Life at anchor isn't always about sailing. Sometimes it's about solving the everyday challenges that come with living aboard full-time. In this episode, we've ...

Boat life is never just about sailing! Before we could head off again, we had a few important jobs to tackle. We repaired a faulty bilge pump and readjusted ...

What happens if a through-hull fitting fails offshore? As we prepare Escapade for a Pacific Ocean crossing, we're tackling one of the most important sailboat ...

🚤 What does a day in the life of a boat builder actually look like? This week on Sailing UV, you're coming along for a full day—from waking up on our 57-foot ...

After motoring south along the Baja California coast, we discovered our prop shaft was out of alignment and needed attention before continuing our journey. ...

After 1.5 years out of the water, we finally splashed the boat and pointed the bow south. A short night in the marina quickly turned into our first overnight ...

After months on land in Utah, it was finally time to move our sailboat back to Mexico. In this episode we hit the road, cross the border, and make the journey ...

So many jobs, so little time remaining. Tomorrow we're being lifted on the trailer to put the rudders back in, so tonight is it. The last critical pieces must ...

It's getting down to the wire...will we make our deadline? You'll get two different answers depending on which one of us you ask! Today we're continuing work ...

One of the remaining critical projects is wiring the wiindlass controls. What should have been a 1/2 days effort took the entire day, half the night, and still ...

We got a lot accomplished today, and it's a good thing because we're only 6 days from splashing! Shawn commissioned the Victron gear which means we have AC ...

We're running out of time, but today the helm controls are in and programmed. Does that mean we're ready to go? Not quite yet...

We have 9 days left on the hard, and today we're putting the steering back in place. Mistakes were made...

With only 13 days to go, we need to STOP having sad surprises. This time the fix requires a very questionable decision with a high likelyhood of either injury ...

We've officially got a brand new Beta 25 diesel engine in the boat-and now the focus shifts to getting everything dialed in for transport back to the Sea of ...

Welcome back to Sailing UV ⛵🔥 (aka… the greatest sailing show on Earth) If you're new here — I’m Jonathan, that’s Violet 🐶 (115 lbs of chaos), and we’re ...

We finally took on one of the biggest and most important upgrades you can do on a sailboat… replacing all of our standing rigging. With our rigging over 14 ...

We built a custom hidden storage compartment behind our fold-down table. Perfect for spices, liquor, and keeping things secure while underway. If your ...

After months of rebuilding and living off the boat, we finally hit a turning point in our sailboat refit… we’re moving back aboard—even though the boat is far ...

We decided to add a little luxury to life at sea... so we built our own fridge on our sailboat. From planning and sourcing pats to figuring out power ...

This week on Escapade, we install one of the biggest upgrades we’ve been looking forward to… a brand new watermaker. We already had a watermaker onboard, but ...

After nearly two years without a mast, this is the moment everything finally starts to come back together—we step the mast AND reinstall the boom, and for the ...

Hiraya is a 1978 Tartan 34c with a beam of 10' 2" at its widest point. We love our sailboat, but she seems a little bit cave like sometimes. Our plan? Try to ...

In this episode of our sailboat refit, we tackle the prep work for installing new LED lighting throughout the boat, and like most projects on a refit, it ...