While waiting for hip surgery, my friends Lily from Cape Verde Africa and Peter The Canadian came to visit for the weekend. I took them to two of the most ...

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As a sailor your boat will never stop surprising you! Its a saying if you think everything is okay with your boat it just means you have not yet discovered ...

I am learning a myriad of things. Next is setting up genoa traveler. Advice is gratefully received. I have my own ideas but one aspect of setting up the ...

It's Indian Summer in Switzerland. I brought the sunshine with me from Cape Verde it seems. I go from one check and test at the hospital. Consultation with the ...

Trouble for Kylie after rigging disaster in Grenada! This is the true story why we sailed to Martinique and not jumped to Bonaire. Also some fun things going ...

While waiting for the right conditions to round Cape Sata, I moved to Calm Lanai Harbor and enjoyed a few days of convenience and to some measure of luxury ( ...

I am back in my home country of Switzerland in hopes of getting hip replacement surgery. But to do so I have to navigate through the Swiss system. Thanks to ...

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Another beautiful solo sailing in the Caribbean doing what I love. Sailing in a tropical climate with beautiful scenery and sharing the moments with my buddy ...

The Beaufort scale was established to give sailors a common scale with which to observe conditions at sea. While here at Winded Voyage we interpret The ...

Off course its a race! Ever heard about two sailboats not racing each other? We had so much fun sailing from Carriacou and seeing how different our #BAVARIA ...

My next challenge is to round Cape Sata, the southernmost tip of Kyushu. I have to time it carefully with the tides and also deal with the meandering Kuroshio ...

Part 2 of my guide to anchoring in Cape Verde. Great places to go on 4 different islands. Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago and Sau Nicolau. Me and my sailboat Galopin ...

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Surpised by 47 its wind is not normal in the Caribbean! However on our epic sail from Grenada to Sandy Island Kylie and I god our hands full for a moment. Join ...

Sailing and living aboard my sailboat for three years in the Cape Verde Archipelago, me and my boat Galopin have anchored in many spots. Probably more than any ...

Well, this was unexpected. Strings and patches of pumice from the eruption in the Ogasawara Islands ( where a new island has been forming since August) have ...

This is my last week in Grenada and setting sail again towards Grenada. My buddy boat Wonderful with Kylie and I hope for new protocols Tuesday so we can make ...

It's time I leave Cape Verde and make my way back to Switzerland to hopefully get hip surgery. Since I cant walk properly, I sign up for assistance for the ...

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She needed a miracle to complete the most epic refit ever seen! My friend Kylie have done lot's of upgrades and refit's on her Benneteau 49 in just one week! ...

Actually, the real question is `When to go?` My margin for getting to Amami Oshima ( an Island towards Okinawa from mainland Kyushu) is evaporating. The ...

A take on MTV cribs, this is my live aboard crib. And I'm giving you a tour of the lining space aboard my sailing yacht Galopin. Mindelo Cape Verde has been my ...