Ep108 - 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. I recorded all the Cinematic clips with a Stereo Shotgun microphone so in this episode I will not...
Ep107 - 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. I will show you what it was like to live, and more importantly try to sleep, on a sailboat that n...
Tenerife is a popular tourist destination, but I wanted to see places less travelled. I stumble on a colourful little coastal pueblo and my friend Daniel comes to visit and we go for a long forest trek up a mountain. In between I had some time to take care...
Ep106. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we head from the harbour of Las Palmas to start our 3 week, 3000 nautical mile transatlantic crossing to St. Lucia in the Caribbean.
As a sign of good luck we have Dolphins swimming in front of our Bow within ...
After a last day sail up the coast of Tenerife, me and my cousin have a last night in Santa Cruz. And it's a pretty good one, but he's gone back home. And I go to see some amazing sights. Some pretty some not. All in all Tenerife is one incredible island ...
Ep103 (But #1 of Atlantic Crossing Series). In this Episode of Cruising Off Duty, we have the first of what will be a many episode series covering our Trans-Atlantic Sailing Voyage. In this first episode, we travel from Valencia Spain to Las Palmas in th...
Tenerife is the biggest of the Canary Islands and the most varied in landscape. Beaches, mountains, forests, deserts and of course volcanos. Me and my cousin go forth and discover as much as we can while he's visiting me and Galopin. This island is truly a...
Check out our new floating home in the beautiful Balearic Islands in SPAIN! Plus we do some insane cave diving, check out a classic mediterranean beach, and get ready to meet Riley and Elayna of Sailing La Vagabonde!
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Ep102. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we spend our final day in Valencia Spain by visiting the Aquarium. It was by far the best Aquarium I have ever seen. Far better than the one in Barcelona Spain. The only aquarium that I recall being almost a...
I can't find my sailboat, but find myself back in my old profession. I get lost in the English countryside but find one of my old friends and Stonehenge. I'm back living my old life temporarily until I get back to Santa Cruz de Tenerife and find good old G...
Music everywhere. A mock WWII battle. Hommage to the military. A short taste of Carnaval, all this in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Then I land in another city on an Island far up north from The Canaries. Every city has it's story to tell, this is a ...
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue exploring things to do in Barcelona before we move on to Valencia Spain. We take the subway from our Airbnb to the waterfront where we check our Barceloneta Beach, the waterfront and the Aquarium.
After cruising around 6 Canary Islands, it was time to stroll around Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Galopin was moored at Marina Santa Cruz which at the city's feet. It felt great to walk the streets, the parks of the city. Seb loved it but had to get back to Sw...
We are nearing the end of our journey from Arrecife on Lanzarote island to Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Tenerife island. Leaving Puerto Megan on the southern side of Gran Canaria island, we were sheltered by the prevailing northern winds. I was warned of the ...
The big open ocean is intimidating, at times. For Seb, it's scary at all times. But on his journey on Galopin, conquering that fear was part pf his Winded Voyage. Which he did. We also saw whales! And this voyage took us to Gran Canaria to meet friends' of...
Seb and I continue sailing down the east coast of Fuerteventura until we moor at Morro Jable. The mooring is in an adjacent part of the marina where you are left to moor on your own. We are immediately warned that there are rats that climb aboard and try t...
We anchor at Isla de Lobos in more than 20 knots of wind. We were rocked all night and the next day we explore the island just long enough to be on solid ground before we head south. The wind and waves are back, pushing us fiercely along the East Coast of ...
Ep97. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we attempt to walk up and buy tickets at the gate to the renowned Gaudi designed cathedral, De La Sagrada Familia. Without a doubt the biggest attraction in Barcelona. How silly are we? Even in the off seaso...
Ep96. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we begin the 5 week journey to explore Barcelona, Valencia, Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, then doing a Transatlantic Sailing Voyage before arriving St Lucia in the Caribbean.
This is the first episode where...
This is just a Sneak Peak of footage that will be part of a full episode. This show us going to a professional Soccer (Football) game in Valencia Spain. I don't know anything about Soccer and don't think I have watched an entire Soccer game in my life bu...
It was an arduous sail for my son Seb to get La Graciosa, but once there he was cured of his ills. Together we discover another part of the island and prepare for another day long sail to Isla De Lobos. A beautiful journey along the western coast of Lanzar...
Sneak Peek Footage from La Sagrada De Familia in Barcelona (Designed by Antoni Gaudi). There is much more to show you but this is just a sample of what will be a much more detailed look in an upcoming full episode.
We just saw this Basilica today and th...
Raw Footage of walking through a typical Spanish Market in Barcelona Spain.
Unlike us in North American who tend to buy food in bulk at places like Costco and then freeze it and eat it when we get around to it. The Spanish tend to buy fresh food and eat ...
First full day in Barcelona. Walked around and this is just a sneak peak of some of the architectural beauty of the City like the La Sargrada Familia and the San Pau Art Nouveau. We looked at these things in one just 1 day and we will be checking out ple...
This was recorded live to explain the upcoming trip where I will be sailing a 50' Discovery Catamaran across the Atlantic Ocean with Paul and Sheryl Shard from Distant Shores, from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands to St Lucia.
That sailing trip is suppose...
My son Seb joins me for the next leg of my journey.We would Canary island hop. After some final work to my anchor bowsprit, we would leave Lanzarote island for good and head to La Graciosa. I didn't know how my son would deal with the first journey. But he...
La Graciosa Island has the best anchorage in all the Canaries. And some of the best local sights. I take a walk up a volcano to get a good view of the island and I'm not disappointed! It's beautiful! Then I make my way back sailing down to Arrecife in grea...
La Graciosa island is a favorite to many sailors and Canary natives. It has one of the few good anchorages of all the archipelago. The island has no roads because only the few residents living there have the right to have a car. After several months in the...
The solo sail continues as do the anchor tests. I revisit the naked beach, Playa Mujeres, to drop the hook for another test and a swim ashore. Then I go to spend a night a Marina Rubicon and visit my friends Pilou & Aurelie. The next day we go and sail...
It's back to solo sailing. But before that I install my new anchor bow sprit and go off to help my neighbor crew with some guest on his boat Chica. Later I sail south to test out my Mantus anchor at Isla de Lobos. Great downwind sailing to the island and a...
I'm pretty good at making videos, sailing I've still got a lot to learn. So I go out and sail as much as I can. The wind is always present in Lanzarote, so it's great practice. But since I've been asked how I make my videos, I show off my gear, and I take ...
ENGLISH SUBTITLES- SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL - Navegar desde les Illes Egades fins al Nord de Sicilia, - Navegando de las Islas Agadas hasta el Norte de Sicilia
The truth is you're never really living alone when living aboard. At Marina Lanzarote, there's plenty of people to make friends with. And the marina staff is really cool. And you rarely solo sail naked. But if you're going to do it, it's best to do it when...
I'm back on dear old Galopin. And it's a good thing, he seemed to have missed me, and I sure missed him. I hang out with some friends I met through YouTube. Socializing thanks to social media. Dan comes down with his girlfriend for a short visit and we sai...
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