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I Met The Nicest People Ever Here | Random Acts Of Village Kindness | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 72
We have found a paradise of goodness in the village of Ribiera de Barca. It's rare that sailors anchor in front of their village, and we are welcome like royalty. Kids swim out to say hello, fishermen come for coffee and girls come for a beer and curious t...
Girl Visits A Classic Ship | Going Aboard History & Beyond | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 66
Sometimes sister luck parks itself right next to your boat and opportunity knocks. We are in Tarrafal on Santiago Island and Dutch schooner Oosterschelde weigh anchor besides us. I'd met the Captain in a few days ago in Mindelo, and as he passed by with hi...
I Think I’m Going To Be Sick | Life On A Sailboat Sucks | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 65
Sometimes good times get the better of us. But not during our passage to Santiago Island. We waited for the right conditions and the wait paid off. Beautiful conditions for the three of us to reflect that f good times in Mindelo. Once anchored in Tarrafal ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 60 | The City, The People And The Ocean
Being out in the middle of the ocean is a very lonely place, and being in the middle of the city is quite the opposite. Nat and I are with a few very special people in Praia. Namely Manu, a Cape Verdean native who lives in Marseille France, and in Praia. H...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 57 | I Lost My Boat
It's something that can happen to any sailor. This is the story of Jurgen, German solo sailor who left his boat at anchor for a couple of hours only to come back and find his boat had disappeared. A few moments later he received a call and was told his boa...
Realtime Update: Morocco! | Sailing Wisdom
We have made it to Morocco! Our first landfall on the continent of Africa!! We also give some news about an upcoming video series we are putting out next week starting on Monday.
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 52 | The Amazing Maktub Whale Project
I recently met Eduardo who makes up the amazing whale research project in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Since then he's done a survey of locations at all the islands of Cape Verde where there is cetacean activity. We met again later in Mindelo and he showed me some...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 51 | Back Into The Mighty Atlantic
Our tour of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde is almost over. We have one more day to discover more friends and family in Sao Nicolau island. Then we make the passage from Sao Nicolau to Sao Vicente. It's back into the mighty Atlantic, and you feel it's...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 50 | The Wonder That Is Sao Nicolau
This island is really something. Me and Nat had come here a few months ago, but did not visit the interior of the island because there was the "Bruma Seca". The Dry Fog. It's when the air is heavy with Sahara sand and the visibility is none. But this time ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 48 | Cape Verde’s Little Sahara Desert
Each island of Cape Verde has it's own identity. Boavista Island is the "Desert Island". Its golden white sand beaches was flown over from the Sahara desert by winds of thousands years. And there, on the West side of the island is Cape Verde's little deser...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 47 | Sailing Cape Verde In Full Color
Ever see a sailboat sailing under spinnaker in Cape Verde? This is a rare sight. But we did it. Conditions were just right for us to be sailing Cape Verde in full color from Sal Island to Boavista Island, about 40 nautical miles. We were joined by dolphins...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 46 | Here They Fix Your Busted Part
I noticed that part of my boom was in bad shape, broken. But Ricardo knew someone whom he was certain could fix my part. That's right, here they fix your busted part rather than replace. It's the African way, as opposed to what we're used to in the industr...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 45 | Sailing With Cops On A Catamaran
That's right! Three of us delinquents went sailing with cops on a catamaran. Deb and Phil bought their catamaran and have been getting ready to sail up to the Canaries for several months. They invited us to go sail with them and check things out. And they ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 44 | All Systems Go… Or Not
The best part of sailing is that you can go anytime. Or can you? After a fun outing with Peixe and family, where young Nelson shows off his captain and dancing skills, we decide to sail to Boavista Island. It's all systems go... or not. We are stopped shor...