Sailing around Cape Verde islands has gotten even more tricky. Due to Covid, we must get a test before leaving and entering other islands. We must get official authorizations to anchor at locations other than the main harbors of Mindelo or Praia. And then ...
Covid test passed and documents on hand, we sail out of on a brisk 20kts downwind to the island of Santiago. Heading to the capital of Cape Verde, Praia. We dock at the fishing pier and are now living with the fishermen. It's not a marina or fancy yacht cl...
Maio, a new island and a new home for us. We go around Maio Island by foot and discover great street food. Then we are taken along with a local guide named Maurizio in his classic Land Rover. We're going around Maio Island safari style. And finally Peter r...
It's time for some real Cape Verde sailing. I just have a few projects to finish, and will sail into the night. At midnight we set sail for a 30 plus hour passage from the island of Sao Vicente to Maio island in Cape Verde Africa. Conditions are as expecte...
After several weeks of waiting, we're going back out to sea! I'm accompanied by a new crew member who was looking to hitch a ride on a sailboat. As well I was testing the boat and new crew. So me and Peter took our boats out for the weekend with our friend...
What's it like to turn sixty in Cape Verde? Well, you're about to see how it was for me. Imagine a bunch of young lovely girls and a few friends drinking and dancing in your honor all night long. But this episode isnt just about my birthday party, we prepa...
New Season of Winded Voyage. Welcome to Season 5! It begins New Year's Eve in Mindelo Cape Verde, Africa. And even though there is a pandemic, so no outdoor concerts or fireworks, we manage to party like it's the end of 2020. It's lots of fun, music and da...
My 2020 sailing adventures in Cape Verde end here. The best and worse of the year has been summed up in these last four episodes of Winded Voyage. And the year of Covid will go down in infamy around the world, but thanks to my lucky stars, my year during t...
The best of Cape Verde are the people. And in this episode we meet the best of people and experience a few of the worse moments. One sad moment is when Peter leaves to sail to Cananda. But then we sail with Peixe and his sister Jussara. We meet Elvin at hi...
What was it like to be stuck on a rocky island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean during the 2020 pandemic? It was actually pretty special. We got to sail with friends. Discover amazing deserted beaches. Sail to the greenest island of the archipelago and ...
A special end of year episode highlighting some of the best and worse moments of the unforgettable year 2020. From the last big end of year festivities, amazing sailing, meeting wonderful people and stunning locations on the island of Santiago. These are s...
Merry Christmas everyone! This is a special holiday episode from Cape Verde Africa. After my injury I moor at Marina Mindelo with the help of my friend Peixe. Turns out I'm not moored in the comfort zone after all. But Galopin is right next to my friend Pe...
It's been about a month since my debilitating injury which has forced me to be confined to my boat. But thanks to the miracle of life, my old body is healing and I plan my escape. Two of the best friends anyone can have come to my aid as accomplices in my ...
Can an Injured man with limited supplies live on a boat alone for a month? Sounds like a pitch for a reality TV show. But it's my reality. I'm stuck on a sailboat at anchor. Injured and alone. With limited food and water. And for who knows how long? But wi...
My injury has confined me to my boat. I cant walk. I'm living in solitary confinement. My body will need time to heal before I can walk and even consider sailing. My Winded Voyage has come to a sudden halt. Or has it? Accidents happen and if one survives, ...
After a harrowing sail we settle into Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau. We clean up our boats do a little sightseeing of the town and go off on an excursion. Destination is Carbeirinho, stunning rock formations battered by the surf. There we venture into a secluded...
The Sao Vicente Canal, most of the time it's a rough patch of ocean to navigate. Which is the case in this episode. It was at times harrowing, with winds sustained at 33kts. It was an uphill battle against wind, current and waves. I took on water and my fr...
Me and my boat Galopin have been wanting to sail with our friend Bruno for some time. And we got the perfect opportunity. A weekend jaunt across the Sao Vicente canal and on to the island of Santa Antao. I've done this passage on many occasions, but never ...
Being a full time live aboard sailor is often a life full of surprises. Some people don't like surprises, but I do. And in this episode I get a lot of them. Some good, some not so good. For the most part I can say, "WOW! What a nice surprise!"
#surprise #p...
We did what few recreational sailors do or even attempt to. We circumnavigated the island of Santa Antao. It was an epic six day journey beginning in the town of Tarrafal de Montrigo and ending back there several days later. It gave us time to make a short...
We continue our tour of Santa Antao island. We start from the Northwest Bank to the town of Cruzinhas. A precarious anchorage, but with the help of locals, we stay for the night. We have a day discover the local scenery which is stunning. And later we tak...
We're about to embark on a Cape Verde navigational feat few have done. A full circumnavigation of Santa Antao island. Conditions were perfect for this. So here we are starting a major sailing adventure. I'm accompanied by two great friends, Jodie and Sidne...
The forecast was pretty accurate. A tropical storm was on our way and I would be sailing right into it. I was beating into a tropical storm. We had left our last anchorage in Tarrafal a bit too late and found ourselves crossing the Sao Vicente canal as the...
After sailing from Mindelo with my friend Wendy, we met up with our other two friends in the little town of Tarrafal on the island of Santa Antao. There I took the three city girls to a big deserted black sand beach. We could swim and escape the sweltering...
So what's it like to be in between two storms in Cabo Verde where hurricanes are born? Well tune in to this channel if you want to know. In reality it's not that bad if you pay attention to the weather predictions. And in the end you make the best with wha...
I'm back out on the ocean with my friend Paul Lou who goes fly fishing. As well we meet meet Akko who goes kite surfing on Mindelo bay while Wendy watches clad in her new canary yellow bikini. I'm invited to a birthday party on my neighbor's sailboat and w...
We're out sailing again! This time with Gilson and family we take Galopin for another test sail in Sao Vicente canal and catch a tune. We go and listen to our friend Jodie sing and play guitar and I get a boat project done. Then we tell the story of Lucas ...
After a wake up call of what it's like to sail in these Cape Verdean waters by breaking something, we sail into a favorite bay of ours to make repairs. Our man Peixe begins by fishing for dinner. Then cooking a fried fish dinner under an orange sky. And i...
After Gilson successfully changed my Cutlass bearing, we had to go and test drive Galopin. But before all that, we saved a boat from drifting. Organized a going away party for Peter. Cast off Peter and Ayrton on their journey across the Atlantic to Nova Sc...
Taking the propeller off its shaft underwater to change the Cutlass Bearing is impossible some say. But in Cape Verde doing the nearly impossible is possible. We end our stay on the island of Santa Antao by visiting Dona Maria's charming hostel with a view...
We went to the island of Santa Antao for the weekend and stayed a week. The tiny coastal town of Cruzinhas has adopted us. Kids and adults come and visit us. There is an huge deserted beach I went to see and ventured swimming, alone. The girls put on a dan...
Beauty comes in many for and is in the eye of the beholder. But behold a few of the places we visit on this wonderful island. As well as whom we visited with. All very beautiful. But you'll have to decide for yourself when you see the amazing village of Fo...
Covid19 is sill holding us hostage with our sailboats. But that doesn't mean we cant go out to sea. So we took the ferry across the Sao Vicente Canal to the island of Santa Antao. One of the most spectacular Cape Verde islands.The pandemic is still with us...
Life is slowly passing by here in Cabo Verde. As Covid19 restrictions continue to make international and inter island travel by difficult or closed. We can't go but life goes on. But life in Mindelo is relatively open which you'll discover in this episode....
There seems to be a magnetic force to this island. Some of us try to leave and are drawn back to Mindelo like a magnet. As well, many of us are stuck here. Borders are closed, quarantines are in place and sailing around the islands is not quite possible. O...
That's what I should have done. Treat sooner or suffer later. I had a nasty infection that I thought I could treat on my own, rather than go see a doctor. Well I waited too long and boy did I suffer. I'm still stuck in Mindelo Cape Verde. I cant's sail for...
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