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7 Days of Cruising | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 43
Imagine what one week of cruising looks like, and you’ll never get two identical weeks. BUT— if we had to pick one, these 7 days are pretty typical of our cruising life. We spent some time at anchor, and one day at the dock. We enjoy some gorgeous suns...
Life Aboard a Sailboat | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 42
After months spent mostly at docks, we venture out to live on the hook (which happens to be less than a block away from a grocery store, but hey, baby steps). This one has a little bit of everything. We pick up where we left off in the previous episode, ...
Our Love/Hate Relationship with Sailing | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 41
It’s finally starting to feel like we’re cruising! In this episode, we prep for our longest sail yet: 190 miles from St. Joseph Point to Clearwater. We give you a peak inside our ditch kit, install a MOB (man overboard) device in each of our lifejacket...
First Sail in the Gulf of Mexico | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 40
We set off on our first sail in the Gulf of Mexico! After a day trip to Pensacola through the GICW (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) with Kirk’s pops, we visit Destin via car to inquire about Destin pass. We were keen on stopping with the boat because it seem...
Enough Boat Work, WE’RE GOING SAILING! | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 39
RAISE THE SAILS!! Woot woot, we’re going SAILING!! After installing two of our six solar panels, we fire up the engine to make sure Mr. Beke still runs, and we’re off the dock. We cross Mobile Bay chauffeured by a pod of dolphins, and enter the GICW (G...
Glad THAT’S Over | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 38
This one is bittersweet. On one hand, the battery upgrade is a smashing success. Kirk completes the installation of our new battery bank, and we now we have all the juice we need. On the other, our arch project is a complete and utter disaster. We can’t ...
Why You Should Do Your Own Boat Work | Sailing Soulianis – Ep. 37
We planned to complete TWO big projects while in Mobile, AL: 1) upgrading our battery bank & 2) fabricating a solar arch with dinghy davits. After much deliberation, we decided to DIY the batteries and hire out the arch fabrication. The battery bank a...
How To Service Your Sheet Winches & more (Sailing SV Sarean) EP. 45
It's true to say that this sailing life can be expensive. We've found the being as self sufficient as possible greatly enhances our cruising budget. Learning how to do your own boat maintenance is key - so it's tool time on board this week as we show yo...
How To Hand Crank a Diesel Motor | Sailing Wisdom
Being able to start your Diesel motor by hand is a valuable skill to have. Should your batteries die or the starter fail, hand cranking will ensure that you are able to get powered up again! In this video, Scott shows us how he hand cranks his original di...
GIRLS CAN CATCH BIG FISH! Sailing Tangaroa
Han catches her first huge fish off of the boat whilst sailing up the coast! The crew stop off at some remote islands to surf and reach the desert islands of the Monties in North West Western Australia. Join us onboard as our happiness levels are high...Su...
Fix It Friday – We make a new boom tent – Carl and Jenny
In this episode of Fix it Friday, we take a trip into town, buy some material from the chandler/hardware store and make up a new sunshade/boom tent cover. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
LIFE ON A SAILBOAT – Zero to 10,000 Nautical Miles in 2 Years
Two years ago we knew nothing about sailing, now we're halfway across the Pacific in French Polynesia! There's WAAAAAY more info on our website here: https://gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-lessons-two-years Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part ...
Live from Samos with guest Sailing Zatara
Join us on our live chat with our guest, Keith, from the You tube channel Sailing Zatara. We had a great evening with Keith and glad that he could join us. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Bikes Repaired and Recycled after being Illegally Dumped in Nature Reserve
This footage is from a few months ago while still in Lefkas. It was missed out of our main Travel and Sailing BIG blogs due to lack of time, bandwidth and disk space! We've uploaded it as a smaller microblog here because it raises important issues. Wa...