Life was good. But, as potential illegal immigrants, we needed to get out of Dodge before the law caught up with us... We had a few ideas about the route, and ...

After filling up with cheap diesel in Brunei we set sail for Singapore, a 700 mile sail across the South China Sea. Over the 7 day passage some awesome ...

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 Transatlantic with strong winds. We were sailing downwind 1 week out from the Canary Islands and headed for Antigua in the Caribbean.

A little video put together from our 5 day sail from Crete to Malta. Some bad weather for the first 24 hours, first encounter with water spouts (we ran into 4 ...

The crew finally crosses the equator and is back in the northern hemisphere! The shellbacks (Brian and Brady) put the pollywog girls (Phoebe, Karin, and ...

Having zero knowledge or experience with sailing, or even how to furl in the head sail, we bought a yacht in Italy.. we plan to circumnavigate the globe ...

October 21/22, 2014 we had our fist stormy weather of the season. Wind gust were up over 90 kms/per hr at my marina and over 100 kms/per hr in other areas. ...

The crew leaves Sorong behind and goes searching for the village of Waisai. We get lost in the middle of no where but find a sweet spot to hang out and chill ...

The crew sails to a deserted island in Raja Ampat to celebrate Karin's Birthday! We explore the island, have a drunken beach day, check out an abandoned ...

What's it like to deal with a hurricane on a boat? In 1996 we took a direct hit from Hurricane Bertha, a category 2 hurricane, aboard our Classic 37 sailboat ...

The crew finally arrives in Raja Ampat after a 250 mile sail from Ambon! We have a week of amazing dives, explore deserted beaches, and party with the local ...

Skip goes through how to formulate a bail-out plan, how to weigh anchor and break the anchor out, what to do if your windlass fails and what to do if you have ...

Gaining shelter on a hostile coastline can be safer than toughing it out offshore. Skip Novak looks at how to con into an unfamiliar bay/ ...

Bad storm while anchored in Georgian Bay

Gives you and idea of how high the swell was! A bit scary...we all decided not to look backwards. This was taken before I knew how to hold the video camera ...

A dance lesson on the back of the boat sailing Gibraltar to Malta. Please give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel. Then get our FREE checklist on ...

In this video, expedition guru Skip Novak addresses the effectiveness of warps and drogues when it comes to breaking seas in a storm ...

In this episode of our Storm Series, Skip Novak walks us through the sails he has on his 54ft yacht Pelagic. Watch all the videos and learm more about this ...

The crew leaves Darwin, Australia and sails over 600NM to the Spice Islands in Indonesia! During the 5 day sail we entertain ourselves with fishing, ...

Installation of a Lewmar V3 anchor windlass. Not familiar with Distant Shores? You can download a FREE 30-minute episode of the Distant Shores sailing ...

Skip Novak explains the easiest and safest way to reduce sail and carry on in a gale int he latest Storm Sailing video. Check out our other videos at ...

If you're dreaming of sailing away on a cruising destination, we've made the perfect video series to help you achieve your dreams. We know the cruising life ...

Part 1 - The Pelagic Philosophy. An introductory film on the making of the series. Watch the full series at www.yachtingworld.com/storm-sailing-techniques