Bounty was built in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia in 1960 for the 1962 Marlon Brando movie Mutiny on the Bounty. A wooden ship- she is 180 feet long overall. The height of the main mast is 115 feet. Bounty has over 18 sails to hoist, furl and many projects to a...
Bounty was built in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia in 1960 for the 1962 Marlon Brando movie Mutiny on the Bounty. A wooden ship- she is 180 feet long overall. The height of the main mast is 115 feet. Bounty has over 18 sails to hoist, furl and many projects to a...
Camper Nicholson 31 owner repairs cracks and crazing in the gelcoat on the hull. This is caused by impact to the hull, manufacturer error in too thick gelcoat and bending around forward bulkheads. He uses a rotary tool to grind the crack down to the fibe...
Photos, photos, photos and the whole story!!! A narrated photo slideshow detailing the four year rebuild of the Albin Vega 27 sailboat Velocir. From bare hull to blue water cruiser.
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A guide to paining the hull on a boat. Narrated by a Camper Nicholson 31 owners completing this project themselves by prepping and thinning the paint, then applying using the roll and tip method with foam rollers. An informative how-to on this topic with...
PART 2 of 2: A guide to repair and fixing fiberglass blisters on boats. This is a common problem among sailboat hulls produced in the mid-seventies. Narrated by a Camper Nicholson 31 owner completing this project himself by prepping and filling his blis...
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So, we've had our hands full the last couple of weeks with our newest addition! This has been in the works for many months now, and it was finally decided that the Captains needed their "Crew." Crew is a Miniature Australian Shepherd. H...
Albin Vega Velocir prepares for hurricane Sandy in the Chesapeake Bay. We get heavy winds but no surge. Then, we prepare to winterize Velocir for the coming freezing weather. With environmentally safe antifreeze we get the engine ready!
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A minimally edited morning Cruiser's Net in the Abacos, Bahamas on January 28, 2013.
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Note: A recording of the VHF broadcast, not a typical video.
The Nature's Head has been a great solution to rid ourselves of stinky holding tanks, repairing valves and finding pump-outs. Even better, being ecologically friendly on the boat has become effortless. Here, Motu Iti talks about using the Nature's Head!
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After cruising two larger sailboats, Motu Iti has been chosen as a new home because her smaller size makes her easier to handle and take care of. Here is a video discussing the best aspects of downsizing to a smaller sailboat!
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We installed a new Nicro solar vent aboard Albin Vega Velocir after one (of two) stopped working. These vents have been great for us and got us through our Bahamas trip! We need as much ventilation as we can get, and frequently patrol nooks and crannies ...
Our Albin Vega Velocir needs new interior paint because the original is pretty rough! Here's how we prepped for painting-- sanding with a rotary sander, chiseling, dremel cracks, fill cracks with g-flex epoxy, vacuum dust, clean dust and surfaces with spo...
The haul-out was very exciting. As you can see, she slipped out of the cradle, yikes! After a moment of terror, we eased back into the process and gave her some much needed attention and care.
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Check out Velocir's new family: https://www.lifeoutloud.live/
We are still living our best life in sunny CA, and will return to cruising
someday. It was a pleasure to be early OG YouTube cruisers with you as our viewers and are always monitoring the cha...
Time has flown by and it's already 2021! We picked our top 10 moments from 10 years ago to share with you from our 2011 voyage on Albin Vega Velocir.
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About 15 years ago, my father and I rebuilt Velocir as a father-daughter project (I was a young adult). Then, I met my life partner and we spent over a year cruising 3000+ miles as a young couple. We traveled the Bahamas (there is a YouT...
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