Anchors away | 24 | Beau and Brandy Sailing
Safety first! We install a few key safety items as we prep to get Saoirse sailing. The stanchions were installed using butyl tape and plastic backing plates. Then we installed the anchor roller and windlass. H...
No boat work this week, but we did jump out of an airplane to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Big props to Skydive Sebastian! Hope you enjoy!
big love,
beau, brandy, and our salty dog, oona
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Cheap sailboat with an electric motor | 22 | Beau and Brandy Sailing
Back to boat work! but first we get front row seats to mother nature's dance. We were at the right place at the right time to catch these two male manatees trying their best to get the gi...
Tomorrow, May 31st 2018, is our 10 year wedding anniversary!!!! I want to dedicate this episode to Brandy. She is the love of my life and my true soulmate. Hope you enjoy!
big love,
beau, brandy, and (our salty dog) oona
Lovey,
I love you more than words...
Firing up the solar panels for the first time.
A lot has happened to get our solar panels up and running, but we finally did it! We finished wiring the Chevy Volt lithium batteries, landing cables, installing power distribution blocks and fuses and creati...
Here fishy fishy fishy | 19 | Beau and Brandy
Have you ever been deep sea fishing? No, us either, but we got to experience what it's like at a boat show. It was a lot of fun and big props to Virtually Hooked. Oh, and Beau does some electrical stuff. Hope y...
New friends, WHAT! That YouTube, have an electric motor, and like to play board games. Match made in heaven. We meet up with Herby and Maddy from The Rigging Doctor before they took off for the Bahamas. Then we try to get some boat work done but the weathe...
Splash prep! One last coat of bottom needs to go on before we get splashed, but first to clean up around the boat. We finally take a look at all our sails and find a brand new genoa. Then we take a quick trip to the farmer's market to pick up some organic ...
The heart of our electric motor install are these Chevy Volt batteries. We just need to get them mounted securely in Saoirse, our 1971 Pearson 35 foot sailboat. We built a new mounting platform platform in place of the old diesel tank. Hope you enjoy!
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Hang out on the beach or mount some solar panels, hmmm. It's such a tough choice, so we did both 😄 It took us a while and a lot of trial and error but we finally got our solar panels mounted! Now to hook it all up and start collecting the sun. Hope you ...
Check out our HUGE solar panels, yes panels with an s... that's right there are two of these monsters that are going to be hanging onto Saoirse, our 1971 Pearson 35 sailboat. We finally get them in and give them a thorough inspection.
We run a few errands ...
We finally get our rescued toe rails installed on Saoirse, our 1971 Pearson 35 sailboat. Oh, and we also get our special delivery in, SOLAR PANELS!! Hope you enjoy!
big love!
beau, brandy, our salty dogs, oona & dipity
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We take a trip to Ft. Lauderdale Florida to get some fresh brewed coffee at Bean to Brew. Oh, and we also go sailing on a 46' Leopard catamaran in the ICW with Scott and Holly from Sailing the Space Between. We see a mega yacht get drug through some tight ...
We go on a couple adventures to find a few items for Saoirse, our 1971 Pearson 35, or Home as we like to call her. We go with some friends to look for some LED lights at IKEA. Then we take a relaxing stroll, BIRDS!!! on the beach. There is a ton of garbage...
In this episode we rescue some toe rails from their ultimate demise. Then Brandy explains our minimalizing process as we get rid of more clothes. Beau services the boom and get is installed. Hope you enjoy!
big love!
beau, brandy, our salty dogs, oona & ...
We finally get our mast up! Although, we're not ready for the crane to come lift the mast. We struggle to get everything done before it's time to lift the mast in the air. The rigging was the perfect length and we we able to get the stick up with no issue...
We're getting ready to step the mast! In this episode we make the last renovations to Saoirse's mast by replacing the old wire rigging. Beau makes a few modifications to accommodate the LED anchor light, while Brandy runs new wiring to all the instruments...
We get moved again! This time we're put in a part of the boat yard where we can raise the mast... a little foreshadowing, maybe? Then we drop the centerboard and replace the old rusty cable with a new dyneema rope.
We have fun celebrating Brandy's birthda...
In this episode we take out the old chainplates to see if they are reusable so we can keep our mast upright on our 1971 Pearson 35. Then we show you how we installed them. We also repair the spreaders so we're ready for the new rigging to raise the mast.We...
In this episode, Beau grinds off the through hull fittings and finishes off Saoirse’s paint job with a nice red bottom coat. We are so grateful for you to be following our journey as we restore our 1972 Pearson, Saoirse, into our dream boat to sail the w...
This episode, you guessed it... more SANDING. But we finally get the top coat of Awlgrip to Saoirse using the roll - roll method. We also have some fun at the beach practicing some acroyoga.
big love!
beau, brandy and our salty dogs: oona & dipity
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This episode Saoirse get hauled out of the water and set on dry dock. We then do some sanding, sailboat renovations like replacing the part of the deck by repairing the balsa core, and celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary with wedding band tattoos; oh and...
Our very first Vlog episode! This episode we explain our move down to Florida from New York and onto our 1971 Pearson 35 sailboat as full time liveboards with our two dogs. From a town house to tiny living.
big love!
beau, brandy, our salty dogs, oona & ...
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