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What do you expect when you purchase a 43 year old sailboat?!⛵A boat in our price range wasn't going to be exactly cruising ready. But we knew that underneath all the green & grime was a sturdy solid boat. The keel and hull were structurally sound. T...
It' been a while that I've been getting Galopin ready to go. And now it's time for a test sail. And as well some fun and dance with Wendy. Me and Galopin as well as Peter on his boat sail down the coast of Sao Vicente island looking to anchor at one of our...
WE BOUGHT A 43 YEAR OLD SAILBOAT!!!!
This week we take you back to the start ⏪
We purchased our little boat just one week before we learned we would have to move - exactly one week before purchasing our Airstream. Because we became so busy renovating o...
Galopin has got his main sail back. It's part of our preparations under way to go sailing again. But before that, the Maritime Police asked me to move anchorage. So I'll explain my anchorage procedure. And there's some time for more musical discovery. Sail...
We might have left you floating on the hook in our last video⚓
In this prologue to our sailing series, we're going more in-depth about our journey to boat life & what you can expect from our channel in the coming weeks! ⛵
We're so happy you're on ...
Is it time to move on? Yes it is. I'm sailing Galopin back at anchor in Mindelo Bay in the Cabo Verde Archipelgo. My free stay is up at Marina Mindelo, so ma and Galopin drop anchor in the bay. It's nice to be out of the marina, but I need my dinghy to fun...
Early in the morning we were about crossing the mean straight after ripping my main sail. And as usual the Canal do Sao Vicente was mean. But we managed just fine. We had breakfast and a rest just in time for Lily's birthday party the next day. Another nev...
Have you ever dreamt about what it would be like to live a self-sufficient life at sea?
A life of freedom and adventure, untamed wildness and an ever changing horizon?
This has been a dream of ours in the making for a few years now, but making the dream...
My main sail got pretty ripped up on this short but treacherous journey. But we came here to have fun. So that setback didn't stop us from going to shore and celebrating Sao Joa with our friends. Wendy gives the performance of her life live on stage. There...
We go from the relative calm of of the city of Mindelo where I take care of my friend's boat and we check up on Wendy's little bar. Then we take on the ocean canal between the islands of Sao Vicente and Santa Antao. The ocean there is horribly mean, but we...
The streets of Mindelo are alive and singing after the pandemic quieted the city for two years. As well our friends Peter and Lily are back from their Atlantic crossing. And we see more progress at Wendy's little place. And finally we are introduced to a n...
In this case partying in Mindelo is a family affair. I went out to a big beach party with Wendy's mom, Alcinda and her brother Eric. Everyone loves to party here. But I went a bit too far and got very sick. I got overe it fast and cured myself with a solo ...
Mindelo has plenty of love stories and this is one of them. Eder and Camille will make beautiful children someday. This why the people of MIndelo are so beautiful. He is Cape Verdean and she is French. These are the kinds of love stories from Mindelo. A fo...
Sailing around the Cape Verde islands is always a challenge. The wind is almost always strong with Venturi effects near certain islands. There are currents and fierce waves. As well the coasts are rough and mean pocked with rocks and steep cliffs. It's rar...
I always wanted to circumnavigate the island of Sao Vicente. We tried to do it in one day, but it turned we couldn't in one day. So we crossed the channel between Sao Vicente and Santa Luzia island, a nature reserve. Technically no one is allowed there. We...
Finally life is coming back to normal in Mindelo. You can here it all over by way of music. And people are out and about playing and dancing. But as well we take care of Wendy and here project for a snack bar. This episode is full of life and the people of...
We sail from Sao Vicente to Sao Nicolau island to test out a sailboat, but it fails the test. So we get another boat and go on our journey. W're crew of five plus a dog. The journey takes us way up a mountain for local festival. Back in Mindelo we host a s...
Living full time aboard my sailboat can be a lot of fun and a lot of work. Join me as I undertake many boat repair projects since my return from Dakar Senegal. As well you can partake in some of the fun and pleasure of living in the city Mindelo in Cabo Ve...
There's no need to talk when sailing the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa. We sailed 475 nautical miles in three days and nights. One of the best sailing experiences I have had with my 1984 40ft Jeanneau SunFizz. Galopin was a beast on this passage. Sailing G...
It's 475nm from Dakar Senegal to Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands, West Africa. Or about a three day and night passage. We had to weave through busy local pirogue traffic, the Senegalese Navy and hidden fishing nets. Thanks to some luck and a last ditch e...
Me and my boat Galopin are stranded in Dakar Senegal, West Africa. But the man, Arona comes to the rescue with a new gearbox. He installs it successfully and then takes us to buy new deep cycle gel batteries. We prepare to sail again. On the way back to Ca...
Dakar Senegal, West Africa. Where no other sailing channel dares to go. But me and Giani go there and enjoy fine food and meet a host of interesting people. The yacht club bar tender who teaches me a few word in Walaf. A Lebanese doctor who makes us Falafe...
We're sailing to Dakar, West Africa and on the way pick up a few boat hitchhikers. They're just little birds, but we bring up the subject of boat hitchhikers. As we begin to enter the bay of Dakar, my gearbox fails and we have to continue under sail and at...
It's our second and third days and nights sailing into wind and waves. On our way to Dakar Senegal from the Cape Verde Islands. Two old salty sailors reclaiming our right to be at sea after major surgery. But it was not easy. We suffered for our previous s...
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