I've got to get from Santa Cruz de La Palma to San Miguel de Tenerife and it's about a 100 nautical miles. I have a good weather forecast of 15kts coming from the north. As usual in the Canaries the real weather conditions are stronger. The wind and sea ar...
We sail around the north side of La Palma island to Santa Cruz de La Palma. And from there we go exploring. From the old city streets to climbing to the crest of the volcano. And from there we see one of the islands weather phenomenon. We are witnessing a ...
La Palma island is called La Isla Bonita. With good reason, it is the beautiful island! It's the sixth of the seven Canary islands I visit. The greenest and most lush. And me and my friend Natacha discover part of the island by shamelessly bathing in fresh...
What's the best thing about anchoring in a secluded cove? You're free to do just about anything you want. And that's just what me and my friend Natacha do. Two more girls join us as crew and we go to Valle Grand Rey. There we meet more interesting folks, g...
At one point or another, most of us live aboards experience a fire on our boats. And a few of us get lucky and have five girls aboard and guys get in touch with their feminine side. But before that, I hang out my my friend Antonio the bushman who shows of...
We go out again fishing for the monstrous Bluefin Tuna. And it's a fight. We're joined by dolphins, in fact we join them. They're hunting too and picking away at a school of sardines like finger food at a cocktail party. And then we get a glimpse of of the...
I'm stuck at Marina La Gomera waiting for a part for my auto-pilot. On my pontoon there are several sport fishing boats. They all seem busy coming in and out daily. Well, it turns out to be Bluefin Tuna fishing season and a couple of the guys offer to take...
Wow!
On 20th May 2017 we slept the first night on our boat Seatramp.
Since then, we visited 9 countries, sailed around 7000 miles and still love what we are doing!
Big thanks to all of you who watch our weekly episodes and follow us in that part of our ...
The island of La Gomera. Said to be the hottest spot in Europe year round. And me and my friend Antonio go to another hot spot on the island. A remote rave party on top of a cliff. But first we have to get there and then of course get back. It's a fun fill...
My stay in a little corner of Paradise had to come to an end. I had to sail from La Gomera to Tenerife Island to pick up a package and some friends. And to get from one island to the other you often are faced with the locally well known acceleration zones....
Good bye Tenerife, hola La Gomera. I sail from Marina San Miguel to an anchorage on Tenerife's south coast. I'm greeted by dolphins and pilot whales. Then I cross the treacherous acceleration zone between the two island to discover the town of San Sebastia...
Finally I depart Santa Cruz de Tenerife. And I don't go it alone, I'm accompanied with six crew members. All pretty hot looking. But before heading off, I go and visit my friend Walter and his boat. A boat he built himself in Switzerland and sailed it all ...
It's about time to say goodbye, but before that I have to do a couple of things. One fish out a camera I dropped to the bottom of the marina, and it's deep. Then I get a real look at life with real island natives. My friends Ivan & Anna. Something I've...
Carnaval is finally over and I have another friend come to visit me and Galopin. Laura from Marina Lanzarote. She came to stay a few days before sailing a charte boat back to Lanzarote island. But will she? We go for a sail, makes me French food and we try...
More Cranaval... yes! In my opinion you don't do things half way, you go all the way. So I close Carnaval de Santa Cruz and enjoy weeping for the burning of the Sardine. I say goodbye to my Boat hitchhiker friend who found a boat to take her to Senegal.
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Is it the best Carnaval in the world? The locals think so. As for me I think it's insanely fabulous. Everyone participates and gets dressed up in costume. The drink and dance until early in the morning. It's all great fun, and in all this I help a friend w...
Carnaval is about to begin! But before that you'll be introduced to boat hitchhikers. There are many who come by your boat asking if you'd like to take them onboard to your next destination. So I took a nice young female hitchhiker for a few days on Galopi...
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Discover sailing with us the National Park of the Archipelago of Cabrera in the Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Sea.
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Yes it does snow in the Canaries! And this year was exceptional as the snow fall was in lower altitudes and abundant. My friend Saray came to visit for a few days and we went on some excursions. We visited Cueva del Viento, one of the world's longest lava ...
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The fishing gods are still with us as we hook another couple of Mahi Mahi. At last we manage to fly the gennaker without any issues but I’m not sure if we were doing the right thing or if we just got lucky but I’ll take it none the less.
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Why do people come to the Canaries? My brother came with his girlfriend to visit me and Galopin. The conquistadors came and conquered. Pipo and Eleonore to surf. And a guy named Guy came to say hello to me and Galopin. A follower of my Winded Voyage who wa...
We ring in the New Year in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This is the Holiday special episode where we take you from Switzerland to sailing off the coast off Tenerife island. You'll meet old and new friends and a special guest appearance by Famara. A new comer to...
Ep116 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 19 to the end of the passage (Day 22). We catch a Wahoo. We finally get some wind and really see how fast this Catamaran can really sail wh...
Rockstars come in various shapes and forms as you'll see in this episode. In Tenerife, there is always something new to see. And more people to meet. Like a young French crew who tested their sea legs on Galopin. It's always fun to take a sail in the open ...
This video sums up what an average sail on La Vagabonde across the sea is really like for us. With only two crew onboard, there is never a dull moment or time for boredom. We’re pretty much always busy doing SOMETHING. Our moods and energy levels are hig...
Ep115 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 15 to 18 of the passage. We finally get some wind. We catch a Mahi Mahi and we watch a Satellite or other space junk go flaming across the ...
I've been living in Santa Cruz several weeks now. Most people just stay long enough to do some repairs, shop for provisions, have a quick visit of the city and island and head off across the ocean. You make many friends at the marina. You'll meet some of t...
Ep114 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 13 and 14 of the passage. The wind dies so much we have to drift in the middle of the Ocean. We take this opportunity to swim 800 miles fro...
Ep113 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 9 through 12 of the passage. You will see that a bird flies into our boat and hits me in the head. We have a massive pod of dolphins swim a...
Ep112 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We really wanted to get some epic drone footage of the Bluewater 50 Catamaran under sail in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Taking off and getting the f...
Our last leg of our circumnavigation of Tenerife island ends climactically! Weather predictions don't say much about crazy wind effects near the coastline, and we got thrashed. It makes for good content when I was able to shoot in-between gales. It started...
Ep111 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. In this episode we cross the 1000 mile mark and we are boarded by a bird that really wanted to be our new crew. He just wouldn't take no for and answer. T...
Tenerife island is the largest of the Canary Islands. And we're sailing around it. Our circumnavigation takes us to the southern part of the island. Where the tourist resorts are, some good anchorages and Los Gigantes, The Giants. And the sailing goes from...
Ep110. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our Transatlantic Passage Series. We are 1/3 of the way across the Atlantic Ocean. I interview the crew and see what their thoughts are so far. Did they have concerns before starting this 3 week p...
Ep109 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. I am taking you along with me in this VLOG style episode. By the end of this episode we are done Day 6 of the passage, which should have been around 1/3 of ...
It seemed appropriate to sail around the island of Tenerife since Dan was visiting me and Galopin. Before setting off for the circumnavigation, we visit one more spectacular site named Masca. Then we get on to sailing, having a try flying the big orange sp...
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