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In this week's episode of Barefoot Travels, Davy takes on a big project helping one of our buddy boats with a Lagoon bulkhead problem. This Lagoon problem is on the 400 S2 model, the bulkhead in the anchor locker has some major rot going on. Check out th...

After finding out that our compression post had sunk slightly the decision was made to pull the mast to find out what was going on in the bilges of Fair Isle. Everything about Hans Christian boats is solid, we've never found anything other than quality eng...

Through every refit we have become more familiar with Avocet’s design and layup, touching nearly every inch of the boat in the process, but there was one final piece that was left mostly untouched by us - the mast. We had already done a bit of rig work p...

Series of videos which covers maintenance jobs during a 7 week visit to Cloudy Bay in Spring’21 This Part 3 mainly covers aspects of mast maintenance: - Re-installation of Selden gooseneck and vang mast fittings - Installing Selden mast spinnaker pole t...

With the main mast step finished, it's time to make the mizzen mast step. This one is significantly smaller as it will hold a significantly smaller mast and take less of a load. It feels like we're installing a sculpture as integral part of the boat! It's...

With wrapping up the bronze floors comes working on the mast step. This wild looking piece is built up out of live oak and black locust and looks more like a sculpture than a structural element in the boat! We also check alignment on Arabella to see if ev...

We finally get to finish up the work on the bronze floors. We had about six sets of frames that needed to go in once we removed the molds. These last sets all needed bronze floors made up for them as we couldn't make those on our first go around. That m...

This week it’s time for Mirrool to become a sailboat again as we install her refurbished mast and new Dyneema rigging and make the final preparations to our hull and deck ready for painting. KEEP US SAILING! Support us and gain early access to videos a...

35-year old rigging and a rusty mast step are not a good foundation for offshore sailing! Join us as we pull the mast for a total standing rigging replacement and do some investigation into our mast step area on our 1985 Passport 40, Yaringa. ___________...

Episode #160 : Sailing Dreams : OFF WITH THE STEP Hello Friends, We continue our mini-series this week that finds us up in Seattle helping our friend & Patron Tim get his 1981 Panda 40 "SV DECATUR" into sailing condition. On this weeks episode I s...

Episode #158 : Sailing Dreams : A Second Chance Hello Friends, This is the first episode in a mini-series we are doing titled "Sailing Dreams" that will follow us to the Pacific Northwest where we help our friend Tim "SIX" rebuild the mast step on his n...

Let's make Rediviva the ketch she was designed to be! Garrett and I work together to measure and cut our shrouds. Garrett permanently installs the mizzen mast step and I repaint a bit on deck as well as continuously add more coats of soup to the mizzen. Sw...