Voyage Planning - Distant Shores Q&A

How to Sail to Your Dream Destination and Keep Everyone Happy. We discuss our plans for the voyage "Year 1" of sailing our new Distant Shores III. 02:45 Boat Show Plans Southampton, Annapolis, Toronto, Dusseldorf 03:50 What is your dream destination? 05:18 Our first trip in 1989 down the ICW 06:35 Cruise planning the next 1.5 years England to Panama 08:00 Design of the new boat Southerly 480 10:08 Cruising guides and pilot charts 13:25 Starting in England plan Feb 2018 14:16 Noonsite.com research website 15:09 Reading Pilot Charts 17:25 Sailboat Insurance #Pantaenius 20:50 Planning our France cruise 24:00 Coast hopping Spanish coast to Lisbon 20-50 miles per day 24:55 Using travel guides for exploration ashore 27:05 We are having people aboard -Sail Away Weeks (below) 29:40 Gibraltar offshore to Morocco passage to Canaries 32:00 Start with our "end goal" in our case - the Pacific 33:00 Transatlantic Crossing 37:34 Provisioning for an ocean crossing 42:27 Checking in Customs in Morocco Video 45:15 Speaking the local language 47:58 Checking in USA "Did you eat your vegetables" 51:52 Transatlantic Crossing Insurance 55:48 BVI to the Turks and Caicos 59:00 Chartering in the British Virgin Islands - Secret Weapon! Want to join us aboard Distant Shores 3? Check out the schedule for our Sail Away weeks here. http://www.distantshores.ca/sail-away/sail-away-schedule/