Solo sailor YouTube Videos
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Sailing Solo on a 57ft Yacht AND we get a new Mainsail.
In this video i leave Philippa in Bonaire and do a solo sail back to Curacao to pick up a new Elvstrom mainsail for Aequus. It's about a 80 mile round trip which gives me a great opportunity to see how our Bavaria C57 can be sailed single handed. When i ...
Solo Female Sailor on a 19ft Sailboat – Ep.180
She crossed the Atlantic on a MINI BOAT, Meet Irina Gracheva! The love for sailing can have many different forms, for Irina Gracheva it's racing solo a tiny boat across the oceans. Two years ago she took part on the Mini Transat, an extreme race across th...
Any skipper can do a mistake! How you deal with it defines you as a skipper – SwT 49
Any skipper can do a mistake! It's how you deal with it that defines you as a skipper. I have seen a lot being here and it's not like I try to make fun of someone else mistake. It's meant as something to think about especially when arriving at a busy harb...
Cruising Japan! One more year of training with no port to call home! ahhhh
As I mentioned in a previous episode I have had to postpone my solo crossing of the North Pacific for one year because the boat and I are not ready. I was looking into the option of sailing across with a Crew and spend the next year training on the West Co...
IS MARTINIQUE WHERE PLEASURE BOATS GO TO DIE? – SwT 48 (Another week in paradise)
I have started to wonder if Martinique is the place where pleasure boats go to die in the Caribbean. It's so many wrecks here and still more added to the endless list of wrecks. A pirate ship I was invited onboard to a party last year is new on the list of...
E63: Does Your Chain Hang Low? Cargo Ships & Projects in Paradise
If you want to support me, check out my Patreon account (thank you so much!!) patreon.com/windhippie For more regular photo updates and boating life, check out my instagram page: @boatlizard I am a 28-year-old solo sailor working on my circumnavigation...
Special Episode: WindHippie Sailing Answers all your Questions!
If you want to support me, check out my Patreon account (thank you so much!!) patreon.com/windhippie For more regular photo updates and boating life, check out my instagram page: @boatlizard I am a 28-year-old solo sailor working on my circumnavigation...
Sailing a Japanese boat to Canada. Am I in a catch-22?
I have spent countless hours, no, days and weeks trying to figure out how to legally sail my bot Japanese Registered sail boat offshore and to Canada. I naively thought that I could buy the boat of my choice and sail off into the sunset. Not so. At least ...
A DIFFERENT WAY OF COMMUNICATION – SwT 46 The Achilles heel of IRIDIUM GO
A DIFFERENT WAY OF COMMUNICATION is my way of looking at the important stuff in a humorous way. My intention is to share my communication strategy and it might not be what you think. I don't give advice or telling you what to or not to. Only sharing what a...
E62: Bypassing Clutch on Throttle Med Moored to a Pier in Makemo
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Offshore Overnight Sail – S2EP12
With barely enough time to recover from our last overnight passage we are "on the road again" ready to brave another one. Both sails up, cruising along nicely on the open ocean, with only a few hiccups. Mom and I work well together as a team through the ni...
This is no April Fools Joke. A decision has been made.
I had no idea when I bought a sailboat I would have to contend with so many rules and regulations. I believed I could just sail off into the sunset. But no. So this has been an education of how to navigate the Marine rules of Japan. Also, I have learned ...
HOW I USE MY BACKSTAY IN SAIL TRIM – SwT 45 SAIL TRIM RIGGING and daily sailing life
In this video, I'm sharing with you my love for backstay tensioner. I'm not an expert but trying to explain how I believe this works for me on my Yacht without claiming to have the blueprint. I'm again only touching the surface of sail trim as it will be m...
Safety first. I`m smiling again and will be sailing soon.
I was all ready to go for a multiple night training at sea and was faced with a dilemma Only ten days left on the offshore training permit so I felt pressure but given the absence of a working autohelm and that I am not allowed to use the AIS Transponder,...