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Welcome back to WE|Sail, on this weeks episode we haul out VA in a small yard in Hiva Oa. It has been nearly two years since we last hauled the boat out and left her to fend for herself. WE prepare the boat for some time away and this is the first time we ...

Sanding the bottom of our Cheoylee Offshore 41 sailboat. In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we continue sanding below the waterline on the portside, to ready her for fresh bottom paint when we fly back to Mexico next season. We found a couple problem areas ...

Hauling out our cheoylee offshore 41 sailboat in Mexico. The time has come! We are officially taking Sitka out of the water in Guaymas, Mexico. The process was not as smooth as we would have liked being a sailboat with 2 masts in a small slip with an excep...

Sailing & cruising full time from country to country is the absolute DREAM for many! But it also takes a huge toll on the vessel. Which if not properly looked at, can cause major $$$ problems, or worse, fail you while you're out on the high seas. In t...

Rescuing a stray kitten and saving a cat - Sailing Malaysia This week we save two cats in the space of one week. After spending two weeks sailing down the south west coast of Thailand with our crew of sailing teenagers we now find ourselves and our live ...

Oh yes, it's that time of year where we give some extra attention and love to our floating home from new bottom paint to going the extra mile and getting prop speed. Oh and we share some added boat yard living details too. ;) Cheers everyone! PATREON h...

Avoiding disaster Build Back Better - Sailing Malaysia This week we are hulling out our cruising catamaran at Rebak Island marina, Malaysia for a much needed rudder bearing replacement for both hulls.. The starboard bearings in particular, top and bottom,...

We've been hauling out our 33 year old sailboat, Esper, since 2004 (in south-east Asia since 2014) so we have plenty of experience. But with all that practice, and no matter how competent the yard, it's always somewhat nerve-racking. A sailboat is suppos...

When the morning arrives, the engine knocking returns and we heavy-heartedly accept what this means for the near future… the haul out we so nearly avoided.

We are FINALLY finished with all the major jobs that could only be completed with the boat out of the water so we are very happy to get here back were she is happiest - in the water!! We had 7 sun up to sun down days of work on the boat, nonetheless we g...

Just what you all wanted- more boat projects and work videos right?! Well you're in for a treat! Actually this is just the beginning, we TRY to haul out at the first yard which turns out to be a bit too tight for our beam, (again- you think we wouldn't m...

Welcome to the Boat Yard! It's not all fun and games. In this episode we transform Sylfia into a Duracell Battery... Just Kidding but we go hard in the North Australian Darwin heat to get our boat ready for her trek around this veryyyy big island! Thank ...