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A VERY SAD STORY – SwT 107 WHAT HAPPENED TO ANDREAS SIPSAKAS? IS HE A VICTIM OF BRUTAL PIRACY?
This is a very sad story that needed to be told, and to shine some lights about Andreas Sipsakas that vanished at sea en route to San Andres. I dont have the blueprint nor do I try to solve this mystery. But with the information I have tried to share what I belive and from my perspective what could ...
SAILING FAST TO SAN ANDRES – SwT 106 WHY DID I NOT CROSS THE PANAMA CANAL YET?
Join me on this fast sail from Panama to San Andres. The Columbian island outside of Nicaragua that also was the dream of a solo sailor friend still missing after 3 years. Im meeting up with my friends Rick and Maddy from Sailing Sophisticated Lady, and experience the easiest and friendliest check i...
LEAVING PIRATES & THUNDERS – SwT 104 – SAILING TO SAN ANDRES
Leaving Pirates and thunders behind for now. Piracy in Panama is nothing new and it's pretty naive to belive anything else. However this time my experience is the piracy have come down a bit from last time I was here but the corruption is worse than ever. Guess this is just how Panama is and al...
THE WORLDS BUSIEST SHIPPING LANE, AT NIGHT! – SwT 104 – BACK IN PANAMA AFTER 2 YEARS OF WAITING
Sailing solo into the Worlds second busiest shipping lane at night, after a 1300 nautical miles nonstop solo sail from Martinique to Panama. After 2 years of waiting, I'm back in Shelter Bay Marina again. I'm sharing the last hours of my sail and also some of the things around entering bus...
SAILING TRHOUGH ELECTRO STORMS AND ENJOYING SOME NICE SQUALLS – SwT 103 MARTINIQUE TO PANAMA PART 3
Sailing through ELECTRO STORMS on my last days towards Panama. Thunderstorms or ELECTRO STORMS as the phenomena is called in this part of the Caribbean is no fun to sail through. I share my strategy and how I use my tools onboard trying to avoid the worst ones that can scare the most experienced sai...
HOW BAD CAN IT BE ON THIS 1300 NONSTOP SOLO SAILING? – SwT 102 – MARTINIQUE TO PANAMA PART 2
HOW BAD CAN IT BE rounding the famous Cape Horn of the Caribbean? BE FREE IS SAILING AGAIN, continuing the 1300 nautical miles nonstop solo from Martinique to Panama. This is part 2 of the long jump through the entire Caribbean east to west testing out the famous rough part of this route - THE FAMOU...
1300 NAUTICAL MILES NONSTOP SOLO SAILING – SwT 101 – MARTINIQUE TO PANAMA PART 1
BE FREE IS SAILING AGAIN, and this time it's 1300 nautical miles nonstop solo from Martinique to Panama. This is part 1 of the long jump through the entire Caribbean trying out several different sail options as I go to see what works the best. To me, this is the grand rehearsal before my solo s...
Plotting a course around Somalia pirates
Using OpenCPN we plot a course from Tanga past Somalia to Suqutra (Socotra). We also look at the weather and currents using Predict Wind, look at shipping lanes using MarineTraffic.com. Any questions or comments, please leave them below. Link to Patreon: Predictwind.com for weather and current...
PASSAGE PLANNING Madagascar
Despite conflicting reports on the re-opening of Madagascar to sailing yachts, we're investigating and planning the tricky sail across the Mozambique channel. The "traditional" route is direct from Richards Bay to Tulear (Southern Madagascar), but it's difficult and one can encou...
It’s Official: WE’RE GOING TO AFRICA! 🌍 (Ep 187)
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: In this episode, we enjoy our last week here in the Maldives as we prepare for an upcoming 1000nm ocean crossing. Find the ACR OLAS Tag system here: Thanks for tuning in this week! All episodes of our show are created excl...
How We Track Passages – FREE Spreadsheet!
Download the FREE Passage Tracking Spreadsheet here: There aren't many times where one of my loves of my past life (spreadsheets) combines with sailing. But coming up with a solution for how to track our performance under passage was the perfect opportunity! I created this spreadsheet as a ...
Reef early or get squirly. Passage to Banda. (Learning By Doing Ep162)
We set off on a 280nm passage to the Banda Islands, Indonesia and the conditions were mild. Mid afternoon the squalls started piling up on the horizon and we just knew we would get smashed! Should have immediately gone to 2nd reef and ended up getting way over-powered. Lesson learnt I guess. Otherwi...
HOW TO SAFELY SAIL THE WORLD- A Guide to Passage Planning
What are your 2022 sailing plans?! Whatever they are, this episode will help you plan a cruise or an offshore passage. See below for timestamps. Recommended resources: Active Captain Navilly Google Earth/Google Maps Jimmy Cornell's World Cruising Routes The Atlantic Crossing Guide Pacific Cr...
SAILING SOUTH! Our Longest OFFSHORE PASSAGE Yet (On Our Own) | Harbors Unknown Ep. 51
SAILING SOUTH! Our Longest OFFSHORE PASSAGE Yet (On Our Own) | Harbors Unknown Ep. 51 This week we’re embarking on our longest #offshorepassage EVER on our own on our Seawind 1600 catamaran. We're #sailing south from Solomons Island to Norfolk, Virginia then on to Charleston, South Carolina an...
Passage to the Balearic Islands, Spain | Sailing Sunday Ep. 129
This week we leave The Maddalenas Islands to hide out form some rough weather. After expressing our frustration with sailing in Sardinia we have an awesome sail across the top of Sardinia to the most beautiful anchorage where we prep for a 2 day crossing to Minorca in The Balearic Islands in Spain. ...
A race against the weather through the Brutal Strait of Messina | SAILING SUNDAY Ep. 121
We're racing against the weather through the brutal Strait of Messina which is a narrow strait between Sicily and Southern Italy. It connects the Tyrrhenian Sea with the Ionian Sea and can be quite dangerous causing tides and currents up to 3knots and heavy winds funneling between the lands. Af...
WE Have Been at Sea for Too Long | Episode 116
Half way between here and there! We celebrate our half way mark sailing from Mexico to La Paz. WE have been at sea for 10 days now and have reached our half way point in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. To celebrate we have a cocktail party, black tie and formal dress all the way in the middle of ...
Boat Life: Non-Stop Sailing Passage – Squalls, High Winds, Big Seas
Join us for a two-day non-stop sailing voyage from St Martin to Grenada in the Caribbean. Discover what it's like to prepare, how sailing between countries with COVID restrictions works, what the sailing conditions were like, our guests' thoughts about night sailing, passage planning, and ...
Passage planning Pacific Northwest to Northern California
As we approach the two year anniversary of our passage from Vancouver Island to San Francisco, our initial YouTube episode continues to generate views and questions. In this episode we decided to answer those questions in detail for our viewers and update our tips from that initial video based on th...
#116 BROKEN ARM and the BLACK PEARL | Sailing SISU Leopard 45 CATAMARAN
Valletta is such a gem of place, wish we had more time to explore. St Johns Cathedral must be one of the most exquisite cathedrals we have ever visited. And then Petro broke her arm, like in real bad . . . stupid mistake of wearing shoes inside the dinghy . . . Thank you to all our subscribers! ...
#114 REALTIME UPDATE: Mid ATLANTIC Xmas and new year with a 2020 recap | Sailing Sisu Leopard 45
In YouTube time are we in Malta, however, in real-time as you watch this video, are we somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic. We scheduled the video for you to provide you with recap of 2020, but also to tell you what other exciting stuff is still in the pipeline! Happy Xmas and Merry New Year! T...
Why we are leaving HERE | 137 | Beau and Brandy Sailing
MANY thanks to all our amazing patrons, that really go above and help make these videos possible. St. Lucia is a stunning island. We are enjoying our time here, although our time here is being cut short. This is WHY we are leaving here now. Check out our friends: One Life: Too Short: big l...
#112 Is SAILING BORING on PASSAGE to MALTA | Sailing SISU Leopard 45 CATAMARAN
After more than 15 000 nautical miles, does passage sailing become boring? HELL NO!! There is always something to do on passage. Join us on our passage from Turkey to Malte and see what we get up to. We've done this in a 2 episode stint, as there is really so much to do . . . We thoroughly...