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Sailor Girl Wants Good Times & Tortillas | Sailboat Story 241
We launch the dinghy to explore the Cathedral Caves of Rock Sound. After that, we're hot & sweaty so we jump off a cliff into the Ocean Hole. Then we're hungry to we head to the boat and cook up a batch of tortillas. ~ Ben, Tambi, & Molly | "SAI...
She’s Ready To Sail | Sailboat Story 91
Our Endeavour 32 sailboat is ready to sail. In this vlog, we tune the standing rigging with a Loos tension gauge, we get a new spray dodger, and we also discover an impromptu boat project that MUST be completed before we can sail. This was our LAST boat ...
Poli Glow Polishing, Boat Launching & Mast Stepping | Sailboat Story 90
BUY A SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/animateys/ ************************************************************** FINALLY, after over a year of waiting and working, it's time to splash the boat. The travel-lift raises Sandflea from her stands and slowly r...
Man VS Stuck Oil Filter | Sailboat Story 87
The highlight of this particular video is probably the part where I do battle against a recalcitrant oil filter. For me, it kinda sucked, but for you - I imagine you'll find it somewhat entertaining. Oh - Tambi and Molly make an appearance in this one. Al...
Installing Sta-Lok Rigging Terminals & Bleeding A Lot | Sailboat Story 85
In this video I'll be installing Sta-Lok rigging terminals. These are great because they are assembled with simple hand tools instead of requiring a swage press. Replacing the standing rigging on our sailboat is tough. It's hot, mosquitos are everywhere, ...
DIY Sta-Lok Standing Rigging On An Old Sailboat | Sailboat Story 83
It's time to replace the 38 year old standing rigging on our Endeavour 32 sailboat. In this video, I replace the 4 lower shrouds. Those are the wires that run from deck-level, up to the height of the spreaders. Ever since buying this sailboat, I've had t...
Selling & Sailing | A General Update | Sailboat Story 82
Things aren't going as easily as we had hoped concerning the sale of our house. It's not really that big of a deal, aside from the fact that it's causing us to miss out on valuable cruising time. This video shares our current day-to-day living as well as ...
Building A Chameleon Sailing Dinghy | Epoxy & Fiberglass – #3
I flip the dinghy over and cover the outside of the hull in a layer of fiberglass cloth and epoxy. It's so cool to see how the cloth disappears as it absorbs the epoxy - this is especially apparent when the footage is sped up, which you'll certainly see -...
Building A Chameleon Sailing Dinghy | Stitch & Glue – #2
Part 2 of building a homemade Chameleon Sailing Dinghy from Home Depot plywood and cheap epoxy. I've worked on the boat now for 68 hours. It's hard work, but I keep reminding myself how amazing it's going to be when we're sailing it around various clear-w...
Building A Chameleon Sailing Dinghy | Lofting Plywood – #1
I'm building a Chameleon sailing dinghy. It's a sprit rig pram made of plywood and epoxy that will sail, motor, row, and nest. During our last trip to the Bahamas I saw a few rigid dinghies that had small sailing rigs that were cruising around the anchor...
Old Boat Gets A New Water Tank Lid | Sailboat Story 81
Our Endeavour 32 sailboat gets a new water tank lid to replace the rotten one that was contaminating our drinking water. This project, like all boat projects, took far longer than I thought it would. In the end though, I think the results are worth the e...