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The annual process of antifouling is upon us and we need to make some decisions about what to use, where to antifoul and what is going to suit us as we cruise the Mediterranean. It's not a simple decision as there are so many products on the market, and t...

After sanding and scraping the hull, we are finally ready to paint the bottom of the boat! I had originally planned a month to do all of this work but Maddie worked harder than any human ever should and we did it all in 1.5 days! After painting two coats o...

We spend two deplorable weeks in the boatyard getting our Lagoon 410 catamaran ready for the upcoming season. The behind-the-scenes of what it's really like...

In this episode I get the final two coats of anti-fouling paint on. Things get pretty messy when you are on the hard when you have to spend all your time on the projects that need to be done so I start doing some general clean up. I also measured the dra...

In this episode you find out that part of my daily routine is chatting with my new neighbour James who has been sailing the world since 2007! You get to see how the stands are moved so I can sand down the areas that were under the pads and get some primer...

In this episode I got the last coat of anti-fouling paint on. Since it was the Easter weekend and I didn't want to delay getting the paint on I ended up just straining the the paint that had the debris in it rather than try and get it exchanged. The st...

A subscriber that had contacted me a while back came for a visit and here is a quick look at the project he was working on while his boat was up on the hard. www.lifeislikesailing.com www.facebook.com/lifeislikesailing