As we pulled up our anchor at our previous spot, we found that the windlass (which pulls our anchor off the sea floor) was making EXTREMELY concerning sounds.
For Sun and Stars
We lost all control of our boat and nearly crashed into the other boats in the marina. It all ended without any injuries but it did mean another haul out.
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Sailing Sunday
Get this Sailboat Maintenance Checklist (written version) here: https://sailingbritican.com/sailboat-maintenance-checklist/ This checklist is for sailors that ...
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Maintenance with Matthew In this short video Matt shows you how we take apart our Windlass and service it. Our windlass is a very important part of our ...
Living With The Tide
We arrived to Martinique and had to fix broken genoa halyard, as well as windless (anchor chain motor) and service main Volvo Penta engine. All went well and ...
Sailing Aquarius Around The World
With our Wind Generator faulting through the night we stashed our plans for the day and set to servicing the little dear. 'Breezy' is one of our main power ...
Sailing SV Sarean
We come to US Virgin Islands and say Goodbye to Aquarius previous owners just to realize that now we are on our own. A bit sad we try to make the best from ...
This video covers one of the main reasons for our voyage North to America. It shows our haul-out at Bennett Brothers Yachts, footage of the Coppercoat process, ...
Howdy! I made this video in St Lucia and couldn't find wifi to upload it. Then went to Martinique and wifi was nonexistent...so I couldn't get it up. Finally, ...
In this video I show how I took apart and then put back together my two speed self tailing Barient 28 winch. I'm definitely no expert, but I found that it ...
Life is Like Sailing