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Sailing life: We almost hit a whale
On our last sail north, we almost hit a whale. It surfaced 10 feet on off of our port side. It was close enough that we got wet from his spray. We were also curious how far our VHF radio would transmit. We checked in with a friend every 5 miles to test ...
Boat life: What an amazing adventure it has been
Sailing around the world in a small sailboat has its challenges. The treasures that we find along the way, make it all worth it. The sea lions swimming beside us, the dolphins bow riding and surfing around Hiraya are amazing moments. Let's not forget the...
Sailing Life: Stern Anchored Sailing and Dinghy Chaps
Jesica is really tired of burning her butt cheeks and sticking to the dinghy in the intense heat of the Sea of Cortez. So, while stern anchored in our favorite secluded anchorage, we decided to finally do something about the burnt butt cheek problem. We s...
Sailing life: Living our lives on anchor
The best part of living on a sailboat if life at anchor. The days just seem to fade on by and you lose all track of time. We spend our days exploring caves on our Highfield dinghy. We go for hikes and happily waste the days away fishing and eating. Boat...
Sailing Life: Stern anchored are we to close to land?
The rocks are way to close. We had no choice except to deploy our stern anchor to limit our swing radius. We usually don't anchor in this tight of a spot, but we just could not resist the beauty and seclusion of this tiny anchorage. After setting our ste...
Sailing life: Sailing to a new anchorage in the dark? Predeparture procedures
What do you need to do before leaving the dock? We go over a few things that we do before we set sail. Engine checks, battery checks, sanity checks, oh my. Why are the weather predictions never accurate. We set sail early in the morning for our 90 mile...
Sailing life: Could we have caught our sailboat on fire?
This video was going to be a how to install a air filter on a marine diesel. As we were installing the filter we noticed that we had some melted fiberglass on our engine cover. Upon further investigation we discovered why! We are lucky that we did not c...
Sailing life: Sailing off our anchor. How did we do?
We have been forced to learn how to sail onto and off of our anchor. Our engine broke last summer and we decided to continue sailing on anyways. It was a blessing in disguise. I forced us to learn how to be better sailors. Its a great feeling to be able ...
Sailing life: We sail into uncharted territory
We spent a few days motoring around in the uncharted areas of Bahia Concepcion. We motored down to the far southeast corner of the bay into uncharted territory. The charts called for 3 feet of water depth , our depth sounder was reading 80! It is alwa...
Sailing life: Boat chores and hot springs
We sail down into Bahia conception, where we find a beautiful calm anchorage for some must needed rest. I finally get off my lazy butt and install our spinnaker ring onto our mast. 20 minutes and four holes later the boat project that I have been putting...
Sailing Life: Flying a spinnaker for the first time
As sailors we are always trying to learn new things. We finally flew our spinnaker!! It is amazing how little wind it took to get our sailboat moving. It will become our favorite downwind light air sail. We fly our symmetrical spinnaker without a pole....
The Sailing life: Work Hard Play Hard
Sailing is a great way to get out on the water and enjoy the fresh air. But its not all fun and games. Anchors don't hold and boats drag through the anchorage. Hulls need scrubbed and stainless needs polished. There is a lot of work involved in keeping a...
Sailing to one of the best anchorages in the Sea of Cortez
We set sail north towards the anchorage of San Juanico. First we sail with a super pod of dolphins and pass a school of rays. We drop off our friend Rob and set our sights north. We try our luck st fishing, trolling while we sail. The sea was kind and ...
Surviving North Sea waves on trawler yacht Lady Liselot, Blankenberge (B) to Ramsgate (UK); S3/E15
Join Henk-Jan on an exhilarating and challenging journey aboard Lady Liselot as he navigates the treacherous waves of the North Sea. On a trawler yacht without stabilizers. This episode takes you from the vibrant city of Blankenberge to the picturesque por...