Wayward Life Sailing Archive – Page 2

After digging farther into some boat repairs, we discover that bondo has been used in a few places on the boat that it shouldn't be used in order to repair things, like to fair the deck and to fill holes in the skeg. Not the coolest. Luckily, we make som...

After so much rain, we finally had enough sunny days in a row to get some real work done on our deck, including fibreglassing the mast boot area and the front of the deck so we can get the deck painted and the railing back on!

Holy crap! After more than two months, we finally finished the job of fully rebuilding our chain locker. We ripped out all the balsa core, replaced it with layers and layers of fibreglass, rebuilt the bulkhead, did a bunch of stuff that took way longer an...

After weeks up on the hard, we FINALLY get the deck ready to be painted with Epifanes roll- on poly paint. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-wayward-life.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/the.wayward.life Fac...

We finally get to the stage of starting to paint the deck. For our flat sections we decided to use the Epifanes Two Part Poly-Urethane system. It works great, but is not without its blunders, mostly due to operator error as we further this DIY project. ...

After months on the hard, we finally get to the point where we can put the railings back on the sailboat! It isn't a simple process, but we get them back on and looking good. We also bring you with us to a beautiful forest we discovered on the edge of tow...

After 3 months out of the boat, we finally put our mast back in our sailboat!! We also take you on an adventure to a dam. Only two or three more videos until we are back on the water! Follow us on instagram for real time updates. Extra shout out to Ken...

We are jumping ahead of schedule a little bit with this one to give you a break from all the project videos and bring you along on a camping trip instead. We visit the Lonely Doug, Avatar Grove and camp in some hidden places along the backroads. Let me k...

After three months on the hard, we finally got to the one big job we expected when we bought the boat- painting the deck. But, as usual in September, the Pacific Northwest weather threw us a curve ball and nearly ruined our Kiwi Grip paint job. It's a go...

We finished up all the leftover small projects before going back in the water, but once we were in the water, our greatest nightmare seemed to be coming true with water coming into the boat when it really shouldn't have been.... And before you yell at me...

After four months up on land working on the boat, we finally make it back into the water and decide to anchor in the estuary for a week, to get our bearings again and test out our systems. It is beautiful and tranquil, but not without its mishaps. Gian...

After so many months working on the boat, we decided to take a land adventure and head up to the northwest end of Vancouver Island. We did some remote camping in the rooftop tent along a logging road and hiked down to a hidden beach with amazing breaking ...

After camping along a logging road, we head to San Josef Bay in Cape Scott Park during a storm. We have an awesome time on the beach, get scared by some blowing trees and see some of the coolest old growth still left growing. Plus, we find some new lakes...

Two months into marina life in our new city of Campbell River, we experience some insane winds, finally get our mainsail ready to sail and show you around a little bit of Campbell River! Also shout out to Mae for not only going up the mast for us, but fo...

We head out of Campbell River on our neighbors Mae and Marty's 48 foot wooden two- masted schooner named Wind Gypsy. We make our way to Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park where we drop prawn and crab traps and collect some edible mushrooms and just g...

After enjoying our first few days in Desolation Sound, we pull up our prawn and crab traps and head to another anchorage, which turns out to be the most beautiful place we have ever been on a boat. We also enjoy a couple of oyster feasts, find some tasty ...

After finding paradise in Desolation Sound, east of Campbell River and grabbing more oysters, we start our journey back home- this time getting the sails up for a good chunk of two days and sailing the spinnaker for the first time! This is our last video...

Well friends, after much deliberation, we are deciding to sell Nordic V. Not because we are giving up sailing, but just because she doesn't suit our needs. More details about it in this episode and our future plans, as well as footage from the largest sto...

After waiting weeks for currents and weather to line up so we could move the boat from Campbell river to Mill Bay (to sell her), we were finally able to leave. The water was full of debris from storms and landslides and we spent a lot of time dodging logs...

After spending a lovely night at Savary Island, we left for Pender Harbour, moving before sunrise and having the awesome pleasure of witnessing not only an incredible sunrise, but a sunrise rainbow as well! We make it to the beautiful Pender Harbour to spe...

Pirate treasure, stolen fortunes and an english mystic are just a small part of the story of the Brother 12 cult and De Courcy Island. In this episode we sail from Pender Harbour to De Courcy Island. We motor through a narrow channel and raise the sails ...

We left DeCourcy Island just as the sun was starting to rise, dodging logs for the first two hours of the trip, followed by losing our GPS while going throug some fog before eventually arriving in Mill Bay on Vancouver Island. Patreon: https://www.patreon...

After making our way to Mill Bay with two sailboats, we leave one and jump on our friend's boat to head back up island. On our way back we have enough wind to sail, but just barely, and end up spending a good amount of time kind of chasing the wind around...

Between camping up a random logging road and visiting Cape Scott, we decided to hike down to a little provincial park called Raft Cove on the west coast of Norther Vancouver Island. It was a bit muddier than we had bargained for, but full work the meander...

We leave Galiano Island in the dark to catch the current in Prolier Pass, get out into the Strait of Georgia and find the perfect spinnaker weather! Making our downwind sailing dreams come true. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: ht...

After seeing a waterfall from the highway for years (way up the mountain), we decided to take our chances and see if we could hike to it. After some confusing meandering and steep clambering up some hills through the forest, we make it to the incredible w...

After leaving the boat in Mill Bay and sailing part of the way back, we moved into a house we bought in Port Alberni and take you on a tour of this cute and quickly changing town. But don't worry- we aren't changing to a new kind of channel. We will be ba...

We moved to Ireland in hopes of building a new life of adventure, but quickly figured out that wasn't going to work out how we wanted, so we moved back home and bought a sailboat (Ontario 32)... and then a different sailboat that wasn't what we had thought...

After a few days of cleaning we move onto our new sailboat! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-wayward-life.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/the.wayward.life Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/the-wayward-life ...

After buying our steel expedition sailboat Papa Rumba, we decided to leave the marina and head to Cortes Island to test our systems and enjoy a couple of days on anchor. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-wayward-lif...

After a night of battery issues, we do some troubleshooting and then go for a hike in an incredible forest on Cortes Island. This is what the sailing dream is all about! 0:00 intro 0:34 batteries 5:05 forest If you would like to help protect our forest...

After a couple of nights in Cortes Harbour our batteries troubles get the best of us and we struggle a bit to head on our way home. But it isn't all frustration as my wildlife spotting curse is broken and we see some porpoises and a ton of eagles hunting!...

After realizing we had a dead battery bank, researching and finding replacements, we install our new AGM battery bank, including new bus bars and some new wiring. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-wayward-life.com Ins...

Two days after installing our new battery bank we decided to start heading south to meet up with a friend on his boat. Wind forecasts had told us to expect 0-10 knots, but we quickly came across 15-20 and then 20-25- the biggest winds and biggest seas we ...

After arriving in Tribune Bay on Hornby Island we hang out on the island for a couple of days before continuing our journey to Galiano Island. I also get into the ocean for the first time in 2021, despite the water still being winter temperatures and my g...

After a "sail" from Hornby Island to Newcastle Island in Nanaimo, we anchor up and explore the area a little bit, including getting to listen to some awesome shanties right along the waterfront, thanks to Danny Dolen. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/th...