We have been cleared to leave Costa Rica for our longest sail yet to Mexico. After nearly 2 months spent in Costa Rica, or should I say the coast of Costa Rica, all during the pandemic of 2020, we now are leaving for Mexico.
Customs and immigration have...
We continue our 1500 mile sail back to the USA from the caribbean. we fly the spinakker and taylor does some Yoga!
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Welcome to Episode 18 of Carpe Diem Sailing and Part 8 of our Learn to Sail Series. In this video I cover 6 basic knots every sailor should know. I talk about their uses and demonstrate how to tie them step by step.
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we swim in the second deepesrt part of the ocean on our 1,500 mile sail back to the mainland from the caribbean
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Sumergre with us in WWII history again! In this episode we dive a WW2 Japanese Submarine & American B-17 Flying Fortress.
The Search to find these wrecks is an adventure itself. We were warned that Guadalcanal was a conflictive zone and that we had to ...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode we sail into an old French copper mining town called Santa Rosalia, complete with French bakery and Eiffel-designed church. We explore the town, before making the big j...
Join us as we finally enter the Atlantic, and face our toughest passage to date as we sail for the Canary Islands.
Off the back of the most easterly hurricane in the North Atlantic, we face huge waves, big gusts, ferocious squalls and fast moving tankers...
We set sail from the USVI 1,500 miles to the mainland flying mostly the spinnaker!
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This is the hardest part about sailing. Choosing to live a nomadic life on the ocean means incredible rewards but it also means saying goodbye...A LOT. In this episode we say farewell to Chief John who had been showing us around his backyard of the Flori...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode, we race little Bohemia north alongside four other boats, find out how we faired! We also went to explore a small town near our anchorage on the promise of ice-cold marg...
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Sailing the bluewater of New Caledonia
Where th...
Boat life isn't always sunshine and rainbows...but if you're gonna break down, at might as well be in a magical jungle paradise! Get marooned with us in the wild Tokyo Bay while we deal with our overheating engine...but don't worry, we manage to squeeze i...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode we continue our journey north to the beautiful Punta Chivato, surfing into the anchorage in the strong southerly winds. We explore on foot and take an epic hike to the to...
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Bluewater sailing can change your life.
If you ...
Welcome to the infamous Iron Bottom Sound, home to one of the largest concentration of World War II Shipwrecks in the world. Learn about the history of the battle of Guadalcanal and dive two stunning wrecked sea planes with us in the beautiful waters of t...
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Sailing alone
This week I'm sailing Alone. Rob ...
Welcome to Episode 17 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I demonstrate how to plot danger bearings and a clearing line and discuss the benefits of such easy to learn and remember navigational techniques. Invaluable in times of GPS or electronic navigati...
We've GONE MAD on Sylfia! We let our freak flag fly in this episode and give you a real glimpse into the silliness and strangeness that is our daily lives, complete with Nate’s beauty sessions, Peanut’s training sessions, and a NEW CREW!…PLUS some se...
We prepared and planned for this journey over many years but like almost everyone, we missed the risk of a global pandemic completely altering our world as we know it. However, we have vowed that rather than hide from the new reality, we are going to embra...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode we rush into nearby town Loreto to stock up before heading off the grid again, this time we sail north to the amazingly beautiful Caleta San Juanico, where we share our c...
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We're not just sailing
We're not just sailing. ...
Boat Life doesn't get much better than this. Welcome to Water Point Village in the remote Mboli Pass of the Solomon Islands. With the help of John we're able to visit some off the map places that almost noone goes to. This is why we do what we do on our...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode, we sail Bohemia to one of the most stunning destinations we have reached so far, Isla Coronados... only to get completely invaded by bees and have to beat a hasty retrea...
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Sailing back to paradise
In last weeks episode ...
After sailing over 6,000 nautical miles in the first six months of our journey we have now spent the last 6 months tied to a dock in Nicaragua. COVID-19 has swept the world and just like everyone else back home, we are going a bit bonkers. Lucky for us the...
We take our sail boat through the wild and uncharted Mboli pass in the Solomon Islands. It's one of the most exotic and beautiful places we have ever visited, and almost no one goes there. The crack is a narrow passage through two islands that creates a ...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Bluewater sailing to Vanuatu
There is nothing l...
We CAN'T BELIEVE OUR EYES! Join us for a voyage through some of the most jaw droppingly beautiful and remote places in the world, the incomparable Solomon Islands! After welcoming our new crew member John Ruka who crewed with S.V. Delos about a decade ea...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode we complete our mini circumnavigation of the beautiful Isla Carmen, reaching popular anchorage Ballandra Bay. We hangout with the local wildlife and our friends Daniel an...
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Sailing the Pacific ocean
Our yacht Javelot is ...
This video is out of sequence as it was re uploaded. It was pointed out by eagle eyed viewers that there was an error. That error has been corrected. Thanks for the feedback
Welcome to Episode 15 of Carpe Diem Sailing and Part 7 of our Learn to Sail Seri...
This video is out of order because it was brought to my attention that there was an error which needed to be addressed. YouTube does not allow a re-upload so the original had to be deleted.
Welcome to Episode 13 of Carpe Diem Sailing and Part 6 of our Le...
Ever wonder how they make a perfect cigar?? While Gargoyle’s crew is relaxing at Puesta Del Sol, we decided to check out Estelí, one of the largest areas in Central America for cigar manufacturing. First a 200 km drive to the northern mountain region o...
This is what sailing is all about! We go off the map and off the grid in the Solomon Islands in one of our most beautiful backyards ever, Roderick Bay. We have an out of this world encounter with a mantis shrimp, get creative in the kitchen with the beau...
A huge thank you to those who help keep our boat afloat by supporting our creative process via Patreon. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis
Bluewater sailing postponed when crew gets sick...
Join Peter and Tom sailing California, Mexico and the Sea of Cortez!
In this episode we are visited by a large pod of bottlenose dolphins, feeding in the turquoise shallow waters for hours on end! The wildlife in the Sea is just stunning, just when you th...
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