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After finalizing our chain locker redesign, we get to work on designing the plate our windlass is going to sit on. Due to material shortages we have to get a bit creative! Steel sailboats are quite the thing. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardli...

After cruising with her for 6 months and doing some short- term repairs, we decided it was time to do some big changes to the chain locker on our Van De Stadt Norman 40. This has included redesigning where our windlass sits, how our chain flakes, and wher...

In this episode we grab hold of the tasks set out from the survey report and get to work to ready the boat for the water. She's been on the hard for 6 months and although the previous owner was diligent with the ongoing maintenance there is still work to b...

In this episode, we sail to Coco Banderas in the San Blas Islands, Panama. We have a lovely time freediving and spearfishing but decide it is finally time to change our anchor chain. We decide to sail to a more shallow anchorage to swap the chain. As we be...

We arrive safely into the quarantine anchorage in Curacao and after a few days of quarantine on the boat, we are able to go to land to finish the lengthy check in process. In the meantime, Gary resolves our autopilot issue! Once cleared in, we waste no tim...

Is a rusty, flaky chain really a safety hazard?? Time to find out! Let's cut that baby open and see what's really inside. Over the last 2 years our chain has become rustier and rustier. It's mainly surface rust, so it poses no real threat to our safety. ...

We bought a sailboat with no experience, but knew that we could learn along the way. We left Florida with our barebones sailboat and along the way we have made her more comfortable with the generosity of many. We didn’t even know if we were going to like...

We had good intentions of going sailing on our Catalina 42. With only 6-7 kts of wind laziness set in and decided to motor around and drift. Had some pickled Herring, Asiago cheese, and crackers while out. Karen has a new bikini and she worked on the boat ...

Runaway Chain!! And a beautiful day with my wife. In this episode we take a look at some boat projects. We went to Annapolis to pick up new anchor chain. Getting it from the car down to the boat was a challenge. We replaced the old chain with the new- had ...

Little problems get more serious when big weather is bearing down on us. This week we take shelter from a couple strong cold fronts, and try to figure out why our anchor chain is rusting after just one year. We make things work and explain why we might not...

Series of videos which covers removing the rig to replace the standing rigging and service all the rig systems, plus some other winter maintenance aspects. Part 1 covers lowering the mast, de-rigging, dismantling and starting to service the Selden hydraul...

Attaching your anchor properly to your chain can be easily overlooked and often results in this being the weakest link in the system. Because your system is only as good as it's weakest link this is a serious matter. Many hardened sailors will tell you the...