We finally start moving south towards the tropics after our 8 months of repairs and learning about how Full Send works. We motor most of the way down the coast ...
S/V Full Send
After getting all the sails back, we put the sails back up! Alan's mom visits from Tallahassee and we take a quick day sail with Alan’s mom and Bri, we were ...
Finally after 8 months on the hard trying to figure out how to fix all the problems on the boat, we splash back in the water with no leaks! We both feel ...
While waiting for our dingy to get delivered, which is our last big task before getting back in the water, we purchase our new outboard engine and get the name ...
As we wait for a few funds to get transferred before we can buy our new dingy and outboard engine, we sell the old dingy that's literally falling apart at the ...
We punctured the return line while trying to tighten a bolt after bleeding the line of air, so we purchased a brand new return line and installed it. Like and ...
After waiting 4 weeks for saildrive parts, it turned out the dealer ordered the wrong ones. Reason being, we had a 130S top and a 120S bottom which neither ...
After a rough crossing from Puerto Rico to The Dominican Republic, we noticed a grinding in our wheel when the autopilot/autohelm was on. With no issues of the ...
After 💨Hurricane Dorian💨 thankfully missed hitting us, we begin work on painting the bottom of ⛵️Full Send.⛵️ A process that included washing with laundry ...
Our Autopilot (Autohelm) went out back in February when Full Send made the mona passage crossing from Puerto Rico to The Dominican Republic. Not knowing a ...
In this episode we begin work on filling in and sanding blisters to prepare for painting the bottom. Hurricane Dorian had other plans and we had to prep the ...
We went down the rabbit hole of this so called Chuck E. Cheese conspiracy that they are allegedly reusing uneaten pizza. We had to put it to the test when ...
In this episode we take our Icelandic friend, Kari, to an American baseball game and play around of golf before sending him off! After dropping Kari off, we ...
Kari continues to help the crew in fairing the keel and rudder before getting on the first coat of Interprotect 2000E. This layer will help act as a barrier ...
In this episode we trouble shoot our outboard engine a little more, finally get the propane working and cook our first hot meal on board in months, and begin ...
The Full Send Boys get their refrigerator evaporator replaced and the compressor refilled before struggling to reinstall it. With the ability to have cold ...
In this episode we obtain a new propane tank to replace our European butane system, hire a new person to sand the bottom, Jason, and attempt to live off of ...
While Alan is in Tallahassee visiting his mom and the doctor for a checkup, Jason installs a new stereo for the saloon. Jason and Leslie also venture down to ...
We get into our rhythm of boat tasks and life in Jacksonville/Green Cove Springs. First up is trying to fill our European butane cooking gas tanks with ...
Alan hires Carson to start sanding the bottom and we find out that our rudder is full of blisters. Jason travels back from Chicago to Jacksonville via Amtrak ...
Finally arrived to Green Cove Springs Florida to haul the boat out! Alan begins working on the laundry list of items to complete before we get the boat in ship ...
We spend a few days in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area before Kruger heads back to Illinois for ACL Surgery. Alan heads north via the Inter-coastal Waterway ...
In this episode we gallivant around Nassau for a day before continuing our journey to Florida stopping for a few days in chub cay while we wait for better ...
After dropping Stacey & Erin off at the Airport, we take care of a few task for the yacht before heading north to Compass Cay. Compass Cay is famous for ...