"Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and waterways. Join us on our sailing adventures as we explore new destinations, encounter different cultures, and experience the thrill of sailing. Whether you're a seas...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #scootering #windedvoyage #sãovicente #caboverde
One of the best ways to cruise around Sao Vicente Island is by scooter. They can be rented in Mindelo from several rental outlets, such as Djambai Tours, for under 30 bucks. We sc...
"Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and waterways. Join us on our sailing adventures as we explore new destinations, encounter different cultures, and experience the thrill of sailing. Whether you're a seas...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage #africa #caboverde
Hundreds of sailors were in Mindelo, Cabo Verde before sailing out across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. A yearly event that bring sailors from all over to Mindelo for a few days to re...
"Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and waterways. Join us on our sailing adventures as we explore new destinations, encounter different cultures, and experience the thrill of sailing. Whether you're a seas...
"Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and waterways. Join us on our sailing adventures as we explore new destinations, encounter different cultures, and experience the thrill of sailing. Whether you're a seas...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage #caboverde #africa
Sau Nicolau is a small rugged island of the Cabo Verde Archipelago. In its lush green valleys comes some of the best grog in the country. As well it is the birthplace of one of Cabo Ve...
"Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and waterways. Join us on our sailing adventures as we explore new destinations, encounter different cultures, and experience the thrill of sailing. Whether you're a seas...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage #caboverde
My old friend Daniel, who fixed my boat in France many years ago, came to visit and sail around Cabo Verde with Galopin and I. He flew to Boa Vista Island so I could meet him there and we could...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage #africa #caboverde
My boat is finally ready to sail after an extensive steering rebuild. Just in time to go and meet my friend Daniel on the island of Boa Vista. It's 140nm journey and I have just 30 hour...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage #africa #rescue
The boats owner asked me to bring diesel to the troubled cruiser out at sea. So I put the steering column back together so I could operate the engine and autopilot. The fishermen who had r...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage
Yes, my steering failed big time. Not the auto pilot, this time. Thank goodness, I used it to steer. I got back safe and took the whole steering system apart and found out what failed. But before that a W...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage #africa #caboverde
We're back in Mindelo, Cabo Verde. Where the music and dancing never stop. It's great to be back. I meet an old friend who's undertaking a sailing race around the world. He had to stop...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #windedvoyage
My boat was to go back into the water. The cable that pulled the cart had been fixed. As the cable pulled, the cart started rolling freely down the beach because the return cable holding the cart was not...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #travel #africa #windedvoyage
Where does one find pork meat in a Muslim country like Senegal? We're invited to a BBQ on an old tall ship by a local friend. But first he takes me to the outdoor pork market. And remembe...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #Africa
Is it possible to circumnavigate Africa the wrong way round? Some say it is not or not recommended. But what if it is? It would be a difficult challenge, but I met the man who is up for this challenge. Gerard, ...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #africa
Wendy is African. She has never seen any beast from her continent in real life, unlike us Northerners who since childhood have seen lions and chimps at the zoo and circus. I promised to changed that and we wen...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #africancountry #windevoyage
There are virtually no water birds in Cabo Verde. Now in Senegal, it's the African wilderness. There are big cormorants and birds of prey that love to perch aboard and bombard my Galopin with giant c...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure
I made a promise to Wendy. To bring her to Dakar and experience the big city. She had never left Cabo Verde before. So we went to a French restaurant, where she ate some of the best food of her life. We went shopping i...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #sailorgirl
It's a three day passage to sail from Cabo Verde to Dakar Senegal. We've got a good weather window, so we're cruising through it. The weather is great, but there's a hitch. This time it's the engine. It sta...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure
My autopilot gave out just as night began to fall. With about 70nm to go, I considered stay up all night, but fell asleep at the helm. So I tied the bungee cords to the helm, trimmed the sails made a few adjustments a...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #caboverde
This is where I fractured my hip a few years ago. After being slammed into the rocks, I nearly got washed away into the ocean forever. I survived, thanks to my friends Peter & Aleck, and now revisit the amazing sp...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #caboverde
Come and discover one of Cabo Verde's less visited island, Sau Nicolau. From a town called "Lazy" to a black sand beach with Sailor Alex and Sailorgirl Wendy
00:00 Intro
00:40 A town called Lazy
02:53 All downwind
06:...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl
I sailed solo from Sal to Sau Nicolau island to meet Wendy. But will she show up? Anyways, there's a party around the point of the island in a town called Pregui
Some say it’s The Best Sailing Channel on YouTube!
Ag...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #caboverde #solosailing
The girls have left me and I'm on my own. So I sail from out of Sal Island on a cloudy late afternoon and reach Sau Nicolau island the next day. To get to my anchorage I must get around the island's most ...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl
Exploring the beautiful beaches of the island of Sal, in Cabo Verde with sailor girls Wendy & Fannie. As well as amazing natural swimming pools for by volcanoes ages ago.
Some say it’s The Best Sailing Channel ...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl
Fannie and I discover some of the best swimming spots on the island of Sal in Cabo Verde, Africa. From a little beach in protected deserted port, the famous pier and to natural rock swimming pools.
0:00 Intro
0:17 S...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl
We get back from the salt mines and the fun continues aboard Galopin. Then we finally get news that Jeffry the mechanic has gotten the parts for my outboard and is fixed. As he tunes it on my dinghy, a bunch of lady f...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl #salty
These are the salt mines of Pedra de Lume. They date back to 1796. The salt was discovered inside the crater of this extinct volcano. The water is twenty seven times saltier than sea water. So you float and bob...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl
We’d been waiting since early evening. I used to hate waiting, and now I make the best of it. And who were we expecting, none other than Stephanie Simone. Fannie Fun. Nha sister droug. Fannie’s never been here, ha...
Wendy and I sail back to home base. Later, I’m looking for a swimming hole near by. I had been here before the pandemic with my Canadian friends and dove off this cliff into this blue hole. When walking back I noticed something strange. Although they loo...
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #sailorgirl
We've got no choice but to go with what we've got. That means rowing until my motor is fixed. I've got a pair of oars that I haven't used. They're not made for my dinghy, or are they? I have to figure something out. ...
#sailing #sailorgirl #sailinglifestyle
Here we are. Wendy and I are sailing together in Cabo Verde. But sadly, we have to go our separate ways. We would take boats, cars and me an airplane to fly to Portugal for a job. Wendy would stay in the resort town o...
Embark on a thrilling sailing journey through the stunning islands of Cape Verde, as we recount our extraordinary voyage in this captivating narrative. Experience the unforgettable moments of exploration, recovery, and preparation as we get ready for an in...
#sailing #sailorgirl #santamaria
I promised Wendy I would take her to the island of Sal. And to Santa Maria. The place to be in Cabo Verde. It’s their South Beach or St Tropez. And it’s not far from where we anchored. She was surprised by how many whit...
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