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SAILING up the AFRICAN coast!! + Micalene joins the CREW! – Outside Watch Vlog #20
We're back in civilization so our videos will be more frequent once again! In this video our former co-worker and friend, Micalene joins the crew and we set off on a 500 mile sail from Cape Town to Luderitz, Namibia. This is our first leg in our south Atla...
Love Flourishes In Mindelo | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 70
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 beautiful. He is Cape Verdean and she is French. These are the kinds of love stories from Mindelo. A fo...
Can She Pass The Sao Vicente Canal Test | Sailing Galopin, Cabo Verde Africa | Season 5 | Episode 69
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 fierce waves. As well the coasts are rough and mean pocked with rocks and steep cliffs. It's rar...
We’re giving up boat life for a while… (Ep 196)
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Sailing Around Sao Vicente Island with Friends | Sailing Galopin Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 68
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 between Sao Vicente and Santa Luzia island, a nature reserve. Technically no one is allowed there. We...
In AFRICA MON! Finally! Dropped the hook and checked into Tanzania at Tanga Yacht Club!
After not an easy one 7 day passage via Indian Ocean from Seychelles we are finally in Africa mainland - Tanzania, Tanga. To say the least - it's quite different here. We drop the hook next to Tanga Yachtclub and after completing all immigration, customs ...
Life Is Coming Back To Normal In Mindelo | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 67
Finally life is coming back to normal in Mindelo. You can here it all over by way of music. And people are out and about playing and dancing. But as well we take care of Wendy and here project for a snack bar. This episode is full of life and the people of...
From Sea Level To Mountain High | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 5 | Episode 66
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 plus a dog. The journey takes us way up a mountain for local festival. Back in Mindelo we host a s...
Sailboat Repairs & Good Times | What’s Life Like Aboard In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 5 | Episode 65
Living full time aboard my sailboat can be a lot of fun and a lot of work. Join me as I undertake many boat repair projects since my return from Dakar Senegal. As well you can partake in some of the fun and pleasure of living in the city Mindelo in Cabo Ve...
No Talking Just Sailing | Sensory Ocean Sailing Experience | Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 64
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 experiences I have had with my 1984 40ft Jeanneau SunFizz. Galopin was a beast on this passage. Sailing G...
Oh no Fishing Net Traps | Sailing Galopin From Senegal to Cape Verde Islands | Season 5 | Episode 63
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 pirogue traffic, the Senegalese Navy and hidden fishing nets. Thanks to some luck and a last ditch e...
Rescue In Senegal | Past The Island With A Sinister Past | Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 62
Me and my boat Galopin are stranded in Dakar Senegal, West Africa. But the man, Arona comes to the rescue with a new gearbox. He installs it successfully and then takes us to buy new deep cycle gel batteries. We prepare to sail again. On the way back to Ca...
Working With A Giant Of A man | A Great Mechanic Will Fix Galopin’s Gearbox | Season 5 | Episode 61
Dakar Senegal, West Africa. Where no other sailing channel dares to go. But me and Giani go there and enjoy fine food and meet a host of interesting people. The yacht club bar tender who teaches me a few word in Walaf. A Lebanese doctor who makes us Falafe...![Spinnaker Sailing Towards Africa’s Pirate Territory [Ep. 67]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/71KKByGKHSQ/maxresdefault.webp)
Spinnaker Sailing Towards Africa’s Pirate Territory [Ep. 67]
This is real sailing. Find out how we handle a huge spinnaker while sailing towards known pirate waters off the coast of Africa. #sailing #yacht #spinnaker We gybe the asymmetrical spinnaker shorthanded, surfing waves at 10 knots during the night to the...