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Can THIS GUY Successfully Engineer a Solar Arch In a Foreign Country?? (CSS, Ep 172)
Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/calico - Enter promo code CALICO for 83% off and three extra months for free! This episode begins with the sanding down of the now-cured fiberglass blisters on Calicos' hull. Next, Bill and friends Big D and J...
Can we get everything done? | Ep84
A big part of cruising is looking after your boat so it can look after you. In the Mediterranean most of those jobs are done in the winter and the list can get very long. This is the part of cruising you don't often see on YouTube but it is part of the lif...
Sailing Out Here Ain’t For Pussies | Rough Sailing In Cabo Verde West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 3
#sailing #offgrid #roughsea Sailors love to tell their tales, and this is just that. A real life sailor's story told by the sailor who lived to tell it. Sailing around the Cabo Verde Archipelago can be and often is very rough. The islands are out in the N...
Brand $New$ Rudder, But Will it FIT??? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 171)
This episode opens with Bill cleaning the rudder stuffing box with a wire brush in an attempt to remove years of corrosion in preparation for new packing material. Next, Bill switches gears back to our new arch project and continues to remove items from th...
I Was Beaten Up By The Vicious Atlantic Ocean | Solo Sailing In West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 2
#sailing #livingfree #roughsea I did not expected it to be so tough, but as it often is when sailing around the Cabo Verde Archipelago, it was genuinely rough. And to add to that my autopilot gave out. I thought it would be good idea to sail leeward inste...
What Does it COST to Refit a 40 Year Old Sail Boat? Ep. 170
This episode opens with a reveal of our plans to build a whole new arch system from scratch. We discuss how we ended up with our current 'franken-davits' with a brief blast from the past to our NY sailing days and first cruises on Calico Skies. We lay ou...
I Fixed My Autopilot With Super Glue & Baking Soda | Sailing In West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 1
#sailing #lifehacks #livingfree Season premiere of Winded Voyage season 6 starts where we left off last season. Finding refuge from the fierce wind and waves on the nearest safe island anchorage because of autopilot failure. And coincidentally it's Friday...
Sailing In West Africa | Where Few Sailors Dare Sail | Winded Voyage | Season 6 | Trailer
#sailing #offgrid #adventure I’m Alex. I’m not pretty or an accomplished sailor. I don’t have a pension or a deep bank account to rely on. I departed alone one cold February day from the south of France to Barcelona. And continued along the Spanish c...
Genius? Or Do You Have a Better Idea?? Livin’ Life on the EDGE in the Boat Yard 🤪 (CSS, Ep.169)
In this episode Bill begins work at the yard by dropping the rudder the rest of the way down, a continuation of last week's videos work. We've decided to have a whole new rudder made after discovering deep pitting on the stainless steel pipe. He needs to r...
Rudder is TOAST: The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 168)
In this episode Bill explains that the next project will be dropping the rudder because of suspect-looking pitting at the joint. Calico Skies is hauled out at Cabrales boat yard in Penasco Mexico and it's the beginning of a mini refit. For this project B...
Cold Mornings Aboard | Winter Days on the Boat
Another cold snap brought freezing temperatures overnight which meant for some chilly mornings. But that didn't stop us from getting some boat maintenance done.
I Spent Christmas On The Ocean With A Hitchhiker | Sailing In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 104
#sailing #offgrid #hitchhikers Galopin and I took on Jonathan, a Belgian boat hitchhiker to sail from Dakar Senegal to Mindelo Cabo Verde. And I spent Christmas Day with him out on the ocean. Some say it’s The Best Sailing Channel on YouTube! Agree or ...
How to Replace the Starter on a M30 Universal Diesel Engine (+ Tension the Belt) | Catalina Sailboat
In this video we show you how to change the starter and tension the pulley on a Universal M-30 diesel engine.
The Open Sea Trial | In The Rough Atlantic | Sailing In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 103
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree We sail out of Dakar Senegal in West Africa and out into the rough Atlantic Ocean. Taking my boat Galopin for an open sea trial. Arona, the genius mechanic, had a new custom propeller shaft made and it proved to be an huge imp...