2022 Mini Series -2- Exploring
Day two of our mini series of videos, made just for you guys on Patreon!
2023-01-10 12:55:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022 Mini Series -1- Buddy joins the Sailing Pickle Family
Here's the first of a few little videos I have made for our patrons only to celebrate last years adventures and start us off on our new year of excitement and sailing!
2023-01-09 22:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 126 - Fixing Our Yacht Engine In Venice and Enjoying the Lagoons!
We finally receive our part from England to fix our engine aboard Pickle! Sadly still waiting for our oil dip sticks to arrive (thats next week) but while we wait for those, we fix the engine and g...
2023-01-09 20:00:45 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 125 - Very Special Tour of a Traditional Boat Builders in Venice!
This weeks episode is a bit different! We give you a little recap regarding our engines troubles in Venice, then we get the privilege to take you with us when we get a guided tour of a traditional ...
2023-01-02 10:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 124 - Exploring Venice after Engine Trouble!
Such a crazy week! After engine trouble, we end up in a Venetian boat yard, with lots of help, mechanics, British parts ordered, delayed and customs troubles we finally decide to give up and go and...
2022-12-26 19:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 123 - Sailing to Venice and Exploring Haunted Islands!
We do a night sail from Fano to Venice stopping for a cheeky swim on the way in those beautiful deep waters! After a wonderful first night in the Venetian Lagoons we find ourselves touching d...
2022-12-19 23:37:48 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 122 - Crazy swell at anchor! Dangerous marina entrances!
Sailing down the East coast of Italy we have found very little shelter from the wind and swell! Which is sometimes a problem if a big storms coming! so this week after a rolly few days at anchor an...
2022-12-12 22:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 121 - Topless Swimming after a Disaster at Anchor in 45+knots of wind!
Please give me strength! I seriously think I need it this week! We stay in stunning anchorages, with impressive scenery and have the most amazing adventures! I feel totally blessed for my wonderful...
2022-12-05 11:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 120 - Skinny Dipping in Italy and a Run in with the Guardia, Twice!
Wow what a busy week! lots of sailing and lots of visits from the Guardia! And loads of adventures along the way, from skinny dipping to fishing for mussels! Join us this week as we show you the ea...
2022-11-28 12:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 119 - Complete Engine Failure in a Storm on a Rocky Lee Shore!
Well this week we have a worrying start! After some very nasty wind and swell turn up unexpected in our little anchorage, we try to weigh up where we can sail to, to avoid this awful weather, but n...
2022-11-23 20:21:39 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate.....
Hi guys! As you have probably already seen, today we released an extra footage video just for our patrons, Filmed by Chris and Bear and Bear helped at bit with editing (bless hIim!) so, we hope you...
2022-11-21 12:15:44 +0000 UTC View PostExtra Patreon - Everyday Life with the Sailing Pickle Family - Croatia 2022
We had so many adventures this year, especially in Croatia which turned out to be an amazing place to sail and travel! We have put together this little extra episode for our patrons only, which Bea...
2022-11-21 11:23:49 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 118 - Anchored and Exploring the Italian Archipelago, Tremiti Islands!
What a fabulous archipelago just off the east coast of Italy! Well worth a little visit 😊 We have so much fun exploring the fabulous Tremiti islands and enjoy a cool off in the beautiful clear w...
2022-11-14 07:18:15 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 117 - Wild Week of Fun with the Sailing Pickle Family!
This is a bit of a long episode this week guys! I had lots of footage so I thought why not share what everyday life on a boat looks like all week with our family! Join us as we have a very busy wee...
2022-11-07 13:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 116 - We sail to Brindisi Italy, Moor on the harbour wall, but the Guardia have other ideas!
Lots of sailing this week, no wind, too much wind, big swell and choppy seas we have it all! We have been doing lots of hops up the east coast of Italy and pushing hard to reach some shelter at Bri...
2022-10-31 14:59:48 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 115 - Emergency Tactics. Something is around the Prop just metres from shore!
After long night sails we struggle to find a suitable anchorage which isn't either 25 metres deep or total rock, then whilst checking out a little cove just metres from shore we get entangle with a...
2022-10-29 08:06:22 +0000 UTC View PostSorry it’s late! 🤪
Sorry I didn’t release an episode today guys! We’ve had so much fun celebrating Beaus birthday I totally forgot!! I’ll post it tomorrow am 👍 Hope your all well, and having as great a day a...
2022-10-28 23:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 114 - We start our New Sailing Season but have an Emergency Hospital Admission!
What a crazy start to our sailing season! An Emergency Hospital Admission is always scary, but when you're in a foreign country and its one of your babies its all the worse! Thankfully everything t...
2022-10-24 09:13:33 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 113 - Engine Troubles and Fiberglassing in Beautiful Italy!
We are back on our beloved catamaran Pickle, so glad the winters over and we have started our new season with an amazing road trip (see last episode 112) Now its on with boat jobs! The engine needs...
2022-10-21 10:35:31 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 112 - Magnificent Italy and arriving back to our Sailboat Pickle!
Wow what a road trip! We have a fabulous and fantastic road trip back to Pickle! Stopping at Florence, Rome, Pisa, Naples, Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius, and so many other cool places on the way! Join as...
2022-10-17 08:20:34 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 111 - New Salty Sea Puppy joins the family and the Roadtrip back to Pickle begins!
Your be glad to know we're be back on Pickle and sailing again in just a few weeks!! This episode our new puppy Buddy joins the family and we begin our adventures with him on our road trip back to ...
2022-10-14 09:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 110 - Pickles Winter Berth and a New Salty Sea Dog!
This episode is a longer time frame than usual! We winterise Pickle and leave her safely berthed at our winter marina while we fly back to the UK for Christmas. After a lot of consideration and tim...
2022-10-10 08:50:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 109 - Winterising Jobs on Pickle in the Marina.
We are settling into our little winter marina, but as usual its non stop for the Pickle Crew! We have loads of boat jobs to do to get Pickle ready for winter and to leave her to travel back to the ...
2022-10-07 09:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 108 - Winter Marina in Italy, Hiding from a Storm!
Wow that was close! After a week of running from this storm, we make it into our Winter Marina in Italy and the next day it hits, I'm so relieved I really felt the pressure this time, there was no ...
2022-10-03 07:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 107 - Final Sail of the season, Passing through there Strait of Messina and Running from a STORM!
What a week! It was a strange eerie calm before the storm! The big storm which is brewing is coming, thick and fast! And the need to sail on and get through the Strait of Messina too somewhere safe...
2022-09-30 06:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 106 - Crazy Winter Sailing in the Med, Northern Sicily
Squeezing in every last minute of sailing, into the ever shortening daylight winter hours is this weeks task! We have a major storm brewing and the nasty weather front is heading our way! There is ...
2022-09-26 08:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 105 - Running from Flash Floods along the North Coast of Sicily!
After running from the Flash Floods we find debris strewn water continually along the northern coast of Sicily as we try and sail on to escape the crazy shit thats happening behind us and keep to s...
2022-09-23 08:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 104 - Sailing in Sicily, Tornadoes, Double Rainbows, Lightening & Flash Floods! Totally Crazy!!!
This is one of my favourite episodes yet! So much happened in such a short amount of time! After a shocking sail from Bizerte, Tunisia to Sicily we was hoping for a day or two of rest and relaxatio...
2022-09-19 08:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 103 - Sailing Tunisia to Sicily. The Anchor Falls out in Very Rough Weather!
We finally leave Tunisia and sail to Sicily! Super exciting and a fantastic start but it soon changes when strong winds come unexpectedly and big seas build to uncomfortable levels of 4/5 meters fr...
2022-09-16 08:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 102 - Sailing Pickle Family in Tunisia, Trans Atlantic African Highway, Totally lost in Tunis!
Wow what a crazy couple of weeks we've had exploring Tunisia, from the North to the Sahara and Deep South! This episode we start to make our way north again, having lots of adventures in new destin...
2022-09-12 19:52:05 +0000 UTC View Post