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Goodbye Distant Shores III – Big Tides Sailing Pacific Northwest
Our Southerly 480 sailboat, Distant Shores III, arrives by yacht transport ship in the Pacific Northwest to be received by her new owners. Paul flies to Seattle WA to do the official handover and say goodbye to Distant Shores III. It is Paul's first time sailing in this area and he learns what ...
This Yacht is Sinking! Loading on a Ship for Yacht Transport, BRNKL review | Distant Shores
This time we save a boat from sinking in Panama, evaluate a boat monitoring system called BRNKL and load Distant Shores III onto a ship for yacht transport to her new owners. 00:00 Intro 00:29 Jungle hike 01:11 Boat monitoring system by BRNKL 02:48 Yacht sinking! 05:55 Hauling out Distant Shores fo...
Final Cruise – Sailing San Blas Islands & Epsilon Anchor Test | Distant Shores
In this, our final cruise aboard our Southerly 480 sailboat, we test out the new Lewmar Epsilon anchor while we revisit the San Blas Islands of Panama, home of the Guna tribes, Panama’s indigenous people who still live in traditional ways. Even though it’s been 11 years since our last cruise here, w...
On the Beach Overnight – We Were Playing the Tides | Distant Shores
We are exploring the Exuma Island group in the Bahamas. Such amazing water colours! We find a shallow place where we can put our Southerly 480 on the sand and try beaching her, then wait for low tide to dry out. We've also been testing out the Varifold 4-blade folding propeller for a year now,...
Aground! Shallow Water Piloting in the Bahamas
Many of you have been asking why we love variable-draft Southerly Yachts. Afterall, we've owned three of the them throughout the 30 years we've been cruising. So in this latest video, we answer your questions, giving you our completely biased view on Southerlies :-) as we sail from the Tur...
How to Sail the Caribbean – Passage Planning with PredictWind
Do you dream of sailing the Caribbean someday? Are you looking for your next tropical sailing destination? Come along with us as we explore the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean and show our process for route planning. We show how we use the PredictWind app for weather forecasting and route planning...
Sailing Through Wine Country in France – Favourite Sailing Destinations Part 3
We complete the journey through the French Waterways traveling the large rivers in Southern France all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. In this video, we face an electrical problem and learn how helpful the cruising community can be on the canals, cross two rivers using famous aqueducts, leave the ...
Sailing South through France
Favourite Sailing Destinations Part 2. We take you into the small historic waterways of France, demonstrate how to set up your boat to transit the many locks, show you the different types of locks in the system and how to operate them, discuss the options for docking your boat along the route south...
Distant Shores Meets SV Delos
This time on Distant Shores we run our boat up on the beach in Antigua. We get invited to a pirate birthday party, change the zinc on our Varifold propeller and meet up with YouTubers aboard SV Delos. Drone footage beaching Distant Shores courtesy of SV Delos Additional Footage Courtesy SV Delos Ad...
Atlantic Crossing – Living the Dream
0:50 - Anchoring trouble in Lanzarote 4:05 - Setting sail from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria 6:46 - Arrival in Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands 9:33 - Catching Mahi Mahi 10:48 - Chafe protection 13:23 - Setting up the downwind rig 18:00 - Landfall in Antigua Dreaming of crossing an ocean someday? In this vid...
Gibraltar to the Canary Islands
Mediterranean and Atlantic sailing! Cruise with us from Gibraltar to Ceuta on the North African Coast at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea before sailing to Tangier, Morocco, to explore the ancient medinas. Heading offshore, we face rough weather on the passage to the mid-Atlantic Canary Islands...
Sailboat Generator Replacement
How can you get enough power for your sailboat? We have been doing practical testing for a new power generation system and show you how it works on our new Southerly 480 Distant Shores III. Also featured in this video: Triskel Marine: Elvstrøm Sails: Seldén Mast: Discovery Yachts Group / Southe...
Southerly 480 Sailing South
This time on Distant Shores we head south. We visit the Channel Islands, sail amid dolphins who lend a hand with a propellor drama - and give you a tour of the sea berths aboard Distant Shores III Own the whole Distant Shores collection: All 130 full half-hour episodes of the Distant Shores Sail...
Spring Line Docking Techniques
⛵️ Sail Away Weeks with Paul and Sheryl Shard 🏝 Join Paul and Sheryl for a sailing experience in the world’s top cruising destinations. Get an introduction to the sailing lifestyle, build new skills, make new like-minded friends! Cabins available for British Virgin Islands, February 24- May 4, 2023 ...
New Sailboat Commissioning
Getting all the systems up and running is our priority this week. Discovery Yachts need to perform an incline test and we film this. Next time we'll sail up the River Thames to London. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Principal photography by Paul and Sheryl Shard. ••••••...
Launching in the Snow
Our new Southerly 480 sailboat is ready for the water! Distant Shores III is transported from the shipyard to Saxon Wharf to splash creating havoc with the traffic in downtown Southampton. Then it snows! The mast is stepped on the boat and Paul carries out a traditional Coin Ceremony for good luck o...
Goodbye Distant Shores II
A retrospective of the voyages we made aboard Distant Shores II, the Southerly 49 sailboat we owned for 7 years, and the story of what happened to her during Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten / St. Martin. Information on insurance coverage in the hurricane belt. 0:37 History of Distant Shores II 4:13 ...
Southerly 480 at Dusseldorf Boat Show
Our new Southerly 480 is unveiled at the 2018 Düsseldorf Boat Show and we see her for the first time!! We give you a tour and show you the highlights of boot Düsseldorf, the world's biggest indoor boat show. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Own the whole Distant Shores collection: All ...