Gearing up for a dive from the stern
Weights, fins and the check I do before I go in, on a boat that will not stay still.
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Passages, dives and how-tos, filmed from the cockpit.
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WatchDiving a reef off Vis from the boat
Anchoring over the reef, the first fifteen minutes and the shoal of fish that came to meet me.
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WatchTwo knots of wind and nine hours to go
Trimming for a windless crossing before the maestral wakes up, and the patience it takes.
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WatchRiding out the jugo at anchor
A warm, wet wind and a rolling swell: a night in a cove with two anchors out and the engine on standby.
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WatchHow I reef a mainsail alone
The lines, the order and the one thing I do before the wind builds, filmed in the cockpit.
13 min
WatchThe night the bura came down on us
A hard wind off the mountains, two reefs in the dark and a harbour at first light.
22 min
WatchLaying up the boat for the winter
The last sail of the year, the crane in the yard and the list of jobs for the spring.
15 min
Notes from the Adriatic
One passage, dive or job a week, and what the wind was doing.
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