PROJECT VIDEO: Glassing up a New Base
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On this second part of the this install series I make the necessary adjustments to the marine ply base to find the right fit and remove material from the underside to make it match the camber of the d...
PROJECT VIDEO: Cutting Holes in Boats
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This is the first part in a series of videos showing you how I replaced our original forward hatch with a Lewmar Ocean Series 65 hatch.
Our original forward hatch was very bad at keeping the sea ou...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #133 : FINALE: The Passage Home
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The Season Finale is FINALLY here!!! After 5 weeks on the hard we were finally able to take Triteia home !
The promised winds never arrived so we slept through the night ...
Camille's best friend Andre flew in from New York City to spend Christmas with us and ride along on the passage home. This special episode of BEERS ON A BOAT is a conversation Andre and Camille had about the Italian Digestif he made for Camille and about w...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #132 : THE SPLASH! and an offering to Poseidon
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I thought the day would never come! After 5 weeks on the water (I thought we would be out for 5 days) and an inconceivable amount of work we finally splashe...
Hellooo! Oh how I miss going to a taproom!
This episode of beers on a boat, from when we were in Ventura in December, brought back so many memories! Here John and I are taking advantage of a little downtime to test the local goods. Spectro Hazy IPA from T...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #131 : Wrestlin' the PSS Shaft Seal into place
On this episode we enter the MAD DASH phase of the haul out! What we don't mention in the video is that we were racing the clock to get the prop shaft and PSS installed befor...
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I made this video to walk you though how to Document your boat with the USCG.
Here are the things you will need : all of these forms can also be found at http://www.uscg.mil/nvdc
1. Application (CG – 1258) (this number is the USCG fo...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #130 : Flying the Engine and Installing the Tube
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On this weeks episode we start out by thanking out Patrons for their continuing support! THANK YOU! We also thank our Super Chat contributors from the live...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #129 : Fail, Success, Fail, Success, Learning how to and how not to paint topsides
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On this episode we decided to paint the topsides while we are waiting for our custom stern tube to be made. I had bought...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #128 : Great Times with New Friends
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Today we are releasing TWO videos at once! The first video is the downer of us talking about the surprise costs and the "State of the Haul Out" : https://youtu.be/fxI1...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #127 : SURPRISE COSTS OF HAULING OUT
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On this episode we are "halfway" through the haul out... on the day we originally THOUGHT we would be splashing back into the water on. So this is 7 days into the haul...
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We have another bonus episode for y'all this week!
On this episode we show you how we careened The Black Lotus, a 1965 Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer, to replace a severely corroded seacock that failed and almost sunk the ship.
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Greetings from Isolation Station Triteia! Happy to report that I can still get delicious local craft beer during this pandemic (supporting our small local businesses and keeping in good spirits!). I decided to do a head to head of Brouwerji West's classic ...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #124 : Seacocks o' Plenty
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On this weeks episode we get the pipe fittings installed on all of our new Groco Seacocks for Triteia and Camille seals them to their new custom G10 bases with Sikaflex. We then...
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This is a Bonus Episode showing how I spliced new rope rode to 5/8 HT chain for our Stern Anchor Set up.
During our recent live stream we asked our viewers if they liked the bonus footage and y'all said yes so we will be doing a number of...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #122 : Getting the shaft.... out
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On this weeks episode we hire the Ventura Harbor Boat Yard to help us pull out our prop shaft so we can change the cutlass bearing and remove my archnemesis THE PACKING N...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #121 : MAD PROPS (and Expensive Props)
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On this weeks episode we pull the prop off of our 1965 Alberg 30 Sailboat. It was a complete loss due to electrolytic corrosion. For any of you who are just tuning i...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #120 : Bottom Paint, Cockpit Drains and Seacock Bases
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On this episode I show you an easy way to enlarge holes on the bottom for your boat. We needed to do this to oversize the cockpit drains from 1.25 to ...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #119 : Bottom Preparations
On this episode we get into the fun and brutal task of sanding the bottom. We had wanted to water blast the bottom down to gel coat or fiberglass but that is something that has to be done by th...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #118 : Hauling Out Triteia !
This New Season follows us through our trials and triumphs as well haul the boat out for the first time!
On this Episode we move Triteia into position and the Yard Hands put her in the slin...
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This is a "Bonus Episode" to show you guys some excitement we had last sunday onboard The Black Lotus.
If you are a regular subscriber you will remember our video from a few weeks about where we brought this beautiful and in need of TLC 1...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #116 : The Passage
Welcome to Season 6 !
This new season of our channel will follow our wild ride of hauling Triteia out for the first time and the (very expensive) surprises we discovered once she was on the hard. I h...
Yacht Delivery Chronicles: Episode #115 : The Black Lotus
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This is a "one off episode" of Yacht Delivery Chronicles documenting a single day passage we did recently delivering a small yacht from Marina del Rey to Los Angeles Harbor.
In ...
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