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Ep 123 950nm of Open Ocean Sailing – Bermuda to Annapolis
After our sporty passage from St Thomas to Bermuda, it’s now time for the second half (unless we want to be stuck there). People might think we spend a lot of time up on the mast, but after the beating Talisman took on the way out, it seemed foolish not to take an extended look at how things were ...
Ep 122 Why a Bluewater Boat? Big Weather St Thomas to Bermuda
The difference between a dedicated bluewater boat and lightweight charter type boat becomes clear (again) as we leave St Thomas for Bermuda. Although the whole passage wasn’t like this (but could have been), leaving under 35-40 knot winds and huge swells once again reinforced the decision to buy an ...
Ep 121 Sailing Sint Maarten to St Thomas, USVI
So here we have some simple sailing footage, as we bring Talisman from French Marigot Bay, in French Saint Martin, over to Simpson Bay Lagoon in Dutch Sint Maarten (SXM), then to Saint Croix in the USVI, and finally to St. Thomas, also in the USVI. This is all in preparation for a longer 900 nautica...
Ep 120 Repairing Windows and Dealing with Idiots
A little of this and a little of that. The location is part Dutch Sint Maarten and part French Saint Martin. There's some repair work for the guys who like that, plus some sailing, since that's what we're supposed to be doing. The window project is a bigger deal than it might appear. ...
Ep 119 Break’in Stuff, Plus Some Fun Mogul Skiing
This is a continuation of our boat maintenance and disaster prevention series. But it starts with some great footage we took skiing moguls and trees at Winter Park Resort Ski Area at our home location of Winter Park, Colorado. Once that's done, we move to a flaw I found that will need work comi...
Ep 118 Offshore Shakedown, Antigua to Sint Maarten
After suffering some teething issues following the reinstall of our spars and standing rigging, we set off on a shakedown cruise from Antigua to Dutch Sint Maarten. This 90nm passage was perfect for the purpose. There were significant winds and a good deal of swell. And Talisman handled both with ap...
Ep 117 More Failproofing for Talisman
Failproofing is an elusive thing. No way to ever fully failproof a boat, but we do what we can. In this episode we repair our masthead deflector, which blasted off the mast during some higher wind testing of the boat. This failure was clearly the result of our riggers not taking the job seriously en...
Ep 116 How Not To Get Ripped Off In A Boatyard
The title says it all. Getting quality work done to your boat is always filled with risk. Here are some common-sense suggestions for not getting taken advantage of. These are lessons that come hard won from thirty years of project management. sailing videos, cruising, Oyster Yachts
Ep 115 Talisman Sails!
Talisman has a date with the dentist, in a way. We suppose that's probably what it's like for a boat. But the spars are newly coated in blindingly shiny Awlgrip paint, and the results are something to behold. In truth, this wasn't a purely cosmetic upgrade, as corrosion had been creep...
Ep 114 Big Boat Prep for Post Hurricane Season Launch
As mentioned in the intro, this episode is about the real work it takes to get a boat in the water. Plus, Talisman had her mast off for recoating during hurricane season in the Caribbean, and we were so excited to see the results. It seemed like the list of projects never got shorter. For every one ...
Ep 113 Fire and Other Drama Prior to Haulout
It's a crazy time aboard Talisman, as we prepare to haul for hurricane season. First we suffer an engine room fire, which sets us back for a bit. Wendy goes for a swim and finds a shark under the boat. Then we discover that the crane that the yard is using to lift our mast for recoating isn...
Ep 112 Recaulking our Teak Decks While at Anchor in Paradise
During lockdown in Antigua we found ourselves with time on our hands for projects that we don’t usually have time for. Lacking temptations like drinking with other cruisers, we tackled a job that’s been on the back burner for a while … recaulking our teak decks. After many years of exposure to the ...
Ep 111 Pinned on the dock by 20 knot crosswinds. What do we do?
The situation most skippers dread … being pinned on the dock by high winds. So what do we do? In our case we have a big cat behind us and the wind is blowing a steady 19-20 knots. Take a look to see. We also give a quick look at our failed Sterling Power Products external voltage regulator that lit...
Ep 110 The Race Is On! Oyster 485 vs Amel Marimu 32nm St Kitts to St Barts
The passage between St Kitts and St Barts is 32nm +/- and these gaps between islands can be brutally exposed. You get swells and wind unbroken, with fetch that crosses the entire Atlantic Ocean. But things were practically flawless this day. The swells were manageable and we were seeing an almost pe...
Ep 109 Post Passage Repairs Sailing St Lucia
The Oyster service team in Las Palmas had suggested engine service tasks, but there wasn’t time to do them, so I arranged for the necessary parts to be ordered through the Yanmar service center at Rodney Bay (Island Water World is distributer for Yanmar there). Once we arrived I scheduled the work, ...
Ep 108 Atlantic Crossing Pt3: Squalls Catch Us At St Lucia!
Squalls are focused small storms, with wind speeds that can approach and exceed gale force. As we get closer to the Caribbean, these become more and more common, especially at night, to the point that we’re rarely less than a few miles from one. Since they travel roughly east to west at speeds of ab...
Ep 107 Atlantic Crossing Pt2: Here Comes the Wind
In this middle section of the passage we make the turn west into the trade-winds. We’ve headed almost 200nm south and are now just north of the Cape Verde Islands. And as the temps warm and the winds change from northerlies to easterlies, the westerly currents also begin to kick in, giving us a 1 to...
Ep 106 Atlantic Crossing Pt1 – Only 2,700nm to Go
And then it happens! Departure day arrives and we have a time slot to leave! Our nerves are frayed to the ragged edge, but this is what we came for. We’re committed, and like lemmings we follow the other boats toward the cliff edge. Actually, it’s quite exhilarating. This is what we’ve done for ye...
Ep 105 ARC 2019 Getting Down to the Wire
As time winds down to departure for the 2019 ARC, boat crews frantically try to finish last minute projects. The ARC opening ceremonies, complete with parade and huge party, drive home the fact that time is running out. Luckily for us, our early arrival meant that a lot of the big tasks, such as i...
Ep 104 ARC 2019 Prep – Watermakers and Oyster Support
As we enter the second week of prep for the ARC transatlantic crossing, we focus on converting Talisman from a boat that’s bombproof at sea, to one that is also ready to go off the grid for extended periods. We take a pessimistic view, envisioning up to 30 days alone on the ocean. During that time w...
Ep 103 ARC 2019 Beckons – Shakedown Gibraltar to the Canary Islands
The ARC, or Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, has been held every year now for over 30 years. As a vehicle for “safety in numbers”, 189 boats participated in the November, 2019 transatlantic crossing, and it's one of the biggest cruising rallies to be found worldwide. But getting there, whether you ...
Ep 102 Boat Fixes and RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
Tips on Passing the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Exam: These mostly from local RYA instructors. Contact me off-list for a more robust version of what follows. So what’s it like? What does it take to pass? These are the burning questions each candidate asks, and the answer can’t really be known. Th...
Ep 101 Another Big Hop – 860nm Malta to Cartagena Spain
Our race westward continues with a long 860nm passage from the island of Malta, located between the Sicily and the continent of Africa, to Cartagena, Spain. Following a breakage of our electric mainsail furler, we make landfall at Villasimius, on the southern tip of Sardinia, for repairs, then head ...