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Why so BLUE | The Victron Overhaul 2.0 – Sailing Honu Time S3E15
Why so BLUE | The Victron Overhaul 2.0 Christmas is near and we have a boat filled with little blue boxes. Sadly, none of them have jewelry in them. Welcome to the Victron age Honu Time. It is time to clean up after the electrical fiasco and start the r...
Walking The Streets Of Dakar To Find Solutions | Meeting People Going Places | Season 6 | Episode 8
#sailing #solosailing #offgrid I needed to upgrade my solar energy system so I set off walking the streets of Dakar alone to find a store named Solar Solutions. I walked throughout the city alone for more than four hours. I wanted to save money on taxis an...
Electrical Fire Disaster🧯We can’t catch a break – Sailing Honu Time S3E14
Electrical Fire Disaster | We can't catch a break What a momentous occasion this leg of the trip has been. We finally made it back to where it all began. Nine months ago, we purchased/adopted our Honu and we have finally “circumnavigated” back to Hil...
Sailor Alex In Dakar Senegal | Where I Go To Get My Boat Fixed In West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 7
#solosailing #offgrid #livingfree One of the main reasons I came back to Dakar Senegal was to get my sails repaired and more. I do not have the budget to simply order new sails. Here people don’t just replace things, they fix things. I was impressed by ...
The New Normal | Learning the ropes of boat life – Sailing Honu Time S3E13
The New Normal | Learning the ropes of boat life Things will never be the same again. You can’t just pop out for a carton of milk or quick bite with friend. Things need to planned out, weather checked, anchor secured and dinghy deployed. We have had t...
Trapped In A Net & Colliding With A Fishing Boat | Solo Sailing West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 6
#sailing #solosailing #collision I was motor sailing fast at seven plus knots. I wanted to beat the sunset so I could anchor in daylight. But then I had to get through this monumental maze of fishing nets until I hit a dead end. This was bad. Very bad. Wi...
Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Hold Us Down | The Balmar Upgrade – Sailing Honu Time S3E12
Ain't Nothin' Gonna Hold Us Down Before we left the safety and security of our happy marina home in Virginia we thought that we had secured all of our systems and we were ready for the next adventure. But as boat life goes you need to be prepared for any...
Psychological Solo Sailing Challenge | Sailing Cabo Verde to Senegal Africa | Season 6 | Episode 5
#sailing #offgrid #solosailing We were underway. Just me and Galopin. This would be my first long solo passage. I felt I needed this challenge. To get to know myself and my boat. Being alone puts you more in touch with your environment. Your reality. It’...
We never expected this😧Outside Passage on the Atlantic Ocean – Sailing Honu Time S3E11
We never expected this! We have been told that everything on our boat is broken, we just don’t know it yet. On that note, we made sure that we went over everything before we left the dock. The last thing we wanted was a malfunction the first time we tak...
Marizia The Coolest Sailor Girl Ever | Living & Sailing In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 6 | Episode 4
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #sailorgirl Meet Marizia, probably the coolest sailor girl ever. We've been friends for a long time, and I asked her if we could do a quick one on one interview. She talks candidly about her new job and too much partying in Sa...
1 Year of Being a Liveaboard | Realtime Update – Sailing Honu Time
We want to take a minute to celebrate with you our first full year as liveaboards on Honu Time. As most of you know who have been with us from the beginning for this crazy journey.. it hasn’t been easy but wow, have we learned so much. On that note, we...
When Dreams Become a Reality! | Cruising our rebuilt sailboat to the Bahamas Sailing Honu Time S3E10
When Dreams Become a Reality! We can’t believe this day has finally arrived! We have been working tirelessly on our 2001 Hunter for the past 11 months with a dream and a goal of traveling the world with her. Ok, maybe not the world right off the bat, b...
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...
Boats & O’s | A Shuck’n Good Time – MUST DO’s in the Chesapeake – Sailing Honu Time S3E9
A Shuck’n Good Time! It has been a dream of our to get the opportunity to go to the Annapolis boat show in the Chesapeake. Josh and I have worked boat shows for years in our old industries and it was nice to finally be apart of the crowd and just take i...
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...
A Hole Lot of Fun | Refitting our 2001 Sailboat
A Hole Lot of Fun! More boat yoga anyone? Now that we are “experts” in fiberglass it’s time to tackle the anchor locker and weakly mounted windlass. The mounting plate and fiberglass is so cracked we are worried that one day when we are pulling the ...
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...
Out of the frying pan and into the fire | Refitting a 2001 sailboat
The day has finally arrived. We are scheduled to get back in the water. Just a few minor projects to complete... Wax the hull, install the prop, paint the bottom of the keel and stand plates, then wash the boat and were done. Minor stuff. It was very surr...
How I Did New Year’s | & How I Got Seasick At Sea | Sailing In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 105
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #seasick It's a new year in Mindelo and people are back out on the streets to celebrate as well as aboard Galopin. I get ready to sail to Dakar and this time I'm going solo. The wind is more than anticipated and I get really ...
Cock It & Rock It | Installing Sea Cocks and Through Hulls on 2001 Sailboat
I never thought dealing with a hole in the boat could be so satisfying. This week was a true test of DIY with your spouse. We had to coordinate two separate jobs while trying to talk to each other through the hull of the boat and let me tell you that pro...
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 ...
Out running a hurricane | Refitting a Hunter Sailboat
Now that the fiberglass rebuild work has been completed on the rudder it’s time to start getting the rest of the hull back in shape. We have 685 sq ft of surface to prep and paint before Hurricane Ian comes knocking on our door step. The blisters are al...
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...
What did we get ourselves into? | Refitting Our 20yr old Sailboat
To say that we have a lot of work ahead of us is an understatement! Now that we are in the thick of things we are getting a real idea of what needs to be done on Honu. It's not just about scraping and painting the bottom. The game is the same just the pl...
How My Boat Got The Shaft | & Who Did It | Sailing & Living In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 102
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree When Galopin was sailing with the motor under load I heard and felt something was not right. And it was Arona, the genius mechanic who discovered why. The propeller shaft was bent. In a few days my boat got properly shafted by...
Can turtles fly? | Refitting our 20yr old Sailboat
Can turtles fly? It’s haul out day! “There is nothing scarier and more exciting than seeing your entire house and everything you own held up by two little yellow straps” That is the understatement of a life time. We have been waiting for this mome...
Living On The Hard In Dakar Senegal | Sailing & Living Free In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 101
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree Here we are living on the hard in Dakar Senegal. Me and my boat Galopin. In this case the hard or boat yard is the beach. Which is just in front of CVD, Club de Voile Dakar, the yacht club. I'm hosted by Arona who is the techn...
Will it ever go in? | Refitting our Hunter Sailboat
Will it ever go it? If we are ever going to move our boat again, we need to get our engine up and running. The trip north really did a number on her and we are now ready to put everything back in working order. But that doesn’t always prove to be as ea...
The Girl Gets Off & The Boat Goes Up | Sailing & Living Free In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 100
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree Adele and I sail through traffic on our approach into Dakar. The girl gets off Galopin and we say good bye. She was great to have aboard. And the boat goes up on the beach. I'll be living up there for a few days. It's kinda of...
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#sailing #offgrid #livingfree Come aboard Winded Voyage Membership program. Get extra perks and get the inside stories. Chat and/or talk with me. I'll answer your questions honestly. Be part of our Winded Voyage. Some say it’s The Best Sailing Channel o...
More Boat Projects! | Refitting our Hunter Sailboat
More Boat Projects! We have final made it to our new home in Virginia and boy was that shakedown cruise a doozy. We have discovered a whole “boat” load of new boat projects to do. But as they say, your project list never ends. To list off a few ite...
Who’s That Boat Hitchhiker Sailing With Me? | Living Free In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 99
#sailing #hitchhiker #livingfree Boat hitchhikers. Ever been approached by any? Ever consider taking one or more on your travels? Ever have one aboard? Who are they really? They seem cool, but are they? It’s really big and wide out here. And no one can h...
Is This The End Of Our Journey?
Is this the end of our journey? What a change in scenery we had this week. Going from the tranquil grasses and trees to a full-on industrial landscape, what a shock to the senses. We had to deal with major shipping lanes, movable bridges on schedules,...
Me & Adele Go East To Dakar Senegal | Sailing & Living Free In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 98
#sailing #offgrid #hitchhiking I was going to solo sail the four day journey to the West Coast of the African continent when I met Adele. Adele is a boat hitchhiker. So me & Adele go East to Dakar Senegal. Weather conditions are fair except the wind is...
We Got Infested 🦟 Cruising the ICW
We Got Infested 🦟 Who knew that the ICW would be a go to vacay? The more we travel it the more we wonder how many beautiful things we have not seen in the world… not even that far. How many beautiful things we have not seen in North America. Wheneve...
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