We've spent months trying to come up with a hard dodger design which is going to be practical for our passage to the PNW via Japan... Building a hard dodger ...
followtheboat
We finally receive and install our new headsail from Precision Sails! **This channel is made possible by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel ...
MJ Sailing
In this video we order some Delrin rod and go and get new rudder bushes fabricated to our measurements in a local engineering shop. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ➜ ...
Sailing Britaly
Today we used some lateral thinking in order to enlarge the clearance between our rudder shaft and the lower rudder bush / bearing. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ➜ ...
Yesterday's fibreglass work was good and today we broke the rudder free from the lower bush. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe⛵ Now all we need to do is ...
Refitting the boat is a major undertaking. We knew it would be, but knowing it and living it are two very different things. It seemed like we always had 4 ...
Jessica and Ryan Adventures
4 days until we launch! Today our engine and saildrive were reunited. They aren't the only happy family on board, as despite being in the middle of a DIY ...
With just 5 days to go we have lots left to do... Will we make it? Only time will tell! 🔔 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe⛵ ***Please note*** We read every ...
7 days until we launch and today we made some progress on the saildrive diaphragm replacement job. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE➜ http://bit.ly/SBYouTube⛵ Today was another ...
8 days until we splash and we managed to get our very badly stuck propeller off! In this video you will see exactly what tools we used and what we did to do ...
9 days until we splash and not everything is going according to plan... Send us your suggestions about removing a seized propeller - before the angle grinder ...
We did not buy a catamaran to have 6 inches of snow on it! We got hit by the largest snow storm Charleston SC had ever seen according to locals. A few days ...
Here's the first of a series of daily vlogs leading up to us launching our new boat in just 10 days time. We have lots of work to do so keep your fingers ...
After spending a big chunk of our budget on boat refit. We drive to the North-West Territories (NWT) on a mission to find the fine Morels mushrooms. After ...
Wandersailing
This issue delves into the limits of human tolerance as I persevere with the removal of the foam core that has created a nightmare for me. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Go ...
Life On The Hulls
On this episode, we purchase a Sailrite Ultrafeed Z1 sewing machine and sailkit in order to make our own main sail. SV Blackdragon goes on the hard for 8 WEEKS ...
MONTHLY EXPENSE REPORT at the end of the episode. With more rainy and overcast skies, coupled with fronts moving in, we leave our spot in picturesque Hope ...
This episode, you guessed it... more SANDING. But we finally get the top coat of Awlgrip to Saoirse using the roll - roll method. We also have some fun at the ...
Beau and Brandy Sailing
After lending a hand on Lucidity, it was time to sell Somnium. Initially Taylor reached out to us via email after binge-watching all of our episodes. ...
Learning the Lines
Episode 8 So we finally took down the mast! Another thing for us to get started on. We plan on doing the standing rigging asap. We gutted her out some more ...
Sailing Lady Africa
We should know by now that some jobs are easier and cheaper in the long run, just to hire out. I wish I knew that about our sacrificial sail cover. The area ...
After three months of working charters on sailjoana.com, it is time to return to good old Karl who is waiting patiently on one of Juan's moorings in Panama ...
WhiteSpotPirates
Talisman finally heads south from Scotland, bound for Camerey Sur Mer, France. This is our first big passage and we bring Iain Hunter of Hunter Yacht ...
Sailing Talisman
We've been getting lots of questions over the past few months on how our composting head is working out for us, so after a lot of use and a few modifications, ...