Health while sailing across an ocean is a very important and an often overlooked aspect of sailing. You need to eat to stay healthy and strong because if you sick or injured out there, you are all alone!
Maddie and Herby discuss how they approached health ...
In this episode we cover COST of the panama canal, how to pay, where to go, with maps to show you the way! This is the ABSOLUTE cheapest way to do it! Questions? Please EMAIL us below. :) We'd be happy to help.
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Our first taste of sailing the Atlantic Ocean and our longest passage yet turns out to be very testing indeed. 4 days at sea and 48 knots of breeze threatens to tear off our solar panels.
...Morocco turns out to be so worth it.
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24 days after we left the beautiful beaches of Bermuda, we finally see land as we close in on the Azores. All of our planning, preparation, and endurance is coming to an end as the goal comes into view: Land Ho!
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We cover anchoring in the flats, form 4405-I, scheduling to get measured, and the river Changres! It's a cool how-to with a bit of how-it-was. This is the ABSOLUTE cheapest way to do it, and we cover costs in part 2. Look for part 2 where we go to Isla Nar...
For over 30 years, Wildwind in Greece has been the top holiday location for anyone who’s serious about sailing. Unique climatic conditions, the widest range of dinghies and catamarans in Europe, highly experienced instructors and a fun, laid-back atmosph...
Spirits are up as we near our destination! This video is packed with GORGEOUS imagery of life at sea. We discuss how it has been crossing the ocean with an electric motor, Herby fixes a malfunction in the packing gland and talks about cloud formations with...
After a refreshing couple of weeks with Jackson's parents in the Balearic Islands, and a few days land-based at Xanthe's parents' house in Cabo de Palos (Spain), we were back into boat life full throttle.
Two months to go until we cross the Atlantic with...
Want to make power from nothing? Well, that's impossible, but you can build your own alternator that to make power from wind, moving water or most anything else that spins. This is a technical video that shows how electric power can be made with a DIY al...
What is reefing? This video covers the basics of what is involved in reefing a mainsail, as well as tips on how to safely and easily carry out the operas while sailing in heavy weather.
We also talk about when to reef and most importantly, when to shake o...
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In order to make everything as easy and straight forward as possible when it comes to putting the Tiger back together, it is important to take some time to make sure that everything is done with some kind of system (especially for us w...
Welcome to Sardinia! We pick up two new crew members in the shape of Ben and Luke - Jackson's mates from back when he was part of the Miami University Sailing Team.
The winds were howling which meant two things for us. Jackson got to realise his dream of ...
This week we take our friend DJ out for his first time spearfishing. I also have a one on one sundowner session explaining some things that have been going on and lessons Ive learned.
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We are finally back on the move after four days of being becalmed! This episode includes a major highlight of our crossing: visits from Northern Bottlenose Whales and a pod of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins!! We were so excited, we kept all of the footage in, s...
In this video, we go over how to create an eye splice in 3 Lay rope. This is useful for making your own custom fitted dock lines and mooring warps. At the end, how to attach an eye to a cleat is discussed.
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In this video, Troy talks about his choice in outdoor knives, what he looks for in a good knife and goes into detail about sharpening- theory and practice. To wrap up, we take a look at cut-throat razors and discuss their care and merits.
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There are many amazing things that go along with becoming a liveaboard cruiser. One of them is fresh fish for dinner. But how do you catch a fish and once you have it, how do you fillet it? More specifically, the question to ask is how to fillet a Mahi Mah...
Determined not to loose Coco to the sea. In today's misc Monday we splice together a floating bomb-proof dinghy tow bridle.
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Create a glowing, toxic waste area in your bathroom, complete with black lights, glowing slime, rodents, and a sparking electrical box. Best of all, a luminescent bathtub full of ooze!
This video shows the complete bathroom we did for our friends, and gi...
The Tula Shop - http://tulasendlesssummer.com/shop-tula/ Some of our stanchion bases were leaking and it turned out that our stainless lifelines that we replaced a year ago probably aren’t as high quality stainless as they should be. We decided that inst...
3 years as a liveaboard and upcoming DIY projects coming this winter.
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With every long passage we learn a stack more, about ourselves, about each other, about life at sea, and first and foremost, about Little Miss Avalon. This time we learnt that motor sailing on a starboard tack is a sucky move. Oh, and that our hand pump (f...
Being able to drop the sail quickly and cleanly is quite important when sailing in tight quarters. This week, we remove our old lazy jacks, build a brand new set out of dyneema and low friction rings using a locking brummel splice and walk you though all t...
A step-by-step sailing route from south Florida to George Town, Bahamas, including some of the best places to stop along the way. This is the route we recommend to Rudy and Carol, who are sailing to the Bahamas for the first time this year. No overnight sa...
This weekend I continue the refit of my 38 ft sailboat with a weekend of epoxy fun fun. I glass in the last of two supports for a new diesel tank and fix two loose beams in the saloon. I'm using 105 epoxy from west system.
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We have a pretty rough go of it in the beginning of this episode when a multitude of boarding waves pour into the cabin through a dorade. Unfortunately, we don't have a clip of us actually cleaning up, but I'm sure you can imagine the process of desalinati...
3 days at sea for Finding Avalon as we make the crossing from Greece to Malta. Sadly the boom didn't make it :(
Luckily Malta turned out to be the best country we have been to for marine shops and a week of boat jobs surrounded by its enchanting scenery a...
This weekend I get to apply KiwiGrip non-skid to the cabin top aboard my sailboat and create a custom logo. Also, more work on the fiberglass dodger.
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In this episode, you really get the feel of what it's like to be out there in the middle of the Ocean. Daily life is slow, but there are moments of excitement that make it all worth it. Off in the distance, you can see Hurricane Chris and Herby discusses h...
We were propelled towards Zante with 46 knot winds. As much as we relished this, we did have to wise up in the end and seek refuge on the island of Kefalonia.
When we finally reached our intended destination we were completely blown away. None of us want...
Clark demonstrates the method he uses to carve 8-foot, 2-blade wind generator rotors out of wood. This method could be used to make propellers for off-grid power, drones or even an electric boat motor.
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Athena finally gets moved outside and I start working on the fiberglass dodger. Much more DIY fun to come :)
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A bit of the bad luck from last week sticks around and it all gets a bit too much for the crew. Thank goodness we are in the Ionian Islands of Greece as the enchanting paradise makes it all OK.
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