Karen finally took the helm topless—mission accomplished! While still anchored and waiting on repairs, we took the time to get organized. We secured a spot at Hinckley Yacht Services in Stuart, where several essential fixes were completed. Once ready, we...
Karen finally took the helm topless—mission accomplished! While still anchored and waiting on repairs, we took the time to get organized. We secured a spot at Hinckley Yacht Services in Stuart, where several essential fixes were completed. Once ready, we...
We are heading from Panama to Galapagos this week trying to get there as quickly as possible...but it's hard with no wind! We talk about everything that's needed for Galapagos and what it's costing us to bring Machete into their country.
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Sailing to Galapagos of the Indian Ocean - Ep 158
The Abrolhos Islands are often referred to as the Galapagos of the Indian ocean. Theses remote islands are one of our favourite places to visit. We only had three days to enjoy the clear blue water and the...
We prepare the boat for the upcoming 24 day sail, change the oil, fuel water separator and tighten the turnbuckle on the spreaders. Alan goes on a solo hike to try and see the marine iguanas actually swimming. The crew have one last feast onshore and get c...
With only a few days before we departed, we squeezed in one more tour to see the island. This time we did it via water. You're not allowed to explore in your own boat. You must use a local tour company, and you can't even dingy into shore on your own.
We ...
With our final crew member for the Pacific passage, Leslie, arriving. The band was all together and we ventured out on a self led bus tour across the island of San Cristobal to see the sights. ($100 USD total) We headed up first to the highest point of the...
After a long and somewhat eventful 9 days at sea, we arrived in the Galapagos and check in. We needed to apply weeks beforehand and use an agent. They brought everybody and their mother aboard to check us in searching the boat for certain foods, expired me...
We taste two of the more popular brands in Ecuador during our time in the Galapagos Islands. Our footage of Endmica Beer, the local brew from San Cristobal, Galapagos, was corrupted so we only have these two.
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Finally, we pulled the trigger and left Panama not knowing if we'd be able to get west with COVID border closures constantly changing. We picked up 2 new crew, Don from Canada and Nicolas from Mexico. Nicolas changed his mind at the last minute, but none t...
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