jean tries to get ...

My visit in Switzerland is not over. There is more food follies and festival fun to eat up. La Fête des Vignerons, a festival that happens every 20 years cant ...

Living aboard is a not always the dream life. Your boat is vulnerable to a whole lot of potential hazards. Which was the case one night here in Mindelo Bay, ...

Sometimes you mess up and it works out for the best. Fortunately for me and Mamadu, I messed up for a better passage. We left early in the morning and about 3 ...

Falling asleep at the helm is not like falling asleep at the wheel. We did and went off course and not off a cliff. Nat was hungover and I was tired from ...