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Desalination units - or water makers - allow sailors to be more self sufficient and offered for longer periods of time, which is why choosing the right one for your vessel is crucial! Join us aboard Avocet for a deep dive into the installation of our Rainm...

Because we enjoy sanding and fairing so much, we continue this beautiful activity in today’s episode! So, we are moving on, back into the cockpit for more sanding! Oh, of course you’ve seen us sanding and fairing that area before. But that was before t...

Hi there! In this episode of building Wilda we are introducing our new channel trailer! Also we are making more progress on our beautiful catamaran and this time it is not only on the roof! We started fairing the decks! I started by cleaning and sanding...

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Projects continue as Ben installs inspection plates on the diesel tank, repairs rotten wood in the aft cabin, and generally works towards preparing the boat for new voyages. It's been a long, hot Summer of non-stop boat work and if he doesn't get to go sai...

Tambi and I lay on 270ft of fiberglass cloth onto the bulwarks of our Westsail 42. The fiberglass we use is 25oz double biased mat. We make 3 laps around the boat with my job being to wet out and lay the fiberglass strips into place and her job being to mi...

We've ripped off the old teak cap rail, cleaned out 90 ft of hull/deck joint, and now we begin to fill and fair the joint with thickened epoxy. It's HOT work doing this kind of manual labor in the intense Florida heat, but between the 2 of us, we set up an...

We get all of the metal we need to do our work on the boat and start on cutting some metal! We use the plasma cutter to get rid of the mystery pipe in the chain locker and subsequently end up with some flames inside in the process.... Patreon: https://ww...

THE COSTS of our REFIT - A question so many of you have been asking - what are the costs of your Full Refit Beneteau 57 in Turkey. Unless you buy a new boat every few years, a refit of a sailing boat will be part of your sailing life. So in this sailing ep...

Learn from our mistakes... After 2 years on a novice DIY paint job, we discover what mistakes were made - and what we're doing differently this time! ❤️ Enjoyed this video? Leave us a comment, let us know what you'd like to see next! 👀 WATCH MORE ...

Boat projects and sailing in the SAME video? Wild. We know! Join us as we head back to the Ventura Harbor Boatyard for another round of projects, this time on our race boat, a Victory 21' previously known as "Christopher." Eight days and a lot of sanding l...

Vitrifrigo All in one fridge freezer is installed on our Jeanneau 440. Dave and Patricia ordered a new 2021 Jeanneau 440 after returning from a sailing holiday in French Polynesia. They continue to outfit and upgrade the boat in preparations for a big sai...