After our boat was badly damaged by the boatyard, we now have to trust them to lift Escapade again — and this time, everything has to go right. After ...

How to quickly tell is a boat you may be interested in is going to be worth the time and effort of a more in depth inspection or if you should just move on. ...

We are halfway through our sailing passage from New Zealand to Fiji, but we're facing a big problem. We anchored in a submerged atoll called Minerva Reef, ...

As a Marine Surveyor I have seen many boat damaged in storms. I have put together a few of the lessons I learned that most hurricane prep information leaves ...

Ep. 218 ~ Living aboard full-time means there's a lot more to leaving your boat than simply locking the door and walking away! In this episode, we are in ...

This is part 2 of Iain's first ever solo sail, taking on a challenging stretch of water from New Zealand to Fiji. It's 1200 miles in big waves with some of our ...

We've been working non stop in New Zealand for the last few months as we refit our catamaran and get Indioko ready to head back into the tropics and off grid ...

Join me for a inside look at what a surveyor sees when reviewing a Beneteau 473. Some issues are not always easy to spot but cannot hide from a trained eye of ...

This was not the video we expected to make this week. After spending almost three months in the boatyard in New Zealand, we were finally excited to get back in ...

We're pushing our boat hard to make it to a safe anchorage before an approaching storm when something unexpected happens. What to do when things go wrong! *** ...

Check out the Fitnexa SomniPods 3 here to apply $10 off: https://go.fitnexa.com/wyIdKP #Fitnexa #SomniPods3 #travelsleep What started as a few small cracks ...

Ever since we bought our boat, there has ben one major problem...and it nearly caused a disaster when we hit a storm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We've ...

Four miles out, Bermuda radio called us back. Bracing for a paperwork problem, we instead found a kid trying to cross the Atlantic with no ride. So we made ...

We tried to fly our drone around a remote island in New Zealand to get some awesome aerial shots of our boat in the anchorage but a battery failure meant it ...

Regular hose inspections can not only keep you afloat but can save you from unwanted problems at the worst times. Most boater neglect their hoses until one ...

Ted Irwin could fit more living space into a hull than almost anyone, and that is why his boats shine in the Caribbean and fall short heading around the world. ...

The Tuamotus earned the name "dangerous archipelago" honestly. Nearly 3,000 miles of ocean fetch slams into a chain of low worn down atolls, funneling through ...

Every insurer has an age where they stop writing full coverage, often 25 to 40 years, and after that most owners self insure the hull. Liability is usually ...

A limited budget does not lock you out of a real offshore boat. Bristol, Gulfstar, Tayana, Pacific Seacraft, and Valiant all built boats that still hold up. ...

A quick look at the pros and cons of buying a used sailboat from a surveyors point of view. If you like this video please subscribe and hit thumbs up! It ...

This Pacific island closed itself off in the 1930s and decided outsiders only come by invitation. We got there by bringing a local man home to his family, and ...

🚨 ENGINE FAILURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC? Day 15 Turns Into an Emergency Diversion A shrieking engine alarm in the middle of the night, an engine that ...

A boat can have lines you fall in love with and still drain you dry. Cheoy Lees are the example - beautiful overhangs wrapped around leaky teak decks that ...

Black iron tanks were standard on a lot of early Asian built boats, and pulling them means cutting metal out in pieces. Swapping to PEX and plastic tanks is ...