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In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we finally get off the mooring and head offshore, but anchoring becomes an issue when our Lofrans Tigress windlass fails. At least we finally get to hang out with Anthony again! He was the first really good friend we ...

Get a glimpse of life aboard a sailboat in this fascinating YT short on SV Arianrhod with Dylan Magaster, as we take you on a tour of the deck and reveal the essentials and equipment needed for a liveaboard lifestyle. From a dive compressor and scuba tanks...

Our boat feels naked without her anchor, chain, and solar panels. This is a big boat project episode. Kate has fun with epoxy and fixes up the dinghy in her bikini, Curtis installs new solar panels, our re-galvanized anchor and chain arrive and we inspect ...

After finalizing our chain locker redesign, we get to work on designing the plate our windlass is going to sit on. Due to material shortages we have to get a bit creative! Steel sailboats are quite the thing. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardli...

After cruising with her for 6 months and doing some short- term repairs, we decided it was time to do some big changes to the chain locker on our Van De Stadt Norman 40. This has included redesigning where our windlass sits, how our chain flakes, and wher...

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The windlass that is currently installed on our boat is wrong in many ways. First of all, it's a vertical windlass, but a horizontal windlass is what was really needed. Secondly, it's location puts the motor obtrusively in the middle of the forward cabin...

This week we sail to some amazing and stunning anchorages have a complete non working windlass, and have to bodge a bit of rewiring quick sharpish and take advantage of a deserted beautiful Cala with a bit of topless swimming, whilst we're out taking a lit...

As we pulled up our anchor at our previous spot, we found that the windlass (which pulls our anchor off the sea floor) was making EXTREMELY concerning sounds.

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The windlass has been rebuilt for some time. Now the skies are clear to drill some holes through the deck and dive into getting this installed. So much of every project is making sure everything aligns. Now that we are counting down the days to leaving the...