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Big Test For Engine & Crew | A Severe Jelly Sting | Sailing Dakar To Cabo Verde Africa | S7 Epsd 10
Just hours away from sailing from Dakar, Senegal to Cabo Verde. We just need a engine starter, ignition, alternator and diesel engine philosophy. We board the crew starting with Asahi, the Japanese cycle traveler who's cycling around Africa. As well as Pau...
Rebuilding My Perkins Diesel Engine In Africa | Simone The Engine Comes Home | S7 Epsd 9
Arona and crew brought Simone the Perkins Diesel engine back home to Galopin via the beach and dinghy. He installed it just enough for us to go a give it a feel. Simone purred and we gloated. One of two of his most memorable jobs of his career. That’s th...
Diesel Wears A Blue Dress | Rebuilding Simone My Perkins Diesel Engine In Senegal Africa | S7 Epsd 8
We are into cosmetics now. Simone the Perkins diesel engine is tuned and ready for it’s beauty treatment. She will proudly wear the Perkins brand blue. Meanwhile I non/slip my floor, make friends with a jumping spider and watch a boat launch enviously. A...
My One Eyed Driver & Simone’s Magician Mechanic | Rebuilding My Diesel Engine In Africa | S7 Epsd 7
Doing a full diesel engine rebuild takes time, and money. Arona is diligently caring for Simone the Perkins 4108. As I take care of projects on Galopin while waiting. Sometimes I need to get out of the CVD club and get stuff like groceries and cash. And th...
Greatest Shade Tree Mechanic I Know Rebuilding My Diesel Engine | This Is Sailing Africa | S7 Epsd 5
My boat Galopin and I are waiting for Simone, our Perkins diesel engine to have her full makeover by Arona, greatest shade tree mechanic I know. We’re living here during Senegal’s rain season. Which offers the most surreal views and bitch slapping stor...
Sinister Boat Gets Too Close | & Best Machinist Does My Engine | This Is Sailing Africa | S7 Epsd 4
After a brutal storm, a strange empty traditional boat has drifted very close to me and my boat. I later learn the boat has a sinister story. The storm has wrecked several boats on the beach, and I go to assess the damage. Arona is back and working on my e...
Getting Parts For Our Engine Rebuild & More | Arona Gets It Done | This Is Sailing Africa | S7 Epsd3
We are rebuilding my Perkins 4108 diesel engine. And we need parts for that. Those parts were found, ordered and purchase at parts4engines.com. An excellent service. In between that we have time to take care of Galopin's well-being with talented individual...
Perkins Engine Is With The Master Mechanic | & I’m Alone With The Storms In Dakar Senegal | S7 Epsd2
This is Africa. I sailed over 450nm to come and have the one person I trust with my engine. Master Mechanic Arona. Galopin and I are looking forward to some good downpours to wash all the sticky off of us. And Simone the Perkins engine is with Master Mech...
Taking Out Perkins 4108 Engine At Our Mooring To The Beach To Be Rebuilt | Sailing Africa | S7 Epsd1
Welcome to Season 7 of Winded Voyage. This is sailing Africa. And it starts by doing big time maintenance on my dear Galopin. Most notably the Perkins 4108 engine. We sailed here from Cabo Verde when the engine was showing it's aches and pains. So as soon ...
This Is Sailing Africa | Where Few Sailors Dare Go | Winded Voyage Season 7 | Trailer
This is is the only sailing channel that dares to sail Africa. Curently in Dakar Senegal getting ready to embark on an epic journey sailing around Africa, starting with West Africa. Some say it’s The Best Sailing Channel on YouTube! Agree or disagree, m...
Got A Pigeon Voyager 150nm From Land | Solo Sailing From Cabo Verde To Senegal Africa | S6 Epsd 130
I had patched a leak in my engine cooling system. Sailed under spinnaker. Got through a squall and heavy rain. So far this journey was what sailing is all about. Then out of the blue sky lands a pigeon on Galopin. He spent the night aboard and as we got cl...
A Scary Haul Out | The Wheels Fall Off Car | Doing Boat Maintenance In Dakar Senegal | S6 Epsd 85
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #travel #africa #windedvoyage It was a white knuckle experience hauling out my boat Galopin on the beach. On the way up, two of the 18 wheels fell off. Good thing there were 16 left. And just as we got up on the beach,...
I Got Robbed & Arrested In Dakar Senegal | West Africa With Sailor Wendy | Season 6 | Episode 82
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #africa Yes, we got robbed and arrested. How did it happen? Tune in and hear the story of our boat heist and what it's like to get busted in the big city of Dakar on a Saturday night after going night clubbing. 00:00 ...
What Happened To The Once Most Beautiful Bay In West Africa? | Season 6 | Episode 81
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure #africa This once was West Africa's most beautiful bay. And now it has become a polluted mess. Why? Long time local resident Sami explains. On the bright side, this is where my boat Galopin gets the best people to fix...
They Sh*t On My Boat | Living & Sailing West Africa With Sailor Girl Wendy | Season 6 | Episode 80
#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...
Extreme Shopping In Dakar Market | West Africa With Sailor Girl Wendy | Season 6 | Episode 79
#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 Into Imposing Dakar | West Africa With Sailor Girl Wendy | Season 6 | Episode 78
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #adventure We’re on the last leg of our passage to Senegal from Cabo Verde. And it looks like we may be stirred and bobbled for what should be our last night at sea. We just had to get passed all these fishing vessels. Mostly C...
We Got Tear Gassed In Dakar Senegal | Sailing In West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 53
#sailing #dakar #sailinglifestyle We were just going out to buy some new batteries in Dakar. The city was unusually quiet because of fear of rioting in the streets. As I was purchasing the batteries we heard crowd noises and our eyes were stinging. Police ...
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 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...
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...
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...
Oh no Fishing Net Traps | Sailing Galopin From Senegal to Cape Verde Islands | Season 5 | Episode 63
It's 475nm from Dakar Senegal to Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands, West Africa. Or about a three day and night passage. We had to weave through busy local pirogue traffic, the Senegalese Navy and hidden fishing nets. Thanks to some luck and a last ditch e...
Rescue In Senegal | Past The Island With A Sinister Past | Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 62
Me and my boat Galopin are stranded in Dakar Senegal, West Africa. But the man, Arona comes to the rescue with a new gearbox. He installs it successfully and then takes us to buy new deep cycle gel batteries. We prepare to sail again. On the way back to Ca...
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