We wanted to keep you all in the loop because our regular Thursdays episodes are a few months behind. We will give you an update on our lives and what's going on as well as answer any of your questions.
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We were so scared to not be allowed back into the USA because the borders with Canada were only opened via air. However a few flights later we finally landed in Jacksonville, Florida where my sister came to pick us up. That was a huge relief.
Shortly after...
What do sailors do on land during the Canadian fall and winter? We keep ourselves busy making fires, carving wood with a chainsaw and enjoying the wildlife. While waiting for countries to open up more with less travel restrictions we even enjoyed taffy on ...
This Chinese junk Schooner designed by Thomas Colvin was absolutely spectacular. We were fortunate enough to get out for the SV Sea Dragon's last sail of the year. Alex's brother just purchased this schooner in the summer of 2020 and it was his first sailb...
It really feels like everything went wrong on our way back to Canada. We needed to get out of the USA because our travel visa would run out in the middle of hurricane season. This meant joggling the logistical nightmare of traveling in 2020 during the Covi...
Florida from Est to West Coast. We explored Hanna Park's lush forest and surfed it's beaches in between the typical hurricane season weather in Jacksonville. Then with our flight approaching we did one last roadtrip, this time to the Gulf of Mexico. Cedar ...
Anchoring is something that can be very stressful. Loud wind noise and waves and next thing you know you're yelling back and forth. To maintain a happy relationship we've come up with the best solution to stop yelling at each others while anchoring. We com...
Getting a small sailboat ready for hurricane season in Florida requires a few things if you are leaving your boat behind. With our US visa expiring and most borders closed down we decided our only options was to leave our sailboat at Green Cove Springs in ...
This was a stressful time for us, especially when border patrol called us. We were stuck in the USA because of the pandemic. With a delayed haul-out date, a flight which kept getting cancelled and pushed later combined with our visa running out we were in ...
Traveling to Cumberland Island by sailboat is the best way to explore this park at your own leisure. The twisted trees immediately transported me into a different universe where wild horses roam the trails, ruins tell you stories and drooping moss enchant ...
Exploring Georgia by Land and Sea is a great way to see more of the USA when you can't get your boat hauled out due to the pandemic. This time we do a road trip with my sister and husband and explore the Historic town of Savannah, Georgia. We marvel at the...
This sail turned from calm seas to all hands on deck. Cruising during hurricane season in Florida means we experience many squalls. Sailing up the St. John's River in Jacksonville was scary as lightning strikes were surrounding our small sailboat. That's w...
Here's a true depiction of the cruising lifestyle. A few boat projects sprinkled in between enjoying good food in St. Augustine, Florida topped by a lightning show and squall. Living on a sailboat allows you to enjoy many stunning areas like the oldest tow...
More and more squalls come by during hurricane season in Florida. And one of them broke our semi flexible solar panel's junction box. Cory decides to repair it and it is a success. With the warmth comes little bugs and swimming at Vilano Beach. Plus we fin...
This is the best feeling and this is also why we got a sailboat! At last we are living the cruising life once again. We get off the sailboat and go explore St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States by foot. The architecture is breathtaking and th...
Cinematic drone footage our sailing the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. There are so many paradise like islands that we decided to share with you a little extra video and preview of what our sailing season in 2021 is like. In this 4k video we explore Double-...
As we start cruising the Florida ICW we really get worried that we messed up our Yanmar rebuild. Why are we going so slow? We then find the culprit which is costing us almost 2 knots of speed and a reduced RPM. The free trick to a faster sailboat. Join us ...
After 3 months of cruising the Bahamas its time to cross the gulfstream and head back to the USA. Cant wait until next season.
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The moment of truth has arrived along with the most stressful and exciting day! Was the $697 Yanmar 2GM rebuild worth it, will it start? We spent over a month at anchor in the ICW at New Smyrna Beach and undertook our biggest challenge yet in sailboat main...
We show you how to install the cylinder head back on after we've done a full rebuild on our Yanmar 2GM. We cover the torque specs, how to put the rocker back on and how to adjust the valve lash.
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Our Yanmar 2GM is finally ready to be put back in place. Fortunately Cody from sailing Vinyasa comes to give us a hand making life so much easier. Unfortunately we also have to say goodbye to our buddy boat friends. The ICW also brings a bumping boat.
If ...
In this video we take apart our Yanmar 2GM pre-combustion chamber. We had a cracked piston so we learnt a little trick to remove a stuck pre combustion chamber when there's tons of carbon. We show what the assembly looks like with all the different parts a...
How to install pistons in the block without piston ring compressor? After some serious struggling with the proper tool we end up making our own which works much better. The next step is to put new journal bearings and measure their clearance. We're getting...
We are finding more problems with our Yanmar 2GM and not only a cracked piston. But like Cory says: " We're getting somewhere!" We have been learning so much and had to become diesel mechanics if we want to keep on traveling with our sailboat. And with hur...
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