The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea continues...Summer is here! To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit Playlist, click the link! ...

The refit of Albin Vega#1860, Lealea continues... Rain and workshop tales. To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit Playlist, click the link! ...

It's beginning to come together but some pieces of the puzzle don't quite fit. Continuing with the refit of our Albin Vega 27', Lealea. To view the complete ...

Attack of the black mold on my little sailboat! The white African comes to save the day and help me scrub her down. I have a couple of my first big struggles ...

Our supporters through Patreon have agreed to donate their exclusive followtheboat t-shirts to local people as a gesture of good-will. In this episode we get ...

This it it. The crucial key to the whole project, the mast support beam epoxied and screwed to the main bulkhead. It takes teamwork. To view the complete ...

Not content with spending 13 months in a boat yard doing a complete refit on our Oyster 435, we thought we'd spend some time with another couple doing exactly ...

Chuck had a little accident while fitting the mast support beam. Lost a half a day of work but otherwise no big deal. Help keep the videos coming. Support ...

What's up Chuck? July 4th and we've got stuff to do. The rebuild of our Albin Vega 27 Lealea continues with work on the starboard settee. Have some thoughts ...

I take a short break from my DIY sailboat restoration. For the last four years, I've been subscribed to a YouTube channel called DrakeParagon. This weekend I ...

Andy Cowan steps up to help with the finer points of refitting our Albin Vega, Lealea. I this episode, he fabricates and fits the mast beam. To view the ...

Cruising Lealea making progress on rebuilding our Albin Vega 27 sailboat. Chuck working on wiring, and some carpentry on the dock between rain showers. To ...

Cruising Lealea making progress on rebuilding our Albin Vega 27 sailboat. Chuck working on wiring, a small fiberglass repair and improving ventilation. To ...

In this video, I remove part of the deck aboard my Warrior 38 sailboat to reveal a completely rotten core. That's okay, DIY sailboat restoration is a lot of ...

In this video, I remove the old teak deck aboard my 38 ft sailboat (Athena). Turns out there are a few issues with the deck that I'll need to fix. *** Links ...

Cruising Lealea making progress on rebuilding our Albin Vega 27 sailboat. Reinstalling the v-berth, our new foam cushions arrived from Seattle, many Thanks to ...

In this video, Athena (my 38 ft sailboat) moves into a shed and I get started removing deck hardware. But that's not all! Obelix (my 30 ft sailboat) now has a ...

Insulating a locker aboard my sailboat Athena. Next week (fingers crossed) Athena is going to get moved indoors. That means I can finally get busy removing the ...

This weekend I put the finishing touch on the AC installation. It's now ready for the electrician to swing by and hook up everything :) I get started on ...

This weekend I got the distribution panel from Blue Sea hooked up. It took just about forever. An entire day in fact. Also in this video a look at fancy ring ...

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This weekend I continued working on rewiring the AC aboard Athena. Also in this video a quick look at an RDC, an MCB & two types of cable clamps *** ...

Hey everyone and welcome to part 13 of Squires Lady refit in this episode you'll see us carrying on with the refit pulling old wire out and painting, this part ...