Barefoot Travels Archive – Page 2

In this episode we show you our new hurricane damaged boat! She has a good side and a not so good side! We will show you most of the damaged parts of the boat. Surprise surprise she needs a lot of work! And maybe some new rigging! Thank you to everyone ...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we try to figure out where the weird smell is coming from! What the FUNK! Thank you to everyone who has subscribed! Don't forget to leave a comment and give us a like! Thank you to all our PATRONS for all your s...

Let the boat work begin!! In this episode we start some of the fibreglassing jobs we need to do before leaving Puerto Rico. Repairing the port bow is one of the first jobs on the list! It's funny how in this time wearing a mask and safety googles for fibr...

We will have to move our hurricane damaged boat at some point! And hopefully if all goes well it will be back towards the Cayman Islands. Just shy of 1000nm from San Juan, Puerto Rico. When deciding to move our boat this far there are many things we have ...

This week we get everything ready to take our home on her first sea-trial! This is something we've been waiting for, for a long time as we had to wait for the big super yacht beside us to move in order for us to get out of our slip. Once Nirvana was out ...

This turned into a very sad week on the dock. But first let us say that we did get quite a few things ticked off the list at the beginning of the week. The rudder was bent so we managed to get it fixed and reinstalled. Our second sea trail was very succes...

Today we have decided to post an extra little video with our departure update! The time has come to leave Puerto Rico. We have decided to go with Plan B and head towards the Dominican Republic! Wish us luck on our maiden voyage on our new boat! Cheers guys...

Our hurricane boat comes back to life! Leaving San Juan Bay both of us were full of anxiety and excitement! We were ready for a new adventure! Thank you to our good friend Justin at Magicwing for the spectacular drone footage! Our drone is unfortunately i...

Luperon is a beautiful place to have to be on quarantine. We are so thankful that they have allowed us safe harbour to fix a few engine issues before continuing on our path home. As you may know we did have a few engine issues on our crossing from Puerto ...

This week on Barefoot Sail and Dive we try and fix a few things. That's what cruising is all about: Fixing boats in exotic places!! Domingo has been fantastic helping us find the belts for the engines and making us a new part. Davy finally fixed the water ...

This week on Barefoot Sail and Dive we move into Luperon Harbour, onto the floating dock! The dock gives us a chance to finally get some boat work done! Davy made a HUGE HOLE in the boat...but it's a good thing! Fixing some of the delaminated fibreglass. ...

This week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we continue with some fibreglassing work! Davy has filled up that massive hole in the side of the boat and it is ready for painting! When we did our crossing from Puerto Rico to Luperon we had a few issues with...

In this week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we have some big news! Our next BIG project will be building a HARD TOP for Barefoot 2.0 During the two hurricanes that hit Barefoot her original hard top was blown off. We have decided to create a bigger a...

In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we show we how to build a mold for a fibreglass hard top! It is a very long process but we are getting there. We went to the hardware store here in Luperon and found all our supplies for the job. Davy has be...

In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we continue to make progress on our new fibreglass hardtop! However with every step forward there are two steps back! Tropical Storm Isaias made a direct hit to Luperon! Luperon is and has been a great hurri...

In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we continue with our project of building a hardtop for our hurricane damaged catamaran! It is a huge project and after a few set backs we are finally moving forward! Last week you saw us pull out the epoxy ...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we continue to work away on our hard top. However we nearly get evicted from the garage from the navy here in DR. The navy are friends of ours and it was a simple misunderstanding though. The second half of the mo...

This week on Barefoot Sail and Dive we decided to take a few days off to enjoy the local waterfalls! The hardtop is safely secured on the dock and we will get back to it next week! Stay tuned to the end for a little sneak peak of what it will look like w...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we get back to work on the hardtop! The first step is to figure out how high we want the hard top to be. By building a wooden frame we will be able to test out different heights before its finalized with stainless...

In this weeks episode we decided to finally let you know how much our hurricane damaged boat cost us! We've been getting lots of questions lately about people who are interested in what we are doing. This week has been terrible for weather ... well the rai...

In this weeks episode we get back to our hardtop project! It has been quite difficult to get work done. Between the humidity, rain and other people who need assistance this project has taken longer than planned! HOWEVER we are making progress! Our little ...

In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive .... Davy helps our good friend Matt repair his keel joint on his Catalina 350. We met Matt out in the quarantine anchorage when we first arrived in Luperon back in June. They arrived two days after us. We sp...

In this week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we come back from a night away from the boat to find something we were not expecting!!!! A bilge FULL of water! The pump had stopped working and we have a serious issue to deal with! When faced with a chal...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we give you a brief haul out update! We are making progress with what we need to solve our problem! We also show the steps necessary to fix a Honda 2000 generator. The one we have been borrowing stoped working thi...

In this episode of barefoot sail and dive we prepare our boat for haul out! We have a number of different jobs we need to finish up before being on the hard. From fuel transferring, making mosquito nets, building a workshop and servicing both engines we h...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we HAUL OUT! We know we have a lot of jobs to do on the boat and feel very fortunate to be here in Luperon in the Dominican Republic to do it. The staff at Marina Tropical were all very professional! When the first...

In this week's episode of Barefoot sail and dive we start to investigate the hull for any hidden damage that we may not have seen before. We know there is a lot of work ahead of us so coming up with an action plan is our next step! We are super excited t...

In this BONUS EPISODE of Barefoot Sail and Dive we find some really smelly broken delaminated fibreglass in the port side hull. We briefly showed you in the last episode the repair Davy had done to strengthen this spot when we didn't think we were hauling ...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we finally get the trailer removed from under our boat!! It was a very stressful 20 minutes but the staff at marina Tropical were very professional. They moved slowly and removed it without causing a massive failur...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we HIT THE JACKPOT! Well we found another Mahe 36 in the Dominican Republic on the south coast! She is scrapped and badly damaged and there is a possibility that we can get parts!! We take the drive south, 6 and a...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we officially de-mast the boat. The previous owner had put up a short stumpy mast with the hopes of sailing a spinnaker from it. In our opinion it was not strong enough and we are looking forward to making repairs ...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we work on our rudders a little bit more. Can we recover them?? There is way more hidden damage inside them than we thought! We also show you a little bit of our typical day here in Luperon. There are many events ...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we continue working on the damaged rudder. We need to make a decision whether or not to build a new one or rebuild the one we've got. There is quite a bit of damage on it b ut restoring fibreglass is one of Davy's ...

In this Episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we make a lot of progress towards our new rudder. Davy spent a couple days creating a mold of the one "good" rudder. Restoring a fibreglass boat is a huge project and we are so thankful for everyone who watches an...

In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we try to tackle some more sanding but the weather decided to change our plans. Instead of sanding we decided to install our replacement, recalled goiot hatches. Whoever said it was an easy job has got to be kiddin...

In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive, Davy works on restoring the second fibreglass rudder. We've also had a lot of rain this week so it has made doing some of the bigger projects more difficult. Having a catamaran is fantastic as it makes a li...