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Boat party in paradise! Sailing Bohemia Ep.136
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...
Fun in San Blas! Sailing Bohemia Ep.135
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...
Ep 143 Installing Mabru 12V Marine Air Conditioning
As a person with a lifelong sensitivity to heat, not having air conditioning on the boat has been the one drawback to cruising. I love the warm, clear waters of the Med and Caribbean seas, but have always struggle with overheating. So we finally dug deep ...
Trouble in Paradise! Sailing Bohemia Ep. 134
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...
Cruising the San Blas! Sailing Bohemia Ep.133
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...
The First Mate loves sailing upwind! Sailing Bohemia Ep.132
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...
Ep 142 Huge 840Ah Lithium Battery Upgrade for Talisman
2022 was probably the year we did the biggest upgrades to the boat. We added air conditioning, replaced the standing rigging, replaced our galley countertops and gimballing stove, bought a new dinghy, and of course upgraded the battery bank. For Talisman,...
When heaving to goes wrong! Sailing Bohemia Ep.131
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...
Fun in the Marina! Sailing Bohemia Ep.130
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...
Happy hour in the JUNGLE! Sailing Bohemia Ep.129
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...
Squall after squall! Sailing Bohemia Ep.128
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!! If you like ...
Spinnaker disaster! Sailing Bohemia Ep.127
Everything was going so well... until it wasn't. As both Bohemia and our buddy boat Matilda hoisted our super light, super-large sails to harness the weak wind, storm clouds started to loom large on the horizon and things started to get out of control fast...
Ep 141 Tuning Industrial Sewing Machines for Marine Canvas Projects
As I say in the episode, this is a bit off topic for a sailing channel, but I keep getting requests for exactly this type of subject matter. So here we go ... In this episode I demonstrate how Strataglass window glass in installed in Sunbrella marine canv...
Thrown out of paradise! Sailing Bohemia Ep.126
This episode finds Bohemia's fearless crew underway to Panama's lovely Islas Zapatillas. We were joined by our buddy boat, Matt and Fiona on SV Matilda and wanted to show them a slice of paradise before we parted ways: Zapatillas din't disappoint.... until...