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Boat Life: Slow Summer Sailing in Corsica | Ep. 11
Hello :) In this video, we take it slow, sailing around the southern coast of Corsica in the Summer. The days are long and very hot. We enjoy some amazing anchorages and set sail towards Bonifacio, our last stop in Corsica before moving on and try and anchor in the Cala Fazzio but fail and bump the ...
I’m Leaving My Husband……to Join Delos, (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 65)
Well this is a first for us, Calico Skies is setting out to sea for an eight hundred mile passage without Grace onboard. What?! Ya! In this episode, Grace joins the S/V Delos crew to help sail her back to the US and play with little Miss Nugget. Always up for an adventure, Bill has volunteered to s...
COVID’s Impact on our Sailing Plans
In this video, we share our thinking on COVID and its impact on our future sailing plans. With the second wave of Coronavirus hitting, we have had to rethink our plans for the next months and decide what is best for us and the boat: to cross the Atlantic or not? Is it best to stay put in Europe or r...
Lend Me Some Water I Am Your Neighbor (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 64)
We’re headed North and it’s day two of our passage from Flamingo Cay at the top of the Ragged Island chain to the Berry Islands, located at the northern end of the Bahamas. It's mid June and this is a hot, light air trip. Along the way we encounter a U.S. Navy warship and are perplexed by a str...
Ep 112 Recaulking our Teak Decks While at Anchor in Paradise
During lockdown in Antigua we found ourselves with time on our hands for projects that we don’t usually have time for. Lacking temptations like drinking with other cruisers, we tackled a job that’s been on the back burner for a while … recaulking our teak decks. After many years of exposure to the ...
Wind power baby! Installing our D400 wind generator | Ep.10
Ahoy! In this episode, we’re still loving the Corsican coastline and we make our way further South. Lars has a bit of a DIY nightmare, trying to run our wind generator cables through the deck, we lift anchor and had another sweet sail with the cruising chute down to Tizzano. We go to mount our new D...
Navigating the Tongue of the Ocean (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 63)
Well, it had to come eventually: The end of an era. We stayed as long as we possibly could, but with hurricane season quickly approaching we have no choice but to say our sad, final goodbyes to the Covid crew and leave the Bahamas, pointing the bow North. In this episode we finally leave the Ragged...
How Did People Survive Before Washing Machines?! | Ep.9
Ahoy! In this video, we continue sailing around Corsica. We sail to a place called Campomoro with our friend Dev, go on a very hot hike along the rocky coastline, we pick up and unbox our new D400 wind generator in Ajaccio, and get on with the fun job of doing our laundry and washing our clothes onb...
Ep 111 Pinned on the dock by 20 knot crosswinds. What do we do?
The situation most skippers dread … being pinned on the dock by high winds. So what do we do? In our case we have a big cat behind us and the wind is blowing a steady 19-20 knots. Take a look to see. We also give a quick look at our failed Sterling Power Products external voltage regulator that lit...
How to Do Yoga from a Boat (In Between Toilet Repairs) | Ep.8
Ahoy! In this video, we continue smooth sailing down the incredible Corsican coastline. We race up a hill to get to the post office, do some beach yoga, sail down to Ajaccio with the spinnaker up, pick up our friend Dev who comes to visit and explore the uninhabited islands of the Iles Sanguinaires ...
Ep 110 The Race Is On! Oyster 485 vs Amel Marimu 32nm St Kitts to St Barts
The passage between St Kitts and St Barts is 32nm +/- and these gaps between islands can be brutally exposed. You get swells and wind unbroken, with fetch that crosses the entire Atlantic Ocean. But things were practically flawless this day. The swells were manageable and we were seeing an almost pe...
We Sail to CORSICA! Our World Trip Begins | Ep.7
Welcome back :) In this video, we finally set sail to Corsica - our first stop! We have a pretty smooth 24hr passage from mainland France (Antibes) to North West Corsica, and are blown away by Corsica's natural beauty and landscape. We stumble across some old ruins, and anchor in Scandola Natio...
Ep 109 Post Passage Repairs Sailing St Lucia
The Oyster service team in Las Palmas had suggested engine service tasks, but there wasn’t time to do them, so I arranged for the necessary parts to be ordered through the Yanmar service center at Rodney Bay (Island Water World is distributer for Yanmar there). Once we arrived I scheduled the work, ...
Sailing the Baltic Sea: From Stockholm to Rosättra on a Norlin 34 #67
Welcome to the Baltic Sea! :D When our friend Andy from @59NorthSailing found himself having to spend more time in Sweden than he had planned for, he decided to buy a small boat to keep in Sweden and sail the Baltic with. Introducing: Spica! A Norlin 34 that was specifically designed to sail ...
END OF VISAS AMNESTY: The Day We Feared Since MONTHS // Ep. 54
(🇬🇧 Below) La Thailande décide de mettre à la porte les 150 000 touristes qui sont là, y compris les voiliers. La situation ne s'arrange pas quand l'ambassade de France dit à Jo que suite à leur réunion, on devrait se préparer pour naviguer vers La Réunion ou bien la Nouvelle-Calédonie... ...
Mysterious Gift From a Stranger… 🎁 | Ep.6
The reality of leaving Antibes starts to kick in and we start saying goodbye to land life as we finish up getting the boat fully ready to set sail. We treat our teak decks with Semco, we receive a beautiful random gift from a passing swimmer, we do a final provision, use our water maker for the firs...
Ep 108 Atlantic Crossing Pt3: Squalls Catch Us At St Lucia!
Squalls are focused small storms, with wind speeds that can approach and exceed gale force. As we get closer to the Caribbean, these become more and more common, especially at night, to the point that we’re rarely less than a few miles from one. Since they travel roughly east to west at speeds of ab...
Ep 107 Atlantic Crossing Pt2: Here Comes the Wind
In this middle section of the passage we make the turn west into the trade-winds. We’ve headed almost 200nm south and are now just north of the Cape Verde Islands. And as the temps warm and the winds change from northerlies to easterlies, the westerly currents also begin to kick in, giving us a 1 to...
Ep 106 Atlantic Crossing Pt1 – Only 2,700nm to Go
And then it happens! Departure day arrives and we have a time slot to leave! Our nerves are frayed to the ragged edge, but this is what we came for. We’re committed, and like lemmings we follow the other boats toward the cliff edge. Actually, it’s quite exhilarating. This is what we’ve done for ye...
Ep 105 ARC 2019 Getting Down to the Wire
As time winds down to departure for the 2019 ARC, boat crews frantically try to finish last minute projects. The ARC opening ceremonies, complete with parade and huge party, drive home the fact that time is running out. Luckily for us, our early arrival meant that a lot of the big tasks, such as i...
Ep 104 ARC 2019 Prep – Watermakers and Oyster Support
As we enter the second week of prep for the ARC transatlantic crossing, we focus on converting Talisman from a boat that’s bombproof at sea, to one that is also ready to go off the grid for extended periods. We take a pessimistic view, envisioning up to 30 days alone on the ocean. During that time w...
Ep 103 ARC 2019 Beckons – Shakedown Gibraltar to the Canary Islands
The ARC, or Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, has been held every year now for over 30 years. As a vehicle for “safety in numbers”, 189 boats participated in the November, 2019 transatlantic crossing, and it's one of the biggest cruising rallies to be found worldwide. But getting there, whether you ...
Buying an Old Sailboat to Sail Around the World (Hard Work)! | Ep.1
We buy an old sailboat and spend months working hard to fix it up during lockdown in the South of France. We live in the marina for 4 months working on refitting the boat to get our tiny home ready to sail full time. We take on the project of renovating our teak decks and install hot water, a shower...