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EP233. Slow sailing - our longest, most beautiful, voyage.
🕑 Added 2025-11-22 16:59:51 +0000 UTCIn early November we sailed Tally Ho from Ensenada down the west coast of Baja California to La Paz, around 850 nautical miles. It was our first passage with just 2 people on board, and we were initially nervous if we would be able to handle the boat and get enough rest.
This video is an attempt to bring you along for the journey - for a change, I decided not to use any music or voiceovers, relying on the sounds of the sea and hoping for a more immersive experience. Some shots are long - the editing is slower than usual, reflective of the pace of life on a voyage like this. When sailing, you are forced to be patient, and the wandering of the mind is its own reward.
There is no high drama in this chapter of the story - we had good weather and a pleasant trip. We flew various different sails, including our new (second hand) spinnaker, and I had to do some woodworking in the cockpit.
Comments
Julie Williams
Just loved this video and getting time to watch the boat and the ocean.
Nick
For those of us living vicariously through the Tally Ho crew, this episode gave me a real sense of what it is like to be out on the ocean. Loved the night shots, day shots, dawn and dusk shots. The blue of the sea is so beautiful at times it is almost unreal. Thank you. VFM.
auke reyenga
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James Miller
Have you considered roller furling for the jib and staysail to make sail handling easier when you’re short on crew?
David Frid
Great vidio, really captured the passage - I always enjoy your timely use of a music sound track but this was perfect to reflect the isolation of an offshore passage.
Philip Bechtle
Brilliant episode of calm beauty!
Philip Bechtle
What’s happening to Leo’s hair? Hope it gets back to its usual uncontrollable self soon ;-)
Richard Biker
Apologies if I missed any mention but how did the drive of the spinnaker work out ?
Allen Matteson
Ahoy Tally Ho. Would love to get some content from you on celestial navigation. Perhaps you could give a tutorial on determining latitudes from sun sights. Then it might be a fun activity in the future to send us your observed altitude of sun, date of observation and we can figure out your latitude. It might be a nice diversion from all the gushing over photos. Thanks
Don Ayers
Fantastic video Leo and loved the footage with the bird on top of the mast.
