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Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 42 | It All Started With Two Canadians
When a story starts this way, it's gonna be a pretty good one. I'm Back on Galopin and sort my things for life aboard again. My Swiss friends Jean tries to get out to sea, will he? Then we go to one of the best Block Parties ever. And the Canadians Dave an...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 41 | Landlocked And Now Back To The Island
My visit in Switzerland is not over. There is more food follies and festival fun to eat up. La Fête des Vignerons, a festival that happens every 20 years cant be summed up in one episode. You'll go backstage and meet star cows getting milked. A nighttime ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 40 | In The Land Of Good & Plenty | Swiss Gastronomy & Fête des Vignerons
You don't know what you have until you don't have it. In my case it was food. Not that Cape Verde doesn't have enough food, they just have less variety. After living nearly a year in Cape Verde I flew back to my home country Switzerland. And from the plane...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 39 | Good Times & Bad Times In Mindelo
Living aboard is a not always the dream life. Your boat is vulnerable to a whole lot of potential hazards. Which was the case one night here in Mindelo Bay, Cape Verde. But overall, the good times here are also abundant and weigh out the challenging moment...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 38 | I Messed Up For A Better Passage
Sometimes you mess up and it works out for the best. Fortunately for me and Mamadu, I messed up for a better passage. We left early in the morning and about 3 hours into the journey we had to turn around. Why? You'll have to watch to find out. Once we were...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 37 | A Conversation With My Sailboat & A Pirate Reunion
Solo sailing can sometimes be lonely. Not for me. I got my friend Galopin to talk to. Being French, he's not at a loss for words. So we banter then turn on the music and enjoy a wonderful sail downwind to Boavista island. Number six of the ten islands of t...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 36 | Oh No! Where Did My Crew Go?
Oh no, Natacha will go. There goes my crew. But before she goes, we find an beautiful anchorage to get wild and frolic. We then sail back to Palmiera concluding a successful circumnavigation of Sal Island. Then I have to get along on my own. There are a fe...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 35 | A Sand Angel On An Endless Beach
The star attractions of the island are its beaches. We land the dinghy and explore the beach at the southern most point of the island. Made of angel blond sand and turquoise water, the beach stretches out endlessly. Plus there is hardly anyone around. Nat ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 34 | Ice Queen Or Salted Nut? Exploring The Salt Ponds
The Salinas de Pedra de Lume is now a tourist attraction where people bathe and float is the densely salted pools like in the Dead Sea. We spend a day there and Nat becomes the Ice Queen or Salted nut? Exploring the salt ponds of Pedra De Lume is a lot of ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 33 | The Effect Of Magnetic Anomaly
Just outside of the port of Palmeira on the island of Sal is a zone of magnetic anomaly. But what is the effect of magnetic anomaly? That depends on who. In Natacha's case it seems to make her happy and dance. On the locals, they are all happy and smiley. ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 32 | Falling Asleep At The Helm
Falling asleep at the helm is not like falling asleep at the wheel. We did and went off course and not off a cliff. Nat was hungover and I was tired from basically solo sailing most of the day. Which started good, than got hard because of poor judgement an...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 31 | Preparing The Boat To Sail Out Of Mindelo Bay
We have visited 4 out of 10 Cape Verde islands. And now we're preparing the boat to sail out Mindelo Bay. Next is the eastern most island called Sal. After about 7 months here, Galopin has grown quite a bit of undergrowth on its hull and it must be cleaned...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 30 | Anchored In The Wild West Of Cape Verde
Just a few nautical miles away from Mindelo is a hidden gem of a cove. Protected from the constant trade winds which can get on your nerves back in Mindelo Bay. SO here we are to escape the wind and the city anchored in the wild west of Cape Verde. We are ...
Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 29 | The Hidden Cove Few Know About
Getting to really know a place is when you have gotten to really know the people. For me it's most notably Peixe. One of the first guys I met who helped me fix my outboard motor and invited us to his home over six months ago. He's with again a journey to T...