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My Catamaran Broke Apart 100 Miles From Hawaii
About 100 miles off Kona, pounding waves broke my catamaran’s rear main beam, leaving the starboard hull hanging from the deck. Keeping the boat together meant repeated trips into the black water beneath it, using rope and winches to lash a broken home back together. Full Catamaran Video: Excerpt...
Why Is the Rudder in Front of the Propeller?
Moving the engines aft creates more interior space, but it also places the rudders ahead of the propellers. I would test low-speed maneuvering on each engine separately because two engines are not true redundancy if one failure leaves the boat circling. Full Stream: 📗 Get My Book:
When Grenada Stopped Being Safe
For decades, cruisers gathered in Grenada because it sat just below the hurricane box that shaped many marine insurance policies. In July 2024, Hurricane Beryl flattened Carriacou and turned Tyrell Bay into a boat graveyard, shattering the industry's faith in that safe zone. Full Video: 📗 Ge...
Can a Wave Snap a Ship in Half?
A ship's hull behaves like one enormous beam, bending through hogging and sagging as wave crests and troughs support different sections. Push that steel beyond what it can bear and the hull can fracture, a failure that overwhelmingly strikes long, heavily loaded tankers and freighters. Full Vi...
The 282-Foot Yacht With an Incredible Past
Finished in an Italian warship yard in 1927, this 282-foot yacht began as "Flying Cloud". She then passed from an English duke, to a Guinness heir, and Aristotle Onassis before Windjammer finally made her its flagship in 1969. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
The Hurricane You Cannot Dodge
A hurricane does not steer itself; larger wind patterns high above it, called steering currents, carry it like a cork in a river. When those currents weaken, the storm can stall or wander, making its path dangerously unpredictable. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
Could YOU Escape Hurricane Mitch? — Be The Captain LIVE | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 2
📖 English ("Be The Captain"): 🇪🇸 Español ("Sé el Capitán"): Tonight, you sit in the captain's chair. October 26th, 1998. You command the S/V Fantome. 282 feet of riveted steel, 31 crew, 7 knots on her best day, drawing 13 feet. A Category 5 hurricane is stalled over the ...
A Great Deal or a $200,000 Disaster?
This 60 year old Sparkman & Stephens yacht has an incredible pedigree, a valuable mast, and a recently reduced asking price. The aluminum hull could still be viable or require a $200,000 replating job, making a complete hull-thickness survey essential before buying it. Full Stream: 📗 Get My B...
The Window Design That Made These Boats Leak
Cooper sailboats can be good performers, but their large acrylic windows were not always engineered with enough frame overlap. Once the adhesive begins to fail, water can quickly enter the boat and damage the surrounding interior. It does not necessarily make the boat a bad purchase, but it creates ...
A Great Bluewater Boat With a Leaky Reputation
This Robert Harris design was built by Ta Yang in Taiwan and earned a reputation as a stout bluewater cruiser. Unfortunately, the original teak decks also earned these boats the nickname “Leaky Tikis.” This example has lost its teak deck and received several interior repairs, but a buyer still needs...
119 Days Lost at Sea – How it Began
John Glennie named the Rose-Noëlle after a young woman he met in Tahiti and lost in a tragic plane crash. Sixteen years later, the boat capsized, beginning an extraordinary 119-day survival story. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
The Brutal Truth About Cruising on a Budget & Surviving Storms at Sea
In this video, I’m tackling a list of questions collected from our recent live streams! From the best pocket cruisers for a Pacific crossing to the raw reality of catamarans vs. monohulls in bad weather, we cover it all. I’m also diving into storm tactics (heaving to vs. running with a drogue), wh...
How He Survived a Tropical Storm at Sea
How to survive a tropical storm at sea: A true sailing survival story. If you’ve ever wanted to sail offshore, you NEED TO WATCH THIS. It may save your life. For deeper training on how to handle the ocean, get your copy of Be The Captain: Johnny was 20 years old and eager for his first Atlantic c...
LIFE OFFSHORE When a GALE is Brewing… Sailing South Africa to St Helena… Ep 447
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here 👉 🫡 After more than 12 months exploring Africa, we have finally waved goodbye to the continent and pointed Nandji 2 north west toward the Caribbean. Now, 48 hours into our Atlantic crossing, we're sett...
Sailing in SEVENTY FOUR Knots
When the anemometer climbs past 70 knots, the ocean changes. The wind ceases to be just air—it becomes an absolute wall of sound. In this episode, I’m sitting down with my good friend and prolific offshore captain, Ryan Rayfield from Sail Libra. We dive headfirst into what it’s actually like to exp...
PREPARING To CROSS OCEANS! | Goodbye Africa!… Ep 445
To learn more about Keane Insurance and to seek your bespoke boat policy check them out here 👉 🫡 For months, Nandji 2 sat still, held fast to the dock while we tore her apart and brought her back to life. But now, she’s moving again. The lines are off, the engine is purring, and we’re finally back ...
50+ KNOTS: Survival Tactics & The Danger of “Growlers” | Sailing Truth Show
You'd better tether in for this one! We're discussing what actually happens when the wind exceeds 50 knots offshore, and what real options you have when it does. At that point, you don’t have unlimited choices. You have a few. In this Sailing Truth Show, we break down: • Heaving-to vs....
Sailing Truth Show: Why Balance Beats Strength on a Sailboat
Most people think surviving storms offshore is about having a strong boat. Heavier. Tougher. Overbuilt. It’s not. Offshore seamanship is the art of keeping a boat in balance—aerodynamically, structurally, and mentally. When a boat is balanced, energy stays manageable. When it’s not, energy builds ...
Why You’re Failing at Sailing
BLACK FRIDAY BOOK DEAL: FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING: After 90,000 ocean miles, four Pacific crossings, losing a forestay, a knockdown, and a catamaran literally splitting in half… I’ve realized something nobody talks about: Most of the danger offshore doesn’t come from storms or gear. It comes from t...
I Fell Asleep and Crashed Into the Rocks
Get The Book → The True Story Behind the Night I Almost Lost Everything—and What It Taught Me About Command at Sea. Two boats. Two oceans. Two mistakes I’ll never forget. This is the night I fell asleep under full sail and ran my boat straight into the reef—twice. It’s not about drama; it’s about...
Our Last Sail… | Sailing Avocet
This video shares the final 100 miles of our cruising season from Bahia San Francisquito to Puerto Peñasco and is full of reflections, long night watches, and the bittersweet feeling of a season’s end. From navigating through the remote Baja coastline to battling bees and anchoring in one of our new...
My Catamaran Split in Half 100 Miles Offshore. Here’s How We Survived.
Get my book here: I've shared pieces of this story before, but never the whole experience—until now. This is the true account of the night my catamaran literally ripped itself in half, 100 miles offshore in the Pacific Ocean, and how my girlfriend and I managed to survive against incredible o...
Episode 211 – Winter Sailing in the Mediterranean! Seeking Shelter in a Scary Naval Harbour!
We have some great sails this week in-between some very strong winds in the beautiful winter mediterranean! We explore further our isolated anchorage and finally find a trail to follow to a gorgeous little church before night sailing on to a naval harbour with a scary entrance! Thank you to our wo...