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October 15, 2024
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PEOPLE are so AMAZING! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 89
](Ep.98) More amazing news to follow! We have been blessed to know people who want us to succeed and are even more blessed to have them as friends! Thank you so much to Glen from Utah Home Mag for making this dream of having two new engines a possibility...
NEW Diesel Marine ENGINES!!! | VETUS
(Ep.99) So we got in our van (courtesy of Leon & Angie) and headed down to Cape Town to go pick up our new Vetus 3 cylinder 27hp New diesel engines & everything we need to install them and running smoothly! We were so excited! Words cannot describ...
Sail Drive ENGINE BED INSTALL! | VETUS | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 90
(Ep.100) Wow, can you believe we're on episode 100 already!! Que the celebration for when we are in the water! ;) So this week we got all our goodies from Vetus in the previous episode we set out to start installing it which meant grinding down inside our...
Cutting a HUGE hole in your BOAT | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 91
(Ep.101) We cut our engine beds to size & now it was time to bond and fiberglass in the babies in and cut out the whole for our new sail drive.. It was so SCARY & nerve wrecking but the sail drive fit like a glove! Happy days!! What's left on ...
DIY Vetus ENGINE INSTALL Part 1 | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 92
(Ep.102) The time has come.. to put in our engines. We had a few questions on how exactly were we planning on installing our two new Vetus engines and fitting them through our tiny doors...well here is the answer to your awaited question. Once the engin...
DIY Vetus ENGINE INSTALL Part 2 | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 93
(Ep.103) We had a epic week away with my family & had my cousins from the US visit us here in South Africa for my brothers wedding! We got back to the boat and it was time to install our engine gauges & connect up our engine controls. Next step wa...
DIY Vetus Diesel ENGINE INSTALL Part 3 | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 94
Episode 104 're at the final stages of getting our engine finished and running, it's taken us longer than expected but that's because Ricky has been doing some work on others peoples yachts and installing part time but we are so close! Stay tuned till nex...
BOTTOM BOAT PAINT| YACHT REBUILD WEEK 95
(Ep.105) Ricky shows you some of the work he's been up to when he's not working on our boat & we tick two things off our list... Epoxy hull & Anti fouling. Cheerio!! So excited we are really excited to get in the water now. We bummed we couldn't w...
Best WILD ANIMAL Sanctuaries in the WORLD!
(EP 106) So we've decided to show less work and more fun on this episode. I have had this video done and ready to upload for a while now but couldn't think of the right time to upload it.. then I decided heck why not right now! Enjoy our amazing trip to t...
Our CATAMARAN finally has a NAME! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 96
(Ep.107) Although it's been a tough week from our rental car getting bumped & Ricky's wallet getting stolen, there was a silver lining to it all. Our name finally has been placed on the boat & man what a sweet day it was. We were over the moon &...
Merry Christmas🎄 & Happy New Year🎇
We have decided to prioritize a bit at the moment. Everything has just gotten so overwhelming between juggling our boat and other projects we have had so we have taken a step back from YouTube till January to focus on finishing our boat & getting these...
Brand New Engines RUNNING!! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 97
(EP 108) We are back!! Happy 2020 everybody! Well besides finishing up the last project we had we can now officially tick off our engines! They are running like a dream. We installed our saloon fans as it's getting pretty toasty now that it's summer here i...
Took us 2 YEARS to get here.. | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 98
(EP. 109) We are so close to the finish line.. we have been getting all our lines and fenders and foam prepped for launch day approaching. We get our headliner finished and can tick that off our baby list and we start sorting out the boat and getting he...
We LAUNCHED OUR BOAT ⛵
Ep 110 We did it!! We launched Lady Africa!! Two long hard years of fiberglass, epoxy, sweat, tears and some blood every now & again! 🤣🤣 Thanks to everyone who supported our rebuild process & always had encouraging messages to give us. We app...
Our FIRST Sail | We DID IT! 🎉🎉
Ep 111 We took her out for the first time & man I thought the boat launch would be emotional. What an amazing day. The engines were running like a dream, we anchored off the pierre and swam, put out our fishing rods and caught some tuna. Went into the ...
Boat Life | Our First Week Aboard
E.P 112 So it's our first week living aboard Lady Africa on the water & it definitely has been taking some getting use to. Besides the rocking to sleep, I have had to get used to all the sounds of the ocean and barnacles around me.. We get started on ...
Boat Life | Living Off Grid
Episode 113 Ricky has been working on another beautiful 50ft Tag Catamaran that has been featured before in our previous videos; it was an ideal time to get some work done to help pay off our engines. We also take her out for another motor sail to test o...
ABANDONED SAILBOAT 2 Year Yacht Rebuild in 7 Minutes! ⛵
So we finally got the energy and time to compile our whole yacht rebuild of our abandoned sailboat into a meer 7 minutes.. Can you believe it.. I wish it actually just took us 7 minutes to complete this project.. 😂 The before and afters are obviously a...
Making our own stack pack.. & our sails wont go up?
EP 114 We finally get our sails up! We did run into a bit of a nuisance but they are up!! One step closer baby! 😄🎉 See ya next week!! Thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe below if you haven't already & give us a big thumbs up as wel...
TEST SAILING The YACHT WE BUILT!
EP 115 We finally test our sails on a yacht we built! We were so excited to test out our Spinnaker! It was magical and we were so happy to see her rainbow colors flying. We test out our Genoa, Inner Jib and our Main as well. Think she's good to go now an...
BON VOYAGE PORT ELIZABETH! | Sailing South Africa
EP 116 The time has come for us to pack up & say our goodbyes! It was a tough one. Although we were ready to untie the lines, the goodbyes were not easy. We start our traveling journey with the first stop being Cape Town South Africa. ⛵ See ya next ...
Crossing from the INDIAN to ATLANTIC Ocean | Sailing South Africa
Our second part of our trip down to the western cape. We round the Cape Aghulhas & catch some tuna as we make our way to the beautiful city of Cape Town! Thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe below if you haven't already & give us a big...
Sailing past CAPE POINT | Sailing South Africa
EP 118: Travel by Sea into CapeTown We arrived in Cape Town! We got to experience a few things before this Corona Virus hit our shores. So we enjoyed the few weeks we had of sight seeing before our plans all have come to a halt. 😫 Travel by Sea into Cap...
We made it to CAPE TOWN | Sailing South Africa
EP 119 We say our bon voyage to Rob! (We sure are going to miss his contagious laugh & good spirit but thank goodness for social media so we can keep in contact) Thanks to Eric & the Cape Town Yacht Services crew for helping us get Lady Africa shi...
Africa’s Paradise | Traveling South Africa & Mozambique
EP. 120 Prior to all the Quarantine and Lock downs that have taken place in South Africa & most of the world, we were able to head up to Mozambique and go visit Ricky's family. We got to explore the markets in Maputo and take a trip to Ponta do Ouro to...
Table Mountain almost killed us.. | Travel South Africa
EP. 121It was an Experience of a lifetime to climb up Table Mountain in South Africa and see the most beautiful views in the world Prior to all the Quarantine and Lock downs that have taken place in South Africa & most of the world, we were able to tra...
Boat Life | Stuck in Lockdown
EP 122 So we find ourselves in the beginning week of our lockdown! What does that mean for us here on Lady Africa? Laundry...Haircuts, hanging out in our VETUS Jacuzzi & BOAT WORK! We installed our two new port lights that we initially thought were goi...
Exterior TOUR of our Dean 365 Catamaran
EP 123 Join us as we give you guys a exterior walk-through of our Dean 365 Ocean liner Catamaran you have NEVER heard of! that we have restored from the Abandoned Yacht that she was before to the lady she is now. We talk all things outside & what she h...
Interior Tour of our Cheap Catamaran | Dean 365 Oceanliner
EP 124 Join us as we give you guys a interior walk-through of our Dean 365 Ocean liner Catamaran you have NEVER heard of, that we have restored from the Abandoned Yacht that she was before to the lady she is now. The Dean 365 is known to have the largest ...
CATAMARAN REBUILD COST!?! 😱
Episode 125 The big.... no HUGE question that has been on everyone's mind? How much exactly did our catmaran rebuild cost us? Well we go into depth of how much our Dean 365 cost us from start to finish. What those costs entailed.. what it took from us.. ...
Going LIVE in ISOLATION!
Join us for a live chat. Whats next for us on Lady Africa. When are we going to leave.. if we can leave and whats the next stop and what have we been up too during our lockdown. Look forward to seeing you all there. 😁😁 We also have this spiffy new J...
Boat Life | Work Never Ends..
Episode 126 Since being stuck in Lock down since the end of March, we used the first couple of weeks to do absolutely nothing... we got so bored and fidgety we decided why not finish all the boat projects left to do now so once the travel ban is lifted we ...
Service Time For Our Engines | Vetus
Episode 127 Yes. We are still in lockdown & probably will be for a while. So what does that mean for us here on Lady Africa?? More and more boat projects. This week we get our sails taken down and sent to Ulman sails for some quotations and sizing.. W...
Charging our Engines from our Alternator | Buck Boost Install
Episode 128 Another week in lock down but hey look at the bright side.. we're at level 3 now which means one step closer to more borders opening up. This week we get our lithium's charging from our alternator, which means we installed our Victron buck boo...
INSTALLING our AIS & SALT WATER DECK WASH 💦
Episode 129 We get done to installing AIS which means we not only receiving but also sending which is fantastic! (Thanks so much to one of our very special Patreons for gifting us this) Our parents are ecstatic now cause they can track us 🤗 We also get ...