2000 MILES back to GRENADA, HURRICANE Season is ALREADY UPON US, still only ONE WORKING MOTOR, but we are FINALLY LEAVING. We have faith in OURSELVES and in ...
Can we POSSIBLY BE READY to SAIL 2000 MILES to GRENADA?! We leave the US in TWO DAYS and it DOESN'T SEEM REAL after the TRIALS of the last 9 MONTHS. We OPEN ...
ALL the FRESH WATER we could POSSIBLY NEED - our MOST IMPORTANT UPGRADE so far. We DE-MYSTIFY RO WATER MAKERS and show you EVERY STEP of our CRUISE RO Water ...
One FROZEN motor and one mysteriously DUMPING COOLANT, plus our GENERATOR STILL NOT WORKING. We're DESPERATE to get headed SOUTH BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON, but ...
We have NO PORT MOTOR and NO GENERATOR and it's 30 hours to the ANCHORAGE in ST. AUGUSTINE. With ONE MOTOR BARELY RUNNING, we SHOVE OFF FOR GOOD. Is our LUCK ...
Our FUTURE ON THIS BOAT is IN DOUBT. NEITHER MOTOR is WORKING and our GENERATOR JUST DIED, but we MUST LEAVE THE DOCK IN ONE WEEK. All of this ON TOP of an ...
In this week's episode we switch jobs while we are waiting for the stainless steal to arrive. So this week we work on our new top side paint! Was is easier ...
We've had NUMEROUS CHALLENGES and UNEXPECTED ISSUES since we bought this boat 9 MONTHS AGO. Could it be we simply ANGERED THE GODS by not properly RENAMING ...
It's TIME TO LEAVE, but we have NO WORKING MOTORS and NO COCKPIT COVER, and our DOCKSIDE TO-DO LIST is continuing to PILE UP as fast as we mark things off. We ...
It's TIME to LEAVE, but we discover BOTH MOTORS are UNUSABLE, possibly BEYOND REPAIR. As we struggle to determine IF WE CAN FIX THEM, we PUSH ON with the ...
Using a PILE of OLD STAINLESS PARTS, plus assorted NEW TUBING and HARDWARE, and some INGENUITY, we're BUILDING a MASSIVE NEW AWNING FRAME for our PRIVILEGE ...
CURRENT, WIND, and WAVES are POUNDING us AGAINST THE DOCK. We struggle to PROTECT THE BOAT. INSIDE, the restoration continues with NUMEROUS SMALL PROJECTS ...
We NEED a LITHIUM HOUSE BANK, but we CAN'T AFFORD $10,000 on BATTERIES. CHINS brand lithium from AMAZON are HALF to a THIRD OF THE COST as major brands. We ...
There's a TON of WATER in our NACELLE...NOT what we wanted to find upon returning. A ROUGH 1500-Mile PASSAGE left us with a boat in DISARRAY, so we begin the ...
The TRUE TEST of our 30-YEAR-OLD CATAMARAN as we finish our 1400 MILE OFFSHORE PASSAGE. We leave the RAGGED ISLANDS and angle toward the GULF STREAM while ...
On our LONGEST PASSAGE YET, we hit some LIGHT WINDS, meaning it's time to test the RAGGED and NEGLECTED SPINNAKER we FOUND in the bow locker! We show you STEP ...
Can our 30-YEAR-OLD Privilege Catamaran handle a 9-DAY OCEAN PASSAGE?! The BIGGER question - CAN WE?! SEA SICKNESS, things BREAKING, and our FORECAST is ...
This video is an intro invitation to follow our project and our adventure of finishing the build and refit of our performance sailing catamaran Wilda. Wilda ...
1400 MILES on OPEN OCEAN?! Our catamaran ISN'T ready and NEITHER ARE WE! But can we add JUST ENOUGH of the RIGHT EQUIPMENT to get us there? We're gonna do ...
The boat's NOWHERE NEAR 100%, but to GET IT THERE, we need to travel 1800+ MILES to the U.S. before Dec. 12! This jump to the USVI is the FIRST STEP in our ...
It's a BOATYARD BLITZ!! The list is HUGE and we only have 7 DAYS. From our UNEXPECTEDLY SHOT COPPERCOAT bottom, to NUMEROUS DAMAGE areas, and MANY items in ...
Our 1992 PRIVILEGE CATAMARAN comes with COMPROMISES. But SAILABILITY ISN'T one of them! As we start our 1800 MILE JOURNEY northward from GRENADA, we get into ...
The NEW BREED of ELECTRIC BIKES opens up all kinds of doors for people on land AND in the CRUISING COMMUNITY. We review this GO ANYWHERE BEAST and let you ...
The PURCHASE and RESTORATION of this PRIVILEGE CATAMARAN, plus a SILLY assortment of MISFORTUNES has given us fits over the last 4 MONTHS, but suddenly we're ...