Things take a turn for the worst in this episode in San Blas as boats around us drag on to us and into our friends! It’s crazy chaos, thankfully James seems to jump to the rescue and make sure boats around us are secure! Little did we know how little peo...
Join us this week as we sail, dive, fish and explore a couple of deserted tropical islands off the West Australian Coast.
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As winter approaches we will be needing to do more interior work on Melody because the weather up here in North Wales simply doesn't allow for much outdoor work over the winter months. With that in mind we've made a mock up of our pilothouse seating ideas...
A take on MTV cribs, this is my live aboard crib. And I'm giving you a tour of the lining space aboard my sailing yacht Galopin. Mindelo Cape Verde has been my home for three years now. In part due to Covid. Since I’ve been here I’ve learned a new lang...
In this video I start the major repair of the interior laminate of the main hull on our new to us 1991 Corsair F27, Desperado. I think you might be as surprised as I was at the extent of the damage.
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Hola! In this video, we pick up our friend Liam in Formentera and sail up to Ibiza. We take it easy, catch up, enjoy the balmy evenings and beautiful sunsets and clear blue water. We anchor off the magical island of Es Vedrá and go for a scenic walk along...
We are in beautiful Roche Harbor on San Juan Island and decide to go on a bit of an adventure and try something neither of us have done before! We might have totally failed at our mission but at least we got to enjoy the stunning scenery, have a few good l...
Cruising on a sailboat as a family is great but it also has it's challenges, sail, film, do maintenance on the boat and take care of a baby can make us very busy but luckily reinforcements are coming, a first mate/nanny is on his way and we'll enjoy every ...
They say things happen in threes...
00:00 Sailing outside Ningaloo Reef
00:49 Introduction
02:04 Our Rubbish Compactor
04:32 Trying Not to Run Aground
08:07 Problem 1. Autopilot Service
09:53 Problem 2. Corroded Exhaust Pipe
14:43 Exiting Exmouth Gulf
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Is this what we envisioned when we bought a sailboat? Yes! These kind of weeks really do outweigh any of our other stresses about the boat! Being able to fish straight off the boat, SUP to the islands and reefs and meet the locals as well as some other tra...
I go on a last sail with on friend Paolo's 90ft luxury yacht. It's a group effort as several of us sailors are on hand as well as friends. The boat is spectacular out here in Mindelo Bay. It's also the place we enjoy on a daily basis. It's me, the sailor's...
We jumped on a neglected 1991 Corsair F-27 trimaran sailboat that "needed some TLC," but quickly found out that it had a hidden problem requiring major intervention.
Is she too far gone to rebuild? We don't think so, but what do you think?
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Hey and welcome back. In this video, we continue exploring Formentera island. We have a rough wake up call on Lars's birthday but try to make up for it and we walk inland to a lagoon & nature reserve on the island. We tackle some boat jobs, make focacc...
Come along with us as we sail the circumference of San Juan Island in pursuit of seeing whales!! We are determined to find ourselves some wildlife so we take the scenic route on our way to Roche Harbor.
All the scenes and information in this episode have been broken down in to chapters to make this a better resource.
00:00 Pascale Sailing and Fishing
00:40 Introduction
01:50 Trolling Basics. Our Choice of Lure.
03:25 Pascale catches a Yellow Fin Tuna
04...
Who could ask for more?! Sailing around the San Blas islands in Panama really is spectacular! Reefs, coconuts 🥥 , amazing locals, lobster 🦞, friends and bonfires! Nat is In her element enjoying this mermaid lifestyle!
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Its finally happened! We have, at last got around to cutting off the front of the boat!!! Well not quite but almost! In this week's episode we tackle the rusty anchor chain locker which we know many of you have been waiting for us to do. It's a daunting...
We jumped on a 1991 Corsair F-27 Trimaran that "Needs some TLC." These boats are amazing in so many ways. They're extremely safe, comfortable, and fast performance cruising vessels. These boats will easily do double digit average speeds, and also sail fast...
Its almost summertime in the San Juan Islands! Join us as we enjoy a day on the hook and explore town, grab provisions, hunt down wifi, and make dinner as the sun sets in beautiful Friday Harbor. It's day in the life of cruising the San Juans!
We bought a blue water sailing boat and would love to give you guys a guided boat tour in this video. We actually bought this sail boat a couple of years ago now and have been trying very hard to spin several plates at the same time which are; One: living ...
Join the crew of Zingaro on an adventure in Aruba! The girls drive a 4x4 jeep off-road, nearly get attacked by an Ostrich, and have a photo shoot on the top of a mountain! Sailing to Panama will be next!
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We sit out a significant low pressure system in our 30 foot sailboat in Shark Bay. We have to manage winds shifting from north east to north west with only a very limited choice of anchorages. Strong tidal flow in the region also complicated matters by dic...
Arriving into the Guna Yala islands (San Blas) Panama is probably one of those moments that we will never forget....the islands are so different to anything you would expect to see in the Caribbean! We truly do feel spoilt here! We spend our days exploring...
Remember we're doing all of this so we can go full time cruising as a sailing family in a few years time.
This is obviously a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only time consuming, it's complicated and quite...
Hello again! In this video, we hang out on the beautiful island of Formentera, just south of Ibiza in the Balearics. We start settling into life on anchor again, and enjoy the emptiness of the island - as we're there before peak tourist season. We hang out...
This is a montage of where our sailing journey began in Naples, New York deep in the forest. Where Logan makes pyramids out of crystals. We decide its too cold and we should sell everything to buy a live aboard sailboat.
Shout out to all the musicians tha...
Is cruising on a sailboat as we know finished? We really hope not, in this week episode Georgia share some thoughts on the current travel situation worldwide and while waiting for some borders to open we enjoy one of the most spectacular places on earth, ...
We race @TheCruisingKiwis to dive the 400 year old shipwreck of the Batavia on the Abrolhos Islands before making a run for the shelter of Shark Bay to weather an approaching low pressure system.
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The never ending journey actually does seem to be coming to an end, but not without one last kick! It is seriously ONE of the most stressful and mentally draining passages to date! We are just so so happy to be in 🇵🇦 Panama! We quarantine, clear In, ...
In this episode we spend a week in a marina tackling projects to get viā ready to head off shore. We measure our standing rigging and take on a risky little endeavor to trouble shoot our boat speed instrument!
Ongoing maintenance in Mazatlán. Our heat exchanger is buggered and we can't leave. Parts are non-existent in Mazatlán so we need to get creative. Sailing in Mexico can be an adventure.
When things go wrong and you are out at sea, there’s nothing but yourselves and the boat! We learnt this the hard way after asking for help on the radio.....finally a Cargo Ship comes to the rescue! What a legend! Still seems like one of the worst passag...
Well our boat will definitely sink now!!
In this episode we start tackling some of the bad areas along the bottom of the keel where the side plates of the keel meet the keel base under the engine and prop shaft.
We talk to Ian Poole from SV Blown Away an...
We are on the beautiful Greek island of Patmos in the Dodecanese, enjoying calmer winds and beautiful sunrises, but also dodging thunderstorms and unsettled weather. This was our favourite month so far and we're so pleased we chose not to retreat to harbo...
What a week! We get ready to sail one of our longest passages in the Caribbean, whilst still enjoying the last few days in Curaçao waters, snorkeling, catching lionfish and helping our good friend Ronnie move his boat into a marina! James gets to drive an...
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