Pacific crossing YouTube Videos
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Ep 148 | Land Ahoy, Sailing Across the South Pacific, Mexico to French Polynesia
We pass the equator and Wendy becomes are ShelLback, with rum and tributes to Neptune. Wendy makes the landing flags for our arrival and Magnus punches the grommets and hoists the flags. A few beer reviews in this episode We make landfall at Hiva Oa in ...
Ep 147 | Settling in to Passage Life on Board, South Pacific, Cabo San Lucas to the Marquesas
We are gently getting used to life on the ocean. So far the passage has gone very well. Here we discuss our passage plans and the reasons why we made the decisions that we did. Magnus bakes a beaut loaf in the galley and reviews a 9 and a half beer. Life ...![BROKEN, 1000 Miles From Land! [Adventure #164]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/Mkp7a7J9ZUs/maxresdefault.webp)
BROKEN, 1000 Miles From Land! [Adventure #164]
What happens when things break on passage when we’re well over 1,000 miles from anything?! Halfway through our 4,000+ mile passage from Costa Rica to Hawaii, we have several failures - a broken whisker pole and then a broken engine. Come see how we tro...
Ep 146 | Losing Sight of Land, Cabo San Lucas to the Marquesas, Crossing the South Pacific Ocean
We manage to finish our final fresh provisioning and grab a couple of special beers for the important parts of the passage. We actually leave sight of land and start the epic journey across the South Pacific from Cabo San Lucas to Hiva Oa in French Polynes...
Ep 145 | Heading to Cabo San Lucas to Check Out of Mexico and Sail Across the Pacific Ocean
We finally leave La Paz for the last time and make our way towards Cabo San Lucas which is where we will check out of Mexico for good. On the way we take the last opportunity to clean Nutshell’s hull before we embark on the South Pacific Crossing. Cabo ...
Ep 144 | Building a Gas Locker Extension, Last Minute Jobs, Sailing Nutshell
With only a few days to go before we leave La Paz, Magnus builds a temporary gas locker extension out of pine. This will now mean that we can house the taller gas bottles which we have managed to find in Mexico. Wendy keeps on with the sewing tasks, worki...
Ep 143 | Replacing Alternator Bearings, Wholesale Fresh Food Market, Sailing Nutshell
There’s so much to do before we head off across the South Pacific to the Marquesas. Bobby takes us to a farmer’s wholesale fresh produce market to pick up some old crates to store our cans for the crossing and we buy bulk produce. Then it’s back to N...![Sailing Across the Pacific [Adventure #161]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/Fm2KMNSH7e0/maxresdefault.webp)
Sailing Across the Pacific [Adventure #161]
We just set out on our longest passage to date, over 4000 miles across the ocean from Costa Rica to Hawaii. A few days in, we’re getting into the swing of things, with our headsail poled out, windvane steering and fishing lines busy with hits! The deck...
Engine FAILED and GROUNDED | LESSONS FROM THE SEA | Ep.4 Wildlings Sailing
We learned a LOT in the last week. How do you think we dealt with the situation? let us know in the comments! Buy us a coffee! www.ko-fi.com/wildlingssailing
BIGGEST WAVES WE’VE EVER SEEN PACIFIC SAILING – Ep 20
BIGGEST WAVES WE'VE EVER SEEN SAILING PACIFIC If you'd like to support the creative process please take a look at our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis Bluewater sailing FIJI TO NZ yellowfin tuna PART 1 This week we continue our journey...
Pacific Crossing in a 31 Footer!?! REALLY! / Sailing Aquarius
Ken gets a Tour of Cool Change, a Pacific Seacraft 31 while anchored in Fare Huahine. Rick and Cindy sailed Cool Change in the Baha Ha-Ha, and after 3 years of Mexican Beer they sailed Cool Change to French Polynesia in search of $2.50 Hinano's. 27 days ...
Sailing across THE PACIFIC – 21 days at sea / Sailing Aquarius Around the World
What an adventure! This is (hopefully) our longest sail ever! 21 days without seing the shore and many nautical miles away from it. Distance covered: 3,520 Nautical Miles or 4,050 miles or 6,519 kilometers with some squalls and some wave height of 3+ mete...
FINAL PREP for our Pacific Ocean Passage || Biggest Sailing Adventure Of Our Lives!
It's the FINAL DAYS!!! Stress is High, We're Exhausted but we only have a few days left in Ecuador before setting sail across the Pacific Ocean for French Polynesia. Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part of the adventure: http://bit.ly/patreon-...
FITTING A RAIN CATCHER – DODGER UPDATE – SAILING FOLLOWTHEBOAT Ep 111
Yes, we have taken YOUR advice and we are retro-fitting a raincatcher onto the dodger roof. The mini refit continues at Krabi Boat Lagoon Marina, with Ton back working on the rain catcher design. There is a lot to do before we will be ready to make the Pa...