Today we will share our experience of how to make a Sunbrella dinghy cover to protect PVC from sun UV.
In our quest to nail down great recipes and techniques for our Kimberley trip, Wendy makes pesto out of the Woolworth’s basil which began as little seedlings ...
Follow along as I sew a third reef point into my sail.
Wendy makes a start on Nutshell’s dodger by working out how it is put together and how she can fix it, MacGgyver style, with existing materials. The dodger ...
So...i had a LOT of TShirts....and i found myself suddenly with a LOT of time. So i did something creative and made a throw out of the TShirts i had collected ...
I install a secondhand pair of self-tailing winches. Then I come up with a creative way to store my life-vests. Finally I go for a daysail with my grams and ...
Megan's how-to sew cushions: https://youtu.be/rbhgS4W4NBU This week's video is a bit of a hodge-podge as boat projects were interrupted by Hurricane Dorian ...
I attempt some sewing repairs before heading around the west side of Molokai. Along the way I struggle with light winds and a 15 mile passage takes 10 hours. ...
Megan's Ultimate Boat Cushion Tutorial: https://youtu.be/WLojC2BkNPE iTunes Podcast: ...
This week we share why we chose the Sailrite Sewing Machine as being our trusty companion on our sailing expeditions into the unknown, besides being pretty ...
Desiree shows us her process of sewing the ultimate wind scoop for our cruising sailboat and bangs out a couple other urgent sewing projects. We luck out by ...
The foot of our sail cover falls to pieces and, since they have to be custom made, we decide we can do it ourselves with only a domestic sewing machine, a ...
I was given some beautiful foam that I glued together and cut into new boat cushions. I then bought fabric and learned how to sew by making all new cushion ...
A DIY step-by-step tutorial on how to build a hardtop for a boat. Jordan continues to fabricate the hard dodger and gets it completely ready for painting. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
A friend of ours designed a logo for SV Temptress, and we ordered custom fabric from Spoonflower.com to make our own boat flag. We sewed it with blackout ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sewing canvas is an ancient nautical craft. Who hasn't considered learning it? Three machines compared: Sailrite LSZ-1, Singer 237 and 15-91.
Long-term cruising is all about being self-sufficient. While in port, we take the opportunity to learn how to can our own meat, make our pickled vegetables ...
Support us at https://www.patreon.com/sailingintofreedom I am an Australian guy trying to live on a small footprint. I take in crew wherever I go and go ...
It's time to get back to projects on the boat. Matt takes over the heavy duty end of things while putting together our fuel system. A task we've been waiting ...