Dave and Patricia sail a short 10 miles on their Jeanneau 440 to the man made island of Redfish in Galveston Bay. Enjoy a bonfire on the island at sunset and try some treasure hunting.
Dave and Patricia sail off to Red Fish Island. Just a short 10 miles away. On the way we get a distress call from the Coast Guard.
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Patricia and I decided to buy a sailboat while on vacation in French Polynesia. When we returned we ordered a new Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 that we got last April. This channel is about the outfitting and upgrades we are doing to the boat plus some Texas Co...
David and Patricia bought a brand new Jeanneau 440 and are outfitting it for cruising. This will be their first solo sail and first overnight anchorage. They are traveling from Kemah Texas to Offatts Bayou about 28 miles away.
Vitrifrigo All in one fridge freezer is installed on our Jeanneau 440.
Dave and Patricia ordered a new 2021 Jeanneau 440 after returning from a sailing holiday in French Polynesia. They continue to outfit and upgrade the boat in preparations for a big sai...
I install a Yacht Devices Engine Gateway on the Yanmar 57 hp engine on our Jeanneau 440. The gateway translates the J1939 protocol from the Yanmar and converts it to NMEA2000 so it can talk to my Raymarine system.
I do a custom install on a Blaze Professional LUX Marine Grade Portable grill on our Jeanneau 440 sailboat. We really liked the Blaze grill but mounting options were limited especially for a sailboat. So I engineered a mount for my stern pulpit. I used the...
We unbox, inflate and give our opinion on the Bote Aero chair. We had been looking for a portable chair solution for Cavu. We considered bean bag and an everywhere folding chair. Ruling out the bean bags due to storage the everywhere chair seemed to be our...
We install a Raymarine I70s in our brand new Jeanneau 440. This means cutting a hole in a brand new boat. Having the new multi function display is going to greatly enhance our situational awareness. Raymarine uses a networking system so wiring it should be...
I added nav lights to our True Kit Discovery 330. The installation went well and I'm pleased with the results. Attached is a parts list, some parts were sourced locally or was in my inventory. I did use heat shrink tubing on all the wires but this set wasn...
Phinn is our Belgian Shepherd Tervuren. He is four years old and we have debated whether or not he will make the transition to the boat. Join Dave and Patricia as they outfit their new 2021 Jeanneau 440 and learn to sail.
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Dave and Patricia christen their new Jeanneau 440 Cavu. They go thru the preparations they made for the ceremony and show an abbreviated toast. Patricia has three goals,
1: Don't fall in
2: Break the bottle on the first attempt
3: Don't damage the boat...
We build a diy battery box for the electric start Mercury Marine 15hp EFI outboard on our True Kit Discovery 330. Here is a parts list if you would like to make one:
https://amzn.to/34JmDR9 .50 cal ammo can
https://amzn.to/3uKPKxX Cliena electric panel...
This video is about new boat projects on our new 2021 Jeanneau 440. Just because the boat is new doesn't mean there are not projects. Some are items we chose not to include in our order based on price or product selection. Some just were not offered and ot...
I install a Hardline combo hour / tachometer on our new Mercury 15 hp EFI four stroke outboard.
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This was an easy install and is really necessary to maintain your outboard properly.
True Kit Unboxing
When we ordered our new Jeanneau 440 sailboat we knew we would need a dinghy. We didn’t want to ruin the lines of the new boat with davits. Looking for something that was totally inflatable so it could be stored in a locker and lightwei...
Patricia and Dave continue to explore the islands of French Polynesia with as stop in the worlds most beautiful lagoon Bora Bora.
Inner Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licen...
Patricia and Dave leave Taha'a only to return in a sailboat. Part 3 of our Taha'a adventure as they decide if living on a sailboat is what they want to do.
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