#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid Somewhere north of the coast of the windward Cape Verde islands, me and my boat Galopin are averaging 7kts speed. My best ...

#sailing #livingfree #offgrid We end our 120nm passage in the bay of Palmeira. It's a small fishing village a calm bay in which to anchor. It is the place to ...

#sailing #livingfree #offgrid Me a 60 year old and Giani a 74 year old sail 120NM from the island of Sao Vicente to the island of Sal in Cabo Verde Africa. We ...

#sailing #livingfree #offgrid The party’s over until the next one starts. Another can begin. It’s summer in Cabo Verde. It’s hot but not extreme. I invited a ...

Life aboard a sailboat is not all fun. There's always a problem or something to fix. It's the frustration of living aboard a sailboat. And in this episode I ...

I got robbed on my boat while I was sleeping. Crazy no? I've been in Cabo Verde quite a while now and this has never happened before. The details are in this ...

My boat Galopin and I passed our sea trial. Coming back from two days sailing, Galopin is ready to set sail. The weather is good. Yet sailing Galopin is not ...

It' been a while that I've been getting Galopin ready to go. And now it's time for a test sail. And as well some fun and dance with Wendy. Me and Galopin as ...

Galopin has got his main sail back. It's part of our preparations under way to go sailing again. But before that, the Maritime Police asked me to move ...

Is it time to move on? Yes it is. I'm sailing Galopin back at anchor in Mindelo Bay in the Cabo Verde Archipelgo. My free stay is up at Marina Mindelo, so ma ...

Early in the morning we were about crossing the mean straight after ripping my main sail. And as usual the Canal do Sao Vicente was mean. But we managed just ...

My main sail got pretty ripped up on this short but treacherous journey. But we came here to have fun. So that setback didn't stop us from going to shore and ...

We go from the relative calm of of the city of Mindelo where I take care of my friend's boat and we check up on Wendy's little bar. Then we take on the ocean ...

The streets of Mindelo are alive and singing after the pandemic quieted the city for two years. As well our friends Peter and Lily are back from their Atlantic ...

In this case partying in Mindelo is a family affair. I went out to a big beach party with Wendy's mom, Alcinda and her brother Eric. Everyone loves to party ...

Mindelo has plenty of love stories and this is one of them. Eder and Camille will make beautiful children someday. This why the people of MIndelo are so ...

Sailing around the Cape Verde islands is always a challenge. The wind is almost always strong with Venturi effects near certain islands. There are currents and ...

I always wanted to circumnavigate the island of Sao Vicente. We tried to do it in one day, but it turned we couldn't in one day. So we crossed the channel ...

We sail from Sao Vicente to Sao Nicolau island to test out a sailboat, but it fails the test. So we get another boat and go on our journey. W're crew of five ...

There's no need to talk when sailing the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa. We sailed 475 nautical miles in three days and nights. One of the best sailing ...

It's 475nm from Dakar Senegal to Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands, West Africa. Or about a three day and night passage. We had to weave through busy local ...

We're sailing to Dakar, West Africa and on the way pick up a few boat hitchhikers. They're just little birds, but we bring up the subject of boat hitchhikers. ...

It's our second and third days and nights sailing into wind and waves. On our way to Dakar Senegal from the Cape Verde Islands. Two old salty sailors ...

Two old salty sailors are back at sea after surgery. Me at 61 after hip replacement surgery and Giani at 74 after open heart surgery. We start our journey to ...