Watch Sailing & Boating Adventures Around the World tagged “Boat maintenance”

Venturing to Santa Cruz Island [Adventure #18]

We are finally settling into cruising life, balancing boat repairs and exploring amazing new places! After landing in Ventura, we are happy to take advantage of the convenience of being at a dock and get some projects done. After we get all of our boat w...

Aug 12, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:55

OPEN OCEAN BATHING [Adventure #17]

Part 2 of our offshore passage from the Columbia River to the Channel Islands and Southern California! The weather calms down, we get a chance to go for a swim and have a bath 300 miles off the California Coast, see some awesome sea life, check out Santa ...

Jul 30, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:26:52

Work Work Work – Ep.18 RAN Sailing

In episode 18 we continue the work on RAN in Las Palmas. We construct a new anchor roller for our new 25 kg anchor and build a new box for the plotter and the instruments. We celebrate the summer solstice (Fiesta de San Juan) together with thousands of Gra...

Jul 04, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:24

Catamaran Haul Out Time PART 3

Impi is sailing around the world and in this series we share our 'haul out time' in New Zealand. This particular video includes some work done in the boat yard at NORSAND as well as the launch of Impi back into the water and many various chores around the ...

Jun 30, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:30:19

Boat Work & New friends in Las Palmas – Ep.17 RAN Sailing

In this episode we're in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to work on the boat. This marina is famous for being a hub point for blue water sailors preparing to cross the Atlantic and since that's our case we try to get as much things done as we can. We also spend ...

Jun 24, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:14:45

#57: When Re-Torquing Keel Bolts: 250 = 180

At least that's the decision we made after we broke the torque wrench hammering these guys down. It was a bit of a project all told but we got 'er done and were glad we did because we ended up discovering and righting some hardware wrongs once we'd dug in...

Mar 25, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:24

#52: Stumped by the Rottern Stringer Repair

Complete repair documented at https://havewindwilltravel.com. Here, we start the rotten stringer repair! I know you guys have been excited to see this. The guys at Perdido Sailor finally busted out some proper (oscillating) tools on our rotten stringers...

Mar 04, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:55

#48: Bad News, Big Decision

Seems our hack job didn't really pass muster and we have, in the words of Brandon with www.perdidosailor.com "a lot more to do." So, bad news and now a very BIG decision to make. What do you think we should do?

Feb 15, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:14

#47: We Can Dig It!

Lookout! The DIY'ers are on the loose. Have grinder, will cut. We made a real mess of things in the bilge, but we gutted the stringers. Tell me, what do you think of our end product? Are we done cutting?

Feb 12, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:08:03

Cruising Lealea Refit No. 7: Teaser

After a meeting with our carpenter friend on the boat, we have some new ideas about the interior design. To view the complete Cruising Lealea Refit Playlist, click the link! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi0ZDWfmQxFPtVmGege6hYaiasmeOJG8 We ...

Feb 04, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:05:11

#45: The Tunnel of Doom

Prepping our boat for the fiberglass job took a lot of cleaning, a lot of a plastic and a lot of tape, cut mostly by my teeth! Pretty cool to see her all ready for surgery, though. Lookout rot! Here we come!

Feb 01, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:57

#42: Taking Some Hits at the Yard

It seems the boys at the shipyard like to pick on the DIY'ers. But, we can take a few light hits. We'll probably need their help along the way when it comes time to disassemble and fix all this stuff, so bring it on boys! Many thanks to the www.perdidos...

Jan 22, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:07:09

The Beginning Of An Adventure – Ep. 1 RAN Sailing

12 January 2016 is the date for the beginning of our sailing adventure. We leave from Dockan Marina in Malmö in the middle of the winter and so far we have planned to sail to the Canary Islands and after that we'll see where we go next. We have made a lot...

Jan 09, 2016
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:53

#33: Havana Daydreaming

We've got a TON of projects coming up kids, so I wanted to give you a little glimpse of what it is that motivates us when we're doing all of this scraping, cleaning, sanding and prepping. Plenty of cruising vids at https://havewindwilltravel.com/.

Dec 23, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:05:12

#31: The Blues Bring Bad News

A rotten discovery in the bilge brings us the blues during Blue Angles weekend. Find out what tragedy just made our project list a helluva lot longer!

Dec 16, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:57

#28: You’re Doing WHAT with the Handrails?

If we want to get that boat moving south next year, it's time to get to work. It's stupid what one "little leak" can do to your boat. Rebed Take One (because, yes, this is worthy of a three-part saga). Enjoy! Thanks to my Patrons who make it all possib...

Dec 04, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:04:16

Sail Life – Up on the hard, part 10

I had in no way expected my short (1-2 weeks planned) stay in the yard to turn into 10 videos, but here we are. Hopefully, this will be the last video I'll upload with Obelix being stuck up in the hard :) Link to guide about using west system epoxy to ma...

Nov 01, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:36

Sail Life – Up on the hard, part 9

Spurred on by the supportive comments on the previous video (Up on the hard, part 8) I've chosen to paint the area underneath the engine. I'm almost done and I'm glad I did this. Thanks, guys! :)

Oct 25, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:35

Sail Life – Up on the hard, part 8

Out comes the engine! Fingers crossed all new gaskets in the gearbox will fix the leak :)

Oct 23, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:05:24

Sail Life – Up on the hard, part 5

I solder on the new PL259 connectors and paint (most of) the bottom. As soon as I get the cutlass bearing replaced I'll be back in the water again. Yay!

Oct 14, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:06:34

FTB Sailing Interview #03 | Matt Matson | s/y Aventura

" ...all the stuff people are interested: the car you drive; the money in the bank; the cell phone you have. I've traded experiences for things. I don't do a lot of things..." Next up in our series of interviews with sailors, commissioned specially for our...

Jul 12, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:08:42

FTB Sailing Interview #02 | Jamie Furlong | s/y Esper

This is the second in our new series of interviews with sailors we meet on our travels. Except, of course, this one is about Jamie, he of followtheboat and s/y Esper. Camera mounted on a tripod and Liz firing the questions, Jamie talks about his grandfathe...

Jun 28, 2015
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:10:09

Cruising Lealea-DIY Project: Teak Handrails Part 2

Finishing the new exterior teak handrails we made from scratch for Lealea in our friend's workshop. A query on the Albin Vega Yahoo group about replacement handrails reminded us of this video we recorded in 2008 but never published. It is not very slick ...

Jun 04, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:10:32

Cruising Lealea-DIY Project: Teak Handrails

Making new exterior teak handrails from scratch for Lealea in our friend's workshop. A query on the Albin Vega Yahoo group about replacement handrails reminded us of this video we recorded in 2008 but never published. It is not very slick but it does ans...

May 30, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:51

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