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Join us as we continue sailing across the North Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the tropical Caribbean in our Bluewater capable Hunter 42 Passage sailboat. We're short-handed with a crew of 2 people onboard on days 20-22f our transatlantic. We encounter a d...

We fix a leak coming from one of Wishful Thinking's thru hulls by doing some fibreglassing. We also get some other boat jobs done including servicing our winches and re-oiling our compass. We then make a second launch attempt and set off on our journey thr...

We serviced the Meissner winches and had our fuel and fuel tank polished. The engine ran well and we thought we were good to go so we headed for points south. Unfortunately, only a few minutes after leaving the current marina our engine stopped. We were to...

This week is mostly up to Noël to take on the boat projects as Grant is away in Yosemite on a rock climbing trip. This week consists of scrubbing the hull and all things winches! A first for Noël- so go easy on her and let her know how she did! She servi...

Big Daddy Safari takes the reins this episode by building 2 new spreaders from scratch. He also introduces you to a good friend named Henry Ford and services an old winch.

Tim Kings the designer of Salacia Star has been spending some time with us, he was very generous in sharing the project that he is currently working on & took Rick on a tour over SY Smith. Hope you enjoy this video, it was truly an awesome day. "Welc...

Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: saltandtarcrew@gmail.com. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we...

We spend the night at Mapoon and Magnus services the mainsail winch. We head off early to the Pennefather River and Magnus checks out the bar in Peanut. Magnus chat about Fiinders and his explorations. We continue the sail on to Weipa. Thanks for watch...

How to grease a sailboat winch.

Want a glimpse of normal sailing life aboard? Servicing a Lewmar 64 Ocean Series Winch onboard our J Boats J/46 while at Nanny Cay Marina in the BVI. Curtis does a quick service on our winches. This is what real boat life is. Much of our time is spent doi...

We lost all control of our boat and nearly crashed into the other boats in the marina. It all ended without any injuries but it did mean another haul out.

Still working on last week's TO-DO list, as it goes: boat work never ends. Then we figure out how to build a frame to shrink-wrap your boat for the winter... We try to piece together the previous owner's frame and adjust it since we're leaving the WHOLE RI...