Checking your boat hull is the first thing to do when you haul out. That includes examining the state of the anti-foul, inspecting the prop, cutlass bearing ...

How do you prepare for haul out? What specific haul-out preparation should be done? We list the jobs to do before you lift your sailboat in the first episode ...

Whenever you go to do a job on a boat, it always turns into more jobs. We wouldn't have it any other way. It just makes our down time so much sweeter. ...

Another week on the hard sees us really over all the dirt, mosquitos, sun and boiling days, without that beautiful water to jump in off the back of our amazing ...

This week we pull Merewether out of the water for a much needed antifouling and general maintenance, with little to no experience we tackel the jobs ahead all ...

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Our final CopperCoat update. Has our CopperCoat antifoul nightmare finally ended? Watch the video to find out. Since 2016 we’ve had CopperCoat problems. With ...

Living on a boat OUT OF THE WATER is just no fun! After we make it back to the mainland, we get hauled out to finish the job that was started before the ...

Time to fix the hole in our boat! We get hauled out in Noumea and spend 48 hours on the hardstand to replace two ball valves and throw another coat of antifoul ...

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We’ve had a long history of trying to get our CopperCoat antifoul to work. After paying an initial fee of well over $10,000 to get our boat sanded back to the ...

It’s time to sand and paint Nutshell’s bottom. She gets lots of TLC from the both of us and Shane, our son and it’s not long before she is looking fabulous! ...

Watch our full CopperCoat Antifouling Nightmare video here: https://youtu.be/jVtzBenciz0 YouTube has disabled comments on all our videos due to having our ...

We had CopperCoat Antifouling applied to the hull of our Oyster 56' in 2016. Since then we've had nothing but problems. Here's a play by play on everything ...

The Lagoon national park area around Faro in the Algarve is well known with sailors around the world as a great place to safely anchor while waiting for the ...

This is guide covering what to do when lifting your boat for antifouling and general maintenance. We cover Prop servicing, changing anodes, repairing scratches ...

After hauling out, we start the work on the mast, replacing the sewage systems and doing work on the keel. Gaynor also discovers her inner teacher and gives a ...

In this video we look at three types of anti-foul. Soft conventional, Coppercoat and Silic One Silicone. With actual footage of all 3 after 10 months in the ...

The annual process of antifouling is upon us and we need to make some decisions about what to use, where to antifoul and what is going to suit us as we cruise ...

This year we tackled the job of antifouling our boat as a family. Surprisingly with all hands on we finished it in just one weekend. It has to be one of the ...

We paint Nutshell’s hull with shiny new antifoul and make her ready to go back into the water, where she belongs. She is successfully launched and the boat ...

* Update July 2019. We have had reports of stolen antifoul and severe malpractice since our visit to Port de Peche. Ryadh ...

With the goal of getting the boat into the water and sailing as soon as possible in mind, we work with haste which results in blunders. One step forward, two ...

E88 Vlog of Life in a Nutshell sailing travels. Wendy takes a break away from the boatyard and heads up into the Mexican hills. She discovers a coffee roaster ...