Get ready to cross the Corinth Canal with us. Such an amazing experience, it was a mix of nerves, excitement and just pure bliss as we were going through. James is so excited about getting our cross on some epic drone footage, that we very nearly lost the ...
Join us for the second installment of our hard dodger build for our tiny home and sailboat.
If you missed the first dodger build video it's here: https://youtu.be/w5wYICajlek
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This week we continue to battle the Welsh weather and wind and short hours of daylight as we tackle more of the rust. We're trying our a variety of rust treatments and converters to see what works best and over time we'll be able to give our our opinion. ...
It’s been over a year since we bought a 50-year-old Swedish sailboat and started boat life, so here’s a review of what it’s really like to get started. The good, the bad, and everything in between…
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We do last minute tasks ready for our imminent dash across the top of Australia. We’ve got about 8500 kms to travel with two border crossings and breweries to visit!
Before we head off Magnus makes a quick trip to Bunnings to get bits and bobs to instal...
EP 155: We CAUGHT some LONG FIN TUNA on our SAILING CATAMARAN! 🐟
Embarking on our 720nm journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Walvis Bay, Namibia. The first two days we experiences calm waters and light winds. We relaxed, soaked up the sun and trie...
Jam packed is the best description for this video. We cover a lot of ground on this one but we also relax in our own private anchorage and beach....we even take the opportunity to have a beach bbq! Our first one to date! We cross under the rio/anti rio bri...
Today we left the resort to visit one of #Mexico's famous #cenote. It was awesome because we were one of the only ones there given we went on a weekday! #tulum
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Welcome to episode eight of Season 2
Andy is working as a Paramedic for the Ambulance Service so Melissa and Jack start treating the metal on our abandoned boat.
We aren't allowed to use a sand blaster ourselves in this yard, and whilst the boatyard has...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we start to fibreglass a double sided repair. The section on the starboard hull was damaged when we came out of the water. Before we got the peeler Davy had used the grinder and accidentally gone through the hull a...
EP 154: Leaving South Africa. First Leg to Cross the Atlantic.
We have finished up our last minute tasks on Lady Africa, provisioned the boat, ticked off some last Cape Town bucket list items and now the time has come to say goodbye to South Africa. Our...
We are on a mission to get to the Lefkas Canal! We tack our little hearts out until we finally reach the entrance with a half hour to spare before the bridge opens to let us through! We arrive into a busy anchorage in Kalithea where we replace our main she...
Welcome to the seventh episode of Season 2
And welcome to our Christmas Special.
In today's episode we finally move Melody to a much better place in the yard so we have better access to electricity for our tools and water for the power washer. This can a...
Well.... the day was bound to come at some point... it's time we figure out our winter plans. Living aboard a sailboat in New England really leaves only a couple options: a) head south b) liveaboard but face the cold c) take the boat out of the water and f...
Join us on a tour of our home, a 1978 Catalina 30 sailboat named Blue Moon. We have lived aboard our tiny home in Downtown Victoria, BC for 6 months now.
This week we're in Vannes, South Brittany in France and WOW this place is magical. We moor our boat up just outside a pub (winning!!) and explore this exceptional town. While we're here we have some BIG NEWS to share and this episode we share some behind t...
With the announcement of the Western Australian borders opening, Magnus quickly booked a flight for the both of us to go over to Perth to catch up with family.
We flew down to Brisbane for a couple of days to see our three daughters, then took a flight ov...
What seems like a peaceful anchorage turns into absolute mayhem! Check it out guys....we couldn't believe it ourselves! We had made it to Greece! This has been one of our bucket list destinations....and we are beyond excited to be here! After checking in ...
What sort of tricks are happening aft this week? The boat work continues in the yard while we prepare our cockpit ready for her new paint job and find some nasty surprises.
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Servicing Lewmar, Enkes and Gibb winches in this episode!
Work continues refitting our abandoned sailboat.
This time it's all about the winches.
We all know self tailing winches are crazy expensive so if we can save the winches which came on the boat th...
This week we're sailing the Morbihan in Atlantic France and we manage to make an error calculating the tides which has serious ramifications! The tides around here are craaaazy and we definitely pay for our mistake. But we're rewarded by our efforts with a...
In this video, we explore our final stop in Corsica, the fascinating town of Bonifacio which is right at the southern tip of the island. We hike across and make it there for breakfast, and spend the rest of the morning strolling the narrow alleyways and ta...
SOMEHOW, our NEW LIFE PLAN turned out to be the perfect escape from the EVENTS of 2020. We left to SAIL THE WORLD in 2019, and then... And like most of the world, it was definitely far from smooth sailing for quite a while.
Thanks so lockdowns and trave...
It's raining inside my sailboat. If you'd like to see how I deal with leaking windows check this video out. We remove all 7 of the salon windows (very difficult) to prepare, paint, and re-caulk them to seal them from the elements. This was a much-needed jo...
In this weeks episode we find ourselves no longer in the Tyrrhenian Sea as we cross the Messina Strait. We encounter the swordfish fisherman on their very abnormal looking boats as well as a ton of messy whirlpools. As we enter the Ionian Sea we are greete...
In this vlog, we take you on a tour of the UNICO 20°N 87°W resort as well as share a few of it's secrets.
Ashley and I decided to travel to one of the few countries allowing Americans to visit, #Mexico. We visited several resorts and hotels while we wer...
Welcome to the fifth episode of Season 2
In this episode we start work properly on the foredeck in a race against time to stop out boat rotting away.
We need to stop the rust patches on the deck rusting right through and making things much more problemat...
We spend a week on Great Keppel Island enjoying glorious weather and some of the best beaches in the world. We catch monster mud crab and get to grips with a few boat jobs. In ‘Our Galley’ Karen shows how she makes awesome Fish Tacos for lunch and aft...
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"Honolulu: The Beginning" - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi0ZDWfmQxHVdrSH1cGp7Krw9kSYcwIE
"Cruising Lealea in Alaska" - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi0ZDWfmQxFrNBu31qmsK8M6OkdghG7a...
In this week's episode we head to the famous Stromboli Volcano in the Aeolian Islands. We consider ourselves so lucky to experience it shooting lava out.....the noise it made was even more spectacular than the vision of it. We meet a lovely Dutch family wh...
Will our yacht engine start after not running for 15 years?
In this episode we start tackling some of the rust issues up on the foredeck, we remove the winches to take home for servicing and we try turning over the engine to see if she will start!
She c...
In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive, Davy works on restoring the second fibreglass rudder. We've also had a lot of rain this week so it has made doing some of the bigger projects more difficult.
Having a catamaran is fantastic as it makes a li...
In this weeks episode get ready to head to two different islands with us. We find ourselves in the Aeolian Islands, just NE of Sicily. Salinas and Panarea are our next destinations and we are truly taken in with just the colours and wonders these two islan...
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Ashley and I decided to travel to one of the few countries allowing Americans to visit, #Mexico. We visited several resorts and hotels while we were in #Tulum, Mexico.
First Hotel - UNICO 20°N 87°W - Riviera Maya
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Hi again everyone. The smell was seriously ungodly. The holding tank was full to the brim with dirty water and sludge which was 15 years old at least. But we managed to clean the bilge and holding tank, sort of, and finally got the mainsail down which is...
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