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TUNA time while we enjoying beautiful Dominica – EP 91 Sailing Seatramp
Early in the morning we start our way to the Northside of Dominica. Mario starts a race with another sailboat - as the wind died. Nina caught her first fish on that race, a Tuna! We have a great lunch. Next day we discover together with Starship Friends...
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This is a typical "Heads up" Video we post on Facebook. So if you want to know where we will be in the future, follow (or Like) Cruising Off Duty on Facebook. www.Facebook.com/CruisingOffDuty This weekend we are heading to Alexandria Bay and meeting wit...
26. Boatyard Fail, Oil-Canned Hull, and Some Sanding! – Sailing Vessel Somnium
The boatyard blocked our sailboat wrong, and that lead to the hull "oil-canning." I had to go in and fix the way the boat was blocked, and then Randi and I started sanding the hull in preparation for bottom paint. ----------------------------------------...
25. Low Visibility, Food Poisoning, and a Sailboat Project Update – Sailing Vessel Somnium
Before hauling our sailboat out and putting it on the hard, we decided to try to do some scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico, but ended up with food poisoning at sea. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
24. Found Anchor and Painted Bulkheads – Sailing Vessel Somnium
We rented some scuba gear and went out to find our lost anchor. We also painted the bulkheads in preparation for installing new headliner in our sailboat. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
23. Fixed Faucets, Forgotten Dive Flag, and a Lost Anchor – Sailing Vessel Somnium
As any sailor already knows, whatever can go wrong will go wrong. You have to be friends with Murphy, as he always shows up to any trip out on the water. Offer him some rum, and clean up any problems he may cause. ----------------------------------------...
THE BEST LIVEABOARD DINGHY?
IS THE PORTABOTE THE PERFECT LIVEABOARD DINGHY? IT'S UNSINKABLE, ALMOST INDESTRUCTABLE, AND YOU CAN THROW AWAY THE PUNCTURE REPAIR KIT...AND IT ONLY TAKES 4 MINUTES TO ASSEMBLE!! We've been living aboard since 2006...And we have loads more information and...
Dorado is killed
Many dorado were caught on our Atlantic crossing and this is us bagging our first catch. It's a tiddler but it puts up a bloody fight. The fish is caught by Rich whilst Tim stains his shorts. Clip containts naughty swear words. [] www.followtheboat.c...
Nautical Shower, Atlantic Ocean
As every sailor knows, fresh water is worth its weight in gold, which is why someone had the bright idea of using an oncoming squall to take a quick shower. Pity poor old Dobby who was at the helm at the time. By the time he had covered himself in soap ...
Pilot Whales, Atlantic
You've seen this clip many times on nature programmes I guess but here is evidence that sailors are frequently accompanied by sea life. Shortly before this clip one of these pilot whales was jumping clean out of the water vertically. An impressive sight si...
Big Boats From Bird House
When we returned to Antigua we stayed at Birdhouse, which overlooks the main harbour. Just check out the view and the size of those yachts! [] www.followtheboat.com [] * tales from the high seas *
Brigand Swells
We took quite a few clips of our trip from Cascais, Portugal to Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, though most are too big to optimise for the web. This one, however, best captures the crew relaxing whilst we bobbed up and down those Atlantic swells. Johnny on...
A Bloody Death
Many dorado were caught on our Atlantic crossing and this is us bagging our first catch. It's a tiddler but it puts up a bloody fight. The fish is caught by Rich whilst Tim stains his shorts. Clip contains naughty swear words. [] www.followtheboat.co...
Johnny Nutter, Cascais, Portugal
This still makes me laugh out loud when I watch this. I dunno what Johnny was doing but he was making good use of those municipal bikes we hired for the day in Cascais, Portugal. [] www.followtheboat.com [] * tales from the high seas *