Fishing nets, snakes and chimpanzees!!! Sailing the river Gambia!

Sailing to a remote African village in Gambia which caught our hearts 💛

Upriver in The Gambia!!

Will our SAILBOAT fit under this BRIDGE? We face our biggest obstacle sailing up the Gambia river!

extra episode: * Bouywallo * - best restaurant in Tendaba !!!

Gambian FOOD & the most amazing ANCHORAGE on the Gambia river

Gambia river adventure sailing - Visit to an old fort on a river island

Sailing with DOLPHINS on the GAMBIA River

Beached boats and stunning nature! Exploring the mouth of the mighty Gambia river!

Beekeeping in Gambia, West Africa! A Honey Hunters Paradise! Raw cut special episode!

Exploring vibrant Gambia. We go ashore for the first time in West Africa after offshore sailing.

SAILOR'S PARADISE in West Africa!!! We are at Lamin lodge in Gambia!

Ocean sailing to Gambia!!! 1045 nautical miles offshore sailing to West Africa!!!

BOAT TOUR of our sailboat! Come see our steel expedition sailboat Van de Stadt 43 Zealife "TONLEI"

Are we ready to sail the open ocean? (Last preparations to leave the Canary Islands)

When sailing goes wrong... We get beaten by strong winds and high waves!

The best Canary Island? We explore EL HIERRO with our sailboat!

Sailboat race to the EDGE OF EUROPE! (and dragging anchor...)

Sailing maneuvers in high winds (with a step-by-step hove-to)

Our daily life at anchor sneak peak (and a new haircut)

30 knots of wind! High wind sailing in the acceleration zone between Tenerife and La Gomera!

Sailing the treacherous acceleration zone to Tenerife

First sail with the new boat!!!

Our last days in port! We climb our mast and hoist our sails!

First ride with our dinghy! Does that old engine still start?

Brand new MANTUS M1 ANCHOR!!!

New diesel filter system for our engine! One step closer to adventure sailing!

Engine trouble on the Canary Islands

Windpilot installation! A wind steering mechanism for our steel sailboat!

We are BACK on the BOAT!!! And boatwork continues...

Roberts solo boat work adventure continues!!! We get the rigging checked and the sailboat cleaned

Plumbing party! Trying to replace the plumbing of our steel sailboat!

Splash day!!! Our sailboat is finally BACK IN THE WATER!!!

Our LAST DAYS in the boatyard! Will we manage to finish all boat jobs?

Do we have a NEW SAILBOAT?? Check out how our boat looks after painting!!

Finally antifouling free!! Stripping the hull down to bare steel!

Stripper in the boatyard??? Removing antifouling from our steel expedition sailboat!

We WET SANDBLASTED and even BIGGER PATCH of our hull!

Wet sandblasting our sailboat! How much would it cost? Does it work? Kärcher wet sandblasting kit.

Cutting and welding the swim ladder on our steel sailboat

Anchor windlass test! After installing the cables its time for a test run!

We SOLAR-POWERED our sailboat!

Painting our new STEEL HARD DODGER on our sailboat. Its starting to look AMAZING!

We build a new DODGER for our sailboat

We install the Lofrans X3 anchor windlass! Will the huge 1700W motor fit into our anchor locker???

How does a windpilot windvane work?

An honest update

545 watts of raw SOLAR POWER installed!!! Our expedition sailboat becomes energy independent!

Solar panel support structures and solar charger installation on our sailboat!

The new watertight door is finally in!

A sailboat refit story of solar chargers and watertight door frames.

Switching our sailboat to LITHIUM POWER !

Exchanging the batteries on our sailboat (and hiking the stunning mountains of Gran Canaria...)

Guess what is hiding under our bed?! Storage space exploration on our sailboat...

Unboxing our new LITHIUM BATTERIES LIFEPO4 (Shenzhen Basen Green)

Wooden frames for our sailboat windows

The final steps of our sailboat window build. Backfilling with sikaflex and painting the hull.

Finally we are gluing the new windows into our steel boat!!!

The MOST IMPORTANT STEP of our port-light build!!! Bonding the acrylic glas and the inner frames.

One million adjustments - we are fine tuning our portlights!!!