Hello Friends,
This is a "Friday Bonus" video! In this episode I show you how I made our new winch bases from a rescued piece of timber from the famous sailing yacht USS Highland Light (IX-48) (R.I.P.)
The large chunk of laminated white oak that had bee...
PROJECT VIDEO : GALLEY REDUX : PART 2
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Welcome to Part 2 of the big Galley redesign and rebuild. On this episode we get into cutting out all of the radiant barrier foam we will be using for the Icebox Project. Once it was all cut out and pla...
Ahoy Friends!
I am VERY stoked to present to you my first sailing book; SIX NIGHTS ON THE HOOK AT SANTA CRUZ ISLAND.
I have published a number of books in the past and worked as a writer for both in print and online publications but this is my first, of...
EPISODE #106 ; Preparations, Sandal Rescue Mission and the Passage to Emerald Bay
Hello Friends,
We are going to get back into some Adventure videos! (We will be posting the next part in the "Galley / ICE BOX" Saga next Friday)
On this weeks episode we...
PROJECT VIDEO : GALLEY REDUX : PART 3
Hello Friends,
Welcome to Part 3 of the big Galley redesign and rebuild.
On this episode we test fit the wooden ice box shape / body and get all of the foam cut to shape and adhered together. The project is coming a...
EPISODE #108 ; A Perfect Day under anchor at Emerald Bay
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On this weeks episode we arrive at our anchorage of Emerald Bay on Catalina Island. After getting the hook set Camille goes ashore with Mr. Steady while I watch massive schools of fi...
EPISODE #109 ; Dragging Anchor and Scuba Diving at Emerald Bay
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On this weeks episode we woke up on the hook after a rocky night with our stern anchor dragging around midnight.
After a trip a shore with Mr. Steady and some drone flights w...
PROJECT VIDEO : GALLEY REDUX : PART 4
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Welcome to Part 4 of the big Galley redesign and rebuild.
On this episode we are in the studio and I start the process of fiberglassing our wooden ice box shape.
I am by NO MEANS an expert at fiberg...
EPISODE #111 ; Wild Times at Emerald Bay
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On this weeks episode we meet up with our friend Jimmy Shannon after moving the boat to a mooring at Emerald Bay to be closer to the dive site. We inspect the infamous shark attack kayak and gear u...
EPISODE #112 ; A Peaceful Sail Home... (Also, Camille parks the Boat for the first time!)
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On this weeks episode we leave Emerald Bay and head back home. As soon as we leave the anchorage we are met with 12 - 15 knot winds and happily sail...
PROJECT VIDEO : GALLEY REDUX : PART 5
Hello Friends,
Welcome to Part 5 of the big Galley redesign and rebuild.
On this episode I bring the finished box down to the boat and we get it mounted into its new home. We also talk about our decision to go ahead...
Hello Friends,
This is a special "Support Document" Video for my new book "Six Nights on the Hook at Santa Cruz Island". Thanks to everyone who ordered copies of the books so far! If you don't know about the book you can find out more info here: https://...
Hello Friends,
I made this video to show my viewers a project that didn't work out. I bought a small 50 watt solar panel that I wanted to install someplace out of the way and decided to try and remake my aft hatch into a solar hatch. I knew that 50 watts ...
Hello Friends,
Here is the trailer for the upcoming season of our channel, Season 6! This next season will take y'all along for a very wild ride we had in November and December of 2019 when we sailed up to Ventura, California to haul out for the first tim...
Yacht Delivery Chronicles: Episode #115 : The Black Lotus
Hello Friends,
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 ...
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...
Hello Friends,
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 #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...
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 #120 : Bottom Paint, Cockpit Drains and Seacock Bases
Hello Friends,
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 #121 : MAD PROPS (and Expensive Props)
Hello Friends,
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 #122 : Getting the shaft.... out
Hello Friends,
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...
Hello Friends,
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 #124 : Seacocks o' Plenty
Hello Friends,
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...
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 ...
Hello Friends,
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.
( https://en.wik...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #127 : SURPRISE COSTS OF HAULING OUT
Hello Friends,
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...
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #128 : Great Times with New Friends
Hello Friends,
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 #129 : Fail, Success, Fail, Success, Learning how to and how not to paint topsides
Hello Friends,
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 #130 : Flying the Engine and Installing the Tube
Hello Friends!
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...
Hello Friends,
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 #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...
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 #132 : THE SPLASH! and an offering to Poseidon
Hello Friends!
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...
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 #133 : FINALE: The Passage Home
Hello Friends!
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 ...
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