We leave the island of Boa Vista and head towards the island of Sao Nicolau, and I sense a problem. We set sail anyways. Conditions are ideal to be sailing in The Cape Verde Islands. And I'm accompanied by a fantastic crew mate. My dear friend Marizia who has never sailed so far before. It doesn't get better than this.
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Closed Captions (CC):
it's about seven in the morning some are  still sleeping and some are buzzing around  

today we're heading out and i  was up early to get things ready  

my generator was buzzing  also charging my batteries  

i had change values with this  one which is smaller in diameter  

i thought it would solve my  problem of hoisting my mainsail  

i fold up my bini because i like  to see my sales when i'm sailing  

it was time to say goodbye to  boba fist and it's capital sorry  

we really liked it here unfortunately  it was pretty quiet due to covet  

i'll be frank with you all i'm really sick  of this covet pandemic its side effects are  

killing so many small businesses restaurants  and general way of life of everyday people  

and i'm one of those lucky ones living  aboard my sailing yacht here in k  

bird and it's thanks to the wonderful  people supporting me on patreon  

and yes the world wide web which allows me to  broadcast what you see before you but what about  

the people on the ground who depend on us voyagers  and tourists they don't have to be infected  

to be affected in my opinion the side effects  of this virus are killing more than covet itself  

even here on this tiny island of just a few  inhabitants the pandemic is drying up more  

than the sahara sands that have been falling here  for centuries but who am i to express my opinion  

i'm living here on my boat far away from  the craziness many of you are living with  

yet i've got my problem broke my lazy bag again  my mainsail halyard is really hard to get up i  

don't know what the hell is wrong if something  must be broken in there i don't know anyways  

yeah the liverboard life has its  advantages but it can also suck

i got my sail up to the second  reef good enough to sail  

so we're sailing now conditions are just ideal  ideal ideal man yeah so nice super super nice  

one thing is my lazy bag broke one side and  my halyard is giving me a real hard time man  

it's hard to bring down the sail  so we were going to go to san diego  

but we would get there 11 o'clock at night and  we thought no i don't know i don't want to get  

there 11 o'clock at night having problems bringing  down my sail uh so we're heading direct to mandela  

we're following behind peter who's ahead about a  couple miles or so and uh we should be in chala

tomorrow around midday beginning of the afternoon  so there it is so far really nice conditions here

there was only about 10 knots of wind  we were doing about five knots speed  

had i been able to hoist full sails  we'd be going just a little faster  

oh well we're not going to complain but rather  let's make some food i made veggie cheese  

sandwiches for me and mauricio like a veggie  cheese bomb i handed her the bottle of hot sauce  

spiciness is an absolute must in her diet  yet there was still something missing

so

we are going more upwind than i  anticipated in galapagos drifting port  

bringing down the swing keel here

so i went inside to bring down my lifting keel

put down the keel this way we can go upwind better

this is really cool she's teaching me korea she  

laughs at me all the time though  and i make mistakes but it's okay

she's worried about white face that's pretty funny  

so here i am in the atlantic  ocean on my sailboat with mauricio  

when i look at her i can only grin and laugh  i'm thinking to myself how freaking lucky i am

now hear me out i love solo sailing and  i'm doing just that yet i'm accompanied by  

this wonderful soul she knows little about  sailing yet look how she's in her element

foreign

my german friends thought she'd make a  great sailing guide around the islands  

i brought this up to her as a possible  vocation she said she'd think about it  

i told her this journey could be part of  her learning curve i'll let you watch and  

you can decide for yourself if she has what it  takes to be a badass cape verdean sailing guide

personally i know mauricio has what  it takes to be a sailor look she's  

got galloping's three rules wrapped around her  wrist get any doubts if so turn up the volume  

sit back watch and think about it  some more me i got nothing more to say

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so what do you think did you take  her on your yacht to show you around  

the cool spots of the archipelago  maybe you need some more convincing

it was great to have you along in his voyage  give this a thumbs up and subscribe if you  

enjoyed this series me and galapan promise you  a good time every wednesday so welcome aboard