THE TRANSOM BUILD CONTINUES with even more sanding and fairing. We also de-core areas that we are going to place our hardware to support the transom. This ...
THE TRANSOM BUILD CONTINUES with epic amounts of sanding, fairing and more sanding. This part of the process is so important as this will determine the quality ...
Solar power and Fibreglassing…we take you through a recent upgrade and our most ambitious project so far. We put our fibreglassing skills to the test and ...
The first time we took the boat out, we ended up with 25mph winds while coming back in to dock the boat as a storm approached. Here was some of our learning ...
BIGGEST UPGRADE EVER! Power on Zephyr has been a critical issue since the day we bought the boat. Buying cheap lead acid batteries to just get by, cooking in ...
Welcome back to this weeks episode of Sailing Zephyr. James is back from Spain with an even bigger drive to get the last few repairs and upgrades done before ...
We have decided to sell our 40ft sailboat nandji and purchase a larger vessel as we would like to grow our family and have crew join us for long passages. ...
Here's our 1989 Irwin 38 MKII center cockpit sailboat we bought back in August 2020! Here's a little mini tour and some of the stuff we gotta work on/replace. ...
We have spent the last 2 years searching for a way to renew our cockpit floor. After years of hard sailing, foul weather and 1000´s of hours spent walking ...
Ahhh the never ending boat project list! This week, James tackles some electrical issues we have been having in both heads….Again! This time he decides enough ...
LEAKING Hatch, Rotten ENGINE Insulation...SAILBOAT PROBLEMS Galore is our latest episode that is packed full of so many jobs that just need to get done. We ...
Our Tampa Bay Boat Search over the past two years. Wanna buy a boat? Here's a little overview of all the boats we looked at from Sarasota, Bradenton, St ...
This is real life footage of receiving a response to our cash offer we placed on the Jeanneau Sun Fizz 40. Will the owner accept our offer or will he counter ...
In this we do a lot of sailing, as we head north up the coast of Costa Rica, but we forget our cruising permit (Zarpe) in Golfito where we checked in! Luckily, ...
Splashing Zephyr once again...this time at Kentmorr marina.....but if you thought we were done.....this isn't the end of BOATWORKS.....watch till the end of ...
We continue the drive from Annapolis down to Georgia to look at a Jeanneau Gin Fizz. The Same boat model Laura dekker circumnavigated in when she was 16! ...
It's time to get this sailboat back in the water. But, before we do there's one last thing to do and that is to slap some primer and antifouling on her hull. ...
Tour of the boat of our dreams! a Wauquiez Pretorien 35. A French construction sailboat named Alchemy. This live aboard Bluewater cruiser sailboat has been ...
Welcome back! This week is packed full of repairs and we get through a ton of jobs on the list. We are back at Kentmorr Marina...after an eventful few days at ...
We bring the ocean into our sailboat by creating the most epic surf break with epoxy. These total boat epoxy countertops is what I had always envisioned and ...
OUT with the OLD in with the NEW! This episode follows the process of our countertop build in our sailboat. We make our own countertops from scratch....tracing ...
So many jobs and so little time..coats of varnish just keep happening, morning, afternoon and night. This just becomes the norm for me. In between coats, ...
Boat works are fully underway on our sailboat, Zephyr at the moment. James since finished the hull is now able to start other projects and I am able to start ...
This is a huge episode as Natalie installs new flooring throughout our entire 43´SAILBOAT. It's an epic job that transforms the look of the interior. James ...