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Beating A Storm & Sailing Into The Wind | Living Free Aboard A Sailboat | Season 5 | Episode 84
#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 beat a storm coming out of Mindelo Bay and sail into the wind. We are beating a storm and sailing...
Episode 101 – Off the boat: We get out the desert and visit a Star Wars Set!
We left our sail boat and spent a week in the Sahara! Its been awesome, but we are definitely ready for our trek out of the desert back to civilisation! We explore Southern Tunisia, visit Tatatouine to see some Star Wars sets and crazy beautiful 11th centu...
Episode 100- Sailing Pickle Family A fish out of water, as we go deeper into the Sahara to an Oasis!
It really is strange being so deep into the Sahara desert when you live full time on a boat! It's completely different from the very watery existence we are use to! But the Sahara does not disappoint, it is awe inspiring with its huge rolling dunes, swelte...
The Party’s Over | Another Begins | Living Aboard A Sailboat In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 83
#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 friend for dinner and it became an all weekend birthday festa. That’s how it is in Cabo Ve...
Episode 99 – Sailing Pickle Family go into the Sahara!
WOW what an exciting few days! After traveling hundreds of miles in a squashed up car across Tunisia, in North Africa, we finally reach Douz and the gateway to the Sahara. Our first day is spent getting to know our guides, camels, walking the dunes and enj...
Episode 98 – We venure inland off the boat, and get lost on deserted desert tracks!
What a great start to our adventures into the Sahara! We finally get a nice hire car, we do some crazy driving on the crazy Tunisian roads, pick up Beau's big surprise from the airport! (My Mum and eldest Daughter Bryony) and head off towards Douz, the gat...
Africa’s Woodstock | Music, Dance & Laughing Gas | Festival Baía das Gatas | Season 5 | Episode 82
#looneyjohnson #festival #caboverde They call it Africa's Woodstock. Festival Baía das Gatas is a three day outdoor music festival held on the island of Sao Vicente in Cabo Verd Africa. Tens of thousands of festival goers come from all other islands of th...
Episode 97 – We have a teenager on the Boat! And a Deathtrap to deal with!
Its Beau's 13th birthday! We have a teenager on the boat!!! She enjoys a fun day with lots of pressies, her favourite yummy foods and a massive cake... what more could you wish for! We are putting the final things into place for our Sahara trip, for those ...
The Frustration Of Living Aboard A Sailboat | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 81
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 try my best to fix my generator. And then we go to another Cape Verde event. This is the season to ...
Episode 96 – Land Adventures with Sailing Pickle and Nicky Loses her Knickers!
Its been a crazy few days! With all these secret celebrations and surprises we are planning for Beaus 13th birthday, it really is a busy few days trying to organise everything, and because some of it is a big secret from Beau it makes trying to organise st...
I Got Robbed On My Boat | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 80
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 episode. But it's not all bad. We also go to a wild Cape Verdean rave party. It's all part of sail...
Episode 95 – Boat Jobs in Africa and crazy weather!
Typical type of week in a marina! We had some crazy winds, thunderstorms and heavy rain, then glorious sunshine, this North African weather is nothing short of dramatic! We tackle some good old boat jobs and the age old problem of finding data in remote or...
No Problems Only Solutions | Bikini Photoshoot | Sailing Galopin Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 79
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 possible at this time which is explained in this episode. Meanwhile there are still explosions ratt...
Episode 94 — Marina Negotiations, African Gift Hunting and a Sinking Boat!
This weeks been busy, we get into further negotiations with the marina over pricing for our berth in Bizerte, we go hunting for cool birthday presents for Beau, as well as secretly organising a surprise visit from Beau's sister and Nan to going the Sahara ...