Odyssey sailing festival https://www.theoceancruisers.com/odyssey-holly We call in reinforcements to help us fare the hull. The powerwashing has compromised ...
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We’re takin our top off!! Of the boat obviously. The teak … The TEAK! Anyway, let’s get right into the next couple days of boatwork on anchor , and we make ...
Join Us on Our Sailboat Restoration Adventure! In this episode, we tackle the challenging process of grinding out the rotten stringers on our salvaged ...
In this episode, we dive even deeper into our sailboat restoration project! Faced with unexpected challenges, we make the bold decision to remove the keel. ...
A missing banjo bolt, an impending haulout date, and a lot of black smoke as the engine stops cooling itself underway... Come for the engine failure... stay ...
Ummmm .. what are we about to do? Are we crazy? Do we even know what we’re doing? WHYYYYYY?? Q&A time for all your burning questions! Follow us on ...
Puss gets a makeover! Andy helps us to do some professional repairs to Puss to stop the leaks and reinforce her for switching over from oars to an outboard ...
We install a new roller furling system on my boat in Australia . It's a Harken furling drum with Rolly Tasker sails. Thanks to Rolly Tasker for sponsoring my ...
In this episode, join the Wind Hippie Sailing crew as they tackle the restoration project of a Gecko sailing catamaran. Watch them work on getting this vessel ...
Transforming the wooden scraps from a decommissioned chart table into functional boat storage solutions! In this article, professional marine documentalist ...
Embark on an unforgettable journey with us as we transform a salvaged sailboat found adrift into a pristine watercraft in beautiful British Columbia. Witness ...
We are ready for bluewater sailing in the South Pacific Islands, but after our long and challenging upwind adventure, rounding Cape Horn and sailing the Beagle ...
A swim platform added onto the back of an older sailboat makes all the difference! It gives me amazing access to the ocean, a place to fillet my fish, or just ...
With our old engine out and our refit well underway this week we get dirty. The engine room has been neglected for some time and it becomes my mission to bring ...
This week we take a dive deep into the engine room (when I say we, it's mostly Kieran, okey only Kieran). I am busy with other things, stay tuned. Kieran ...
After everything going wrong that possibly could in previous weeks we finally have made it to the boat yard for repairs to start. Hauled out we look to strip ...
This week we continue to grind into the boat load of projects we have to complete while we are in the yard. One of the major projects is fixing the hole in the ...
Bottom painting of our bluewater sailboat from start to finish! After striking an unidentified floating object (UFO) off the coast of Africa, we still had ...
Sorry for the delay! Busy busy week at the boat yard! We start ripping apart and re assembling in this episode and get to enjoy some motoring aboard a 50 foot ...
We thought this was going to be our next great adventure together... Instead it has proven to continue to be our biggest challenge and the challenges don't ...
EPISODE 2 - THE HARDEST PART IS STARTING It's the second instalment of the Aldens Adventurer journey! We are rebuilding our 1925, wooden sailing boat, built ...
This weeks episode of Barefoot Travels is part 3 of our RV restoration project. She is now new and improved!! Davy also takes some time to enjoy the beauty ...