Antifouling YouTube Videos
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Goodbye Land Life, Hello Boat Life! | Sailing Sunday Vlog 283
We’re back aboard our sailboat Sailing Sunday! After RV life across America, it’s splash day, boat upgrades and baby Oakley’s first time at sea. This week, it’s all about getting her ready for the water again and we’re not just talking about a q...
Offshore Sailboat Prep: Essential Systems & Tips for Long Voyages | Captain German Exploring
Planning a long-distance offshore passage on your sailboat? 👉 Want to join our adventures? Subscribe now: https://youtube.com/@CaptainGermanExploring In this detailed guide, Captain German Exploring shares his essential tips and real-life experience on...
Why I Choose Hard Antifouling for My Sailboat?
Hard antifouling or soft? Here’s why I always pick the hard type to protect my hull for long-distance ocean sailing. Pro tips from real offshore experience!
Seacocks & Antifoul – Living With The Tide
In this episode, we’re cracking on with more work aboard Constantia as we get her ready for adventures ahead. From fitting new Tru Design seacocks (yep, we’re excited about seacocks now), slapping on fresh antifoul, and installing anchor chain markers,...
Spring refit and boat work on Leros island, Greece – New solar, bilge alarm and fridge (Ep 12)
We fly back to Leros island in Greece where we left Wishful Thinking for the European winter on the hard at Moor and Dock Boatyard. We get straight into boat work to prepare to launch her for our second sailing season. Below the waterline we remove rust on...
WE’VE GOT HOLES IN OUR BOAT Ep 353
Heading into the boatyard... https://www.sailingnandji.com We have hauled out to complete 3 major jobs before sailing across the Indian Ocean. The mast is out, the deck overhaul has begun and the third BIG job is discover what is happening below the wat...
Boat work & launch fail in Greece – Moody 425 sailboat – Seacocks, pump, holding tank, leaks (Ep 2)
We arrive back in Greece, reunite with Wishful Thinking and spend four weeks getting her ready to go in the water. Ryan installs a new bilge pump, holding tank and replaces four broken seacocks. Unfortunately Wishful Thinking sprang a leak on launch day an...
Antifouling, the most controversial subject on boats! Wind generation, is it worth it? SOF Ep245
#sponsorshipopportunity #windgeneration #coppercoat This week we bring you a very controversial topic, antifouling! The experts explain to us all you need to know about copper coat, from how to apply to the final cost. They also demystify on how difficult ...
I HAVE A PROBLEM – and I hope it’s just the barnacles!
I have noticed that Wahine has been a tad slower of late and when motoring I am getting a slight shudder between 2500 - 3000 rpm. It's been a year since I painted her bottom so I am `hauling her out for a day to inspect, clean, and paint. #solosailor #...
E07 Haul Out Part 1 of 3 – FIRST TIME we saw her BUTT (Antifouling our 30+ year old sail boat)
Join us weekly for more boat restoration fun! In this week's video we've been hauled out and get to see the hull of our boat for the first time! We're on a tight timeline with heaps of work to get done before being splashed in two weeks time so we start ...
2 STUDENTS FIGHTING FOR THE DREAM! HARD YARDS ON THE HARD STAND | Where The F*&k Did We Go? Part 3
It's chaotic and frantic, but the reward will be well worth it. For those of you that missed us, becoming a Patron enables us to ensure the continuity of Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama. We've gotta cover the bills somehow and this influenced our decisi...
THE COSTS of our REFIT 😱 Full Refit Beneteau 57 teak deck, Raymarine instruments, lithium batteries
THE COSTS of our REFIT - A question so many of you have been asking - what are the costs of your Full Refit Beneteau 57 in Turkey. Unless you buy a new boat every few years, a refit of a sailing boat will be part of your sailing life. So in this sailing ep...
Which Bottom Paint – Poly’s Refit Continues
Poly's Refit Continues - Which bottom paint to choose? We're getting close to painting the bottom after all the repairs. But which antifouling paint will last years before we have to undertake our specially complicated and expensive task of lifting the boa...
Serving B%+BS for Breakfast before KEEL REPAIR PART 2, PREPPING for ANTIFOULING BOTTOM PAINT – Ep 51
This week features part 2 of our keel smile repair. We start fiberglassing the keel and we also start prepping our monohull sailboat hull for an application of new ablative bottom paint. We remove the old boot stripe and Travis is removing the old anti-f...![Time to BOTTOM PAINT our sailboat [Ep 160]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/mdzxw_rPU7Q/maxresdefault.webp)