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How I met the love of my life | Wild summer in Canada | WS26

After leaving the boat in Mexico for the hurricane season, we fly to Vancouver for the summer. I reconnect with old friends, and with the girl who would become the love of my life. We enjoy some of the summer events the city has to offer, and live the charms of vanlife as we travel to some amazing places in beautiful British Columbia. Made possible by you! Be part of the crew on Patreon to get special content: patreon.com/wandersailing Instagram: instagram.com/wandersailing/ Facebook: facebook.com/wandersailing/ Website: wandersailing.com Drone footage: DJI Phantom 3 Pro (filmed in 1080p) Music: Diger Rokwell -Broken Man Jeff Kalee - Light ft. Pryce Photo (flipping pancake in van): Pete MacDonald Recommended sailing channel: Sailing la vagabonde Sailing delos, Gone with the wynns, Tula's endless summer, Sailing Doodles, Sailing Uma, WhiteSpotPirates, Wicked Salty, Ran Sailing, Mj Sailing, Sailing Soulianis, Sailing Zatara, Winded Voyage

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Hurricane Season Preparation | WS25

Once in San Carlos, after crossing the Sea of Cortez from Loreto, it was time to prepare SV Blackdragon for the hurricane season. I had to remove all halyards, sails, fresh water-flush everything, etc. I spent some time with friends from SV Passport and SV Double D around some langostinos. The day I was leaving, the marina got hit by a hurricane that got downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Kona, my dog on board, gets to experience her first flight and I finally get back to Canada for a wild summer. Made possible by you! Be part of the crew on Patreon to get special content: patreon.com/wandersailing Instagram: instagram.com/wandersailing/ Facebook: facebook.com/wandersailing/ Website: wandersailing.com Drone footage: DJI Phantom 3 Pro (filmed in 1080p) Music: Diger Rokwell -Broken Man Jeff Kalee - Light ft. Pryce

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Singlehand in the Sea of Cortez & Sailrite SAILS Feedback - Wandersailing 24

After cancelling the South-Pacific crossing, I decided to sail North before the hurricane season. I really enjoyed singlehanding the Sea of Cortez way more than I was expecting. On this episode, you'll get to see what sailing Mexico is all about and get to see some stunning drone footage of the turquoise waters. Give more feedback on the sails I made from a Sailrite kit and give you a recipe on wicked fish jerky. Made possible by you! Be part of the crew on Patreon: patreon.com/wandersailing Instagram: instagram.com/wandersailing/ Facebook: facebook.com/wandersailing/ Website: wandersailing.com Drone footage: DJI Phantom 3 Pro (filmed in 1080p) Music: Diger Rokwell -Broken Man Diger Rokwell -Battambang Bop Diger Rokwell -Tommorow Jeff Kalee Ft. Andrew - Applepie Jeff Kalee - Light ft. Pryce FISH JERKY RECIPE: -------------------- What you'll need: -Plastic bag -Fresh fish (trigger, cabrilla, parrot, yellowtail or what is recommended to you) -Sesame oil -Natural sugar (can substitute for honey, agave, maple syrup, or other) -Soy sauce -Salt 1. Cut your fish into french fries (British chips) shape 2. Put your fish in a plastic bag with all the ingredient and let it marinate for 2-3 hours 3. Use a string and thread it thru the fish 4. Tie it up on deck and let it dry under the sun for half a day for a chewy texture, or a full day for a fish jerky texture (this will allow it to last longer, but it will be a bit harder to chew) 5. Enjoy!!

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Perspective of a Sailing dog - Wandersailing 23

This special episode narrated by Kona shows our adventure from a dog's perspective. We have a couple of first timers as crew and cross from the mainland to Baja after exploring some of the surfing towns in the Puerto Vallarta area. We try to get our ducks in a row in preparation for the South Pacific crossing, but unfortunately, have to cancel doing it this season.

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The Galapagos of Mexico, Isla Isabella | Wandersailing 22

We cross from Baja to the mainland, being Kat’s first overnight sail. My mom and her partner come aboard for a few days. We meet them in Mazatlan and enjoy the artsy scene there. We also visit Isla Isabela, “the Galapagos of Mexico” for some nature encounters with cute birds. Weather updates from the Iridium GO: https://www.sea-tech.com/tag/iridium-go/ Richard at Seatech as been awesome helping finding the best solution for us to get Weather and email where we don’t have reception. Will do a review on Iridium Go soon. Made possible by you! Be part of the crew on Patreon: patreon.com/wandersailing Instagram: instagram.com/wandersailing/ Facebook: facebook.com/wandersailing/ Website: wandersailing.com Drone footage: DJI Phantom 3 Pro (filmed in 1080p) Music: Diger Rokwell -Broken Man Jeff Kalee Ft. Andrew - Applepie Jeff Kalee - Light ft. Pryce

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Mexican Carnival 💃+ Boatyard breakup 🕺+ New crew 👯‍♀️- Wandersailing 21

Experiencing carnival in Mexico was a full immersion into their culture, being part of their street parties and celebrating with the locals. On the other hand, boatyard life challenges our relationship, and as much as it was hard at the time, our breakup symbolized a new beginning, starting with a new crew. Juliet and Kat come on board and quickly love the sailing lifestyle, full of new experiences, exploration and dope hikes. Made possible by you! Be part of the crew on Patreon: patreon.com/wandersailing Instagram: instagram.com/wandersailing/ Facebook: facebook.com/wandersailing/ Website: wandersailing.com Drone footage: DJI Phantom 3 Pro (filmed in 1080p) Music: Diger Rokwell -Broken Man Jeff Kalee Ft. Andrew - Applepie Jeff Kalee - Light ft. Pryce

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It’s been an adaptation coming back to the city after being cruising on and off for the last few years. Most people that you meet in those waters are usually as crazy. While sharing spearfishing 🐟 and bioluminescence stories, sunsets, a cold b
Nature amaze me everyday and reminds me there’s beauty hidden everywhere. Although it’s never a nice surprise to have the hull covered with muscles, this made me smile. ⛵️On @sv.yarreh after their first haul out! . . . #ocean #heart #boat
Just when you thought your project was crazy. Meet James, he’s rebuilding the whole deck of his sailboat after finding out the whole deck and beams of his sailboat where rotten. Making new stringers doesn’t look that bad of a project aft
If you guys didn’t know already. Because we seem to never run out of projects, we started a van build a few weeks ago. We are now getting to the fun stuff and our vision is slowly taking form. If you ever thought about exploring the @vanlife, m
Who knew trigger fish could get that big!? I was telling friends the other day that I caught a trigger fish the size of my chest last season and forgot I actually had a picture of it. This fish feed 3 boats ceviche for days, so grateful of the abunda
These two! 😍😍😍 wished we could be self isolating in the warmth of Mexico surrounded by the sea, love and cuddles! At least we still have each other, the love and all the cuddles! How has the current situation affected your sailing plans? . . . #se
Kona the explorer! Leading us through the rocky red paths. We spent a couple of days in the beautiful Zion National Park doing so me hiking. Wished we had more time to stay longer, but our drive north must go on! . . . #zion #zionnationalpark #dog #b
Leaving the Baja sky behind for now. This time, it was a short season for us, but we savored every second of it! Every sunset, every wildlife encounter, every dip in the sea and of course, every taco! 🌮 Until next season Méjico! 🇲🇽 . . . #s
It’s days like these when we get to hover over the water and relax that make all the hard work worth it. But to get here, we had to get our hands dirty at the boatyard to refit the boat. Check out part of the process on our latest video (link o
 

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Sun-dried Fish Jerky RECIPE
Sun-dried Fish Jerky RECIPE

While cruising we have been catching a lot of fish while spearfishing. The fridge and freezer space is always a challenge, which having fish jerky ready to go to snack on and you don’t have to store in the fridge is really handy. It’s easy to do and great snack while you are on watch and don’t really want to go down below making food.

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TIDAL GRID. A Cheap way to haul-out your boat
TIDAL GRID. A Cheap way to haul-out your boat

It’s time to pull the boat out of the water and you don’t want to pay the big bucks. Well, I fell you! The good news is for centuries, salty sailors didn’t have those fancy slings and trailers to pull boats out of the water. One of the proven techniques that was used was “tidal grids”. Tidal grids??! What the hell is that you say?!? Well a tidal grid is simply a place that lets you bring your boat to this location or dock at a pre-chosen high tide. After the boat is nicely tied and secured to the pillars/dock and resting on it’s keel, the hull of the boat will be exposed at low tide. This is a very affordable technique to work on your boat and do various maintenance: cleaning the hull, changing a thru-hull, zincs anodes, paint, etc.

On our boat we did a full hull scrapping, cleaning and full repaint with 2 coats of anti-falling paint. With all the money we saved, we hosted dinner and beers for all our friends that came to help us that day.

I know the idea of balancing your sailboat on the keel sounds quite scary, but if done properly, it’s a lot easier than you think. Through this post, I will walk you through all the steps I took in order to successfully use a tidal grid and save tons of money!! $$$

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Someone once told me that you have to do the things that scare you if you want to get the most out of life. Sailing was one of them.

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Going cruising?

Here's a few things that made our life easier while cruising for the last few years. I highly recommend these. When ordering through the links below, you also help us make a few dollars through the Amazon affiliate program at no extra cost to you. WIN WIN!

 
 

Nigel Calder's Book: Mechanical and ELECtrical Manual

Nigel Calder's book is a BIBLE! It's a must have on board and the last edition features all the latest systems and battery technologies. Remember you'll not always have internet and when you don't... that will be your only resource.

Sea of cortez: a cruiser's guidebook, 3th edition

This book by Shaun and Heather has been the most accurate and updated. Really easy to understand, it has a bunch of pictures, hiking, diving, fishing sports, etc.

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