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Finally – IKI, Japan, Sailing Alone
I returned to my boat in Fukuoka after a few weeks break to sail her to Iki Jima one of the eight islands in Japanese Mythology. Finally, after two previous attempts and locations failed, it looked like things are all set to film the HISTORY CHANNEL pilot...
PROVISIONING FAILS & DANGERS – SwT 97 – A SAILORS FOOD FOR THOUGHTS
PROVISIONING FAILS & DANGERS A SAILORS FOOD FOR THOUGHTS! Sharing my fails and mistakes but also some food for thoughts in terms of weight and how much you can load your boat. Building arches adding solar panels, dinghies, and all the other extra you p...
Oh no Fishing Net Traps | Sailing Galopin From Senegal to Cape Verde Islands | Season 5 | Episode 63
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...
Shark Sisters WHSE88
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IT’S ALWAYS A SOLUTION – SwT 96 – SEE YOU LATER KYLIE!
IT'S ALWAYS A SOLUTION - SwT 96 - SEE YOU LATER KYLIE! Generator installation completed and saying see you later to Kylie after 8 months sailing together. This could been a sad story but it's not. I'm pretty sure we will catch up later but who knows right?...
Rescue In Senegal | Past The Island With A Sinister Past | Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 62
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...
How I Paid for My Boat – a Quick and Easy Method
I`m not rich and had to find a way to pay for my dream. So I ignored the 1000 sub threshold and decided on a different fundraising idea and put together a sponsorship deck. `Because there are many people like me who have a dream but not the personal wealt...
I SUCCEDED! – SwT 95 – TRYING TO RESCUE MY FISCHER PANDA GENERATOR part II
I SUCCEDED TRYING TO RESCUE MY FISCHER PANDA GENERATOR! Sometimes positive things happens when everything looks totally hopeless. I needed a miracle and Caraibe Marine came up with a very good solution to my major setback! Also time to social events and h...
Working With A Giant Of A man | A Great Mechanic Will Fix Galopin’s Gearbox | Season 5 | Episode 61
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...
Celebrity Chef Comes to Dinner – You Won’t Believe What They Cooked Up
You`ll never guess who came to my house! I am returning to Wahine next week to continue my training voyage around Japan and the last few days i have met up with friends at the Japan International Boat Show, a TV Crew visited our our log house to film...
Cruising the Tuamotus in Cyclone Season WHSE87
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CAN THIS BE SAVED? – SwT 94 – TRYING TO RECUE MY FISCHER PANDA GENERATOR part 1
CAN THIS BE SAVED? TRYING TO RECUE MY FISCHER PANDA GENERATOR Sometimes positive things happens when everything looks totally hopeless. I needed a miracle and Caraibe Marine came up with a very good solution to my major setback! My Fischer Panda 8000i Ge...
Boat Hitchhikers | Perils Sailing Galopin Into Dakar Harbor In West Africa I Season 5 | Episode 60
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...
SAILING SECRETS #1 – SwT 93 – SEE YOU LATER
Sharing some of my SAILING SECRETS and saying SEE YOU LATER to my Swedish friends, this time for real. Also starting to work on my generator to see if it's possible to save. In this episode I'm sharing some hints about sailing tactics and explain how I do...