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The Wind Did It, I Swear | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 62.1
This is Part 1/2. Part 2 is now live here: https://youtu.be/T4IfnhP0kvQ --- Glad to be (nearly) done with our bottom job, we move on to our diesel engine, which needs maintenance and upgrades. ‘Course, no boat project is without hurdles. We get a serpen...
Painting our Boat with Powdered Pennies! | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 61
Horror stories abound across the interwebs about Coppercoat. We've read and watched just about all of them! If you look, there are a ton of rave reviews out there, too. Sometimes, you just need to go with your gut. Our instincts told us that if we followe...
This ONE LITTLE THING could SINK our Boat | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 59
Believe it or not, this ONE TINY little hose clamp is all that’s keeping our boat from potentially sinking to the bottom. It’s part of our centerboard operation, and unfortunately there’s not much we can do to improve it, except to ensure the clamps ...
WHAT will we FIND? Returning to the Boat after 5 Months Away | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 58
After 5 months away from the boat, we return to the boatyard in Florida to find out how Soulianis survived over hurricane season. We’ve never left her alone for this long before, and really hope the preparation we did before we left protected her from al...
What Happens when We’re Not On The Boat | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 57
Our sailing off-season — driving around in Chip, hanging out in the Great Lakes, sailing, surfing & swimming — has been a fun diversion from the boat. Now it’s time to get back to Florida. We finish our last big van project (building a bed), and ...
Exploring NORTH of the BORDER by Boat & Van | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 56
We’re slowly making our way in our van, Chip, around Lake Huron. In this episode we leave Manitoulin Island, hopping a ferry to Tobermory. The Bruce Peninsula is stunning — high cliffs topped with colorful plants and Bahamian-like blue water. We park t...
Sailing a Freshwater Fjord in The North Channel | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 55
With Soulianis on the hard in Florida, we take our van up to The North Channel of Lake Huron and hop back on a sailboat! We meet up with two couples who are seasoned sailors (our “boat parents” from Episode 13) who take us on a tour of their favorite s...
Vanlife: Our Summer Home on Wheels | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 54
With Soulianis tucked away in the boatyard, we try out #vanlife and go tearing across the country in our new transit van, Chip! (Does driving from south to north count as across? Well, either way…) We leave Florida for Wisconsin, then hop over to Michiga...
Saying Goodbye to Our Boat | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 53
It’s goodbye, but only for a while. We’re leaving Soulianis on the hard in Florida during hurricane season to return to the Midwest to visit our families. We’ve never left our boat for this long before, and do everything we can think of to prepare he...
Savor the Last Sail | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 52
With just a few days left before we haul the boat out for hurricane season, we sail as much as we can — even when the wind is so light we’re hardly moving at all — to savor our last moments on the water. Join us for our last sail of the season, and ...
LIVE with Ania and Bartek Dawidowski (English Edition)
Join us LIVE on Sunday afternoon. Straight from Saint Lucia in the Caribbean from our floating home. Ania and Bartek
Sailing Backwards | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 51
Buy a sailboat, then sail over the horizon, right? Oh if it was that simple! Often you zigzag, and sometimes you backtrack. In our last episode, we made it to the Florida Keys. But before pressing on any further, we had some big projects to take care of ...
Fast Sailing Overnight to Key West | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 50
The seemingly smallest thing can drastically change the experience of a journey on the sea. Like forgetting to take seasickness meds. Then what a difference a few hours makes — from night to day, from dark ominous waves to calm electric blue sea. Sail wi...
“Kinda My Worst Nightmare” | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 49
What makes your palms go clammy? Gives you a cold sweat? For both of us, swimming in murky water under a boat is one of our worst nightmares. Time to face our fears! We dive in to clean the hull, in preparation for our sail to Key West. Hope you enjoy! La...