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Visiting a Turkish Boat Yard, Anchoring in Marmaris Bay and Blue Poo Cards #045
After seeing how Turkish Gullets are made in a Bozburun boat yard (and seeing where Roman Abramovich had his yacht built!) we sail to Marmaris and traverse the bureaucracy of agents, crew lists and the Turkish blue card scheme aka 'poo cards'. Turkey's 'pu...
Sailing Kythira, Santorini and mad dash Sail Across Cyclades to Turkey Ep044
The new Greek Cruising Tax puts the wind in our sails this episode as we shoot through the Cylades to avoid it! We reflect on the lack of group activities for the kids and also have medical problems with what we think is Psoriasis. Eventually we reach Bozb...
Sicilian Street Food Market in Syracusa and a Biscuit (Cookie) Thief Aboard our Sailboat?! Ep043
We arrive in Syracusa, Sicily to pick up two friends as crew to continue our journey East. First we enjoy the food from the markets, the streets, icecream parlours and a restaurant before we stock up the boat and set sail again. Apart from some bits of boa...
2nd Longest Passage & Sail Indonesia Rally FAIL / Sailing Aquarius #61
We took off from Papua New Guinea for our 2nd longest passage - 1,500NM miles during which we will cross Great Barrier Reef via Torres Strait! We sadly sail next to Australia as it's too expensive and we don't have enough time... But I guess "you can't ha...
Propwrap! Dock Tied in Sicily – Hazards of Mediterranean Parking with Lazy Lines Ep042
We finally arrive in Sicily and find shelter in the harbour. We explore the wonders of the city and then attempt to continue on our journey South until.....we manage to get 3 lines around our propellor as we try to leave. Find out how we get the propellor ...
Dangerous Papua New Guinea – Port Moresby/ Sailing Aquarius #60
Please support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/svaquarius Thank you! We left Vanuatu with a little concern about safety in Papua New Guinea as many government websites warned about unsafe conditions. We also considered going via Australia, but that...
Rough Seas and Family Life Aboard – Sailing To Sicily Ep041
We set sail on the tail end of some stormy weather and stow the dinghy on deck to make sure we don't lose it! We sail for 4 days with some pretty strong winds and big swell and decide to skip Sardinia on our way to Sicily as the wind is in the right direc...
Last of Vanuatu – 50+ knots winds; Land diving and SS President Coolidge dive. WOW!
We keep island hopping via Vanuatu and as we leave our last anchorage in Epi we were hit by 50+ knots of wind and 5 meter seas… Weather forecasts were Max 20 knots… Oh well… We are lucky to withstand these conditions with no damage. At least we made ...
Rare Wildlife and Nightmares on Balearic’s Goat Island Ep40
While waiting for a weather window to cross from the Balearics to Sardinia, we sail to Isla De Cabrera ( Goat Island) and apply for a permit to stay the night. That evening, we have a drink or an expensive nightmare as described by Woody and the next morni...
Sailing Vanuatu: Efate & Epi – Effortless & Epic / Sailing Aquarius#58
We arrive to Port Villa - Vanuatu capital on Efate Island and dive into simple joys and pleasures: friends, shows, nice places and chill… So needed time to relax after much sailing and exploring Tanna… Fire shows, beaches, blue lagoons and luxury villa...
Installing a Liferaft to our Sailboat – Where do you mount a Liferaft Cradle?
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance An edited version of this video is now hosted there. Deciding ...
What every guest and crew needs to know coming on a boat / Sailing Aquarius HOW TO
NOTE: I guess this video eludes that we have many guests on Aquarius, but over 2.5 years of sailing we had less than 10 people visiting us. Our goal is to circumnavigate the world in 4-5 years so we move fairly “fast” also in some extremely remote loc...
Sailing Vanuatu – Volcanos and Man Eating Tribes – Yakel village / Sailing Aquarius #57
We left Fiji with a new crew and headed towards Vanuatu - mysterious and raw country full of unknowns. The passage from Fiji to Vanuatu was fairly easy - for us and for our brand new crew. We arrived Tanna which was so packed with unbelievable experien...
Fiji! Sun, water and FUN! Taking off from Port Denarau / Sailing Aquarius #56
Finally we get some nicer sailing and the weather and we take full advantage of it - we soak in beautiful sunny beaches, party and watch night shows, hang out with our friends on Freya and manta rays! Also a shout out - Aquarius launched a Patreon Page, a...