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Offshore Sailing – 6 Days to Caribbean
This can be a VERY rough passage. We watch the weather and sail directly 6 days offshore from the Exumas to the Caribbean. We start in Staniel Cay in the Exuma Islands installing our new battery bank, then set sail for the Caribbean. This is often a tough offshore passage as the winds are predominan...
Fair Trade? One Dinghy for one Lobster – Adventure 05 (Sailing Around the World)
We do a little crazy driving in Grenada, catch a very nice size Wahoo (that's a fish). We have fun trading with the local fishermen on Petit Martinique...
Stromboli – Mediterranean – Season 2-3
Shards sail north to the twin-peaked island of Salina, famous for it's Malmsey wine. Paul rents a unique vehicle called a Magoo and as he travels the island he meets fun-loving locals and samples a lot of wine. On to Stromboli, an active volcano which for centuries has erupted every 15 to 20 mi...
Vulcano – Mediterranean – Season 2-2
From Malta, the Shards sail north through the notorious Strait of Messina navigating the strong currents featured in Homer's "Odyssey" and eventually arrive at the island of Vulcano. There they swim in bubbling hot seawater from the volcano, dive on underwater bubbling gas vents, rel...
Spring in Malta – Season 2-1
After waiting out winter storms in Malta, the Shards prepare for a new sailing season. While Two-Step is in the boat yard, they participate in Easter celebrations, learn to cook spring vegetables Maltese style, and travel with local sailors to other islands in the archipelago where they dive in an u...
Sailing Mediterranean – 13 Malta
Its a stormy late season sail from Sicily to the island of Malta, home of the famous Knights of St. John. The island is also renowned for its role in WWII as a military base and shipyard. The Shards investigate the rich history of Malta which has been inhabited for nearly 6,000 years. Riding the isl...
Sailing Mediterranean – 12 Sicily
It's November when Paul and Sheryl sail to the Italian island of Sicily and olive season is just beginning. They are invited by a local family to join in the harvest and spend a day in the groves picking olives, then deliver them to the regional co-op where the Shards learn how olive oil is pro...
Sailing Mediterranean – 11 Tunisia
Tunisia on the North African coast is renowned for its warm climate, beautiful beaches and affordable resorts, but when Paul and Sheryl sail in to the port of Monastir they discover that an exciting world lies beyond the marinas and hotels along the coast. Riding camels into the Sahara Desert they s...
Sailing Mediterranean – 10 Pantelleria
Paul and Sheryl sail to Pantelleria, a tiny volcanic island in the Sicilian Channel close to the North African coast. They arrive in time for the annual grape harvest and learn to make wine in the traditional way, dive on a Byzantine shipwreck with a group of archeologists, and while hiking around t...
How Carbon Fibre Sailboat Masts are made – Distant Shores
We sail to Portsmouth UK and check out the Selden Mast factory. They build sailboat masts, including the latest in high-tech carbon fibre. #seldenmasts
Sailing Mediterranean – 3 Isla Formentera
The Shards sail to anchorages around Isla Formentera in Spain's Balearic Island group. Paul and Sheryl join the modern "invasion" of Northerners on the beautiful beaches of the island. In a quiet cove they discover an entire village built of driftwood and collect winkles along the sea...
Sailing Mediterranean – 2 To the Balearic Islands
The Shards round Cabo de Gata and find isolated anchorages at the foot of the dramatic Costa Blance mountain ranges including some where the beaches are "clothing optional". They visit ports along the way that were once important Roman mining colonies. Later, they attempt to sail to the Ba...
Sailing Mediterranean – Gibraltar & South Spain
Distant Shores Season 1-1 Paul and Sheryl Shard complete a transatlantic passage aboard their 11-metre sailboat, "Two-Step", and enter the Mediterranean Sea where they make landfall in Gibraltar. Next, they sail over to Ceuta on the North African coast. Then a voyage along the Costa del So...
Sailing downwind with 3 sails
Sailing east to west across the Atlantic means following winds almost all the way. On this passage we have just spent the entire 11 days nearly dead downwind. Only when the occasional squall went by did the wind shift even as far as 30 degrees, so to steer our rhumb line course we would have the win...
Interview with Paul & Sheryl Shard, Producers of International Syndicated TV show Distant Shores!
Meet Paul & Sheryl Shard of Internationally Syndicated TV show "DISTANT SHORES"! Paul & Sheryl have been traveling by sail for over 25 years and producing videos and DVDs of their travels from all over Europe, the Mediterranean, North America and Caribbean! I have personally foll...
Sailing the Grenadines
If you are dreaming of a winter getaway for some adventurous tropical sailing, the Grenadines is a good choice! Tiny Islands sprinkled between Grenada and St Vincent, they are a bit more open than the British Virgins but have some great sailing between islands and many super anchorages.
Voyage to New York
Traveling the Erie Canal and Hudson River to New York City. Distant Shores traveled up the Oswego Canal then into the Erie Canal. Then we put the mast back up and spent 2 days coming down the Hudson River to Arrive at New York City. Exciting!!
France Seine River to Paris
Did you know you can bring a sailboat up the Seine River right into Paris? This video shows the lovely Seine River Valley and the arrival into Paris - wow were we excited!
hurricane bertha
What's it like to deal with a hurricane on a boat? In 1996 we took a direct hit from Hurricane Bertha, a category 2 hurricane, aboard our Classic 37 sailboat in Northwest Creek Marina. This was in New Bern, North Carolina, where there was much destruction. We filmed the whole experience, includ...
Welcome to Distant Shores
Distant Shores is a television series about the cruising life, with lots of tips for sailors planning to sail away plus destination information to We have been filming Distant Shores for nearly 15 years, and know the fun and challenges of the cruising life. We have made Distant Shores with you in m...
Sailing Malta to Pompeii – Part 2
Here is a new sample episode of Distant Shores - sailing in the Mediterranean. This is from Season 5 where we start the season in Malta, then sail on to Italy and visit Pompeii! (Part 2). If you would like to follow the continuing adventures of Paul and Sheryl Shard aboard S/V Distant Shores or lea...
Sailing Malta to Pompeii – Distant Shores Episode 56 (Part 1)
Here is a new sample episode of Distant Shores - sailing in the Mediterranean. This is from Season 5 where we start the season in Malta, then sail on to Italy and visit Pompeii!