In today's episode of Sailing Joco, watch as Jeff and Mandy deal with some unpleasant surprises when working on their sailboat. Find out how a simple fix turns into a major problem and discover what they do to secure their belongings against the storm!
Sailing Joco welcomes long-awaited friends from Vancouver for Captain Jeff's birthday celebration in the heart of the beautiful Grenadines. Experience the highs and lows of a vibrant gathering aboard Sailing Joco and onshore as they make lasting memories.
Watch boat owners tackle a challenging watermaker installation on their Hallberg Rassy 352 sailboat. Learn how they faced obstacles and discovered rust inside their stainless-steel parts. Explore their process, problems, and solutions in this engaging Sail...
Experience the ultimate sailing adventure with Sailing Joco as they celebrate Christmas and New Year's on a picturesque tropical island. Join them for wild festivities, parties in paradise, and unforgettable moments!
Discover the step-by-step process of installing a water maker on your sailboat from Sailing Joco's experienced crew who shares tips, tricks, and their third try in this helpful video.
Join us as we face a familiar problem with our boat's engine and work together to fix it, ultimately getting back out on the beautiful waters of Martinique.
Christen and Jeff embark on a daring 72-hour sailing trip from St. Pierre to Dominica aboard their vintage Hallberg Rassy 352 sailboat. Despite facing fierce winds, gnarly sea conditions, and bouts of seasickness, the couple perseveres through the journey'...
Join us as we take on another round of boat repairs - fixing our vintage Halberg Rassy Spray Hood. With zero experience five years ago when buying our sailboat, we've been learning and improving ever since. Watch the video now to see how we tackle this pro...
Sailing Dominica: Uncovering Hidden Gems - Join Christen and Jeff, aboard their vintage Halberg Rassy 352 sailboat, as they navigate the lush island of Dominica. Experience their incredible adventure exploring hidden waterfalls, unique beaches like Champag...
Join Kristen & Jeff aboard their vintage Hallberg Rassy 352 sailboat as they encounter a swarm of ants all over their solar panels while cruising in Guadeloupe! Explore how this unexpected boat guest disrupted their Caribbean sailing trip and the adventuro...
We are loving the Caribbean … so we’re gonna go back North ? IN HURRICANE SEASON?! Are we crazy ? Let us know in the comments !!
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It started out so well too…
We planned the passage well, but it just didn’t work out for us! We make the journey from Guadeloupe to Antigua and man it was a struggle!!!
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Ahhhhh Antigua!
We had such high hopes for this tiny volcanic island with 365 beaches (one for every day of the year!) but life doesn’t always work out so perfect. We make the best of it anyway and have an absolutely amazing time being immersed in Race ...
We’re goin out with a BANG in this one. Jeff even goes overboard!
Join us on our last sail (for a while) as we make passage from Antigua to St Martin overnight. Beautiful scenery, whales, dolphins, turtles & sea birds …. And then disaster strikes ...
Ummmm .. what are we about to do?
Are we crazy?
Do we even know what we’re doing?
WHYYYYYY??
Q&A time for all your burning questions!
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AND SO IT BEGINS! WE'RE SCREWED!
Literally
Join us at Ground ZERO, Day 1 of our Teak Deck Removal on our OLD Hallberg Rassy 352 Sailboat
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We’re takin our top off!!
Of the boat obviously.
The teak … The TEAK!
Anyway, let’s get right into the next couple days of boatwork on anchor , and we make quite good progress for a couple newbies! In between getting seasick (yes, on anchor) of co...
We're on ... Day 5? 6? Can't even keep track at this point - not a good sign. We make more discoveries today with WHAT LIES BENEATH THE TEAK & investigate the chainplates.....
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Our days of work are starting out great, despite the rain. But then we discovered some bad news...
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BOAT OUTA WATER!! Now THAT was scary! We almost didn't make it but Captain Jeff pulled thru at the last minute! Now time to settle in and do some projects & Jeff gives a bunch of tips for saving us some major $$MONEY$$ on this refit. Hope you enjoy!
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We opened up the deck - and found ROT! This is a huge blow for us, tho it wasn't 100% unforeseen unfortunately. That doesn't make it any easier tho! We're gonna need some time to figure this out...
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WE'RE BOAT BUILDERS NOW!!! Just add it to the list of hats you carry once you own a boat!
We talk you thru the options for core replacement materials that we can get on the tiny Caribbean island of St. Martin, along with more investigation of our chainplat...
Why buy solid core WHEN YOU CAN MAKE IT YOURSELF!!! It's fiberglassing time, and while we are complete newbies, we think we're doing an ok job! Slow and steady wins the race. And results are in: IT WORKS!
This is "Part 2 of 3" of complete deck core replace...
The final push to CLOSE UP THE BOAT is on. And we've brought in reinforcements for the job. But Christin can only put up with Boatyard Life for so long and is LEAVING....
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We have been working our BUTTS off on this project but there always seems to be more tasks to do & things breaking and we're getting TIRED. Working in the heat of the day is not helping either but we're just taking it one day at a time.
NOW LET'S DO SO...
After HOURS and DAYS and WEEKS, the deck is finally ready for some heavy duty fiberglassing! There is no rest for The Joco's in this episode ... or ever really lol ... But we make some progress with putting the boat back together!!!
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We find ourselves on the beautiful caribbean island of St Martin, BARELY LEGAL! Working away on boat projects, unknowingly that our validity in the country and the caribbean in general is almost expired! OOPS
Just another boat part that is BROKEN - Are you even surprised anymore? Our mainsheet traveller needs some major attention and we go across the island in search of replacement shackles. And then need to modify it to actually be of use! Luckily Jeff knows j...
Well well well... whad'ya know - Our Outboard has ISSUES again! Wish we had a money tree because repairs aren't cheap! We scrounge around in the bilge to find solutions to our problems, but this isn't the end....
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If ya can't BEAT THE HEAT, embrace the sweatiness lol. Regardless of the weather, we are fiberglassing again - AND helping out a friend in the yard with his massive fiberglassing project. We give you some of our TOP TIPS we have learned thus far before hit...
We're kinda being kicked out - or in? We're Forced to make a BIG decision in this episode and it's a SCARY one. All the while we start another brand new project - replacement of our head hatch. We're all over the map in this one but that just how boatyard ...
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