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In this week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we have some big news! Our next BIG project will be building a HARD TOP for Barefoot 2.0
During the two hurricanes that hit Barefoot her original hard top was blown off. We have decided to create a bigger a...
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We continue to explore the Las Perlas islands during lockdown in Panama. The Coronavirus changed the whole world, so it was nice living off grid in such a remote location. We have pe...
We arrive very early to the region where our charts say there is an island and reef... but we can't find it... the charts are wrong. It takes almost 8 hours to eventually get there with Margarida starving and seasick...you know the drill by now. Find food ...
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We tried to sail to Playa Venao to relax and surf while the world went crazy with the Coronavirus pandemic, but the police had other ideas. With all borders closed around the world, ...
We have to leave Nuevo Cay but we delay it as long as possible in order to get food and stock up. But when we search for another reef it isn't where it is supposed to be on the charts. We have to heave-to and wait for better light but it doesn't look good ...
This week on Barefoot Sail and Dive we try and fix a few things. That's what cruising is all about: Fixing boats in exotic places!! Domingo has been fantastic helping us find the belts for the engines and making us a new part. Davy finally fixed the water ...
While sailing we have been caught out by the VIRUS and cannot enter any country. We have to somehow make do until the world becomes normal again. So we set sail for a reef in the middle of nowhere, 272 nautical miles off the coast of Nicaragua. We have no ...
Our relationship gets to a breaking point. The strain of the past couple of weeks with Margarida's seasickness, lack of sleep and anxiety about where we can sail to be safe is causing grief. There is a solution but it seems they can't be found out in the m...
We have just been kicked out of Haiti now too. So after being kicked out of Cuba 2 weeks ago, finding no refuge in Domincian Republic, Haiti is just the icing on the cake. Where can we go now? It seems hopeless but with some good skills and common sense we...
After a failed attempt to get into the Dominican Republic we are still stuck at sea with no where to go, but our faith is bigger and we try again.
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The corona virus can hit you in a number of ways...one you can contract the disease and have to suffer and possibly die or it can effect you like it did us...you can be caught out on a boat being kicked out of one country and before you are able to get int...
While we wait for a vacancy on the boatyard we go for a wander through the rainbow streets of Cartagena and the colonial architecture of the city and get entangled in their Caribbean vibe celebrating their independence from the Spanish Empire with a Carniv...
It's time to finally leave San Blas, our home for awhile. Its a bittersweet moment but we are excited for what awaits us. Cartagena is 204 miles from us and Margarida is knocked out asleep, a secondary effect of the seasick pills she took, well she’s not...
On this week’s episode we go through the preparation for our upcoming trip to Colombia, where we will be doing maintenance on Freedom!
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Margarida wants to go wakeboarding but with the big croc back we go searching for a nice spot where she won't get eaten. I know of just the spot.
Also, a thunderstorm hits us during the afternoon and I watch it like TV. It is an awesome display for me but ...
I miss a fish and work out that my spear is shooting left so I conduct a bit of an experiment to work out what I must do to shoot fish with a bent shaft.
And Margarida has some fun feeding sharks. She really is a trooper 🦈
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We get a strange visit in the middle of the night in our lonely lagoon that freaks me out a bit.
I also have a close encounter with a hammerhead shark and I tell a story about my first hammerhead encounter .
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We enter a lagoon full of reefs at the right time of day but we can't see into the water because it is too smooth, so up goes the drone to help.
We also do something completely different and visit another cave... And we tune our new dinghy propeller for be...
You can see the excitement levels after a 7 month rebuild in Rio Dulce Guatemala, as the boys finally get to set sail into the Caribbean Sea. Colin talks about what it was like to do the refit in Guatemala, and you can get a real sense of satisfaction for ...
Since I got back, Peter has been itching to check out the Hollandes wreck. Neptune offered us a glassy see in order to go and explore this small cargo ship that ended up on the reef once again to an engine failure. Unfortunately recurrent event around the ...
Exactly one week from launch Parlay gets some last minute jobs done as she prepares to be splashed. We primer and antifoul her hull, re-bed some windows, shim out rudder bearings amongst many other jobs required in her final week...
SV Parlay is a hurrica...
First a message to you good people out there...
...and then we go sailing with the Indigenous Gunas. It is a new experience for Margarida and I. We are both amazed at how simple the rig is and the components that make it up.
And then...
What do you do wh...
We get a bunch of jobs done in this episode including installing underwater lights, unblocking bilge pumps, replacing sail drive lower seals, color matching gelcoat, then finally spraying the transom of Parlay. We are scheduled to launch her in just over a...
I take Margarida to my favourite caves and I lose her when she speeds off into a deep dark cave.... You better watch to find out.
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