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We are ready for bluewater sailing in the South Pacific Islands, but after our long and challenging upwind adventure, rounding Cape Horn and sailing the Beagle Channel, Straight of Magellan, and the fjords and canals of Patagonia, we needed to do some boat...

A swim platform added onto the back of an older sailboat makes all the difference! It gives me amazing access to the ocean, a place to fillet my fish, or just a calm place to relax. In this video I'm gonna show you how I built my 4th and final swim platfor...

With our old engine out and our refit well underway this week we get dirty. The engine room has been neglected for some time and it becomes my mission to bring it back to its former glory. Isabelle makes some solid headway with the bilges. While we both di...

This week we take a dive deep into the engine room (when I say we, it's mostly Kieran, okey only Kieran). I am busy with other things, stay tuned. Kieran spends hours in the small room, taking the engine apart bit by bit. Finally understanding what has cau...

After everything going wrong that possibly could in previous weeks we finally have made it to the boat yard for repairs to start. Hauled out we look to strip everything away to be able to see what repairs need to be preformed. With the vessel's broken mast...

This week we continue to grind into the boat load of projects we have to complete while we are in the yard. One of the major projects is fixing the hole in the side of the boat... Did you guys know such a small hole can become such a BIG PROBLEM!!! Well le...

Bottom painting of our bluewater sailboat from start to finish! After striking an unidentified floating object (UFO) off the coast of Africa, we still had some repair work to do. That included stripping the barrier coat and applying new bottom paint. We ...

Sorry for the delay! Busy busy week at the boat yard! We start ripping apart and re assembling in this episode and get to enjoy some motoring aboard a 50 foot yacht! http://www.Patreon.com/SailorBarry It’s been tough, I’ve had to sell off a lot of m...

We thought this was going to be our next great adventure together... Instead it has proven to continue to be our biggest challenge and the challenges don't seem to be getting any easier. Now that we have all the water bailed out, it's time to dig into th...

Despite the weather predictions there was no wind at the lake. Hung out for a while then went back to my storage to repair a few items.

EPISODE 2 - THE HARDEST PART IS STARTING It's the second instalment of the Aldens Adventurer journey! We are rebuilding our 1925, wooden sailing boat, built by John Alden. Join us as we encounter both the problems involved in restoring an old schooner and...