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Sailing with dogs around the world is the best experience ever! We have been loving life with these two little troubles and we have realized it's made us stop and do something we never had time for...we also start moving south fast to escape the freezing c...
After 5 months of hard graf in the boat yard, Zephyr is now ready to continue exploring the world. We have conquered every task we set our minds too. She is looking even better than new and we couldn't be more happy with how everything turned out.
It's a ...
Ever wanted to buy new sails, but you felt intimated by the process and that it all felt like it was just too much? Well sit back and relax as we take you through the entire process as we sit down with the guys from Precision Sails to work through a new ...
THE final episode of our transom build is finally here. We move on to that all important step of primer and paint. This stage is where who much can go wrong and the quality of your work from earlier stages will shine through.
We also discover that buying ...
THE TRANSOM BUILD CONTINUES with even more sanding and fairing. We also de-core areas that we are going to place our hardware to support the transom. This part of the process is so important as this will determine the quality of the look once we paint.
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THE TRANSOM BUILD CONTINUES with epic amounts of sanding, fairing and more sanding. This part of the process is so important as this will determine the quality of the look once we paint.
We take you through the pain staking work of perfecting the edges an...
Solar power and Fibreglassing…we take you through a recent upgrade and our most ambitious project so far.
We put our fibreglassing skills to the test and continue the epic build of our new fold down transom.
Hope you enjoy the video!
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BIGGEST UPGRADE EVER!
Power on Zephyr has been a critical issue since the day we bought the boat. Buying cheap lead acid batteries to just get by, cooking in the dark to save power and always having to run the engine to make more power.
Now we finally ta...
Welcome back to this weeks episode of Sailing Zephyr.
James is back from Spain with an even bigger drive to get the last few repairs and upgrades done before we head off. The big job on the list today is getting rid of our old rusty chain and changing it ...
We have spent the last 2 years searching for a way to renew our cockpit floor. After years of hard sailing, foul weather and 1000´s of hours spent walking around the cockpit, it was time to find a way to make it new and improved.
Finally we found what we...
Ahhh the never ending boat project list! This week, James tackles some electrical issues we have been having in both heads….Again! This time he decides enough is enough and he comes up with something quite ingenious to solve our bilge pump problems!
I ...
LEAKING Hatch, Rotten ENGINE Insulation...SAILBOAT PROBLEMS Galore is our latest episode that is packed full of so many jobs that just need to get done.
We kick off with a leaking hatch, followed up by replacing our rotten engine insulation and then crack...
Hey everyone welcome to our first of many boat work videos as we get our big boat blue water ready. This is a fresh look into life on Bella vita in the first week. What we find and where we start 😉
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This week our friends were about to purchase new rudder bearings for HUNDREDS of dollars and lift out for a week to do a rudder bearing replacement as their steering became stiff! As I have done this before, I helped advise them to hang in the sl...
Ever wondered what a real day in the life aboard a live aboard sailboat is like? We give you a look at what happens aboard Zephyr, the fun and the work that happens on a daily basis.
We get down with more cleaning, provisioning for our passage to Linton B...
You already know, it's all about that prep work 💪 This week we're grinding. Prepping the hull for paint and the skeg for fiberglass. Only question: is Joel going to LOSE his patience or find the Zen of Sanding ???
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Huge snowfall and epic adventures in Canada as we swap tropical islands for freezing winter conditions. We travel to Vancouver Island, Vancouver and Squamish where we have our first white Christmas in 20 years.
The snow just keeps coming and pretty soon ...
Welcome Back to the Boat Yard!
It's not all fun and games.
Who Pokes Holes in their boat just before going into the water? We do.
Fo good reason.
We do sooooo many upgrades to Sylfia in this episode, what was your favorite?
If you’ like more Info on ou...
On this episode, we get out steering cables replaced at The Boat Works, John injures himself 😕 before we sail in Moreton Bay on our way to Bribie Island.
Series of videos which covers maintenance jobs during a 7 week visit to Cloudy Bay in Spring’21
This Part 2 covers:
- Re-installation of the Aquadrive System: thrust bearing, CV joint and PSS shaft seal
- Rebuilding all the Selden Furlex hydraulic furl...
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.
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This big news means that Cory has to sand the hull all by himself. And we have quite a list of boat projects to accomplish before launching and sailing over to the Bahamas. Luckily Green Cove Springs marina is a great spot to do the work yourself. We drill...
2 lifts in 1 week!? WHY?
Anis' Boatyard was great, unfortunately Port de Peche consists of 1 government owned travel lift (APIP), and the 4 private boatyards who unfortunately have to bribe the travel lift operator to lift their boats (even though it's th...
We replaced every Thru Hull and Seacock on Sunday with TruDesign. This is a simple step-by-step guide on how we did it.
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