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...
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...
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...
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!
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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 ...
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...
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!!
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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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
(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...
(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...
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...
(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 &...
(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...
(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...
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...
(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...
(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...
(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 ...
(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...
(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...
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