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My Catamaran Broke Apart 100 Miles From Hawaii
About 100 miles off Kona, pounding waves broke my catamaran’s rear main beam, leaving the starboard hull hanging from the deck. Keeping the boat together meant repeated trips into the black water beneath it, using rope and winches to lash a broken home back together. Full Catamaran Video: Excerpt...
Broken Engine, Big Waves Episode 8
We thought our biggest problem was a broken dinghy… until one of our engines refused to start and a massive wave came crashing through the front door of our boat. After six hours troubleshooting the engine in the Florida heat, Steve finally got us moving again. But our first real day sailing north ...
Stranded in a Lightning Storm…Then Our Hair Stood Up Episode 7
Our dinghy died miles from our sailboat as darkness closed in and a massive lightning storm rolled toward us. Then our hair began standing straight up—the terrifying warning that lightning could strike at any moment. What was supposed to be a simple family sailing trip from Miami to Key Largo for k...
Why Is the Rudder in Front of the Propeller?
Moving the engines aft creates more interior space, but it also places the rudders ahead of the propellers. I would test low-speed maneuvering on each engine separately because two engines are not true redundancy if one failure leaves the boat circling. Full Stream: 📗 Get My Book:
When Grenada Stopped Being Safe
For decades, cruisers gathered in Grenada because it sat just below the hurricane box that shaped many marine insurance policies. In July 2024, Hurricane Beryl flattened Carriacou and turned Tyrell Bay into a boat graveyard, shattering the industry's faith in that safe zone. Full Video: 📗 Ge...
Can a Wave Snap a Ship in Half?
A ship's hull behaves like one enormous beam, bending through hogging and sagging as wave crests and troughs support different sections. Push that steel beyond what it can bear and the hull can fracture, a failure that overwhelmingly strikes long, heavily loaded tankers and freighters. Full Vi...
The 282-Foot Yacht With an Incredible Past
Finished in an Italian warship yard in 1927, this 282-foot yacht began as "Flying Cloud". She then passed from an English duke, to a Guinness heir, and Aristotle Onassis before Windjammer finally made her its flagship in 1969. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
The Hurricane You Cannot Dodge
A hurricane does not steer itself; larger wind patterns high above it, called steering currents, carry it like a cork in a river. When those currents weaken, the storm can stall or wander, making its path dangerously unpredictable. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
Could YOU Escape Hurricane Mitch? — Be The Captain LIVE | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 2
📖 English ("Be The Captain"): 🇪🇸 Español ("Sé el Capitán"): Tonight, you sit in the captain's chair. October 26th, 1998. You command the S/V Fantome. 282 feet of riveted steel, 31 crew, 7 knots on her best day, drawing 13 feet. A Category 5 hurricane is stalled over the ...
They Had NOWHERE To Run!! | The Tragic Story of SV Fantome
In October of 1998, a 282-foot four-masted schooner called the Fantome sailed into the western Caribbean with 31 crew members aboard and a hurricane building over the horizon. She was a 71-year-old, riveted steel ship with an incredibly gifted 32-year-old captain, Guyan March. When Hurricane Mitch—...
A Great Deal or a $200,000 Disaster?
This 60 year old Sparkman & Stephens yacht has an incredible pedigree, a valuable mast, and a recently reduced asking price. The aluminum hull could still be viable or require a $200,000 replating job, making a complete hull-thickness survey essential before buying it. Full Stream: 📗 Get My B...
We Had No Choice But to Let Them Lift Our Boat Again… Ep-233
After our boat was badly damaged by the boatyard, we now have to trust them to lift Escapade again — and this time, everything has to go right. After everything that happened to Escapade, the time finally comes to start putting her back together. But before we can get anywhere near putting this ni...
The Window Design That Made These Boats Leak
Cooper sailboats can be good performers, but their large acrylic windows were not always engineered with enough frame overlap. Once the adhesive begins to fail, water can quickly enter the boat and damage the surrounding interior. It does not necessarily make the boat a bad purchase, but it creates ...
A Great Bluewater Boat With a Leaky Reputation
This Robert Harris design was built by Ta Yang in Taiwan and earned a reputation as a stout bluewater cruiser. Unfortunately, the original teak decks also earned these boats the nickname “Leaky Tikis.” This example has lost its teak deck and received several interior repairs, but a buyer still needs...
119 Days Lost at Sea – How it Began
John Glennie named the Rose-Noëlle after a young woman he met in Tahiti and lost in a tragic plane crash. Sixteen years later, the boat capsized, beginning an extraordinary 119-day survival story. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
How He Survived a Tropical Storm at Sea
How to survive a tropical storm at sea: A true sailing survival story. If you’ve ever wanted to sail offshore, you NEED TO WATCH THIS. It may save your life. For deeper training on how to handle the ocean, get your copy of Be The Captain: Johnny was 20 years old and eager for his first Atlantic c...
They Did Everything Right… And Still Had to Abandon Ship
When Sailing Barking Cat left Australia aboard their cruising catamaran La Vita, the plan was simple: sail offshore toward Fiji, cross the Pacific with their crew and dogs, and begin the next chapter of the cruising dream. But a dream passage can turn into a Mayday shockingly fast. After delaying fo...
Our Sail Tore in 40 Knots…10 Minutes Into the Crossing | Day 7 Continued…
We use Airalo to stay connected when we land in new countries — super easy eSIMs with no physical SIM needed. Try it here: Code: LEADING Day 7 continued of our sail from the USA to Colombia… and this is not how we imagined it going. After days of waiting in the Bahamas for the right weather wind...
Enough is Enough : We’re taking a break from Youtube
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50-Knot Storm Slams the Marina — Total Chaos on Our Boat
This week we're stuck well into the winter maintenance on our 50 year old project liveaboard Sailing Yacht --------------------------------------------------------------------- ECOFLOW WAVE 3 Purchase from EcoFlow official website: aff=206&utm_source=affiliatly&utm_medium=kol&utm...
Winter Maintenance on our Project Liveaboard Sailing Yacht – #EcoFlowRiver3
This week we're stuck well into the winter maintenance on our 50 year old project liveaboard Sailing Yacht --------------------------------------------------------------------- ECOFLOW WAVE 3 Purchase from EcoFlow official website: aff=206&utm_source=affiliatly&utm_medium=kol&utm...
A Sailor went to CNC to see what he could CNC : Makera Carvera Air CNC Machine
Using the incredible Maker Carvera Air Desktop CNC machine to make AWESOME parts for our boat. $100 OFF Voucher: sailingM100off US Site: Global Site: Support us on Patreon : In this weeks Episode Andy, Jack and Chris move Ocean Melody just to we could take delivery of a very special item. ...
This didn’t go to plan
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