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Which Youtube video worked, which ones flopped ?

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Making a Youtube video from scratch is not easy. And I have to say I have lost the motivation for it.  It takes a lot of time and you are not even sure someone will watch it.  My goal was to create one long episode per month.  And so far, I only reached 10 episodes, although it's been now 11 months into the sabbatical.  Here below are the ones that totally flopped.  One only got 312 views as of now...  This one is fine, as it was rather fast to create and I actually had pleasure editing it. However, for the "TOP 10 Galeres" and the "6 months review", it took so much time to create and edit, I poured all my heart in, for just a bit more than 1000 views each.  It think these back to back flops in October had me demotivated.   But I still released one more video, "5 reason not to live aboard" that I think could be the last if I can't summon more strength in me to create 2 more... However, that  last one had a good viewing, 4000 views so far...
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January 2026: Budget report

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  Budget overview: First month of year 2026, and finally, we are spending less! We splurged during the Xmas holidays with our family over, lived in hotels and went to restaurants almost every day.  So January was the sobering-up month. On our way back towards France, being stuck in ports for days because of the strong wind, ports in Greece were free most of the time.  And there were almost no restaurants in the small Greek coastal cities we passed by.  We spent a total of 1371 euros, which is by far our lower monthly spent by far.  January spending details: We mainly spent on French taxes, for owning the boat, it was something like 200 euros.  And the rest was mainly food.  January vs Budget: We officially overspent vs Budget after the December holiday craze.  We still have 2 months to go, one to successfully return to France.  And another one to successfully renovate the boat to sell it.  So far there is only 3376 euros left for these...
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Navigation #189 SM di Leuca-Crotone, another long sailing day

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  On the way to Greece, it took us 12 hours to cross the Italian boot. We were graced by great wind. On the way back, Nico planned 20h instead. So we woke up at 4 am to make it happen. Turns out we were again lucky with the wind, we made it in 13h30 for 72,2 NM at 5,3 average.
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Navigation #188 Kerkira- Santa Maria di Leuca, 23h30 of sailing!

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  A short sailing day turned into our 2nd longest one as we continued our journey straight from Corfu to Italy. It took us 23h30 with 113 NM with tacking. Averaged 4.8 knoats after the night sailing brought us 20 knot sustained close hauled wind.
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Navigation #187 Mitikas-Kerkira Corfu, back to Corfu but stuck because of the wind.

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 Back to Corfu, we'll be stuck here 2 days because of the strong wind.  Unfortunately, just like last time, it's raining non stop.  We arrived 4h ahead of the planned 15h journey! We're lucky. We reached 57,8 NM in 10h50 with a 5.3 knot cruising speed. No tacking. Pretty smooth despite the swell and rain. One of our last stop before we leave Greece.
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Navigation #187 Fiscardo-Mitikas

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  We reached 40.8 Nm in 9h20 at 4,4 knots average. It was supposed to be windless but we were lucky some parts of the passage. And it was also sunny which we didn't expect given the wet start of the day! No rainbows today!
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Navigation #186 Drapano-Fiscardo Cephalonia island, hailstones today!

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  46.4 NM in 10h43 min at 4.2 average. We got a thunderstorm, rain and even hailstone on the way. We were to go to Ithaki but decided not to as the weather will be dreadful the full week.
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Navigation #185 Katakolo-Drapano (Cephalonia), stuck here for 3 nights

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  We started at 4 am to be sure to arrive before night. And we did, after 71.6 NM and 13:13 hours at 5.4 knot cruising average. We got good 26 knot wind gusts upping our speed to 8.2 knots. But we did have some passage with no wind at all, alternating between sail and engine. We'll be sheltering here for 3 nights.
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Navigation #184 Marathopolis-Katakolo, back to Katakolo

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  We reached 37.1 NM in 7h20 at 5.2 knot average. We had good wind throughout except at the beginning. We had 28 wind gust at some point. We managed to catch up the delay we gained yesterday and even arrived earlier than planned. Not early enough to have lunch at our favorite restaurant but let's try tonight. And we managed to go back to our fave restaurant, it was as good as usual!
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Navigation #183 Pylos-Marathopolis, stopping earlier than planned

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  13.1 NM today in 3h15 at 4 knot average. We cut the trip short as there is no wind. We'll catch up tomorrow.
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Episode 10 is out: 5 reasons not to live aboard!

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 This video was a bit cleaving.  Some love life at large, some see some points of improvement.  Well, truth is it is not as glamourous as it seems.  But some people are built for it, they are more resilient than others. Some others like me, like the comfort of modern life.  And this video unfolds our truth. 
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Navigation #182 Kalamaki-Pylos, back to Pylos

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  We did 22.9 NM in 6h a 3.8 knot average, only by engine. The planned 10 knot winds never came. We got to change route thanks to that and avoid a huge detour by going around the islands. Instead we went straight through them.
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Navigation #181 Porto Kagio-Kalamaki, 16hours at large

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2nd longest sailing. But everytime I say that, everytime the 2nd longest becomes the 3rd... Sailing with 16h at sea for just 80.6 NM, we did a lot of tacking. We averaged at 5 knot speed today. Arrived midnight.  
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Navigation #180 Elafonisos-Porto Kagio, windless

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  24,3 NM in 5h54 min at 4.1 knot average. Engine only. Boring sailing day. But we got to find shelter for the upcoming windstorm.
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Navigation #179 Monemvasia-Elafonisos

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  It was quiet at first, good tail wind, until we reached the cape. Wind gusts 20+ started. We reached 31 NN in6h16 min at 5 knot pace. Saw multiple rainbows.
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Navigation #178 Kyparissi-Monemvasia, back to Monemvasia, stuck there for 5 days

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 This week will be pretty windy, so we are sheltering ourselves at this port we now know so well.  And it's the occasion to climb up to the top of the island again to check out things we havent had time to visit before. 
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Navigation #177 Spetses-Kyparissi, back to Kyparissi

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  We reached 41.1 NM in 9h at 4.5 knot average. No puking today. And last day of the 3-day wind storm until the next one tomorrow. We peaked at 7.5 knot speed, at the beginning as there was no swell and good current.
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