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Working With A Giant Of A man | A Great Mechanic Will Fix Galopin’s Gearbox | Season 5 | Episode 61
Dakar Senegal, West Africa. Where no other sailing channel dares to go. But me and Giani go there and enjoy fine food and meet a host of interesting people. The yacht club bar tender who teaches me a few word in Walaf. A Lebanese doctor who makes us Falafe...
Boat Hitchhikers | Perils Sailing Galopin Into Dakar Harbor In West Africa I Season 5 | Episode 60
We're sailing to Dakar, West Africa and on the way pick up a few boat hitchhikers. They're just little birds, but we bring up the subject of boat hitchhikers. As we begin to enter the bay of Dakar, my gearbox fails and we have to continue under sail and at...
Back To The High Seas | Two Old Salty Sailors Sailing Galopin To West Africa I Season 5 | Episode 59
It's our second and third days and nights sailing into wind and waves. On our way to Dakar Senegal from the Cape Verde Islands. Two old salty sailors reclaiming our right to be at sea after major surgery. But it was not easy. We suffered for our previous s...
Moving To A Better Place | Helping My Friend Wendy Before Sailing Galopin I Season 5 | Episode 57
It's grey and cloudy and I've got to deal with poor batteries not holding a charge and still put out a video, As well I help my dear friend Wendy move to her new humble home. And stumble onto a party at Peters's boat with a new Viking friend Henric. I fini...
Made It To Dakar Senegal | How 2 Old Salty Sailing Galopin In Hard Passage | Season 5 | Interim Epsd
It took 4 days and nights to sail the more than 400nm passage from Cape Verde Islands to Dakar Senegal in West Africa. Me and Galopin were accompanied by Giani, a 75 year old Italian veteran sailor and adventurer. With me in my sixties, we were a a couple ...
Valentine’s Day On My Boat In Cape Verde | And Boat Checks I Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 56
Valentine’s Day on my boat in Cape Verde was quite an event. My friend Wendy organized a small party with three of her friends. It went on until dawn when more people came aboard and the fun continued on. Man, can Cape Verdeans party. Before that I did v...
I Get Mugged But Not Robbed | Things Get Dirty In My Boat I Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 55
Yes, I got mugged but not robbed. Me and two friends of mine were ambushed in the street. A rare event in Mindelo. But since Covid, people seemed to have gotten more desperate. Less tourist, less work. It’s hard for the locals, but thats no excuse. And t...
Trying To Sail On | Day In The Life Of Full Time Sailor | Sailing Galopin I Season 5 | Episode 53
I see sailboats leaving Mindelo Bay everyday to cross the mighty Atlantic Ocean. And I'm trying to sail on myself. But me and my boat Galopin are still getting some things done. But we have time to explore a house perched on the cliffs above the ocean whic...
I Live To Live Another Birthday | Being A Full Time Sailor I Sailing Galopin | Season 5 | Episode 52
It was the day before my birthday and I had forgotten. In January, just after all the holidays festivities, you’re not really in the mood for a birthday party. But the party came to me. So I live to live another birthday. Then the realities of being a li...
Weapons on board | To Have? Or Not To Have? | Sailing Galopin in Cabo Verde I Season 5 | Episode 51
Back aboard Galopin. Back to the reality of living aboard a sailboat full time. First things are, problems to resolve. There is always something. But as wel I see friends like Peter and the gang as well as lovely Wendy. And I bring back a machete for my bo...
Traveling During Covid Times Sucks I How I Got From Europe To Africa | Season 5 | Episode 50
Another wave of Covid washes over Europe. Portugal tightens its rules. All travelers must be Covid negative and prove it with tightly secured documentation. Traveling during Covid times sucks! This is how I got from Europe to Cape Verde Africa and back to ...
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Coming Close To The End | It’s Christmas Time I Progress After Hip Surgery | Season 5 | Episode 49
It's post hip replacement surgery so I'm coming close to the end and it's Christmas time. I'm staying at my other son's apartment in Montreux. It's in the city and I have to walk up and down three flights of steps, so that's good for my rehabilitation. And...
Doing The Alps Wearing Boat Shoes | Progress After Hip Replacement Surgery | Season 5 | Episode 48
I came to Switzerland with the bare minimum. I was coming to get hip replacement surgery and then would need to stay and recover. Part of my speedy recovery would be to walk. So I end up doing the Alps in boat shoes. That meant walking around the alps with...