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After a roller coaster 3 day sail from Honduras to Mexico, we arrive in Marina Chiapas. Our hands are full with lots of boat work from troubleshooting our fuel issue from when we broke down at sea to fixing our transmission shaft seal leak. This nomadic li...

We continue with sailboat projects on Mundial with unusual weather for summer on the Central Coast- gusts of wind all week while trying to fix up our sailboat and the V Berth! life on a sailboat with gusts of wind (and not always sailing) can be tricky! Wa...

In this episode we got a crispy new mizzen sail which meant some more sewing! Jays friend Ryan dives under boat and Jay receives an awesome gift from a local sailor. To follow our journey on a more personal level, become a Patreon! https://patreon.com/sa...

Sailing is a great way to discover…new lands, new experiences or, in this case, sewing machines! This sailor uses his knowledge and love of repairing and using sewing machines to connect with people around the world. Join us on a tour of these magnificen...

What is the best sewing machine to have on a boat and why is it the Sailrite. Seriously. Need to make new cockpit cushions? Sailrite. Need to mend a sail or even make one? Sailrite. New cockpit enclosure? You guessed it…Sailrite! Take a spin with us on t...

While we wait supplies ready to head back to the Bahamas, we ticked off a lot of jobs from the boat list. "Welcome to Sailing Salacia Star, a channel dedicated to exploring the world's oceans and waterways. Join us on our sailing adventures as we explore ...

In this episode, Kenna sews cockpit cushions (with zero experience) using a 1969 Sewing Machine powered by our solar panels!

We bang our heads on our fuel problems some more with hopefully positive results. Then the winds come howling in and force us to stay in one place.

Sore bums no more! Our inflatable dinghy is the equivalent of our car in boat life and we are no strangers to short choppy waves when getting from A to B. Travis shows how he sews a simple DIY seat cushion for our dinghy with a closed cell EVA foam and a ...

We take Peanut across the dodgy waters to Thursday Island to do a bus tour. We head up to Green Hill and wander around the guns and check out the war items in the many displays. We have a drink at Australia’s Top Pub, fill in our Census and get our Covi...

It’s back to the shore to measure up for the Mainsail stack pack. It’s much quicker this time as we have already made the mizzen stack pack. Then it’s back to the boat to start sewing again. We head to the jetty to fill Nutshell’s water tanks and ...

We’ve made it to Seisia and go ashore in Peanut, to the Loyalty Beach Caravan Park, to pick up our spinnaker sock., finally! We measure and mark out the fabric for the mizzen stack pack. There isn’t enough room on Nutshell to do it easily so we use a ...