I quit my job to get closer to our dream of sailing the world. This is an update on my (Jordan's) professional life as well as the starting of the refit of our Endeavour 32 "Freebie."
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The Endeavour 42 is a spacious and comfortable yacht that you could easily live aboard. We were initially drawn to the model because of the center cockpit design, as well as the size and layout. The yacht featured is listed for sale for just under $60,000 ...
After lending a hand on Lucidity, it was time to sell Somnium. Initially Taylor reached out to us via email after binge-watching all of our episodes. (Sidenote: I want to make a shirt that says "Learning the Lines - At the end of the rabbit hole where you ...
The free sailboat we obtained was in Titusville, FL and we needed to move it as close to home as possible to begin working on it. We had some time off because of Thanksgiving break so we decided to get the boat as ready as possible and set off on the 4-5 d...
They say "There's nothing more expensive than a free boat," but craigslist has some unicorns every now and then. This 1978 Endeavor 32 we picked up has a 2004 Westerbeke 20B Two engine in it with 270 hours, newer rigging, sails, and in-mast furling, new br...
We've always dreamed of owning a large sailboat and calling it our home... Is this going to be that boat? Is there too much work to be done? You tell us... because we still haven't decided.
This boat we check out is an Irwin 52' - a very luxurious sailing...
We finally remove the diesel! We'd be wanting to remove it because it's just a hunk of junk. Not only has it not been running for 5-10 years according to the previous owner, it's seized, missing an alternator, and missing a starter. Check out what we did, ...
We've been sanding our boat's hull for far too long! In this episode we do a little sanding, a little hiking, and a little updating.
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With our hull only half-sanded, we decided to take a break to remove our holding tank, test an autopilot, and clean up the boat a bit.
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Sanding, sanding, and more sanding! If you like sanding as much as us, this episode is for you. We tested out what's quicker, sanding at an angle or sanding flat. We're still only about halfway done with the sanding of our hull, however the next episodes w...
The boatyard blocked our sailboat wrong, and that lead to the hull "oil-canning." I had to go in and fix the way the boat was blocked, and then Randi and I started sanding the hull in preparation for bottom paint.
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Before hauling our sailboat out and putting it on the hard, we decided to try to do some scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico, but ended up with food poisoning at sea.
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We rented some scuba gear and went out to find our lost anchor. We also painted the bulkheads in preparation for installing new headliner in our sailboat.
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As any sailor already knows, whatever can go wrong will go wrong. You have to be friends with Murphy, as he always shows up to any trip out on the water. Offer him some rum, and clean up any problems he may cause.
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We've been really busy with non-sailing related stuff, but Jordan found some time to do something he's always wanted to do - take the boat out for a solo sail.
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Our good friend comes out to take some moisture reading on our bulkheads, since we determined that the boat had flooded in the past. We also install a conduit, clean up some electrical, and do some testing with some foam-backed vinyl headliner from Sailrit...
It's not all sunshine and roses when you own a sailboat. This week we do some sanding, fail at trying to remove some adhesive, and that's about it!
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Music - "Rich Kids" by Judah & The Lion. Check out their single "Take It All Back 2.0" here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXU3vzAmhE
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This week we sew a new bimini cover with sunbrella fabric from Sailrite, then go for a sail down to Pine Key (Beer Can Island) to get some kiteboarding in! It's been a long time since Jordan's been able to kiteboard so he's really happy to get back out on ...
Happy New Year! This week we squeeze four people overnight into a 27 foot boat as we sail out to the mouth of the manatee river during a cold front. We catch and cook our dinner that night and sail back upwind to Tampa in 20 knots.
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This week we finish up our Sailrite mainsail kit and get it on the boat. We then rip out some more carpet headliner. Finally we get back on the water and motor down to Beer Can Island to clean the bottom of our boat while a pod of dolphins follow us. On th...
This episode we continue with ongoing boat projects, including installing the CDI mainsail reefing system, ripping out our carpet headliner, and sewing our new main sail. We also get a brand new Mast Mate to help us climb the mast in the future.
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We get back our rudder pintles and reinstall our rudder with new tiller. We also go check out the St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show to get some ideas for our future boat.
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This week we work on installing our new CDI mainsail reefing system and get invited to go sailing on a brand new Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40! We want to thank Mike and Lauren of S/V Unspoken for the awesome day sail!
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