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We Found the BEST ANCHOR CHAIN!
After almost 5 years living and sailing on our catamaran Wanderlust and 2 previous anchor chains we've discovered the best stainless steel anchor chain from @cromox.chains They use extremely high quality stainless, 316 or above and ours is 318, making it ...
What SAILING LIFE LOOKS LIKE When No One’s Watching
Subscribing to the channel is FREE, ensures you never miss a video and really helps us out! If you enjoy the episode give it a thumbs up and drop us a comment down below! What SAILING LIFE LOOKS LIKE When No One's Watching This is a story about the...
When TWO CHAINS become one- TANGLED at anchor.
This episode is an extra one and we are showing it shortly after the incident happened. When a peaceful night at anchor turns into a head scratching mess as our two anchor chains end up hopelessly tangled together. Thank you to all our subscribers, our ...
LAGOON 450 RUNS AGROUND AFTER LOSING ANCHOR!! – (Episode 289)
In this episode we sail to the Maskulyne islands in Vanuatu to meet up with another lagoon 450. But they ended up dragging anchor, and when they went to let out more chain, they found that it was not fastened to the boat, and they lost not only the anchor ...
We have holes in our masts! Inspecting woodpecker damage… | Sailing Sitka Ep 139
On this episode of sailing Sitka, we tackle day 2 and 3 in the boat yard here in Chiapas, Mexico. During this time we start diving into our biggest worry yet. While we were away for off season, we got notified that a woodpecker (or more) were attacking our...
NO FLUFF: LIFE ON ANCHOR – LOGISTICS, TRANSPORT & CHALLENGES
We take you behind the scenes to show the logistics and daily hurdles we face while living off-grid on the water. We show the challenges in getting ashore without an outboard, transportation challenges, tricky anchorages and how we get mail and packages wi...
Boat Hardware installation started. Shiny bits on! – S03E27
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 it in place, we do a mock-up of the anchor rollers alignment and we mount a cleat! Feels good to ...
REPLACING ANCHOR CHAIN – DON’T make the same SILLY MISTAKE we did! – Ep 182
We are continuing with some boat maintenance projects while anchored in St. Martin, a French Caribbean Island. After sailing thousands of nautical miles and anchoring 99% of the time while living offered cruising full time for the past three years, it's ti...
Sailing Catamaran Escape – Episode 65 – Sailing The Queensland Coast – Brisbane to Bundaberg
After finishing all our boat jobs to get the boat ready for the cruising season, we are finally off. Leaving Moreton Bay we head up the Sunshine Coast and over the Wide Bay Bar. Short overnight stops as we sail across Hervey Bay to reach Bundaberg.
They GAVE Him Brand New Anchor Chain…..For FREE!!!
I have partnered with Island Water World a major marine chandlery store here in the Caribbean to help out other sailors. Jay is a great guy, and super helpful sailor. Always there when others need it. So I figured it was time someone helped him and repayed...
SUNKEN TREASURE! 🎉 🏴☠️ #treasurehunting #boatlife #shorts
FULL STORY on what happened in our latest episode ⬇️ https://youtu.be/Np_V27xWYu4
Ep 327 | Our New Anchor Arrives! Sailing Nutshell, Darwin
We are in the marina and ticking off the boat jobs. Magnus replaces the deteriorated fuel line on Nutshell. We get our new red Altex bottom paint ready to up on the careening poles. We also score a few not quite out-of-date flares which will be great fo...
Salt & Tar: Ep.239- Dock Time Means Project Time!
Successfully replaced our anchor gear! As well as gained parts for our watermaker install, provisioned food and fuel (propane & gas), teak oiled the deck and cabin top, changed the engine oil and filter, topped off on water, finished a video, AND took ...
Ep 313 | Atomic Blast Site, Alpha Island, Montebello Islands, Sailing Nutshell
We arrive at Chianti Bay in the delightful Montebello Islands just off the Dampier coast. Join us in Peanut as we explore the Montebello Islands. We spend hours just poking around the tiny islands and checking out the little inlets and lagoons. It’s a m...
Ep 312 | Finally, New Chain and a Trip Down Memory Lane, Dampier Archipelago, Sailing Nutshell
We have been killing time checking out the nearby islands while waiting for the new anchor chain to arrive. We take a look at Malus Island and the fishing shack Magnus used to visit twenty years ago. We make our way back to Dampier, collect the chain, pr...
BLISTERS?//Did We Find Blisters?-Episode 113
Happy Sunday Crew! In this weeks video we find "blisters" in our bottom job, realize we have missing parts on the standing rigging, and try to decide what size anchor we should buy. ⛵️Buy Your MIAMI BOAT SHOW TICKETS Here: https://www.eventspass.com/e...![WE TOOK IT OFF – FIRST LOOK at Our Re-Galvanized Anchor [Ep. 79]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/bqlGqlyJ4cA/mqdefault.webp)
WE TOOK IT OFF – FIRST LOOK at Our Re-Galvanized Anchor [Ep. 79]
Our boat feels naked without her anchor, chain, and solar panels. This is a big boat project episode. Kate has fun with epoxy and fixes up the dinghy in her bikini, Curtis installs new solar panels, our re-galvanized anchor and chain arrive and we inspect ...![What Every Boat Nerd Wants ⛵️ [Ep. 78]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/mHZQ1xo2mJE/mqdefault.webp)
What Every Boat Nerd Wants ⛵️ [Ep. 78]
We decide to explore Brazil for a bit, so we make some upgrades to improve the boat for living off grid. In this video we sail to a new harbor and get to work on the boat. We find that 3 of our solar panels have failed in an odd way and contact Renogy’s ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.199
The month of May... what a whirlwind! Now that the engine passes all tests we are back on track to leaving the dock asap. We had SO much to get done. It was so hard to share our decision to leave Swab in my sister's care. He is happy and he is loved and th...
Where Will the Windlass Sit? Redesigning Our Chain Locker Pt 2 | Ch5 E18
After finalizing our chain locker redesign, we get to work on designing the plate our windlass is going to sit on. Due to material shortages we have to get a bit creative! Steel sailboats are quite the thing. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardli...
Redesigning Our Chain Locker, Part 1 | Ch 5 E 17
After cruising with her for 6 months and doing some short- term repairs, we decided it was time to do some big changes to the chain locker on our Van De Stadt Norman 40. This has included redesigning where our windlass sits, how our chain flakes, and wher...
Survey report was all good BUT there is still plenty of work to be done! | Sailing with Six | S2 E4
In this episode we grab hold of the tasks set out from the survey report and get to work to ready the boat for the water. She's been on the hard for 6 months and although the previous owner was diligent with the ongoing maintenance there is still work to b...
We Find a MAJOR Problem when We Replace our Anchor Chain – Episode 55
In this episode, we sail to Coco Banderas in the San Blas Islands, Panama. We have a lovely time freediving and spearfishing but decide it is finally time to change our anchor chain. We decide to sail to a more shallow anchorage to swap the chain. As we be...
The Best Views in Curacao – Episode 40
We arrive safely into the quarantine anchorage in Curacao and after a few days of quarantine on the boat, we are able to go to land to finish the lengthy check in process. In the meantime, Gary resolves our autopilot issue! Once cleared in, we waste no tim...
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