This was our last week on the boatyard and of course we had a huge surprise!
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 neglected on the hard for 22 y...
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This week it's finally time to check out our brand new sails!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Diniep...
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 neglected on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the...
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This week we finally go out for the first sea trial of our brand new Yanmar Engine (4JH5E).
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought ...
Splashing a boat is always a special moment, but splashing a boat that you worked on for over 2 years is something even hard to explain!!
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200, designed b...
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 neglected on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the...
This week we celebrate 2 years refitting Odd and our present is THE SPLASH (I mean the real time day we are posting this video, so you guys will probably watch the splash episode in two weeks).
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bough...
After spending 6 months on the dry we are now counting the days to splash our sailboat and to finally untie the lines.
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft steel sailboat (Dinieper Tropic 1200, designed by Joubert and Nivel...
Sailboat CUSTOM MADE Helm Station
Today we are gonna show you how our brand new helm panel was built from scratch.
If you don't know what I'm talking about check this other video we did some weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R956AcVEA_I
We’re...
This video is a continuation of the work we are doing on our new electrical and electronics panel.
If you didn't watch the other videos about it check them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbF96bqjToM&list=PL4cGhq-GjyFl4RlIZO-zP4rgT0zElweAu&i...
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 neglected on the hard for 22 years in Guarujá, Brazil. We are on the mission of refitting her to travel the...
This week we did all the wiring for our brand new electrical panel. We are soooo proud of our work.
If you didn't watch how we made our electrical panel yet check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbF96bqjToM&t=362s
We’re Duca and Rob...
The DIY boat project we have been postponing for the past 6 months!! We can do it!!!
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...
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 of refitting her to travel the...
It's my turn to talk!!
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 of ref...
Our new engine finally inside our boat!! FINALLY!!
Do you want to know more about our engine replacement? Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cGhq-GjyFm6BPfiJHIDl11ZPTcT682c
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that ...
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 of refitting her to travel the...
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 of refitting her to travel the...
This week we finally finished a project that we have been postponing for a while.
If you want to know a little bit more about our container house check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqpRH4mIELI&list=PL4cGhq-GjyFmqYII-mhecm3PBh-3H_yQV
We’r...
We are installing a brand new engine on our boat, but to have it working properly we have some jobs to be done, such as installing a new exhaust system.
This is the second video about our exhaust system. If you haven't watched the first one check it out...
You might know by now that we are replacing our engine. Is this news for you? Check this video that we explained the reasons why we are buying a new engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUClRe5bj6g&t=761s
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian coupl...
This week we installed 3 extra solar panels. This time we installed them in Parallel and now we can compare how they perform and how our other 3 solar panels that are connected in series perform.
Now we have a total of 600w in solar panels and they are wo...
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 of refitting her to travel the...
This is the second video we produce about our propeller shaft seal system. Are you curious to see more about it? Check this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo4--VybSug&t=163s
We’re Duca and Roberta, a Brazilian couple that have bought a 44ft st...
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