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Forum: Cruising Videos

1 Week Ago

Replies: 0

French Canals

Views: 105

Posted By distantshores

French Canals

Crossing France through the small canals. We took our 49 foot sailboat right across the country and this shows how we did it with fender boards etc.

Enjoy!
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Forum: Cruising Videos

2 Weeks Ago

Replies: 6

Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Views: 298

Posted By distantshores

Re: Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Oops... forgot

FREE STUFF

Here the pilot episode of Distant Shores - 24 minutes with Gibraltar, Ceuta and South Spain..

Distant Shores Season 1 - Western & Central Mediterranean...

Forum: Cruising Videos

2 Weeks Ago

Replies: 6

Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Views: 298

Posted By distantshores

Re: Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Yes Argyle, we shot for 5 years cruising the length of the Med from Gibraltar, Spain, Italy, the Adriatic and Croatia, the fabulous Greek Islands and Turkey. Then we converted to HD equipment and...

Forum: Cruising Videos

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 6

Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Views: 298

Posted By distantshores

Re: Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Argyle, Yes WealthTV has picked up the new season and I have just couriered them the most recent eps. Not sure when they will air them since they may wait a bit and put up a series (first 6 perhaps)....

Forum: Cruising Videos

04-13-2013

Replies: 6

Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Views: 298

Posted By distantshores

Distant Shores - Season 9 Preview

Sailing England-France-Paris-French Canals-Med-Morocco, ARC Transatlantic - all in the last year. I have posted a trailer for the Season of Distant Shores here... We are working on putting movies up...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

02-15-2013

Replies: 65

Seasick medication

Views: 1,725

Posted By distantshores

Re: Seasick medication

On board Distant Shores II we use Stugeron. On rough ocean passages I (Paul) can get seasick and Stugeron definitely works for me.

I have tried Scopolomine and MUST WARN if you want to use it -...

Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

02-01-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Here is some video we shot "mid-atlantic" on our recent crossing with the ARC. Rough sailing downwind showing the waves nicely.

Southerly 49
Lagoon 56 Cat

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Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

01-31-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Very soft bottom paints will rub off so we use the harder formulations - in Europe Cruiser Uno and we will try SeaHawk Hard when I apply more next week in Saint Martin.

As in the video you should...

Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

01-31-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Getting off the beach. Remote Bahamas with the Southerly 42 Swing-Keel sailboat.

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Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

01-31-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Beaching a boat - how to dry out.

WARNING - This video contains gorgeous images from the Bahamas and may cause you to want to quit everything and sail there!

This was shot on our previous...

Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

01-28-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Paulo, Yes the Boreals look lovely. I didn't know the Pogo could dry out, interesting. There were Pogos in the ARC and they were quite quick although I don't know if they were liftkeel versions.
...

Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

01-28-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Our current boat is a Southerly 49 - a "swing-keel" sailboat that draws less than 3 feet with the keel up. This summer we took the mast down and went right across France via the Seine, Paris and the...

Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

01-28-2013

Replies: 4,378

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 894,647

Posted By distantshores

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Hi Daviid & Paulo,

I haven't heard people criticize the lack of storage for fenders before - but I totally agree. Our latest boat - Southerly 49 has a large forward "sail" locker but we use it...

Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction

01-28-2013

Replies: 72

Swing Keal..good or bad

Views: 10,795

Posted By distantshores

Re: Swing Keal..good or bad

My wife and I sail a Southerly 49 with a swing-keel. It is real foil-shaped keel so we do not like to hear it called a centerboard.
Draft Keel up - 2'11'' (0.9 meters)
Draft Keel down - 10'4" ...

Forum: Boat Reviews

01-28-2013

Replies: 12

Southerly 32 Owners Feedback?

Views: 2,801

Posted By distantshores

Re: Southerly 32 Owners Feedback?

We have a Southerly 49 and it is fitted with a bow thruster but not a stern thruster. We have no problem maneuvering in tight quarters after a little practice. This past season we crossed France via...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

01-26-2013

Replies: 9

No Mast And Motoring

Views: 510

Posted By distantshores

Re: No Mast And Motoring

We just spent the summer motoring across France with the mast on deck. A bit rolly going up the Seine to Paris but the motion isn't that much different that its dangerous. For us we had to make sure...

Forum: Introduce Yourself

01-24-2013

Replies: 4

Hi from Distant Shores

Views: 270

Posted By distantshores

Re: Hi from Distant Shores

Yes I saw Distant Shores-1 is up for sail! We are happily cruising on DS2 now for 3 years. Time flies...

Forum: Introduce Yourself

01-24-2013

Replies: 4

Hi from Distant Shores

Views: 270

Posted By distantshores

Hi from Distant Shores

Hi from Paul & Sheryl aboard Distant Shores II - currently in St Martin. We haven't visited Sailnet in a few years so its good to be back!

This past year we had one of our most interesting and...

Forum: Introduce Yourself

01-24-2013

Replies: 3,055

Sticky: Sailnet Members from around the world check-in please.

Views: 225,565

Posted By distantshores

Re: Sailnet Members from around the world check-in please.

Paul & sheryl Shard here - we haven't checked in to Sailnet for a few years... Yikes!

We are still sailing and this year was a winner - we took the mast down and crossed France - then did our...

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