As we start cruising the Florida ICW we really get worried that we messed up our Yanmar rebuild. Why are we going so slow? We then find the culprit which is ...

The moment of truth has arrived along with the most stressful and exciting day! Was the $697 Yanmar 2GM rebuild worth it, will it start? We spent over a month ...

Our Yanmar 2GM is finally ready to be put back in place. Fortunately Cody from sailing Vinyasa comes to give us a hand making life so much easier. ...

We are finding more problems with our Yanmar 2GM and not only a cracked piston. But like Cory says: " We're getting somewhere!" We have been learning so much ...

We finally receive our parts for the engine rebuild. We manage to remove our Yanmar 2GM which despite its small size is quite heavy and in the most awkward ...

Living at anchor in the middle of the ICW while the engine is in pieces can be really interesting and challenging. And this is the start of a long journey in ...

Come Join Us while we are in Quarantine back in Canada. Times are crazy for everyone and situations are always changing. So we wanted to update you all and ...

In part 2 of our DIY diesel engine rebuild, we continue the disassembly all in the cockpit of our sailing catamaran.... We ran into a few hiccups where we ...

Come Join Us in New Smyrna Beach, Florida and join the conversation. A bit of a jump forward we left the Bahamas and made it safely back to the USA. The main ...

Water is coming in from everywhere. As we do some sailboat inspection we realize that our bilge pump is not working and the water keeps rising without going ...

Life on the Erie canal while sailing is full of surprises. We happened to be in Fairport for the Farmers Market and it was full of goodies from fresh produce ...

We've got some sailboat transmission problems on our Yanmar 2GM. The transmission slipping got us really worried and we had to further investigate. Then we do ...