It is time to take another tour and this time we venture out to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds as well as the Stone Store in Kerikeri. The Treaty Grounds are just a few minutes from the Bay of Islands marina and is the protected site of the signing of the fir...
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We made it to the anchorage from the front cover of our cruising guide... only to find it a bit too rolly to stay! But such is life, we found a beautiful 'plan B' anchorage in Green Island instead as we continued our cruise around the San Blas with buddy b...
This episode is part 2 of our passage back to mainland Portugal after about 2 month on the lovely Atlantic island. It start with a surprise from the, we get into unpredicted strong wind while we try to out run a storm coming, we got AIS trouble and trust i...
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Sailing into a nightmare - Part 2
I grew up in the coastal town of Whakatane on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
At the age of twelve my father threw me into a p-class yacht and I learnt to sail for the first time. At the same time my el...
Better late than never! Join us as we celebrate Christmas on board Bohemia with our dear friends Colin and Julian from SV Boundless, in Panama's breathtaking San Blas islands. Much food, wine and merriment is had in this episode. Everybody really let their...
This episode is part 1 of our 6 days 900 NM long passage from the Azores to Lagos you follow our daily life aboard and we do some exclusive sailby filming of our Wauquiez 47 PS and our buddy boat a Najad 440 under sail so you will actually get som rare foo...
Naval gun boat opens fire on sailors PART 1 - Sailing Cambodia
We started our voyage to Cambodia with a trip to Siem Reap to visit Angkor Wat and the abundance of other historical sites and discover a very unusual creature carved into the relief of the...
This episode joins Bohemia's crew raising the anchor and setting off for a short island hop, which of course turned into a little race against Boundless, who just happened to be heading in the same direction! We explore the cover photo (of our guidebook) d...
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Sailing to Malaysia : First crossing of equator by sailboat Ep 195
Sailing from one country to another by sailboat is never without an element of drama. This passage we are ticking off crossing the equator by boat while solving our engine woes.
One of th...
Uh oh, this episode finds Bohemia's crew staring awkwardly up at the mainsail.... that can only mean one thing, yep it's time to get the sewing machine out again! It's not all work though, and we took some time to explore another magical San Blas island, t...
In this episode we rent a car to explore the most southeastern island in the Azores Santa Maria. A beautiful mystical island with lots of waterfalls and green hills. Then we prepare ourselves and Frida for the 900 NM long passage back to Lagos in mainland ...
In episode 185, we are back at the Miami Boat Show and we take you on a tour of the 2023 Privilege Signature 580 Catamaran. This is a fantastic cat that will cruise comfortably to your favorite destination.
Experience the ultimate in luxury and performan...
LEAVING Indonesia by SAILBOAT - Sailing Indonesia EP 194
Our visas are about to expire, therefore it's time for us to leave the sunny shores of Indonesia. We are sailing north from Jakarta to the granite boulders and white sand beaches of the tin mining is...
If you want to go sailing, you need to raise the mainsail. It can be like an intricate dance, and it's incredibly frustrating when that dance gets interrupted due to a questionable lazy jack design.
We've come up with a way move the lazy jacks outboard a...
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STREET FOOD Jakarta best FAMILY feast for under $1 Sailing Indonesia Ep 193
We have sailed our catamaran into Batavia Marina, Jakarta.
Refuelling the boat is a priority but involves a bit of risk taking as we sail through the Jakarta traffic with five jer...
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We dreamt of reaching this magical chain of islands off Panama's East Coast for years, and now we keep pinching ourselves (or rather the First Mate keeps pinching the Captain!) that we finally arrived!
We hitched a ride on the Boundless Tender to check ou...
Sailing the 2nd leg of the thorny path - Calabash Bay to Clarence Town, Long Island. Such a great sail out in the bluewater of the Bahamas!
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FAMILY caught by UNFORECASTED STORM in the middle of the night sailing Indonesia Ep 192
Our sailing journey through the Islands of the Indonesian archipelago has been remarkably calm up until now. So calm we have been lucky enough to spot and swim with wha...
This a special episode that in 10 minutes summarize our entire 2000 NM Atlantic Islands adventure roundtrip. We originally created it for a speak we gave at our local sailing club in Visby but we felt that we wanted to share it here as well. The Atlantic i...
We continue our upwind slog out of Shelter Bay, Panama, buoyed by images of the gorgeous San Blas Islands ahead of us! Despite crew comfort being at an all time low, we made fast progress to our overnight stop of Linton Bay and onward the next day, finally...
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Teen heart break coastal sailing Bali Ep 191
Sailing our floating home up the east coast of Bali was not without it's trials and tribulations. We are two crew members down. Sadly Chanelle left the boat after five months cruising aboard the good ship Javelo...
Uh-oh, looks like somebody needs to take some sailing lessons! We departed on our upwind slog to Panama's San Blas Islands, when the Captain noticed something wasn't right with the rigging: Our mast was pumping back and fourth like crazy as we slammed into...
We swapped our cosy, upriver anchorage on Panama's Chagres for a lumpy, confused Caribbean sea. We were glad of the short journey and couldn't wait to tuck in behind the breakwater of the Panama Canal on our way to Shelter Bay Marina. After that, the Capta...
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1,200 nautical miles and nine days lay ahead as we set out on our last passage of the Pacific season. We have spent 60 nights on passage in the past 210 days and at this point, we are ready for a break. With Carla suffering through passage fatigue, we he...
Two days in UBUD BALI where the coffee is quite literally S#!T! - Sailing Indonesia Ep 190
At last we have sailed our live aboard catamaran to the iconic tourist island of Bali in Indonesia. We left the boat for some shore leave in Ubud, the lush green cul...
Still weary from our overnight sail and squinting into the morning sunlight, we snuck across the river bar and sailed into the lush jungle ahead of us! We were able to motor for several miles upriver and found an isolated spot to call home for a few days w...
We had a really challenging overnight sail on our way from Bocas del Toro to the Chagres River, featuring about 6 squalls (the Captain stopped counting after 6!) which brought wind, rain, thunder and lightning. Guess who took the nightshift!!
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Welcome to Sailing Frida af Wisby this is a little introduction video to our channel and a summary of our sailing so far.
We are a middle aged couple that has left our hectic business lives to go sailing with our boat Fridá af Wisby and our cat Litza. Ou...
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