It's time for the fiberglass and gelcoat grinding to be over! We tear into the boat more only to discover that it's not built the way anybody thought...
Expedition Evans
We cut all of the tabs off the grid with minimal drama (only inflicted a little more damage than necessary). Progress is slow, we do have some good news.
We FINALLY get the keel dropped on our Beneteau 49 that we bought at auction so we can finish the fiberglass repairs.
It's time to get back to our abandoned sailboat and make it a proper exploration vessel for the future travels! Project boat full gear! 📺 THIS IS DAWN ...
Sailing Dawn Hunters
We make the official call that the salon needs to come out, completely. Luckily we've had plenty of practice with Beneteau interior design and get it out quick
We take little break from the grind (literally) to talk through the damage thus far and our feelings about it.
The grinding saga continues! Our leaking Beneteau 49 has serious structural damage and we're almost done removing all the gelcoat and interior pieces...
We are grinding maniacs in this episode. We grind gel coat, and then grind gel coat some more and in between we talk about how it's going grinding gel coat.
It's been one year since the beginning of our sailing vlog and our life onboard our sailing catamaran. In today's video, we go all the way back to the first ...
Living Hakuna
And so the repairs begin. One day we'll sail our beautiful yacht to romantic tropical beaches, but today is not that day.
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We finally made it to our first sail of the year in our electric sailboat, which just happens to be Labor Day weekend. But in Ixion fashion, we still have work ...
Sailing Ixion
As promised! Here is a short video explaining what happened and what needs to happen with our boat. At least as far as we can tell at this point.
As we put together more of the story with this boat we learn that this boat was initially damaged several years ago. It seems it was repaired and damaged again.
We know our Beneteau 49 has a damaged grid. But we don't know how extensive that damage is, yet. This week we DIY our way to removing the interior furniture...
We leave the protection of the marina and sea-walled bay and head to a more hospitable yard! This is our first time handling this large of a boat (Beneteau 49).
We have a lot of repairs to do on our salvaged Beneteau 49 - but the yard the boat is at doesn't allow DIY repairs......or our dogs.