Life in a remote village rarely goes exactly as planned. Today brought two unexpected problems. One was solved by the kindness of an 80-year-old neighbor. The ...
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Wahine vs. Typhoon Jangmi: Post-storm inspection complete! This wasn't her first rodeo, and she held up great. The only casualty was the old, worn-out bimini. ...
The fishing harbor is empty today. A typhoon is approaching, and the village has prepared. The longer I spend in Japan’s remote longevity hotspots, the more ...
Mirror-smooth water. Birds in the distance. Wahine waiting quietly in the bay. Tomorrow, the typhoon arrives. The boat is prepared. Now… we watch from shore. ...
Can you believe it, another cyclone on the radar. That’s three in less than a year. We’re uninsured, borderline ready, and doing our best to prep in case this ...
"Don`t have a man on board unless he is your lover, your father or your brother" is just one of the tips Evelyne gives based on 40 years at sea as an endless ...
Searching for a mooring block in preparation for an advancing Typhoon in Japan
While I was off the island waiting out the typhoon in a place where I would not be a burden to the local community, I caught up with my friend and colleague ...
I am often asked what it is like to be on permanent vacation. My reply is that I am not retired and have never worked so hard in my life now that I am a ...
Woa, two storms back to back but in between, managed to have a fun and significant weekend with friends, the Haldane Men.. Thanks to Matt Pride for your ...
Having decided to focus on coastal cruising for the foreseeable future and not a solo crossing of the Pacific, I am trying to adapt myself and Wahine to the ...
With Wahine safely moored in Japan, I am on my way to Annapolis but made a stop in Vancouver to repay a debt to my brother and to visit family and two Pacific ...
Genius Mechanic Tony, met me on an island to oversee some routine maintenance and help discover the reason I sometimes had trouble starting the engine. We ...
With the approach of Typhoon 14, Wahine and I sought shelter in Onomichi, a famous cycling town where we hoped to find a micro-climate where we would be ...
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I continue my voyage around various islands of the Seto Inland Sea and was able to fulfill a prize commitment to a family from Kansai who redeemed the Prize ...
This was a fun episode as I enjoyed Island hopping and Island life with a new breed of Islander.... . Many coastal towns and island communities are dying but ...
Daniel moved his family from an Adobe House he built in NZ to a Wharram 55 in Thailand and after cruising for a number of years sailed to Japan where is now ...
Well, this is a slightly different episode. In addition to the 7 things I have learned about Typhoons in Japan, I share four reflections following being on ...
There is a typhoon off the coast of Japan making it a cold and rainy day, so I have turned my attention to passage planning and preparing for the voyage in ...
This is a new upload correcting the former stereo imbalance issue. Apologies for lost comments. Previous book recommendation videos: "Rarotonga," new novel ...
I batten down the hatches for typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful storm to hit the Kanto region of Japan since 1958. You can also read some of my thoughts in ...
Video tour, and discussions with Captain Blackie aboard his yacht LOVE. Blackie created LOVE from mostly scrap metal over a period of 8 years, and he has ...
We asked anyone with experience of sailing in a hurricane or typhoon to let us know what happened. Subscribe for more sailing videos: ...