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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...

Hello again! In this video, we hang out on the beautiful island of Formentera, just south of Ibiza in the Balearics. We start settling into life on anchor again, and enjoy the emptiness of the island - as we're there before peak tourist season. We hang out...

In this video, we're on the beautiful island of Menorca enjoying one of the coolest anchorages we've been in yet: Cala Coves. We have our friends visiting (who by the way own a beautiful Vindo 22 in Sweden). We have a rain day, so we go to this cool bar, b...

Hola from Menorca! In this video, we spend a few days in Mahon, the capital of Menorca, and learn all about its rich history (including some fun facts like that mayonnaise originated here)! We do a big food shop and track down a metal worker to help us fix...

Welcome back :) In this video, we finally set sail to Corsica - our first stop! We have a pretty smooth 24hr passage from mainland France (Antibes) to North West Corsica, and are blown away by Corsica's natural beauty and landscape. We stumble across some ...

We make our escape from the marina once we hear lockdown is lifted! We rush to get the boat ready to leave, finishing off critical projects for living autonomously off-grid. After a massive provision shop we set sail and start living on anchor full time in...

We buy an old sailboat and spend months working hard to fix it up during lockdown in the South of France. We live in the marina for 4 months working on refitting the boat to get our tiny home ready to sail full time. We take on the project of renovating ou...

We revisit our total sailboat refit project in a new four part series, covering jobs like osmosis treatment, teak deck removal, planning... Why? Because viewers are still asking us about it! With over 2,000 video clips across 51 episodes over 13 months, ou...

In this video, I'll show you what needs to be repaired on a teak deck, the tools, and supplies necessary to repair it, the step-by-step process, and I’ll also offer some tips and tell you about what does and doesn’t work. When you find out how much it...

Keeping a teak deck properly maintained is vital if you want it to last Replacing any missing or worn plugs/bungs is doubly important as water could penetrate through to the coring of a fiberglass deck and cause rot and structural problems.

http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - As the teak deck looked awful after our first “refit“ we decided to do all new - no not new just a new refit. A lot of work but it looks awesome now. Vita and Alina enjoy their time in the US and Australia and both h...

http://www.TheSailingFamily.com - The San Blas Islands are really beautiful - over one week we spend at the Hollandes Cays to refit the teak deck of Tavarua. For sure we had time to visit some islands and enjoy the nice coconut island scenery. Join us on o...