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Awesome Cruiser Community: Helping Hands For Sanding My Hull – UNTIE THE LINES #28
This week I organized a littel Sanding Party and had some friends over to help me to smoothen the surface of Karl's hull. It was a fun day, we got a lot of work done and had a couple of cold beers afterwards. Life is good and another positive finding was, ...
Carnival In Panama: Devils & Congos – UNTIE THE LINES #26
Last week, it was Carnival in Panama and I went to Puerto Lindo and Portobelo to watch the ceremonies. It was beautiful to see the people dance to the Congos, an old tradition that was brought over to Panama from the african slaves. The streets were also f...
LIVING ON A SAILBOAT: Fighting to keep the DREAM alive – UNTIE THE LINES #25
It's time to find out the truth...so I have to take down the paint of KARL's hull to see if there are more holes hiding underneath. What a job! It's day number seven of grinding now and I just finished the second side. But I haven't found any more holes so...
Devestated and lonely. But hey, I own a sailboat with holes in the hull!!! – UNTIE THE LINES S1E24
It all started with one little hole in the hull...and now I am down to having ten holes in five different spots on the hull. This week was a hard week and it was the first time that it has crossed my mind that maybe this project is too big for me and that ...
Finally Sailing! How long will it last this time? – UNTIE THE LINES #22
What a day! Even if it was just to go back to Shelter Bay, it was super great to take KARL out and use the new sails. We've had a beautiful day of sailing and KARL is now safely tied up at Shelter Bay marina again...Even if I was happier if the final desti...
It doesn’t fit! My sailboat’s keels are too wide for the haul out! – UNTIE THE LINES #21
Big news: my new sails arrived and I mounted them this week. They look great and I can't wait to take KARL out...but before that I planned to take the boat out of the water to check the bottom, renew antifouling and change to the new depthsounder, which ha...
Challenges of being a solo sailbboat owner. I need to step up my game and stop hiding on my boat!
I have been feeling gloomy lately and it feels like everything is getting too much. It`s time to change something about this! - Untie The Lines S1E20 ⇩ Enjoy my videos? Here are two ways to support their creation: ⇩ ► PATREON http://www.patreon.com...
Oh, Wie Schön Ist Panama – UNTIE THE LINES #19
Hey, this adventure is not only about refitting my boat KARL and trying to sail it eventually but also about exploring the places the I got to. So there you go, some impressions of beautiful Panama! Find out more about my life with KARL on www.facebook.co...
Sister ON BOARD! A Trial Run With My New To Me Sailboat – UNTIE THE LINES #16
Finally, after several weeks of work and a couple of trial runs, that did not work out so well, Karl and me have left Shelter Bay Marina with my sister on bord. And this time for real. There is no coming back :). We went on a short coastal trip to Portobe...
SCARY: Testing the Newly Installed Propane Stove – UNTIE THE LINES #15
My sister arrived from Germany and we spent another week in Shelter Bay preparing to finally leave the marina. My big shipment from Baotoon arrived, jey, we had to mount a couple of things and fix a dinghi that someone had given to me so we can get to land...
Boat Refit: Diving Into More Wood Work And Learning HEAPS! – UNTIE THE LINES #14
My sister is going to come next week so it is time to get back to work and get rid of some more mold inside the living room. I had to replace some of the old wood and to treat the wood that I wanted to keep to get rid of the mold. Next week you will see t...
SCARY! Adrift Between Big Cargo Ships during my FIRST SOLO “SAIL” – UNTIE THE LINES #12
After a positive trial run with KARL, it is time to untie the lines by myself for the first time. So I leave Shelter Bay, all excited about my first solo trip. The weather looks good and KARL's engine is running...but then another adventure is coming up fo...
Here comes KARL! Renaiming My Sailboat And The First Swim At Anchor – UNTIE THE LINES #11
KARL is finally where he is supposed to be: out at the sea. Even if it is only a short trial run to make sure that the engine is working fine, it is exciting and beautiful to anchor with my own boat for the first time in front of the little Isla Naranjo Ab...
Kicki & Thies on Wanderer III
TheSailingChannel.TV has restored and transferred to HD the classic circumnavigation sailing film, "Beyond the West Horizon," filmed by Eric & Susan Hiscock aboard their 30 foot wooden sloop, Wanderer III from 1959 to 1962. From his childhood, Thies M...