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How I lost my dinghy in Cabo Verde Africa? There are only two ways really. Someone steals it or it drifts away. Usually it's the latter. And often is pilot error. And often it's because the pilot made a bad knot. This epiode goes through some of my errors ...
Life aboard in Cape Verde Africa is never what you'd expect. Who knows what does life have waiting for us. My boat is on the verge of breaking loose because of the constant insane wind force. Cape Verdean spirit opens its arms with one party after the othe...
Going up the Sao Vicente Canal in it's fury is when failure is not an option. I had to get to Mindelo Bay, and I did. Under sail only, a huge achievement for any blue water sailor. But then I had good reasons. I had people to meet and a gear box problem to...
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What's it like to turn sixty in Cape Verde? Well, you're about to see how it was for me. Imagine a bunch of young lovely girls and a few friends drinking and dancing in your honor all night long. But this episode isnt just about my birthday party, we prepa...
New Season of Winded Voyage. Welcome to Season 5! It begins New Year's Eve in Mindelo Cape Verde, Africa. And even though there is a pandemic, so no outdoor concerts or fireworks, we manage to party like it's the end of 2020. It's lots of fun, music and da...
What was it like to be stuck on a rocky island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean during the 2020 pandemic? It was actually pretty special. We got to sail with friends. Discover amazing deserted beaches. Sail to the greenest island of the archipelago and ...
Merry Christmas everyone! This is a special holiday episode from Cape Verde Africa. After my injury I moor at Marina Mindelo with the help of my friend Peixe. Turns out I'm not moored in the comfort zone after all. But Galopin is right next to my friend Pe...
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Being a full time live aboard sailor is often a life full of surprises. Some people don't like surprises, but I do. And in this episode I get a lot of them. Some good, some not so good. For the most part I can say, "WOW! What a nice surprise!"
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We're out sailing again! This time with Gilson and family we take Galopin for another test sail in Sao Vicente canal and catch a tune. We go and listen to our friend Jodie sing and play guitar and I get a boat project done. Then we tell the story of Lucas ...
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...
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...
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...
The lock down is finally over on the island of Sao Vicente in Cabo Verde Africa. But the wind keeps on blowing harder than ever. Boats get tossed around in Marina Mindelo but the staff and crew managed the crisis in Cape Verde fashion, no stress. And final...
I never thought the nightmare of a global pandemic could be a dream come true, but it has. Life in Mindelo Cape Verde during lock down has been pretty amazing. Made more friends. Got lots of projects done, even went to a birthday party and a long hike in t...
It's the beginning of the pandemic and as sailors we are grounded at anchor or at the marina. Cargo is still being unloaded, but a cruise ship and super yacht could not disembark. With luck, I move into the marina and it's a game changer. Shore power, wate...
We sail into the pandemic, and it happens to be Mindelo Bay, Cape Verde Africa. No one was prepared for what would ensue. First major issue, Natacha has left the boat. Life in the city begins to slow down. I connect with my girlfriends and they come aboard...
Sometimes good times get the better of us. But not during our passage to Santiago Island. We waited for the right conditions and the wait paid off. Beautiful conditions for the three of us to reflect that f good times in Mindelo. Once anchored in Tarrafal ...
It's something that can happen to any sailor. This is the story of Jurgen, German solo sailor who left his boat at anchor for a couple of hours only to come back and find his boat had disappeared. A few moments later he received a call and was told his boa...
I recently met Eduardo who makes up the amazing whale research project in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Since then he's done a survey of locations at all the islands of Cape Verde where there is cetacean activity. We met again later in Mindelo and he showed me some...
Our tour of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde is almost over. We have one more day to discover more friends and family in Sao Nicolau island. Then we make the passage from Sao Nicolau to Sao Vicente. It's back into the mighty Atlantic, and you feel it's...
Each island of Cape Verde has it's own identity. Boavista Island is the "Desert Island". Its golden white sand beaches was flown over from the Sahara desert by winds of thousands years. And there, on the West side of the island is Cape Verde's little deser...
That's right! Three of us delinquents went sailing with cops on a catamaran. Deb and Phil bought their catamaran and have been getting ready to sail up to the Canaries for several months. They invited us to go sail with them and check things out. And they ...
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