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Tackling the Mighty Mississippi | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 28
Sailing Soulianis
Tackling the Mighty Mississippi | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 28
Motoring a sailboat down the Mississippi River — a bit paradoxical, isn’t it? Back when buying a sailboat was still a distant dream, we can most definitely assert that motoring down a bunch of rivers was not on the to do list. But, sometimes you find y...
Jan 16, 2019
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:45
All Alone… Illinois River to the Mississippi | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 27
Sailing Soulianis
All Alone… Illinois River to the Mississippi | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 27
As far as we know, we’re the last sailboat on the river. The only other watercraft are tows with barges, a couple motorboats being delivered for winter storage, and bunch of duck hunters. It’s a bit desolate, but beautiful. It feels like we have the ri...
Dec 28, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:16
Racing the Cold to Lower Latitudes | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 26
Sailing Soulianis
Racing the Cold to Lower Latitudes | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 26
Welp, it’s about time we get moving south, eh? With all the boat dramas from the last few episodes now behind us, we’re finally making miles south down the Illinois River. And good thing, too, ‘cause winter is hot on our keel. We encounter all sort...
Dec 16, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:15:11
Bad Things Come in Threes | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 25
Sailing Soulianis
Bad Things Come in Threes | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 25
Oh dear…This one’s for you dreamers out there who will one day become newbie boat owners, just like us. Take notes! Hopefully you won’t have to make these same mistakes. Last episode, we had issues with our centerboard, which were — surprise! — ...
Dec 06, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:17:47
How to Run Aground in 8’ of Water When You Only Draw 4’ | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 24
Sailing Soulianis
How to Run Aground in 8’ of Water When You Only Draw 4’ | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 24
At the end of our last episode, we left you thinking we ran aground. Yeah, we did. Though in all fairness, it was more of a “nudge the bottom” situation. The question was, how did we manage to run aground in 8 feet of water, when we only draft 4? Turn...
Nov 25, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:35
The Mast Comes Down | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 23
Sailing Soulianis
The Mast Comes Down | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 23
What lies between us and saltwater sailing? 1300 miles of rivers! Before we can get underway, we need to unstep our mast. For this leg of our journey south, we turning our sailboat into a motorboat. There’s a fixed 19’ 1” bridge in Chicago that force...
Nov 17, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:32
Last Sail in the Great Lakes: Chicago to the Calumet River | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 21
Sailing Soulianis
Last Sail in the Great Lakes: Chicago to the Calumet River | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 21
Sailing into Chicago was pretty surreal for us. We first began hatching cruising plans while living in the city ten years ago. Now, looking back at the shoreline we used to walk along, a sailboat floating only in our imaginations, it feels like we’ve com...
Oct 20, 2018
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:42