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CRAZY winds sent us GLAMPING in COLOMBIA | Ep62 | Sailing Merewether
With scary winds hitting us after a two day sail, we take our time entering into the safety of Santa Marta Marina. With all the craziness on the ocean we take to the mountains of Colombia to go “glamping” in one very relaxed and beautiful town called ...
Dodging cargo ships during DANGEROUS sail to COLOMBIA | Ep61 | Sailing Merewether
This week we continue our sail from Curacao to Santa Marta, Colombia, facing a ever breaking boat, our oven decides to stop swinging on the first day leaving us to cook in a dangerous manner. We have a close call with a cargo ship that has a very similar c...
The best REWARD for SEASICKNESS | Ep60 | Sailing Merewether
This week we say goodbye to Curacao, where we’ve lost a crew member, got reunited again and truly enjoyed the Dutch Caribbean colours. Exiting the country we stumbled across another fellow YouTuber; Sv Zingaro, whom Kieran has a good chat with. We’re f...
LOOSING our dingy while SAILING, can we even continue NOW?! | Ep59 | Sailing Merewether
This week we have a major loss, we lose one very important crew member, our Highfield 2.9 ultralight dinghy "Ralph". Whilst sailing to the northern point of Curacao, we suddenly see him missing on the back of Merewether. The panic and sheer frustration we ...
Repairing rigging with NO EXPERIENCE on our BENETEAU | Ep58 | Sailing Merewether
This week we work on repairing our furling system that has been giving us trouble for some time. While up the mast Kieran finds a massive problem with our forestay. A very vital pin that holds up the forestay into the mast has worked its way loose. I (Isab...
The COLOURFUL city of the DUTCH Caribbean (Curacáo) | Sailing Merewether | Ep 57 |
Checking into Curacao in Ep 55 we saw some of the city but felt we hadn't had the full experience. This week we return and spend some more time in the colourful part of Willemstad, called Punda. Kieran discovers a unique bridge that he hasn't seen before a...
She told me we’re NEVER LEAVING!! | Ep 56 | Sailing Merewether
This week we explore Klein (little) Curacao, and what a gem we have rocked up to, a flat island with turquoise blue water, white sandy beaches with an old pink lighthouse in the middle. Kieran gets some amazing drone footage of the island (mind blown), and...
The HARDEST thing about CRUISING the WORLD | Ep 55 | Sailing Merewether
We finally arrive in Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean, it feels like we are back in Europe only more colourful and a tiny bit warmer. We put the hook down in a secure inland waterway after our four and a half day crossing from Curacao. The cost gard were on to...
5 day crossing: DANGEROUS hoisting mid passage in WAVY SEAS | Part 2 | Ep 54 | Sailing Merewether
We continue our 5 day crossing from Grenada to Curacao. On our 3rd day right at the time when you start to wind down and the sun sets, our furling system breaks (again!). I have to hoist Kieran up the mast while the waves threw the boat all over the place....
Dodging PIRATE waters: 5 day crossing over VENEZUELA coast | Part 1 | Ep 53 | Sailing Merewether
This week we leave Grenada and our beloved windward islands, that's been our home for the last 10 months (!!), and we set sail for the five day long journey to Curacao. Hard to believe that we've been in the Caribbean for almost a year, but with all that h...
ANTIFOULING: Loosing our MINDS with the PAINTING | Part 2 | Ep 52 | Sailing Merewether
Another week on the hard sees us really over all the dirt, mosquitos, sun and boiling days, without that beautiful water to jump in off the back of our amazing home. We tackle the priming, painting and sea cocks to get Merewether ready to splash back in th...
ANTIFOULING: doing it OURSELVES, with little to NO EXPERIENCE | PART 1 | Ep 51 | Sailing Merewether
This week we pull Merewether out of the water for a much needed antifouling and general maintenance, with little to no experience we tackel the jobs ahead all by ourselves and safe to say we learn a lot throughout. With very long days, many mosquitos and t...
SPLASHING into UNDERWATER sculpture park in GRENADA | Ep 50 | Sailing Merewether
Cruising down the Caribbean islands we finally make it the whole way south to the southern most island, Grenada. Making short work of the sail we stick down an anchor and make a move to test out our new Gopro on an underwater adventure through an underwate...![More in-depth about us [Q&A] | Sailing Merewether](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/4sC3CLB8uBY/maxresdefault.webp)
More in-depth about us [Q&A] | Sailing Merewether
Bit of mid week content right here, we go through some of the questions our patrons put to us on life on the ocean. We talk about anchor anxiety, languages, and future plans. Please let us know if this content is what you want to see in the comments below....