Go to https://athleticgreens.com/svdelos to get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs FREE with your first purchase. Untie from the dock, set up the deep sea fishing gear, and point the bow at the horizon. It feels amazing to be back ...
Last episode was the preparation and this we share how we anchor. What needs to be checked while anchoring.
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Approaching the anchorage
02:30 - Use AIS and RADAR
05:06 - Use Range Rings
06:50 - Far Lookers
07:36 - Range Finders
09:09 ...
Imagine being woken up by Howler Monkeys in the middle of a man-made lake in the Panama Canal, then going for a swim in the crocodile infested waters! In part 1 of our Panama Canal mini-series we learned how the incredible locking system raises gigantic s...
Hunkered down between over 400 boats in one anchorage during a blow in George Town, Elizabeth Bay. We are in the beautiful Exumas, thoroughly enjoying what the BAHAMAS has to offer. We visit Calabash Bay and Georgetown, and this is only the beginning. BA...
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#124 We keep getting taken back by the generocity of the Fijian people and that reaches new heights in the beautiful island of Matuku this week. After arriving last episode we are immediately invit...
This week we share how to anchor a catamaran....this part is pretty global across many types of sailboats or power boats.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Preparations
01:24 - Wind Directions
02:13 - Fetch
02:28 - Side Swells
03:11 - Blows changing wind 180 degrees
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We reach the busy coast of Brazil after almost three weeks at sea where we are used to seeing hardly anything for days at a time. Then suddenly we are in the middle of oil fields and large container ships and hopefully no pirates.
The radar alarm goes off...
Saving a life and threatening another - Ep 156
This week you find us anchored off the coast of Rockingham WA. After performing many crimes against the art of hairdressing cutting, we get back to nature on the lovely Penquin Island where we discover a bird...
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#123 Running out of food, with the flu coming on we decide to move our floating home towards the island of Matuku. With 104nm to sail we struggle with the autopilot but Kieran finds an unlikely sol...
We experience our first BLUE HOLE diving . . . Quite intimidating when you think there is 202m of water below you and you cannot see the bottom. Sadly in this particular blue hole, quite a number of free divers have lost their lives in recent years. It ...
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Finally leaving sailing away in our sailboat - Ep 155
Grudgingly we up anchor from Busselton leaving a swag of memories and friends to head north to Penguin Island via Mandurah.
Declan did some winch maintenance, a how to of you're interested, and Ivan te...
What's it like to catch your own food, build a beach fire, and cook it under the stars with amazing friends? In today's video we follow Plukky into a system of cracks and caverns in the outer reef. I accidentally corner a Goliath Grouper twice my size an...
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#122 Another beautiful day in the far out island group of Fiji and we have stumbled upon a wedding... No its not ours just yet haha. But we’re so happy to indulge in the islands celebrations and ...
This week we share yet another way to clean the barnacles off your boat's bottom.
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This is how we deal with breakage and wear and tear while sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.
It's our longest passage yet and we are just waiting for something to go wrong, when during a routine check of the sails we notice a dangling line that shouldn't ...
Sail away with me honey Ep 154
Twentysix minutes of open ocean sailing
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We go in search of the one thing that's really scary out here- saltwater crocodiles! We sail back to the Holandes Island Group and meet up with our crazy Australian friends we haven't seen in years. Plukky from Sailing Into Freedom shows up as well. It d...
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#121 When life takes you to some of the remotest parts of the world sometimes all you can do is smile and take it all in. This week we move our home from stunning Fulaga to the next venturing to on...
What more beautiful than the crystal clear blue waters of THE BAHAMAS!!! Snorkeling where the fish life is still a plenty. And we hook up with a well accomplished delivery skipper PAUL BADENHORST. He's got so much talent and is never shy to share informat...
We cross a major line, making a sacrifice to Poseidon while battling squally seas in uncharted waters, sailing in the middle of nowhere! We find something we did not expect to see here...
When you have a dream that requires many stages you sometimes forge...
Hunter gatherer | sailing (with Finn up date) Ep 153
We are in Canal Rocks a remote area of the south west of Australia but that doesn't stop Rob from performing his role as the alpha male aboard Javelot. At all times seeking out the juiciest catches to br...
We decide to sail through a labyrinth of uncharted reefs while trying to explore a traditional Kuna Village! After weeks of exploring the outer islands we get word of a Kuna Independence Celebration, and apparently it's cool if we rock up and join the fes...
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#120 Another fantastic time with an entire island to ourselves, life out here just seems like a dream. Getting our new GoPro out and about we take you free diving into the crystal clear pacific wat...
We're off to the BAHAMAS. But the things we encountered during this passage was something you DO NOT WANT TO SEE on the big blue ocean. Real scary stuff.
A big shoutout to all our subscribers, you guys rock! And to y'all not yet subscribed, please hit tha...
One of our biggest fears sailing across oceans is sinking out at sea, along with pirates, lightning, and injury. We hear about boats hitting containers and whales out in the middle of nowhere. We run out of luck 1000 miles from shore and strike a UFO mid o...
My kitchen rules on the ocean | Parody
To all mothers (and fathers doing a double shift). Hope you get spoilt rotten.
It's that time of year again so we thought we'd roll this one out once more. We love the creativity and sentiment behind the wonderful thr...
Jackery Explorer 1500- https://www.jackery.com/?aff=1037 The launch of Jackery brand-new product kicks off at on 8pm PDT on #JackeryDay 5/12. Watch the live stream product release worldwide on Jackery official website and social media.
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#119 There's a certain simplicity to the cruiser life that not many people get to understand, Finding that we are the first vessel to arrive in this remote island of Fiji this year. We're so happy ...
We visit our last stop in the BVI, Cooper Island, did some provising in Road Town, and when we were ready to check out, BAM, the big C hit Sisu 😔. We got a positive test result.
A big shoutout to all our subscribers, you guys rock! And to y'all not ye...
Why are we storm chasing as we approach the equator? How we shift gears offshore.
We go storm chasing and switch gears when squall after squall, storm after storm, come barreling down on us. We are nearing closer to the Equator as we hit the doldrums duri...
To get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs FREE with your first purchase, go to https://athleticgreens.com/svdelos . We try to tread lightly in the places we travel, and respect the local laws and traditions. But sometimes things go ...
SAILING LIFE New outboard motor gets test drive - Ep 151
The old outboard motor is sold, so it's out with the old and in with the new as we change motors over on the dinghy. To do this we need the help of the main halyard and a bit of muscle power. Declan ...
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#118 After three years exploring this beautiful planet of ours we still can't believe our eyes when we continue to see new and exciting islands. The Pacific Ocean has been our favourite crusing gro...
The BVI has one surprise after the other, we discovered THE BATHS. And for the first time ever, Frik actually enjoyed . . . . no wait, LOVED hiking. Come join us on this spectacular maize of tunnels and crevasses. And the thought "what if these rocks com...
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