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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)
Time to BOTTOM PAINT our sailboat [Ep 160]
At last the boat projects are coming to an end. We manage to apply a barrier coat and bottom paint our sailboat between the rainy and cold Florida weather. A few more projects and well needed improvements get done while we wait to launch our sailboat. Film...
ULTRASONIC Antifouling: Will it Work?? (S3 E3 Barefoot Sail and Dive)
In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we install a super cool bit of technology! It's called Smart System Ultrasonic Antifouling. We have the two transducer version for now so we can do a comparison between the two sides of our boat to see how we...
She Got a MAKEOVER! Catamaran Haul Out, Bottom Job, Antifoul (Ep 156)
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Should you paint in the rain? – Sailing & sailboat maintenance Ep 250
Can you paint a boat in the rain? Does prop antifouling work? Waiting for the weather to give us a break... 00:00 Getting the spray painting done 00:29 Painting antifoul and topsides in the rain 01:36 On the hard during lockdown 02:00 Police boat with a ...