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I have been practicing knots and learning two new ones. The Flying Bowline is fun and can be used when need to create a loop very quickly for docking or throwing to someone overboard, and the Prusik enables me as a solo sailor to climb the mast with a saf...

I have noticed that Wahine has been a tad slower of late and when motoring I am getting a slight shudder between 2500 - 3000 rpm. It's been a year since I painted her bottom so I am `hauling her out for a day to inspect, clean, and paint. #solosailor #...

Join us weekly for more boat restoration fun! Favourite tool of the day - the hammer. In this episode we remove the propshaft so that we can change the shaft seal to a more modern dripless system. So we had to figure out how to remove a prop and the the ...

In this week's episode, Andre found our cutlass bearing to be bad so we get that replaced in the water, which typically requires hauling the boat out.

The Swabby, AKA Molly, AKA my best boat helper, accompanies me to FL where we get to work replacing a worn out cutless bearing, reinstalling the shaft, and installing a brand new PSS dripless shaft seal. Thank you for watching! ~ Ben, Tambi, & Molly ...

The sailboat refit has officially begun and that means that we have to take a lot of things apart before we can start putting it all back together again. We pump contaminated diesel fuel out of the boat, take off the Max Prop, disassemble the shaft coupler...

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. This Part 3 covers removal of vang and goose-neck mast fittings; servicing winches; dismantling the...

Welcome to the yard, and one of the first project of our season prep! Ryan wanted to change the cutlass bearing, which was due for a replacement after 13 years of good and loyal services. Since replacing the cutlass bearing involved removing the prop s...

You answered our poll and we're delivering. This is the first of many "Casual Friday" episodes coming your way. Who's excited for more content?! Our old cutlass bearing looks to be corroded in place. Can we leave it there, take out the old rubber, and ins...