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...
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