Where have we been??? Well, the simple explanation is we had to fire up the afterburners on our necessary boat projects to be able to get in the water before ...
Learning the Lines
This week is all about sewing. We are very thankful to our wonderful Patrons who have kindly supported us over the last two years and enabled us to buy a ...
Life in a Nutshell
Isla Mujeres continued to be a perfect place to find work. Desiree found a side-job doing social media photography for a wedding planning company, scored big ...
Sailing Project Atticus
Our old 1950's sewing machine was a monster who loved eating anything you put under its foot. It was time to swap it out for something much more practical - ...
Sailing SV Sarean
In this episode I get some help replacing all the Strata Glass window for my dodger. Don't forget to THUMBS UP, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed this ...
Life is Like Sailing
We Dragged Anchor!! We made it to Isla Mujeres, Mexico after cruising Cuba for a couple of weeks. We were so excited to get to a grocery store, provision, ...
On this episode, we purchase a Sailrite Ultrafeed Z1 sewing machine and sailkit in order to make our own main sail. SV Blackdragon goes on the hard for 8 WEEKS ...
Wandersailing
This week we do a comparative review of the our new Sailrite sewing machine and the old workhorse Janome. For those of you considering whether or not you need ...
Sailing Ruby Rose
After last week's efforts to make the cockpit cushions, we finally gave into the inevitable and bought a Sailrite sewing machine! Nick drops a few f-bombs ...
This week we start the big project of making over our cockpit! We get a huge order from Sailrite and Nick starts the process by making some truly impressive ...
So here we go. Part 2 of this mini-series. The next step is to get the stainless steel bows made up, and try and get the frame and acrylic canvas to fit each ...
Very Nearly About Sailing
We should know by now that some jobs are easier and cheaper in the long run, just to hire out. I wish I knew that about our sacrificial sail cover. The area ...
MJ Sailing
A quick look at annual maintenance for my sails. Don't forget to THUMBS UP, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed this episode. Now you can bring LIFE IS ...
There's nothing for me to sand or paint right now, so it must be time to sew! Two big items we need done before leaving the marina are making a new mainsail ...
Sewing canvas is an ancient nautical craft. Who hasn't considered learning it? Three machines compared: Sailrite LSZ-1, Singer 237 and 15-91.
Christian Williams
Our good friend comes out to take some moisture reading on our bulkheads, since we determined that the boat had flooded in the past. We also install a conduit, ...
Now you can bring LIFE IS LIKE SAILING artwork and photos into your home! Check out the links below! http://www.lifeislikesailing.com/photography.html ...
We sew a brand new genoa for our boat from a Sailrite kit. ...
I rip out some of the old carpet headliner in our O'day 272 while waiting for our rudder to arrive in the mail. ...
Hi guys! It has been a while since our last post so I wanted to just give you all a quick update and show off my new sunshade! I made it using Julie Gifford's ...
Just a quick sneak peak into the sail loft at which Desiree has been apprenticing.
These rainy days have given us a little extra time for Atticus recently, which has been great as we've switched gears to working full time in order to meet our ...
Desiree has been learning a lot about foam in order to know what materials to use for various projects. Here she explains how high density foam is correlated ...
After 2 weeks of sewing and fiberglass work all day, everyday, we have saved up enough $ to buy sails! Desiree explains a sewing trick she learned the hard ...