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Beating Into A Tropical Storm | City Floods After 3 years of No Rain | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 101
The forecast was pretty accurate. A tropical storm was on our way and I would be sailing right into it. I was beating into a tropical storm. We had left our last anchorage in Tarrafal a bit too late and found ourselves crossing the Sao Vicente canal as the...
Taking The Town By Storm | When 3 City Girls Bring The Music | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 100 |
After sailing from Mindelo with my friend Wendy, we met up with our other two friends in the little town of Tarrafal on the island of Santa Antao. There I took the three city girls to a big deserted black sand beach. We could swim and escape the sweltering...
Fishing, Frying, Fixing & Flipping | Out On A Sailing Excursion | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 96 |
After a wake up call of what it's like to sail in these Cape Verdean waters by breaking something, we sail into a favorite bay of ours to make repairs. Our man Peixe begins by fishing for dinner. Then cooking a fried fish dinner under an orange sky. And i...
Last Minute Fixes A Going Away Party | And A Serious Open Sea Trial | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 95
After Gilson successfully changed my Cutlass bearing, we had to go and test drive Galopin. But before all that, we saved a boat from drifting. Organized a going away party for Peter. Cast off Peter and Ayrton on their journey across the Atlantic to Nova Sc...
Changing The Cutlass Bearing Underwater | Is It Possible? | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 94
Taking the propeller off its shaft underwater to change the Cutlass Bearing is impossible some say. But in Cape Verde doing the nearly impossible is possible. We end our stay on the island of Santa Antao by visiting Dona Maria's charming hostel with a view...
A Village Has Adopted Us | The Girls Dance We Explore & Cliff Jump | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 93
We went to the island of Santa Antao for the weekend and stayed a week. The tiny coastal town of Cruzinhas has adopted us. Kids and adults come and visit us. There is an huge deserted beach I went to see and ventured swimming, alone. The girls put on a dan...
A Village In The Sky & Dazzling Beauties | The Beauty Of Santa Antao | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 92
Beauty comes in many for and is in the eye of the beholder. But behold a few of the places we visit on this wonderful island. As well as whom we visited with. All very beautiful. But you'll have to decide for yourself when you see the amazing village of Fo...
We Got Away From The Pandemic | By Going To The Most Amazing Island | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 91
Covid19 is sill holding us hostage with our sailboats. But that doesn't mean we cant go out to sea. So we took the ferry across the Sao Vicente Canal to the island of Santa Antao. One of the most spectacular Cape Verde islands.The pandemic is still with us...
We Can’t Go Anywhere | But Life Goes On Anyways | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 90 |
Life is slowly passing by here in Cabo Verde. As Covid19 restrictions continue to make international and inter island travel by difficult or closed. We can't go but life goes on. But life in Mindelo is relatively open which you'll discover in this episode....
We scratched the boat wrap, meet the Real Watermen and have XMAS in July
This week we scratch the wrap on a Patron’s dock at a Patron’s dock, pick up some packages, tour Washington D.C. and get down to some serious coffee talk. Plus, Nick meets a Chesapeake Bay "Waterman" to hear about what those guys are doing out there in...
The Pandemic Sucks | Good Thing We’re Stuck On This Island Paradise | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 89
There seems to be a magnetic force to this island. Some of us try to leave and are drawn back to Mindelo like a magnet. As well, many of us are stuck here. Borders are closed, quarantines are in place and sailing around the islands is not quite possible. O...
I should Have Treated This Sooner | Because I Really Suffered Later | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 88
That's what I should have done. Treat sooner or suffer later. I had a nasty infection that I thought I could treat on my own, rather than go see a doctor. Well I waited too long and boy did I suffer. I'm still stuck in Mindelo Cape Verde. I cant's sail for...
The Great Desert Blows Down On Us | How We Live In The Sahara Dust | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 87
This Sahara dust storm is so big, it will cross the Atlantic and disrupt the formation of hurricanes. The islands of Cabo Verde get covered by Sahara dust pretty regularly. Here they call it Bruma Secca or Dry Fog. And when being at anchor here in Mindelo ...
Welcome To Cape Verde | Life After Quarantine Is Good for Our Friends | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 86
Life in Mindelo, Cape Verde gets back to somewhat normal. Our friend Lucious the rapper takes us to the city beach, that is open only until 18:00 which Lucious finds out the hard way. Life is great in Marina Mindelo, except for one important thing, discrim...