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How We Get Stuff Done | To Sail To Senegal | Living Free In West Africa | Season 5 | Episode 97
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree There's always something to fix when living on a sailboat. And when it's your dinghy engine which you need to go to shore, it's an important fix. And we manage when we find help. Good help. Because it's time to sail to Dakar S...
Chasing the Sunshine | Cruising the ICW
Chasing the Sunshine! 😎🏝 Sometimes you need to slow down and smell the roses. We have been on a mission to get north as quick as possible and have forgotten to stop and to explore all the really cool places along the way. Enter Beaufort, NC … no...
Did I Ruin My Engine With The Wrong Oil? | Sailing & Living Free In Cabo Verde| Season 5| Episode 96
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree My engine ran out of oil while out on the ocean and I had forgotten to buy more before heading out. I put whatever oil I had on board which was transmission oil and two stroke oil. Did I ruin my engine with the wrong oil? Make...
Boat Life: Living Our Best Life | Traversing down the ICW
Boat Life: Living Our Best Life Wow! Does it get any better than this?! Some days are just fantastic from the moment you open your eyes. These were those days. The sun was shining the current was flowing in our direction and the scenery was fantastic o...
Record Time For Galopin | Santiago To Sao Vicente | Living Free In Cabo Verde | Season 5 |Episode 95
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree Tarrafal was a wonderful place to stay and visit, but it was time for us to go. We sailed off well before dawn and were blessed by superb conditions. It allowed me to get inspired to show how I get my shots. It got rough duri...
WE HIT! Top & Bottom | Traversing the ICW
WE HIT! Top & Bottom Well, I guess it was inevitable. We knew the party wasn’t going to last forever. There is something truly special about taking the time to traverse this water way. We have had the opportunity to explore some absolutely amazing...
The Place Is So Nice | We Had To Come Back | Happy & Sailing In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 94
#sailing #happylife #livingfree We set off to sail to Senegal. But we have to turn back because of weather and the real possibility of serious engine failure. This turned out to be quite an adventure which I describe in colorful details. We averted disaste...
Squat Down & Hold Your Breath | Bowing Down to the Bridges of the ICW
Squat down and hold your breath! I don’t know if we have mentioned it before but Honu is a big girl for the ICW. We hit the max in both directions. Our mast is 63.5Ft and our keel is 6.5Ft. The majority of the fixed bridge heights are 65ft at high tide,...
It’s About Making Friends | Meeting Great People | Living Free In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 93
#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid I'm in Tarrafal de Santiago. Cabo Verde's most populated island. To me it's one of the most interesting of the archipelago. It's got rugged mountains, golden beaches and is home to Praia, the capital city. And the people here...
Show me your Monkey 🐒 | Cruising The ICW
Show me your Monkey! What a day of firsts. There is no dipping your toe in the pool for us we dive all in and figure it out as we go. This is the first time we have driven the boat. The first time we have charted and dealt with tides, currents, and sho...
Bahamas or Bust | Racing a Lagoon 56 to the Bahamas
Bahamas or Bust! 🏝 What a wild ride! We learned so much on this trip and we solidified our confidence in the knowledge we have acquired so far. Like anything you study for, it’s super cool when you can put it into practice. I think that is the bigg...
Sailing Solo To Santiago | A Lonely Experience | Living Free In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 91
It's time I leave the island of Boa Vista and head south to the island of Santiago. There are a few thing to do before I go and then we sail out in the night for 80nm passage. Am I sailing alone, or am I? All part of living free in Cabo Verde Africa Some ...
Marooned On A Lagoon | Racing a Lagoon 56 to the Bahamas
Marooned On A Lagoon 📅 You can’t sail on a schedule… We have been told this tag line over and over again and boy did it hold true on this trip. Before we started out on this adventure, we have many stops planned. There was provisioning to do, st...
New Island Different Vibe | Boa Vista & Friends | Living Free In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 90
#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid Boa Vista Island is the Bahamas of Cape Verde. With its wide turquoise colored bay and long golden sand beaches. There I meet up with Peter and we try to go visit our friend Marizia at her job. But the hotel would not let us ...
Checking Off and Checking Out | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Checking Off and Checking Out You know that feeling when you have worked so hard on something and I really mean worked harder than you ever have, and you finally get to see the fruits of you labor? We experienced that feeling this week. It has been 9 w...
My Favorite Crew Girl | Cruising To A New Island | Living Free In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 89
#sailing ##livingfree #lifestyle Marizia and I continue to Boa Vista Island. About 40nm miles south. Conditions are exceptional and we take in the natural high of the moment. When Marizia takes more than she expected. She's tough and resilient and we sail ...
New toys, it’s all about the circles 🔆 Refitting Our Hunter Sailboat
It's all about the circles! This week felt a bit like Christmas. We have been impatiently waiting for some very special “wants” to arrive and they have finally made it. Supply issues this past year have made parts orders very trying and we are doing...
Time To Let Go | See You Mindelo | 60 & Sailing In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 5 | Episode 88
#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid It’s time to leave Mindelo where I lived some of the best experiences of my life. It’s a tell-all episode. We’re sailing to Sal island and I’m accompanied by my beautiful friend Marizia, the girl whom you’ll get to ...
A Little Bit of Lube and A LOT of Tugging and Pulling | Refitting Our Hunter Sailboat
We have a new saying on our boat… This will only take about an hour, which means this is a 1 day to 2 day project. The jobs are slowing coming to an end and we can see the North a calling. However, the last couple of jobs seem to be the ones that are ...
Why Do Girls Come Aboard? | Dinghy Lost & Found | Living Free In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 87
#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid There are those who are welcome and those who are not. Find out who and why. As well we solve a missing dinghy mystery for our friend Henric. Find out why girls come aboard and how a dinghy was lost and found. Part of living ...
Stuffed, Fried & Rippin | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Stuffed, Fried & Rippin Grab your favorite bevy and get ready, cause it’s going to be AWESOME – now take a drink!🧃 You know that moment when you put on an old coat and find $5 in the pocket? Well that how this week kinda went. We had a pretty ...
Trimming Sails & Wind Angle | My Best Sailing Yet | Living Free In Africa | Season 5 | Episode 86
#sailing ##livingfree #offgrid Somewhere north of the coast of the windward Cape Verde islands, me and my boat Galopin are averaging 7kts speed. My best sailing yet. It's all about trimming sails and wind angle as we barrel over the Atlantic. Two old timer...
Hot ‘N’ Horn-e | Hunter Sailboat Refit
Hot ‘N’ Horn-e! 📢 We’ve gone unprotected long enough and we’re getting loud people! The summer heat has finally set in and it’s time to give some reprieve to ourselves and Honu. As you remember from a couple of weeks ago, we finally waxed th...
Tangle Up to Another Boat | Woes Of Anchoring | Living Free Aboard A Sailboat | Season 5 |Episode 85
#sailing #livingfree #offgrid We end our 120nm passage in the bay of Palmeira. It's a small fishing village a calm bay in which to anchor. It is the place to be on Sunday nights, which is when we arrived. But the wind had shifted and my boat Galopin ended ...
⚡ A LITTLE TOO MUCH POWER! 🌪 | Hunter Sailboat Refit
A LITTLE TOO MUCH POWER! At what point is it too much or not enough? 🤔 We hit some major ups and downs this week. The energy and adrenaline were all over the map and Mother Nature sure gave us a glimpse of what can happen out there. Honu got a subst...
Beating A Storm & Sailing Into The Wind | Living Free Aboard A Sailboat | Season 5 | Episode 84
#sailing #livingfree #offgrid Me a 60 year old and Giani a 74 year old sail 120NM from the island of Sao Vicente to the island of Sal in Cabo Verde Africa. We beat a storm coming out of Mindelo Bay and sail into the wind. We are beating a storm and sailing...
Grip It and Rip It! | Refitting a Hunter Sailboat
Grip It and Rip It! How slippery is your deck? 🥴 Ours was in rough shape 🙈 Just like everything else on the boat the sun had taken its toll and it was time to spring ourselves from the under belly of our home and start to get the top side up to sn...
The Party’s Over | Another Begins | Living Aboard A Sailboat In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 83
#sailing #livingfree #offgrid The party’s over until the next one starts. Another can begin. It’s summer in Cabo Verde. It’s hot but not extreme. I invited a friend for dinner and it became an all weekend birthday festa. That’s how it is in Cabo Ve...
Africa’s Woodstock | Music, Dance & Laughing Gas | Festival Baía das Gatas | Season 5 | Episode 82
#looneyjohnson #festival #caboverde They call it Africa's Woodstock. Festival Baía das Gatas is a three day outdoor music festival held on the island of Sao Vicente in Cabo Verd Africa. Tens of thousands of festival goers come from all other islands of th...
The Frustration Of Living Aboard A Sailboat | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 81
Life aboard a sailboat is not all fun. There's always a problem or something to fix. It's the frustration of living aboard a sailboat. And in this episode I try my best to fix my generator. And then we go to another Cape Verde event. This is the season to ...
I Got Robbed On My Boat | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 80
I got robbed on my boat while I was sleeping. Crazy no? I've been in Cabo Verde quite a while now and this has never happened before. The details are in this episode. But it's not all bad. We also go to a wild Cape Verdean rave party. It's all part of sail...
No Problems Only Solutions | Bikini Photoshoot | Sailing Galopin Cabo Verde | Season 5 | Episode 79
My boat Galopin and I passed our sea trial. Coming back from two days sailing, Galopin is ready to set sail. The weather is good. Yet sailing Galopin is not possible at this time which is explained in this episode. Meanwhile there are still explosions ratt...
Getting Galopin Ready To Go | Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 5 | Episode 78
It' been a while that I've been getting Galopin ready to go. And now it's time for a test sail. And as well some fun and dance with Wendy. Me and Galopin as well as Peter on his boat sail down the coast of Sao Vicente island looking to anchor at one of our...
Preparations Are Under Way | To Go Sailing Galopin In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 5 | Episode 77
Galopin has got his main sail back. It's part of our preparations under way to go sailing again. But before that, the Maritime Police asked me to move anchorage. So I'll explain my anchorage procedure. And there's some time for more musical discovery. Sail...
Shaken Up By A Loud Disturbing Noise | Sailing Galopin Back At Anchor | Season 5 | Episode 76
Is it time to move on? Yes it is. I'm sailing Galopin back at anchor in Mindelo Bay in the Cabo Verde Archipelgo. My free stay is up at Marina Mindelo, so ma and Galopin drop anchor in the bay. It's nice to be out of the marina, but I need my dinghy to fun...
Crossing The Mean Straight After Ripping My Main Sail | Sailing Galopin | Winded Voyage5 | Episode75
Early in the morning we were about crossing the mean straight after ripping my main sail. And as usual the Canal do Sao Vicente was mean. But we managed just fine. We had breakfast and a rest just in time for Lily's birthday party the next day. Another nev...
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