Great Inagua in the Bahamas is known for making salt. That's right, the salt you eat. Morton's salt to be specific. They have a huge plant on the NW side of the island which employs a majority of the people living in the nearby settlement of Mathew Town. W...
No fresh food, no problem! Finding Fresh food can be hard when you live on a sailboat. So we prepare by keeping the pantry stocked and learn to get creative.
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This week on Sailing GBU I decided to show a good recipe for boat life in my bikini! Turns out its pretty hard to film a cooking show! The camera moves from being on a boat but the video is HILARIOUS. We hope we brought a smile to you today.
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We decided the next day was the day to head off and cross from the boot to the heel of Italy as bad weather was approaching and we didn't have enough time...
Lots of talks about the Leopard 45 Catamaran forward cockpit :-) this week we sit inside the forward cockpit of our Leopard 45 and discuss this concern. Is it a Jacuzzi waiting to happen? Is it dangerous? Will it flood? Why would you want it?
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I leave Margarida early morning and head out for a spear. The trouble is, the sun is not high and it is a bit overcast so I can't see into the water and see the reefs. I stumble upon a reef when a set comes in and my motor dies right at the worst possible ...
On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, we continue to tackle our never-ending list of sailboat projects and that’s when the reality starts to set in that getting the boat ready for cruising life is more work than we realized. In need of a break, we check ...
Hurricane season is approaching and it is time we really start working South so we set sail for Great Inagua, the very last Bahamas Island. We stopped at the very Southern tip of Acklins Island for the night and on our way there we got a few fish on under ...
Life at sea definitely doesn't mean just lying under the palm tree. Today we enjoy typical day aboard. We fix, fix and fix! :) Today we have a broken dinghy davit to weld back together and not only that! Other then that we clean, we cook, we dive, play som...
We use the north westerly winds to continue our journey south down through the Capricorn Bunker Group in the southernmost part of the Great Barrier Reef. We land our biggest Queensland Spanish Mackerel yet under spinnaker. On arrival at Lady Musgrave lagoo...
This week we're enjoying our canal boat life in the town of Beziérs on the Canal du Midi. The French canals are definitely living up to our expectations as we wander historic, medieval towns, admire the amazing scenery and stumble across a beer and food f...
Sailing Lifestyle - Enjoying life on land for a little bit longer - Ep. 21
In this episode of Sailing Zephyr we leave the Island of Terceira behind and go and find some new adventures on the Island of Sao Miguel in the Azores. The wonderful lakes, craters...
It's a typical day on our sailboat at anchor in a secluded island of the Bahamas. We dive and spearfish during the day and grill our catch on a bonfire by night. When you've finally found the perfect anchorage in your own private paradise, then its time to...
We sail from Ile Fourchue and head to Anse de Columbier in the north of St Barths, a hidden beach that is only accessible by boat and by foot.
After checking out the main town of Gustavia, we spend a morning swimming with turtles and exploring the bay aro...
We throw ourselves overboard at night over 30,000 feet of pitch black water in hopes of a close encounter with sea monsters! Just your typical night sail on Sylfia! STRANGER THINGS: What We Do On Our Sailboat At Night!
Expedition drenched is a U.S. based...
This week we're gonna start the real transformation of our SAILBOAT! Time to sand out the painting and to finish all the welds! Duca took some TIG welding classes!!
If you are new here... we are a Brazilian couple that have just bought a 44ft hot galvani...
Got any questions I haven't answered? Leave me a comment, and I'll do my best to answer there -- or maybe in another video! For now here are the top ten thus far
1. Do you know how to sail?
Just a little. I have loved sailing lasers (fast dinghies, kinda)...
Learn with us how to install marine VHF connector in this more technical video. And as if there wasn't enough boat projects we get a surprise that could have almost sunk our sailboat.
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Spearfishing and fishing is how we get 90% of our protein when we are sailing in the Bahamas. This day of spearfishing however was almost a complete fail. We saw a ton of sharks and missed a ton of fish. If it wasn't for gathering some conch we would have ...
This week on sailing GBU we get a driver to take us over to Puerto Plata a busier city. We made a list of things we needed to get and also made time for a rum and chocolate factory.
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Our food and water situation isn't good so we head back to the local Guna Village of Nargana to stock up. We hear there is a monkey in town kept as a pet so decided to check it and bring some bananas for it. We also hear that its' living condition are not ...
The adventure continues as Emily and Clark tackle the next Bahamian island on the 16-day voyage back to Florida aboard antique sailboat SV Temptress.
In this episode, we explore the ruins of the sacred home and burial site of a Bahamian hermit, and endur...
We found some caves on Sardinia's East coast, so we sailed to them, dropped anchor, and explored. I hope you enjoy, and as always, I'll talk to you in the comments! -Maya
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This week we sail back to Malaysia stopping at some world renowned places that we get to ourselves and we have our first scuba dive in Thailand.
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We are a Polish family traveling the world and sailing across oceans on our floating home, a 15 meter trimaran, as a way of promoting alternative way of life off the grid. In 2014 we managed to materialize our dreams and traded a land based home in Poland ...
After months of sitting out storms and strong winds, we get a favorable weather report to head out to the Great Barrier Reef. Our first stop is Fitzroy Reef in the Capricorn Bunker group, a reef lagoon anchorage offering world class diving and fishing.
T...
Terceira Island AZORES Portugal - Ep. 20
In this week of Sailing Zephyr we leave the Horta Marina in Faial and sail to the nearby island of Terceira. One of our most magical sails due to James and I spotting some Sperm Whales in the early morning shift ...
We swim, snorkel, sail, and paddle board at Alabaster Bay!
Alabaster Bay in Eleuthera is one of our very favorite anchorages. The water is incredibly clear, the beach is simply beautiful, and the anchorage itself it nicely sheltered from the prevailing ea...
Bonus Video!!! This episode on Sailing GBU we posted a visual video of what happened on my birthday. We took the clips just for us to remember it but decided to post it! Thank you again for all the Birthday wishes!!!
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WE| Sail to Turks & Caicos. Unfortunately, due to some computer troubles we had to skip over an episode (Puerto Rico Part II). Stay tuned, however for the passage from Puerto Rico to Turks will premier as soon as we get our computer fixed.
Until then...
It may seems like cruising the Bahamas is all about sunsets and rum cocktails but it wouldn't be boat life without dealing with mechanical breakdowns. This time the culprit is a pump for our water-maker. That's ok though, we are able to macgyver a temporar...
Bad weather is on it's way and it's time to GET OUTTA HERE! After sailing 1500 miles from New Zealand to Niue, we finally make landfall only to find out that there's huge westerly swells coming in that will force us to head west to Tonga. We make the mos...
We experience how scary it is to drag anchor while we're not on the boat, enjoy the beautiful anchorage of Antisamos on Kephalonia and enjoy some great sailing weather on our Kadey Krogen 38. Big thanks to Sailing Kittiwake for the anchorage advice!!
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We found some holes on our steel sailboat!! 😱
If you are new here... we are a Brazilian couple that have just bought a 44ft hot galvanized steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) and is on the mission of bringing her back to life after 22 years abandoned...
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