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We are Drake and Monique cruising aboard our Westsail 42 sailboat and home Paragon. We are devoted to exploring the world by sail and have big plans to bring you videos each week that tell stories about the cruising life. We are focused on offshore sailing, living aboard, cultural immersion, friendship, and adventure! Join us as we sail from North Carolina to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland, Norway and Svalbard and explore many exciting ports along the way. Please visit our our social media pages listed below to keep up with our latest news. We love your comments, and always try to respond to as many as we can. Our videos would not be possible without your support. If you are enjoying them, then please consider helping us with our video production expenses via the Patreon or Paypal links below. Thank you for sailing with us!
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Neither wind nor waves nor lack of sleep will keep us from sailing to meet family. It's a long 24 hours to get to our next port, but we're so excited!
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With the towing adventure behind us, we're rested up and ready to sail east to meet up with family. We've chosen to leave not just on a Friday, but Friday the 13th. I'm sure all will go well...right?
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A sailing convoy turned into so much more when the engine on our friend's boat overheated. But the tow to a safe harbour was only the beginning. How to get safely into the marina as winds increase and sunset is on the horizon?
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The Bluetti AC200L is a game changer aboard our sailboat, Paragon. I know people say this all the time, but this power station has fundamentally changed the way we do things aboard Paragon. We haven’t used our propane stove since we got this, instead we’re cooking with electric, powered with our...
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When is it time to tow? An overheated engine that is not working, very little wind, and a swell pushing towards land. One harbour is over 15 miles away. It’s an unknown with a narrow entrance down a river that definitely requires an engine. The harbour we left is 8 miles behind us and we just might...
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Over the years we have been in convoy with several people and, while it often goes without a hitch, that is not always the case. This was one of those times. The weather looked great. We had a destination in mind. And we were all set to sail to A Coruña. Fate had a different plan for us.
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Big wind and waves and racing a storm as we sailed across the Bay of Biscay...it's always an adventure when our friend Éanna is aboard our boat. But now it's time to go. Luckily, rainbows always follow the rain.
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It was a hard sail across the Bay of Biscay as we raced a storm, but coming into a safe harbour made the whole journey worthwhile. Now it's time to see good friends and remember an old friend...Eric Forsyth, an epic sailor who first brought Éanna and Drake together.
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This sail across the Bay of Biscay was a race against time, against weather. We were pushing the boat…pushing ourselves. All in pursuit of safe harbour.
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Too much wind, not enough wind. Is our speed good? Do we need to go faster? And where is this storm?
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We're sailing across the Bay of Biscay with a storm nipping at our heels and big weather forming at our destination. Do we shake the reef out of the main to go faster? Do we reef before the big winds overtake us? Do we make landfall in an unfamiliar harbour in the middle of the night before the storm...
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It's our second day at sea and, between sails adjustments, keeping watch, and our first Hydrovane wind vane test, there's a lot going on!
Drake and Éanna catch up and talk future plans, past trips, and...medical emergencies!?! Let's just say we learned that it's always good to have someone aboard who...
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