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Zephyr is tired and has been sailing hard for over 25,000nm. We take you on a BOAT TOUR of all the changes we made over the 5 month refit we did in Annapolis, MD.
We change almost every key system onboard Zephyr. We whiff the old clothes and dress her up nice from keel to the top of the mast.
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Are we missing out? Is a sailboat what we really want? Are Motor Yachts just plain better? We take you on a deep dive into the question that comes up again and again...Sailboat Vs Motor Yacht, which is better for cruising?
Crack a beer, sit back and enjoy as our good friends invite us onboard to se...
After 4 years and over 25,000nm of sailing, sometimes sailing can start to feel repetitive. But in this episode we have one of the most thrilling and emotional sails since we started. All whilst exploring the incredible islands of the Northern Exumas in the Bahamas.
Grab a beer, sit back and enjoy...
With boat works officially over and the sailing season now started, Mother Nature wastes no time reminding us that she's the boss and we are visitors amongst the oceans and seas.
We set sail to the Exumas and before we can spend even one day we are forced to find a safe anchorage to wait out ...
Grab a beer and sit back as this episode of Sailing Zephyr has it all. We finally leave the USA and sail to The Bahamas. We arrive into Bimini and are immediately blown away by the clear water and white sand beaches.
After what has to be the easiest clearing in procedure ever, we quickly get moving...
We finish off the last remaining boat works jobs of our 8 month journey to make our sailboat Zephyr even better to carry us the next 25000nm around the world.
We finally resolve our cracked water tank issue, inspect the mast and rigging and make our final departure from the USA towards our next des...
This is a blockbuster episode as we finally bring you the completed and working fold down transom we have made that converts our 43´Beneteau Oceanis into a 46´Beneteau Oceanis. We then bring you some important security upgrades and other incredible things on our sailboat.
Hope you enjoy the video!...
2300nm of motoring almost the entire loop of the ICW has brought us back to where it all started in Fort Lauderdale. We are shocked at the amount of motoring we have done and quickly start getting Zephyr ready for the sailing season ahead.
We also make some big changes involving our tender and abil...
We continue our sail down the ICW from Charleston to Vero Beach. Along the way we get to experience our first space shuttle launch. Truly a memorable experience and one that has us both excited beyond words. We also forget to do one of the most basic things when operating a tender. Watch to see the ...
With new puppies onboard our sail boat Zephyr, we need to take steps to Dog Proof everything for safety. We show some great ways that we do just that all whilst sailing South down the ICW.
We also stop in at some more interesting places along the ICW in our 1200nm journey South to warmer temps.
Ho...
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 conditions.
Hope you enjoy the video!
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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 sad goodbye as we leave Kentmorr M...
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 set of sails for Zephyr.
We travel out to t...
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 paint and primer is insanely expensive, perh...
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.
We take you through the pain staking work of...
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 and the main transom surface.
Hope you enjoy...
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!
Dakota Lithium Batteries
SHIPSDEK Custom Made Marine Floo...
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 take the plunge and lash out on the best Lithi...
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 up for brand new ecco 3/8¨ G4 high test chai...
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 were looking for in a product called PE Foam...
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 let my creative side take hold of me and come ...
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 on with many more jobs. It's juts one ...
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 slings and just repair their rudder bearings s...
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