Winded Voyage

Hello friends, As some of you may know my mom passed away a few weeks ago and I traveled to Switzerland. I did not have time to work on a new episode until now. So here it is. A storm ripped the zipper off my awning, so the crew, the market runs, and a borrowed sound system became my week in Lamin.

Hello Winded Voyagers. I should have posted this video yesterday. My apologies. Follow along as we explore the hidden depths of a massive Silk Cotton tree in the Gambian River Delta, a living witness to centuries of history, from ancient kingdoms to the scars of the slave trade. Beyond the natural b

Hello Winded Voyagers. I'm posting this video with a heavy heart. My mom passed last night. And today I saw a rainbow for the first time here in The Gambia. It seemed like my move was saying hello on her way up to the heavens. But let's get back to our story here. After six months in Dakar, it’s tim

Hello Winded Voyagers. Finally we leave Dakar. After six months in Dakar, it’s time to lift off and sail Galopin solo to The Gambia. What was supposed to be an uneventful overnight passage turned into a high-stakes obstacle course of compass failures, near-misses with fishing trawlers, and a literal

Is this the perfect setting for a sailor's hideout? And this is real, not fake. You'll see more of this wonderful place called Lamin Lodge on my upcoming videos. This place is a well known secret with a few in the sailing community. Locally, people come to enjoy boat rides, parties and booming late

The skies of Africa continuously mesmerize me. And during rain season, it's a spectacle. This will be home for Galopin and I from where we will discover more of this country

Six months into my stay in the bay, it was finally time to take Galopin out of the water because the hull growth had attached itself with a vengeance. Hauling the boat up onto the beach is always a nerve-wracking experience, and the sound of the cart balancing Galopin is enough to make you cringe. O

Hello Winded Voyagers. The clouds have gone and the sun is shining again. But it was scary here in the bay i Dakar a few days ago. This video documents the somber hours after a severe storm hit our bay in Dakar. A poorly anchored work barge drifted through the anchorage, causing serious damage to bo

I vowed never to ride a moto-taxi again, but the people here in Africa changed my mind. Meet Mamgol, a 64-year-old mast climber built like a jockey who helps us tackle the wind meter issue. But just as we thought we could get some work done between storms, trouble arrived adrift. A massive storm mad

Hello Winded Voyagers. In this episode, Galopin goes for a cruise! We finally got the sails up with Diego and Pape, but our Sunday excursion to Gorée Island wasn't just about the journey—it was about the irony of the destination. Known historically as "Slave Island," Gorée is now a bustling local fu

Hello Winded Voyagers. Do I have medical insurance? No, I don't. So what do I do in case of an incident? Like on a motorcycle taxi where I got burned on the exhaust pipe which turned into a very nasty infection. I went to see a doctor who checked me out and prescribed a strong treatment. That nasty

Hello Winded Voyagers. After months of hard work, sanding, and refitting, Galopin is finally going back in the water! In this episode, we navigate the ups and downs of boat life in Dakar on the hard. Trust is everything when you’re far from home, and the local expertise here in Senegal has been inva

Hello Winded Voyagers After securing a new three-month visa in Dakar, the wait is finally over. In this episode, Galopin is pulled out of the water for essential maintenance at the only place in West Africa to properly care for an ocean-going vessel. Watch as the local team, Arona, Pape, and Tafa, e

Hello Winded Voyagers. This weeks video takes us to a place I can comfortably call The Stoner's Paradise. Welcome to The Gambia—the small sliver of a country carved by colonizers but defined by its incredibly chilled vibe. In this episode, we link up with a local legend, Rasta Babs (Babacar), to exp

Great news Winded Voyagers. Winded Voyage channel is back online! It happened yesterday after weeks of waiting for YouTube to unblock it. I hope I can still ride some of the Cabo Verde search wave after their incredible performance at the World Cup. But back to our current situation. Other big news,

Hello Winded Voyagers. Now that Cabo Verde is all the rage, I'm still locked out of my account. Just had another failed attempt according to YT instructions. My videos would get tons of views now, thanks to the heroics of the Blue Sharks. Oh well. Meanwhile back here in Dakar, thhis is what's happen

Bonjour Winded Voyagers We're back. And in the thick of it. Getting around the massive market here is quite the challenge. Can you find your way out of Colobane Market? One of the busiest in Dakar Senegal. I team up with my friend As to recover a lost hard drive in one of Dakar's most intense market

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Hello Winded Voyagers There's no wind in my sails yet, but things are moving... slowly. In the delightful African pace. Winded Voyager is starting to make its place in video world. After two weeks away from the boat was all it took for reality to hit hard. In this episode of Galopin, we are back in

To my Patreon family, First, thank you for sticking with me during this silent month. As I explain in this exclusive video, the silence wasn’t by choice. My channel was hacked. I lost access to everything—10 years of history, 800 videos, gone. But a hacker can delete files; they can’t delete the voy

Hello Winded Voyagers This is the final video of Season 7. After 10 years of posting on YouTube, over 800 videos my channel has been hacked. Hence why I'm posting here. I'm working with YouTube to get my channel back, but the process is long. I will take advantage of this to take a break from postin

Hello Winded Voyagers I’m writing to share some hacking news alongside the release of my latest episode. As many of you may have noticed, my YouTube channel has been hacked. I am currently locked out and working to regain access. My affiliate partner, Bent Pixel, is actively in contact with YouTube

Hello Winded Voyagers, I am writing to share some crap news: my YouTube channel, which hosted over ten years of genuine sailing adventures and more than 800 videos under the Winded Voyage name, has been hacked and has completely vanished from the web. At this moment, that decade of work is inaccessi

Hello friends. Galopin and I are back from Switzerland and back to working on videos as well boat stuff. My brother turned me on to AI to help my channel. Surprise? I'm a believer! I'll be making some changes and repositioning for the future. Hint, I'm officially retired and old. And I'm sailing aro

Bonjour Winded Voyagers. Mana is such a cool person to have aboard. How we got together is, I don't know, unreal? I told you this place was magic We're anchored in the fishing village called Elinkine. We've been busy the past few days attending local festivities, so we decided to stay on the boat an

I had heard about Casamance from French sailors. They bragged about how magnifique it is. Magique. Fantastique. But the French can be, well French. So, I took what they said with a grain of salt. As well, I do not go on websites to places I go and read peoples opinions. I want to see for myself. Wel

The Casamance region of Senegal is truly special. Better yet, it's magic. Little known to many but well traveled mostly by French sailors. I was told by a few of it's "magic", but could never have imagined the magical feeling of the place. You have to be there. In the islands of the delta. This vide

Bonjour Winded Voyagers There’s a lot going on here in this video in terms of Senegalese pride. First, I get my outboard fixed by Babou and his crew. In Senegal there’s always a solution. We get a genuine wholesome message to humanity delivered by young mechanic Abdu. Lose and find my dinghy by Alio

Hello friends. I'm going back to my own words rather than the AI generated blurbs from YouTube. It's not getting me any more views and it's not authentic. This video is about real life here in Ziguinchor Senegal. In my opinion, sailing is not just about the journey, but the destination. And once the

Hello friends from the Casamance River. I'm trying a new angle to get more views and more great followers like you all. According to YouTube, us old geezers are trending and good business for the platform. So this is the "How To..." video targeted to old dudes that want to stay young like me, hahaha

This is the winter home of many birds species. I'm no avian expert, but I am intrigued by all these birds flying above Galopin and I. The big birds, literally big birds also nest here. The young ones have not gotten their colors yet and just hang around. The giant trees are their winter time shares.