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Is This The Best “Go Anywhere” Monohull? We Think So | Discovery 48 Tour & Review
Welcome to our dockside tour and review of the Discovery 48 (or is it 480?). This episode we take a look at the boat that was supposed to be RR2- we always intended to upgrade to a bigger Southerly, and this really is the perfect monohull for us. If only ...
Sailing Across the Atlantic on a Discovery 67 (Part 2) – Ep 36 Monday Never Sailing
In this second part of our Atlantic crossing we leave Portugal and sail downwind to the Caribbean. The days are calm and peaceful (albeit rolling) and it looks like we will make it to Martinique in record time. That is, until we receive a mayday call and h...
On the Beach Overnight – We Were Playing the Tides | Distant Shores
We are exploring the Exuma Island group in the Bahamas. Such amazing water colours! We find a shallow place where we can put our Southerly 480 on the sand and try beaching her, then wait for low tide to dry out. We've also been testing out the Varifold 4-...
Discovery 50 Catamaran Review 2021 | Our Search For The Perfect Catamaran.
Welcome to another of our Catamaran reviews. This week we look at the Discovery 50. An amazing catamaran from this high end UK yacht builder. Let us know your thoughts, and don't forget to vote. The app is going great guns and we now have almost 1500 revie...
Distant Shores Meets SV Delos
This time on Distant Shores we run our boat up on the beach in Antigua. We get invited to a pirate birthday party, change the zinc on our Varifold propeller and meet up with YouTubers aboard SV Delos. Drone footage beaching Distant Shores courtesy of SV D...
Atlantic Crossing – Living the Dream
0:50 - Anchoring trouble in Lanzarote 4:05 - Setting sail from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria 6:46 - Arrival in Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands 9:33 - Catching Mahi Mahi 10:48 - Chafe protection 13:23 - Setting up the downwind rig 18:00 - Landfall in Antigua Dreami...
Top Tips – Mainsail and Rig Trim
Top tips on sailing well with an in-mast furling mainsail and how to tune your rig for best performance. Sail trim expert and prize-winning racing sailor, Karl-Otto Book of Elvstrǿm Sails, joins us aboard our new Southerly 480 for a test sail in the Strai...
Sailboat Generator Replacement
How can you get enough power for your sailboat? We have been doing practical testing for a new power generation system and show you how it works on our new Southerly 480 Distant Shores III. Also featured in this video: Triskel Marine: http://triskelmarin...
Southerly 480 Sailing South
This time on Distant Shores we head south. We visit the Channel Islands, sail amid dolphins who lend a hand with a propellor drama - and give you a tour of the sea berths aboard Distant Shores III Own the whole Distant Shores collection: https://vimeo.co...
Spring Line Docking Techniques
⛵️ Sail Away Weeks with Paul and Sheryl Shard 🏝 Join Paul and Sheryl for a sailing experience in the world’s top cruising destinations. Get an introduction to the sailing lifestyle, build new skills, make new like-minded friends! Cabins available ...
New Sailboat Commissioning
Getting all the systems up and running is our priority this week. Discovery Yachts need to perform an incline test and we film this. Next time we'll sail up the River Thames to London. •••••••••••••••••••••••...
Launching in the Snow
Our new Southerly 480 sailboat is ready for the water! Distant Shores III is transported from the shipyard to Saxon Wharf to splash creating havoc with the traffic in downtown Southampton. Then it snows! The mast is stepped on the boat and Paul carries out...
Sailing a 50′ Catamaran across the Atlantic and What I Learned. I’m a guest speaker at NSC. Ep117.
I was asked to be a guest speaker at my old sailing club (The Nepean Sailing Club) to talk about my Transatlantic Sailing voyage on a 50' Catamaran. It took 22 days to cross the Ocean and I will show you, through video clips taken from the 12 episodes I ...
Goodbye Distant Shores II
A retrospective of the voyages we made aboard Distant Shores II, the Southerly 49 sailboat we owned for 7 years, and the story of what happened to her during Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten / St. Martin. Information on insurance coverage in the hurricane be...