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SDA81P Reinventing the Toaster, Sailing and Rachel's Bubble Bath at High Tide!

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, Dave tries to reinvent the toaster and we sail south from Norman's Cay in the Exumas, past the Land and Sea Park, to Compass Cay. We never did hit Rachel's Bu...

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SDA80N Three Days at Sea. Gun Cay to the Exumas

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel we set off on a 3 day crossing from Gun Gay to Norman’s Cay Bahamas! Traveling further into the Bahamas we share this crossings beautiful sunsets and stunnin...

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SDA80P Three Days at Sea. Gun Cay to the Exumas

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel we set off on a 3 day crossing from Gun Gay to Norman’s Cay Bahamas! Traveling further into the Bahamas we share this crossings beautiful sunsets and stunnin...

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SDA79N Did Our New Main Sail Just Break?

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Bimini in the Bahamas. Our new mainsail doesn't survive the trip unscathed. I perform my first anchor check of the se...

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SDA79P Did Our New Main Sail Just Break?

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Bimini in the Bahamas. Our new mainsail doesn't survive the trip unscathed. I perform my first anchor check of the se...

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SDA78N Offshore Sailing ~ Weather & Dolphins

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we sail down the Florida coast from St Augustine to Lake Worth to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of traveling the ICW we take two multiday trips down the coast, bra...

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SDA78P Offshore Sailing ~ Weather & Dolphins

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we sail down the Florida coast from St Augustine to Lake Worth to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of traveling the ICW we take two multiday trips down the coast, bra...

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SDA77N Rafting Up & Hurricane Nicole

In St Augustine, Florida we raft up for the first time. Our raft buddy is none other than super broker, now captain Ian aboard his Manta 42, Synchronicity.
After a too short visit with Ian, we b...

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SDA77P Rafting Up & Hurricane Nicole

In St Augustine, Florida we raft up for the first time. Our raft buddy is none other than super broker, now captain Ian aboard his Manta 42, Synchronicity.
After a too short visit with Ian, we ...

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SDA76N Heat Seeking Catamaran

We cruise the ICW south to Beaufort North Carolina, where we head out to the ocean bound for Charleston, and then on down to St Augustine, Florida, turning weeks of sailing on the ICW into about a ...

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SDA76P Heat Seaking Catamaran

We cruise the ICW south to Beaufort North Carolina, where we head out to the ocean bound for Charleston, and then on down to St Augustine, Florida, turning weeks of sailing on the ICW into about a ...

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SDA75N Plotting our Escape

We change our ailing Raymarine Chartplotter for a new Raymarine Axiom 12Plus just in time for the Annapolis Sailboat Show. Right after the show we finally squeeze out of the marina we spent nearly ...

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SDA75P Plotting our Escape

We change our ailing Raymarine Chartplotter for a new Raymarine Axiom 12Plus just in time for the Annapolis Sailboat Show. Right after the show we finally squeeze out of the marina we spent nearly ...

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SDA74N Imp Goes Legal! Dinghy Lights Installation

Our dinghy "Imp" has been running around without navigation lights. We rarely run at night, and never in the US, but that's going to change so we are adding a dinghy light kit to her. The kit looks...

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SDA74P Imp Goes Legal! Navisafe Dinghy Lights Installation

Our CL290 Highfield Dinghy "Imp" has been running around without navigation lights. We rarely run at night, and never in the US, but that's going to change so we are adding a Navisafe Dinghy Light ...

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SDA73N Everything is Better with Bacon

In St Augustine we installed the brand new Precision main sail we had waited months for. It didn’t go well. With the slider cars too small and no battens, we no sooner got her all the way up, whe...

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SDA73P Everything is Better with Bacon

In St Augustine we installed the brand new Precision main sail we had waited months for. It  didn’t go well. With the slider cars too small and no battens, we no sooner got her all the way u...

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SDA72N How Much Water will a Bilge Pump Pump?

In this episode of sailing dark angel we discover flooding in our starboard bilge.
Fixing the power supply isn’t enough to solve the problem.
I need another coffee

Afterword we play...

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SDA72P How Much Water will a Bilge Pump Pump?

In this episode of sailing dark angel we discover flooding in our starboard bilge.
Fixing the power supply isn’t enough to solve the problem.
I need another coffee

Get your own 'Dar...

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SDA71N Tight Spaces and Volvo Engines

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, Dockmaster Keith helps us trade slips with Seawind 1260 'Butters' in a very tight slip. Keith's instructions and help make it much easier than we anticipated....

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SDA71P Tight Spaces and Volvo Engines

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, Dockmaster Keith helps us trade slips with Seawind 1260 'Butters' in a very tight slip. Keith's instructions and help make it much easier than we anticipated....

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SDA70N Can we Save our Batteries?

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we grudgingly check into a marina for the first time since December 2022. We hope a shore power connection will help us to restore our failing Firefly AGMs. I...

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SDA70P Can we Save our Batteries?

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we grudgingly check into a marina for the first time since December 2022. We hope a shore power connection will help us to restore our failing Firefly AGMs. I...

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SDA69P How Many Sailors Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we cruise up the Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis. Dave polishes his stanchion at sea. We discover beautiful anchorages filled with a type of jellyfish called 'net...

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SDA69N How Many Sailors Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we cruise up the Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis. Dave polishes his stanchion at sea. We discover beautiful anchorages filled with a type of jellyfish called 'net...

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SDA68N There's a Hole in the Bottom of my Boat!

We pull out our Airmar tri sensor while in the water! I can’t believe we opened a through-hull below the water line, while we’re in the water!
An unscheduled thunderstorm filled our rain cat...

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SDA68P There's a Hole in the Bottom of my Boat!

We pull out our Airmar tri sensor while in the water! I can’t believe we opened a through-hull below the water line, while we’re in the water!

An unscheduled thunderstorm filled our rain ...

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SDA67N Stranded in Norfolk ... Remove and Replace Volvo MD2030 Transmission Cable

We cruise up the ICW from Chesapeake toward the Chesapeake Bay, but we get stuck in Norfolk/Portsmouth when the starboard transmission shifter cable breaks. The hour we spent waiting for a railway ...

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SDA67P Stranded in Norfolk ... Remove and Replace Volvo MD2030 Transmission Cable

We cruise up the ICW from Chesapeake toward the Chesapeake Bay, but we get stuck in Norfolk/Portsmouth when the starboard transmission shifter cable breaks. The hour we spent waiting for a railway ...

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SDA66N Mantus Anchor Hook Repair while Dragging Anchor!

In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel we catch the weather and head  north from Charleston, SC,  both offshore and up the ICW. We drag anchor  in a tight, shallow anchorage, and work...

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