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E41 EXPLORING Gibraltar: A Small Country with Big History
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we explore a little bit of what Gibraltar has to offer before Flick has to fly home for a family funeral. And a crowd of people sing "God save our King" to Walter. Follow us on Instagram: @at_the_hansons Subscribe ...
E40 RUNNING a HALF-MARATHON in the THIRD smallest COUNTRY (Gibraltar) in the WORLD
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I (Joe) get to work on running on a half-marathon in the third smallest country in the World (Gibraltar) I set myself the challenge of running a half marathon in every country we visit whilst cruising, I want to stay...
E39 SAILING SEASON 2023 begins, SHAKE DOWN sail to Gibraltar
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz we do our final preparations before leaving Morocco, and recap on all the other Winter jobs we got finished. We finally set sail and head over to Gibraltar at the beginning of March. The first sail of 2023 begins! Foll...
E38 Top 5 anchorages on Spanish + Portuguese Atlantic Coast
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we give the lowdown on our Top 5 favourite anchorages along the Spanish + Portuguese Atlantic Coast. If you are looking at making the journey from the UK or Northern Europe than definitely check out this video, and m...
E37 PAINTING our DECKS (kiwi grip) to PROTECT our DOG
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I get to work on painting the decks. We chose to paint them with Kiwi Grip, which is a paint that dries with a texture and therefore provides grip. We mainly did this for two reasons, to stop Walter slipping around ...
E36 LEAKING marine engine coolant pump AGAIN (Perkins Prima M50, Volvo MD22L)
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I get to work solving the problem of a leaky coolant water pump. There is a seal on the shaft bearing made of ceramic, and apparently it can be very sensitive to rust particles or limescale deposits according the manu...
E35 CHRISTMAS on a sailboat in MOROCCO
Merry (belated) Christmas everyone! Join us this week as we celebrate Christmas with Chatty (Flick's sister), Lisa (Flick's best friend from school), and Chris and Amy from Sailing Saffron. We combine our cooking efforts to create an amazing Christmas Din...
E34 REPAIR Raymarine Linear Drive AUTOPILOT (how to save $2,000)
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as I get to work trying to repair our Raymarine (Raytheon) Type 2 Linear Drive Unit. This is our autopilot unit. It broke 1 hour into a 24 hour passage. We couldn't really turn around as we had doggy visa issues, and we ...
E33 EXPLORING AFRICA (Tangier, Morocco) with FAMILY
Join us in this weeks episode as we explore a little bit of what Morocco has to offer us. We did it, we sailed from Vilamoura, Portugal to Tangier, Morocco and in this episode we get to settle in, and explore. We will now spend 3 months here in order to ...
E32 FIVE reasons NEVER to buy an OLD SAILBOAT
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we give our thoughts on why buying an old sailboat might not necessarily be the best choice to make. 00:00 Intro 01:55 Age 04:15 History 07:26 Speed 10:24 Space 11:10 Insurance 12:56 Conclusion Follow us on Instagra...
E31 We SAIL to AFRICA, autopilot FAILURE, big waves KNOCK DOWNS
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we sail from Vilamoura, Portugal to Tangier, Morocco. We sail to Africa! Because of some strict red tape around exporting/ importing dogs from Portugal to Morocco our weather window was very compromised. We were also...
E30 Sailing with our dog (hidden costs, pet passport, red tape)
In this episode we sit down and discuss the logistics of having a dog onboard our sailboat, how we navigate getting him on and off the boat, how he goes to the toilet, and how we navigate border crossings. In general there is a lot of paperwork and costs...
EP23 To Muxia
In this episode we leave La Coruna anchorage get some fuel from the marina and set off on our passage to Muxia in thick fog, no wind and at night we are traveling in company with a boat called Halekai that are very quikely becoming good friends. The night ...
E29 Our SAILING adventure is almost OVER (for now), but first an UNEXPECTED roadblock
Join us this week as we travel from Lagos to Vilamoura. We run into trouble attempting to negotiate the bureaucracy that is exporting and importing our dog (Walter) out of Portugal and into Morocco. First we tried to get a rabies titer test performed o...