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The forward cabin in our Westsail 42 has zero ventilation. There's no dorade vents, no hatches, and no portlights - nothing. This is a big problem because the forward cabin is Molly's room and she's going to cook in there if we don't do something about the...

The Lofrans Tigres horizontal windlass is one of the most common electric windlasses in use on cruising sailboats. It's time-tested, reliable, and spare parts are typically easy to come by so it seems like a great fit for our Westsail 42 sailboat. The inst...

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...

Before we could repair the leaking hull to deck joint on our Westsail 42, we had to remove all of the deck hardware that was mounted on top of the cap rail. Now that this boat project is complete, it's time to put all of the sailing hardware back onto the ...

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...

The Swabby, AKA Molly, AKA my best boat helper, accompanies me to FL where we get to work replacing a worn out cutless bearing, reinstalling the shaft, and installing a brand new PSS dripless shaft seal. Thank you for watching! ~ Ben, Tambi, & Molly ...

The time has arrived to get started on rebuilding the forward cabin of our Westsail 42. It's current state is one of general disarray and incompleteness. Really, the only part that's even partially finished are the boards on the wall, but most of those are...

We bought a Westsail 42 sailboat and we'd like to show you some of the projects we'll be working on through the Summer to get her ready for longterm cruising. She's a super-solid old girl with a whole lot going for her, but in order for her to be safe and...

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/drakeparagon0322 Have you ever imagined having a wood burning stove on your sailboat? Every winter for the past 10 years we’ve heated our boat with the Li...

Tambi and Ben head to Florida to move a Westsail 42 from West Palm to Green Cove Springs where they will spend the next 9 months getting the boat ready for long term cruising. The plan is to knock out this little relocation trip within the span of a week ...

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