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Dangerous Swell Is Coming | We’ve got To Sail Out Now | Sailing West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 16
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #swelll I’ve been to this anchorage many times before. And it’s usually a pretty laid back spot. But the past few days were different. Because of the incoming swell. It’s a shallow bay and the waves can break at any moment ...
Tropical Storm Marizia | Will We Weather It? | Living & Sailing West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 15
#sailing #marizia #sailinglifestyle In our continuing series with Ferdi on his journey to get his ocean sailing license on Galopin. He's come with me to accumulate nautical miles and knowledge on the ocean. We do some safety training, like anchoring in a s...
Can Seamanship Be Taught? No | You Either got It Or You Don’t | Sail Africa | Season 6 | Episode 14
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #seamanship Seamanship, can it be taught? In my opinion no. You either got it or you don't. Like talent. You can't teach an artist, musician or athlete to be great. They just are. And should one have a sailing license? I didn't f...
How To Get An Ocean Sailing License Where There Is No Ocean | Sailing Africa | Season 6 | Episode 13
#sailing #solosailing #howto Let me start by saying that I’m Swiss. So how can someone like me, Swiss, get one of those? We’ve got no ocean, no sea, no coastline. I’m from a country that is landlocked. So how do we do it? Precisely how did I do it? R...
Cabo Verde My Island Paradise | Why I Keep Coming Back | Sailing West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 12
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #bikini We were about twenty miles away, and it was getting dark. The wind had dropped so I started my engine. But it was not running right. I spent several hours trying to purge the injectors. It didn’t work. Thorfinn kept on ...
He Cycled From Scotland To Senegal | Why Do We Do What We Do | Sail Africa | Season 6 | Episode 11
#adventurer #sailinglifestyle #sailing The latest of Galopin’s Guest interview is with Thorfinn who rode his bicycle from the most Northwestern point in Scotland to Senegal. Riding all the way through England, France, Northern Spain, Portugal, Morocco, W...
Autopilot Is F*ckd & Sottish Sailor Is On | Au Revoir Good People Of Dakar | Season 6 | Episode 10
#sailing #sailinglifestyle #roughsea We say "Au revoir" to all the beautiful people I met in Dakar. The dilema for us sailors. But "Au revoir" means "See you". We head out in the afternoon to beat the fishermen who lay out their nets in the late afternoon...
I Was Guarded By Beauty & My Perkins Oil Leak Got Fixed By The Best Mechanic | Season 6 | Episode 9
#sailing #livingfree #boatmaintenance I wanted to do some shopping at the popular Colombane market. So the ladies, Chantal and Sorna offered to take me there to protect me and to help in negotiating. When they see a foreigner the prices double. We still g...
Walking The Streets Of Dakar To Find Solutions | Meeting People Going Places | Season 6 | Episode 8
#sailing #solosailing #offgrid I needed to upgrade my solar energy system so I set off walking the streets of Dakar alone to find a store named Solar Solutions. I walked throughout the city alone for more than four hours. I wanted to save money on taxis an...
Sailor Alex In Dakar Senegal | Where I Go To Get My Boat Fixed In West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 7
#solosailing #offgrid #livingfree One of the main reasons I came back to Dakar Senegal was to get my sails repaired and more. I do not have the budget to simply order new sails. Here people don’t just replace things, they fix things. I was impressed by ...
Trapped In A Net & Colliding With A Fishing Boat | Solo Sailing West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 6
#sailing #solosailing #collision I was motor sailing fast at seven plus knots. I wanted to beat the sunset so I could anchor in daylight. But then I had to get through this monumental maze of fishing nets until I hit a dead end. This was bad. Very bad. Wi...
Psychological Solo Sailing Challenge | Sailing Cabo Verde to Senegal Africa | Season 6 | Episode 5
#sailing #offgrid #solosailing We were underway. Just me and Galopin. This would be my first long solo passage. I felt I needed this challenge. To get to know myself and my boat. Being alone puts you more in touch with your environment. Your reality. It’...
Marizia The Coolest Sailor Girl Ever | Living & Sailing In Cabo Verde Africa | Season 6 | Episode 4
#sailing #offgrid #livingfree #sailorgirl Meet Marizia, probably the coolest sailor girl ever. We've been friends for a long time, and I asked her if we could do a quick one on one interview. She talks candidly about her new job and too much partying in Sa...
Sailing Out Here Ain’t For Pussies | Rough Sailing In Cabo Verde West Africa | Season 6 | Episode 3
#sailing #offgrid #roughsea Sailors love to tell their tales, and this is just that. A real life sailor's story told by the sailor who lived to tell it. Sailing around the Cabo Verde Archipelago can be and often is very rough. The islands are out in the N...