We decided to talk about some things we have never talked about on our YouTube channel before. We had an amazing time meeting in person some people that have been following our journey: from building our shipping container house to refitting our sailboat. ...
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We found a leak!! We also treat our water tank this week!!
If you are new here... we are a Brazilian couple that have just bought a 44ft hot galvanize...
Boats and their problems! Last week we found a leak on our boat and now we fixed it but we found another problem while fixing the first problem!!!
We are a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200). The idea is to bri...
After 40 days of painting work we found out that we had left some spots behind.
We are a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200). The idea is to bringing her back to life after 22 years abandoned on the hard. Once we...
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the world taking our house with us!...
One step closer to go to the water!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to trav...
Yey!! The moment has arrived! We are assembling our mast!! We are soooo happy!! What we couldn't imagine is the amount of decisions we need to make in every single step of the process. But, slowly it's gaining shape and our boat is almost looking like a sa...
Since we bought our sailboat, that was abandoned on the hard for over 22 years, we had the dream of replacing the old mast and rethink her sail plans!!
This is the second video about the assembling of our mast. If you want to know a little bit more about...
This week we installed important components of our mast: gooseneck, stays, terminals...
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3D Illustrator: @jeanmarcbock
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper...
Time to go deeper into our abandoned boat!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her ...
Time to get rid of really old dirt!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to trave...
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the world taking our house with us!...
This week we FINALLY installed our brand new mast on our once abandoned boat!! Yeah!! We are now a sailboat again!!
Thanks so much to our Patreons and partners that made this mast project possible!
Thanks a lot: Nautos, Spinlock, B&G, Optolamp and Man...
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the world taking our house with us!...
This episode was made possible by Xantrex and by the support of our good friend Fred. Thanks so much guys!!
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Equipement used:
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Continuing the installation of our electrical system. This week we finished the 220/110 volts system, including shore power and inverter.
This episode was made possible by Xantrex and by the support of our good friend Fred. Thanks so much guys!!
Check th...
This episode was made possible by Xantrex and by the support of our good friend Fred. Thanks so much guys!!
https://www.xantrexenergy.com
(Use the code OddLife at the check out as a coupon code)
Equipement used:
Xantrex Freedom XC 200 True Sine Wave Inve...
This week we turned our sailboat into a more energy efficient boat, so we can hopefully soon untie the lines and go off the grid.
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned...
We've changed plans again!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200, designed by Joubert and Nivelt) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission o...
We're refitting our sailboat for a year now! Now we're getting closer to the splash day and we're chasing the tasks of our to do list to go to the water!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic...
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When we think we are on time to go to the water we realize we missed things on our to do list!! 😱
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in ...
This week we worked on something we hope we will never need to use, but it's a safety equipment to have on a boat.
Live Q&A with Xantrex is gonna happen on this channel (www.youtube.com/oddlifecrafting ) and also on Xantrex's facebook (https://www.fac...
This week we joined with Xantrex specialists Don Wilson and Wesley Shuen for a Live Q&A. We will be discussing the topic of onboard power in the marine space.
This live Q&A is a great chance to get your questions answered by industry veterans.
H...
This week we installed the flanges of our through-holes back in place and we added some great stuff to them.
We are sooooo happy to cross this item off from our to-do list of things to do to splash our sailboat.
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian cou...
We finally got to the water!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the ...
The pluming system of our sailboat is almost done!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitt...
Time to deal with something that we were procrastinating for a long time.
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on...
Time to assemble the steering system of our once abandoned sailboat!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the...
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After over one year refitting this abandoned sailboat we think she deserved a new "identity". We finally renamed our new floating home!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was ab...
Huge transformation of our anchoring system.
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting he...
Luckily we did this in time. Now we are safe to splash the boat in two weeks.
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We ar...
That's it!! We are ready to splash our dream sailboat after 23 years on the dry!!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200) that was abandoned on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. ...
No words to describe all the emotions of this special day!! Thanks so so so much for everyone the supported us to get here and to keep chasing our dreams, we will be for ever grateful!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft ...
It's amazing the feeling of waking up and remembering that our boat is actually floating!!
More about Nautos Sailing Hardware: http://nautos.com.br
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200,...
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