POOF!
Just like that, sailboat refit magic💥 We have ourselves a brand new rudder.
If you've ever seen a more interesting rudder than THIS (which I seriously doubt), provide us with photographic evidence, and Joel will shave his marvelous mustache on c...
This episode is all business.
Sailboat drive train business.
Our boat is starting to look more like... well, a boat. We are plugging holes left and right!
Of course, this installation wasn't without the head-scratcher or two.
(If you think the coupler...
Everything for routine boat work, catastrophic breakdowns, and provisioning for long passages. You can find it ALL here... but only if you know where to look!
So c'mon, buckle up, we're Bums on a Boat and we've been here a WHILE. We'll show you where to ...
As Bums on a Boat, we're all about cheap living and tiny houses.
This place has the best location in town with Wi-Fi, water, and electiricty ALL INCLUDED for the low price of just $** a month!!
Did I mention we're living in the Caribbean !
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FINALLY we returned to the sailboat!!!
She looks okay... just like we left her... except for a few crazy curve balls...!
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We rescued Lola 10 months ago in the Dominican Republic.
But we haven't been sailing once in all that time, so this was our first chance to get Lola out on the water!!
And meet up with some really cool peeps who have a boat pup of their own...
Despite...
What happens when you gamble with Mother Nature?
Sometimes you lose.
Harvest this year on the farm has been "frustrating and frightening." We still don't know if all the crops can be harvested in time.
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With a pale patch of bald skin on the top of his head that refuses to grow, Joel finally decides to take drastic measures...
This is a little peak at what we've been up to this summer while attempting to destress and grow back some hair!
It's been a wil...
Why live on a boat? Why travel? Why do anything at all?
WHY NOT?!
This week with Adventures Missoula we look a question that has plagued the human race since the dawn of consciousness.
It's a question with no ultimate, objective answer, but the individ...
Albert and his wife haven't bought insurance for 20 years. Last year, while living on his sailboat in the Dominican Republic, he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
This is his remarkable story.
Thank you Albert, and congratulations on winning your battl...
*DISCLAIMER*
This is not a definitive list of tactics in heavy weather sailing, nor are we suggesting we are experts IN THE LEAST at handling storms at seas.
In 4 years we've traveled 1,800 miles and been caught in 2 gnarly squalls. These are takeaway l...
Are SAILORS and FARMERS cut from the same cloth?
If you didn't know, I (Michal) grew up on a farm. This summer I get to introduce Joel (my city-boy sailor) to all of the wonders and horrors of a rural way of life!
(RATTLESNAKES included)
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We learned the hard way so you don't have to...
Any self-respecting sailor wouldn't be caught dead making blunders like THESE.
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We just did something most live aboard cruisers will have to do throughout their adventures. Also, enjoy a stroll through the marina we have been at for the last 6 months while working on our 33' sailboat.
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Soggy Cockpit Rebuild 5/5
The cockpit sole is solid, sturdy, and finally fixed forever!
This was an insane project that we don't recommend undertaking unless you absolutely have to. Our backs will never be the same.
Also, we slapped some paint on the bo...
Soggy Cockpit Rebuild 4/5
This week was a wild ride, s&#@ing, s&#ding, and more s&nding.
Hang on as we take you through phase 2 of cockpit sole installation, and you'll find out what the heck Michal is so freaking obsessed with ! !
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We found honeycomb! Also called "nida-core," we're stoked to find synthetic structural material in middle-of-nowhere Luperon, Dominican Republic.
Now we get to rebuild our soggy cockpit!!
This is the prep stage... stay tuned for next week's installation....
We found out the hard way, you shouldn't rip out old core like a bandaid... OUCH.
Plus - one of the old steelies in the yard was chopped into bits!!
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There's no going back. We're down the refit rabbit hole.
This week, the soggy cockpit floor came out... and you'll never guess what we found underneath it!!
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Vista del Mar . . .
An off-grid dream built into reality by the marriage of technological prowess, the magic of a green thumb, and sheer determination.
Check out their blog for an in-depth look at what these super-humans are up to!
https://vivavistadelm...
Our online research suggested a hacksaw and force. . . but a fellow boater had a MUCH MORE graceful approach !!
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We banged our heads against the wall, until finally there was no other choice...
Giving up is always an option but will it really solve our problems?
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We broke a set screw, and then the prop shaft nearly broke us...
Joel has a CRAZY dream inside the prop shaft nightmare!! (don't wake him up, he thinks he's done with boat work)
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"Things fall apart, it's scientific." (gold star if you can name the song and artist)
In the latest battle against entropy, the Bums discover a narrowly avoided catastrophe beneath the cockpit sole.
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