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CATAMARAN BUILD – We Bring In the Cockpit Seats! (MJ Sailing – Ep 213)
In this week's episode, we want to keep rolling with getting as many of our molded pieces in as possible, to try and get the boat to a lockup stage before winter. After looking back to a few weeks ago when we began work on the water tanks, we then jump ba...
CATAMARAN BUILD – Can 4 People Lift A Transom Into Place? (MJ Sailing – Ep 211)
With only 4 people, we manage to lift our 25 ft, 300 pound transom into place. In this week's episode, we focus on not only lifting the transom to get it up to the bridge deck, but find what's necessary to get it to, more or less, fit like a glove. We ha...
CATAMARAN BUILD – How Many Guys Does It Take To Carry A Transom? (MJ Sailing – Ep 210)
We're on days 4 and 5 of having Ryan and Burt come to help us, and we are just knocking all kinds of projects out! After having bonded the sill on the bridge deck, we can then, finally, remove the supports from underneath the boat. What it also allows us ...
CATAMARAN BUILD – Glossing Up Our Interior (MJ Sailing – Ep 209)
Let's start distracting from that green foam, by adding shiny molded pieces to the build. After last week's boat show feature, we're now jumping back in a time a few weeks to late September, where Matt and I begin the first step of what is going to help ...
CATAMARAN BUILD – We Define Our Engine Bed Space (MJ Sailing – Ep 206)
In order to give ourselves a larger engine bed and plenty of room to work, we're eating into our storage space by moving the bulkhead forward. We find ourselves doing more odd jobs lately, which only take a few minutes here and there, but always mean we'r...
CATAMARAN BUILD – Our Stern Bulkheads Need To Be PRECISE For Our Transom! (MJ Sailing – Ep 205)
Before our last two bulkheads go in, we need to make sure they sit in their EXACT place, as there is no margin of error. Because the large transom piece we received with our second container sits as a cap over these two bulkheads, we need to make sure eac...
Just About Sailing September 2021 – Engines woes, de-oxidising the paintwork and windlass removal
Not much happened in September. Mostly due to my stupidity. However, there was some progress with getting Serenity spruced up to look her best, along with some work on finishing off the anchor locker.
CATAMARAN BUILD – Our First Floor Goes Down!! (MJ Sailing – Ep 203)
After weeks of on and off prepping our floors, we put the very first one down, situated in our guest bunk. *Prepping foam floor - filmed on August 20 *Bonding floor to webbing - filmed on August 31 *Bonding floor to hull side - filmed on September 01 ...
CATAMARAN BUILD – Prepping for Floors (MJ Sailing Ep 202)
Floors under your feet just make life .... easier. So we figured it was high time we get working on ours. Before we can even think about laying them down though, there's a number of steps we need to go through first to prep the area. Through the plans g...
Just About Sailing August 2021 – Watching paint dry, aka 50 shades of blue
This one is all about trying to match the blue colour of Serenity's hull and finish the repair of the crack in the side by doing the paintwork. I bashed into a dock way back and did a substantial epoxy and fibreglass patch - that was the easy bit... The vi...
Staying FIT while Living Aboard – Plus: DIY All Weather WIND SCOOP for SAILBOAT – Ep 44
Pumped to pump!....some weights, that is! We're in search for a gym to keep fit and exercise while living on a sailboat. Plus, we show you our DIY all weather wind scoop / hatch canopy for our sailboat. A sleek design, easy to make and sew, easily storabl...
Catamaran Build – OUR SECOND CONTAINER HAS ARRIVED!! (MJ Sailing – Ep 198)
The clock is running, and we have 2 hours to unload all the remaining components for our boat!! Plus, we get to do it on one of the hottest days of the year, which is quite a change from the windchills we experienced during the first container unload. Lu...
CATAMARAN BUILD – I Have A Large Cockpit (MJ Sailing – Ep 197)
After adding reinforcements to Bulkhead 6 last week, this time we get it in place and find out exactly how large our cockpit is going to be. We hope you enjoy! Much love from Annapolis! Jessica, Matt & Georgie Link to our boat: https://maxcruise...
Just About Sailing July 2021 – Finishing the Galley (almost) and Fitting the Handrail (sort of)
This month's video was supposed to be about painting over the repair to the hull I did ages ago. I tried a colour matching experiment... and it didn't work. But, I think I now have a solution. So, more of that next month. And I will show the video of the ...