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The Kindness Of Strangers | Good Times & Generous Help from Locals | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 110
Can an Injured man with limited supplies live on a boat alone for a month? Sounds like a pitch for a reality TV show. But it's my reality. I'm stuck on a sailboat at anchor. Injured and alone. With limited food and water. And for who knows how long? But wi...
Living In Solitary Confinement | Alone With A Broken Hip On My Boat | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 109
My injury has confined me to my boat. I cant walk. I'm living in solitary confinement. My body will need time to heal before I can walk and even consider sailing. My Winded Voyage has come to a sudden halt. Or has it? Accidents happen and if one survives, ...
How & Where I Broke My Hip | It Could Have All Ended Right Here | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 108
After a harrowing sail we settle into Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau. We clean up our boats do a little sightseeing of the town and go off on an excursion. Destination is Carbeirinho, stunning rock formations battered by the surf. There we venture into a secluded...
Reminder Of Brutal Sailing Conditions | Sailing Galopin Cape Verde | Winded Voyage S4 | Episode 107
The Sao Vicente Canal, most of the time it's a rough patch of ocean to navigate. Which is the case in this episode. It was at times harrowing, with winds sustained at 33kts. It was an uphill battle against wind, current and waves. I took on water and my fr...
Flying Galopin’s Bold Spinnaker | Sailing With A Pro Skipper | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 106
Me and my boat Galopin have been wanting to sail with our friend Bruno for some time. And we got the perfect opportunity. A weekend jaunt across the Sao Vicente canal and on to the island of Santa Antao. I've done this passage on many occasions, but never ...
What A Nice Surprise | There’s Never A Dull Moment In Mindelo | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 105
Being a full time live aboard sailor is often a life full of surprises. Some people don't like surprises, but I do. And in this episode I get a lot of them. Some good, some not so good. For the most part I can say, "WOW! What a nice surprise!" #surprise #p...
We Circumnavigated The Island | Sailing All Around Santa Antao | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 104 |
We did what few recreational sailors do or even attempt to. We circumnavigated the island of Santa Antao. It was an epic six day journey beginning in the town of Tarrafal de Montrigo and ending back there several days later. It gave us time to make a short...
It’s All About Letting Go | Fully Living The Adventure In Cape Verde | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 103
We continue our tour of Santa Antao island. We start from the Northwest Bank to the town of Cruzinhas. A precarious anchorage, but with the help of locals, we stay for the night. We have a day discover the local scenery which is stunning. And later we tak...
Starting A Major Sailing Adventure | Circumnavigating Santa Antao | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 102
We're about to embark on a Cape Verde navigational feat few have done. A full circumnavigation of Santa Antao island. Conditions were perfect for this. So here we are starting a major sailing adventure. I'm accompanied by two great friends, Jodie and Sidne...
Beating Into A Tropical Storm | City Floods After 3 years of No Rain | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 101
The forecast was pretty accurate. A tropical storm was on our way and I would be sailing right into it. I was beating into a tropical storm. We had left our last anchorage in Tarrafal a bit too late and found ourselves crossing the Sao Vicente canal as the...
Taking The Town By Storm | When 3 City Girls Bring The Music | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 100 |
After sailing from Mindelo with my friend Wendy, we met up with our other two friends in the little town of Tarrafal on the island of Santa Antao. There I took the three city girls to a big deserted black sand beach. We could swim and escape the sweltering...
Navigating Between Two Storms | And Entertaining Three Girls | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 99
So what's it like to be in between two storms in Cabo Verde where hurricanes are born? Well tune in to this channel if you want to know. In reality it's not that bad if you pay attention to the weather predictions. And in the end you make the best with wha...
Kite Surfing Fly Fishing And Chillin | And Her Unforgettable Birthday | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 98
I'm back out on the ocean with my friend Paul Lou who goes fly fishing. As well we meet meet Akko who goes kite surfing on Mindelo bay while Wendy watches clad in her new canary yellow bikini. I'm invited to a birthday party on my neighbor's sailboat and w...
Hauling Out A Catamaran In Mindelo | A Nail Biting Experience | Winded Voyage 4 | Episode 97
We're out sailing again! This time with Gilson and family we take Galopin for another test sail in Sao Vicente canal and catch a tune. We go and listen to our friend Jodie sing and play guitar and I get a boat project done. Then we tell the story of Lucas ...