I solder on the new PL259 connectors and paint (most of) the bottom. As soon as I get the cutlass bearing replaced I'll be back in the water again. Yay!
Broken fridge, and a broken engine. We didn't get very far to find more things that needed fixing. We kept our heads above water, and continued to fix what we ...
Diesel vs. Gas will always be a huge debate when buying a new RV. With this video we bring you along for a ride in our RV up hills, on crappy roads, nearly ...
KARL and me are doing some island hopping in the beautiful San Blas and I am grooving back into solo sailing. There are a couple of projects on the worklist ...
It took just about two weeks to get Karl ready to leave the marina and to be back on the hook. A huge thanks goes out to Maria from www.sailjoana.com, who ...
TRAILER Diesel Maintenance Pt. 3 Understand the common problems that affect diesel engines and learn how to get yours to start even when trouble crops up. ...
This film is all about.... well its pretty much what the title suggests its going to be. I warn you now, this doesn't come under the heading of fun, but it is ...
My sailboat KARL and I have finally arrived in paradise. It was a 30 miles trip that took about eleven hours due to lack of wind and an overheating problem ...
This week I organized a littel Sanding Party and had some friends over to help me to smoothen the surface of Karl's hull. It was a fun day, we got a lot of ...
KARL is finally on the hard to check the bottom, renew the antifoul and some other small inspections / repairs. It was super exciting to go into the travel ...
Big news: my new sails arrived and I mounted them this week. They look great and I can't wait to take KARL out...but before that I planned to take the boat out ...
After a positive trial run with KARL, it is time to untie the lines by myself for the first time. So I leave Shelter Bay, all excited about my first solo trip. ...
After a short holiday in Bocas, it is time to check why KARL's engine stopped working when we took him out for a trial run two weeks ago. Well, a busy week: ...
Join me for the first real trial run with Karl and my friend Dimitrios, leaving Marina Shelter Bay and headding for Bocas del Toro. It will be an adventurous ...
Albin Vega Velocir prepares for hurricane Sandy in the Chesapeake Bay. We get heavy winds but no surge. Then, we prepare to winterize Velocir for the coming ...
Seth walks through basic engine maintenance with the new owner of Honeymoon. The work is done on a MD2030 Volvo Penta and they change the fuel pre-filter, ...
More like this at www.AmbientRealLife.com Video Produced by www.LandAndSeaVideo.com Some of our encounter onboard 'Sophisticated Lady' with Hurricane TOMAS ...
Short film about the steam engine Bittern. Built in the 30's,she crosses for the first time into cornwall over the Royal Albert bridge.