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 ...

The strong, fall wind patterns return to Greece after a mid-summer of dulldrums. Starting in Corfu town, we embark on a circumnavigation of the the island. ...

Boat anodes do an essential job on any boat. However, unless you check the resistance when you replace one, your new anode may do absolutely nothing to protect ...

"Things fall apart, it's scientific." (gold star if you can name the song and artist) In the latest battle against entropy, the Bums discover a narrowly ...

In what turned out to be the culmination of absolutely unbelievable season of things happening to us and around us, we get backed down on by a huge day-cruise ...

What begins as a simple swap-out of our 24 volt alternator morphs into an in-depth discussion of sailboat batteries and charging systems. This overview ...

Our one day stop at Kastos town, on the island of Kastos (Greece) turns into a couple of days when Wendy pulls something in her back. This highlights one of ...

We turn to the professionals to stop the small leak in our dinghy and learn some good tips to repairing a hypalon dinghy. Thanks so much A Sailor's Place ...

Ever wonder what it's like having parasitic worms? There's nothing like draining boat blisters to bring up some adolescent nostalgia! Ahh... those long hours ...

The teak deck gets faired (aka made smooth and silky) and we put on the first few coats of paint, meanwhile the bolts that had broken the week before arrive!!! ...

This time on Distant Shores we run our boat up on the beach in Antigua. We get invited to a pirate birthday party, change the zinc on our Varifold propeller ...

We start filling the holes on our top sides and hull with thickened epoxy. Troy fits the rocker assembly back on to our Yanmar 2GM20 and we lift and reinstall ...

As the title would suggest, we make the decision to start tipping up those teak decks. There is a lot of hammering, chiseling and hard work involved!! Music ...

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(Ep.57) It's almost Christmas???? Who's excited? So this week we pretty much did a few odd jobs around the boat. Glen & Gray came to visit us from Salt ...

Following Meg's Cancer diagnosis, health is at the forefront of our minds, so we decide to check the state of water tanks. What we found was a toxic and ...

Came home and our rudder was missing! Matt came up with a plan on how to fix the problem. DIY rudder re-attachment ...

This week, Kika flies to Haiti to film the Haiti Sailing Cup, leaving me all along to keep getting Uma ready for a winter in the Bahamas. High on the priority ...

While on passage to Tahiti Naoma’s transmission failed but if you've seen this you already know that (we had to change music to fix a copyright problem...) ...

The Tula Shop - http://tulasendlesssummer.com/shop-tula/ This short video is actually weeks of work stretched over at least a month. We rip out and re-bed our ...

Join us this week as disaster strikes, and we lose our drone after only the 2nd time flying it! We also make friends with former competitive Kite boarder Ross ...

It's been several months since we've installed the Eclectic Energy D400 Wind Generator and it's time to give you some of our thoughts about it, plus a look ...

A decision to build a 40 foot Catamaran should not be taken lightly. Join Ross Boardman in a series of videos that shows the ups and downs, logistics and blood ...

The learning curve continues as we have to remove our forestay in order to fix our our furler problem. We do this on anchor in Martinique under the generous ...