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Cutting A HUGE Hole In Our Boat & Installing An eBay Hatch | Sailboat Story 209
The forward cabin in our Westsail 42 has zero ventilation. There's no dorade vents, no hatches, and no portlights - nothing. This is a big problem because the forward cabin is Molly's room and she's going to cook in there if we don't do something about the...
Lofrans Tigres Windlass Installation On A Westsail 42 Sailboat | Sailboat Story 208
The Lofrans Tigres horizontal windlass is one of the most common electric windlasses in use on cruising sailboats. It's time-tested, reliable, and spare parts are typically easy to come by so it seems like a great fit for our Westsail 42 sailboat. The inst...
Westsail 42 Is DRIVING ME CRAZY | Inspection Plates & Aft Cabin Restoration | Sailboat Story 207
Projects continue as Ben installs inspection plates on the diesel tank, repairs rotten wood in the aft cabin, and generally works towards preparing the boat for new voyages. It's been a long, hot Summer of non-stop boat work and if he doesn't get to go sai...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 7: Stern Cleats, Pushpit & Cheek Blocks | Sailboat Story 204
Before we could repair the leaking hull to deck joint on our Westsail 42, we had to remove all of the deck hardware that was mounted on top of the cap rail. Now that this boat project is complete, it's time to put all of the sailing hardware back onto the ...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 5: Fairing, Sanding, & Heat Stroke | Sailboat Story 202
It's time to start making our hull to deck joint and cap rail pretty again. What that means is that we have to get it shaped right in order to paint it. Unfortunately, the process of getting a 90ft hunk of fiberglass shaped right means a considerable amoun...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 4: 270ft Of Fiberglass Onto Our Westsail 42 | Sailboat Story 201
Tambi and I lay on 270ft of fiberglass cloth onto the bulwarks of our Westsail 42. The fiberglass we use is 25oz double biased mat. We make 3 laps around the boat with my job being to wet out and lay the fiberglass strips into place and her job being to mi...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 3: Filling & Fairing With Thickened Epoxy | Sailboat Story 200
We've ripped off the old teak cap rail, cleaned out 90 ft of hull/deck joint, and now we begin to fill and fair the joint with thickened epoxy. It's HOT work doing this kind of manual labor in the intense Florida heat, but between the 2 of us, we set up an...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 2: Remove Hardware & Stop Leaks With Epoxy | Sailboat Story 199
Work continues on our leaky hull to deck joint as we do battle with 5200, contort our bodies to remove hard-to-reach sailing hardware, and ultimately stop the leaks using neat epoxy. Along the way we discover that's it's entirely possible for a person to ...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 1: Ripping Up 90ft Of Teak Cap Rail | Sailboat Story 198
The hull to deck joint on our sailboat is very leaky so we are about to embark on the most in-depth boat project we've ever taken on. The teak cap rail has to be removed to access the hull to deck joint which will need to be thoroughly cleaned of 45 year o...
Forward Cabin Restoration, But I’m Not Pleased With The Results | Sailboat Story 197
Ben heads back down to Green Cove Springs, FL for another round of boat work. In this video, Molly's forward cabin gets the boards put back up on the walls, the splintered cap rail is repaired using an epoxy wood putty, and a rotten bulkhead in the galley ...
DIY BOAT HATCH AIR CONDITIONER | How We Run A Window Unit AC On Our Sailboat | Sailboat Story 196
Just a short video showing our homemade cowling that allows a window a unit AC to be used on a boat hatch. This is a simple DIY cowling that we made to help keep the boat comfortable during the hot, humid Florida summer while we work on refitting our Wests...
Cleaning A Moldy Boat Fridge | Sailboat Story 195
The refrigerator in our boat, even though it's essentially brand new, is in a very sad state indeed. When we opened the lid for the first time, we were shocked to see that there was a very disgusting, albeit very cold, colony of mold that was happily thriv...
Scratching Boat Projects Off The List (and adding a few more) | Sailboat Story 194
Some days you just have to go after some of the smaller boat projects that tend to accumulate. We remove the vinyl graphic from the side of the boat, rebed a leaky deck prism, remove an engraved belay pin board thingy, and work on our busted up cap rail. T...
How To Install A MaxProp Propeller With Molly & Ben | Sailboat Story 193
In this video, we install our Maxprop propeller. Prior to this video we removed the propeller, cleaned off the old antifouling paint, degreased it, and added 2 more degrees of pitch. Now, we put it back on the boat. Thankfully Molly is on the job to ensure...
Cutting Open A 44 Year Old Sailboat Holding Tank With A Sawzall | Sailboat Story 170
I cut open a 44 year old sailboat holding tank with a sawzall. While I'm at it, I also cut large holes in our fuel tanks to install larger inspection ports. Despite their destructive nature, these are actually necessary steps as we refit our old sailboat a...
WE FINALLY FOUND A BOAT! | Westsail 42 Walkthrough Tour | Sailboat Story 153
We found her. We like her. We put a deposit down to buy her. This video is a basic walkthrough tour of a Westsail 42. We haven't completed the purchase just yet, but things are headed in that direction. In a few days Tambi and I will go back down to Wes...
Brewer Pan Oceanic 46 Tour | The BIGGEST Sailboat We’ve Considered Buying | Sailboat Story 150
Come along as we tour a Brewer Pan Oceanic 46. It's the biggest sailboat we've ever considered buying! As you may already know, we are on the hunt for our next cruising sailboat. To ensure that nothing slips past us we check for new listings multiple time...
She Likes The Kadey Krogen 38 | Sailboat Story 149
During our search for the next cruising sailboat, there have been only a few that have gotten Tambi really excited. The Kadey Krogen 38 is one of those boats. The size, layout, storage, galley and staterooms are all things that are highly important to Tam...
Pearson 424 Ketch Walkthrough | Too Big OR Just Right? | Sailboat Story 148
Join us on a walkthrough tour of a Pearson 424 ketch sailboat. This popular cruising sailboat just returned from Grenada and is still packed to the brim with provisions and spare parts. This is an opportunity for us to potentially buy an unlisted boat befo...
Talking About Our Next Cruising Sailboat | Sailboat Story 147
The time is upon us to find our next cruising sailboat. We've got about 6 months until the next cruising season kicks off, so we need to track down the boat, buy it, and get it set up for cruising ASAP. We've got our work cut out for us and not a lot of ti...
Q&A Session | Sailboat Story 89
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