Cracked welds near the helm? Not something you want to mess with... We've finally tackled this critical repair on our Lagoon 42 sailing catamaran here in New ...
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Getting on hands and knees, climbing the pole, poetry, CQR anchor, fish chasing dolphin, and dancing. It’s time for sprucing up Isabella. All hands on deck as ...
Getting on hands and knees, climbing the pole, poetry, CQR anchor, fish chasing dolphin, and dancing. It’s time for sprucing up Isabella. All hands on deck as ...
In this episode we start installing the stainless steel helm and play a bit with the steering cables, we do the unboxing of the dusty anchor winch and install ...
LAST SANDING & SPOT FILLING. Is it THE END?- S03E15 – Building Wilda | Catamaran Restoration | Refit
In this episode of Building Wilda, we resume the sanding & spot filling activities in the salon, galley and the middle room on the port side. This is the ...
It was always something that daunted me, but with the help of my Dad and Uncle I can now see that welding is not too difficult, it just needs practice. Now to ...
SAILBOAT UPGRADES IN TUNISIA, NEW EXTERIOR CANVAS WORK WITH SUNBRELLA PLUS MATERIAL INCLUDING CUSHIONS, SPRAYHOOD, BIMNEY, LAZY BAG AND ACCESSORIES, NEW ...
Magnus decides to reduce the length of the headsail furler foil to prevent it from getting caught up in one of the halyards in the future, and jamming up the ...
Last week, Axel had a first attempt to making a fiberglass tube for the handrails stanchions. That didn’t go well, so, in this episode we try again, hopefully ...
Wendy empties the pantry yet again and it’s time to begin planning for new shelves to make things store more easily. Magnus cuts the timber, Wendy paints it ...
We build a new bimini for Nutshell. We are constrained by the shrouds and the mizzen mast, so it’s quite difficult to work out where to put it, but we get ...
We need to install new dinghy davits on our Leopard 47 but we don’t know how to weld so our friend Singh agrees to teach us. I’m not sure how much we really ...
This week we are popping out the second part from our hull mold and getting a very exciting shipment from the other side of the world! Want to support us? ...
Magnus is planning on making the davits for Peanut and our dear friend, Bryan, is a welder so he shows Magnus the ropes. Magnus begins the repair on the lid ...
Solar is a hot commodity and we are taking full advantage of this free resource! We fabricated our support structure ourselves as well as installed everything ...
In this episode we free dive on a sunken sailboat which had been abandoned in the bay. Efforts had been made for the last 2 years to contact the owner to ask ...
Ahoy, in this episode we talk about anchors. We tested the ULTRA Anchor in comparison to the ROCNA Anchor. With both anchors we did exactly the same maneuvers ...
Ricky walks you through to steps of getting your grimy old oxidized stainless steel looking brand spanking new again! What you need: Grinder: ...
This is quite literally the 'middle' video. It's all about the stuff that is going into the middle of the rudder. As Expanding Epoxy Foam is new to me, I ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...