In this episode you find out that part of my daily routine is chatting with my new neighbour James who has been sailing the world since 2007! You get to see how the stands are moved so I can sand down the areas that were under the pads and get some primer...
This video I wanted to show the traditional rigging aboard Norna. We also were working on making an adjustable bobstay, which we had a little trouble doing. Turns out we needed some sort of solid rod for the majority of the bobstay and then add the block a...
In this episode I got the last coat of anti-fouling paint on. Since it was the Easter weekend and I didn't want to delay getting the paint on I ended up just straining the the paint that had the debris in it rather than try and get it exchanged.
The st...
In this episode I got my first coat of anti-fouling paint on and talked about the zincs on the boat. I'm no expert in chemistry, but I gave the best explanation that I could.
I also look at some of the products used for this project.
*the thru hull fi...
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In this episode I get the first coat of primer on the hull only to find that again this is the time to see all the little imperfections. So another round of sanding smooth all those spots before I applied the second coat of primer.
I also show a quick ...
In this episode I applied primer to the keel and realize that this was the time that the last little imperfections really show up, but after a little more filling and sanding it looked better.
I also taped off the water line which was exciting because t...
A bit more about the sailing side of things - put the new assy up for the first time, (much needed investment after one HUNDRED too many times of being becalmed and going a little/lot crazy…) the halliard broke and fell down, broken winch with no spare p...
Meet one of our new AmbientRealLife Sponsors... IGY Marina's Yacht Club at Isle de Sol! This is an unbelievable Mega-Yacht Club on a private island, and we spent almost 2 months living there last season while working on projects for IGY Marinas.. it was c...
After a month and a half in Miami, Starry Horizons and crew set sail around the coast of Florida to head up to Tampa and the next step towards continuing our circumnavigation.
Title says it all on this one.. was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the beach at White Bay on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean! My favorite color has always been turquoise.. just like the shallow waters in the Caribbean, and White ...
In this episode there is sanding, sanding and more sanding! I also show what I did to prepare the keel for the task of fairing it out and finally got some of the fairing compound on it.
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In this episode you see how the boat gets hauled out and put onto the hard and I explain what projects I plan to get done while the boat is out of the water.
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Every wonder what an anchor looks like underwater when its setting? Here is a segment on setting the anchor in sand in the Bahamas. We find the Rocna sets very quickly and holds very well. It just works - and works very well.
Retirement adventure. Three guys crew the sailing vessel Williwa, a 27' Albin Vega, on a 6 week adventure down the Inside Passage. Starting from Southeast Alaska through Canada to Washington with a crew of three; Captain Gary Herald, a professional delive...
This was the last race in the warm up series and took place in the afternoon, close to high water. So although the weather hadn't improved since race 9 there was now at least plenty of water to set the course in.
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It was an overcast and pretty miserable day that greeted the competitors for the last two races in the wilsonians warm up series but with again a puffy F3 wind it didnt stop people from competing.
Izzy and I were assistant race officers so didn't get to d...
My Dads garage,a few memories and some antique dive gear.
Been going though some old footage before a new season of videos coming this spring and summer.
The crew runs from a tropical storm and ends up in Bonbonon, Southern Negros, Philippines! Josje and Brady run out of money and leave Delos to restock their cruising kitty. Brian and Karin continue sailing to Siquijor where they find amazing waterfalls, ...
We put into Caneel Bay on St John, USVIs for the night, anchored just off of Honeymoon Beach outside of the main harbor of Cruz Bay. Was a beautiful calm evening and night, but overnight the reversing currents decided to throw us a little curve ball! Wok...
A subscriber that had contacted me a while back came for a visit and here is a quick look at the project he was working on while his boat was up on the hard.
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So we dont pretend to be experts at tidal river sailing or for that matter Blaze sailing but for what its worth this is what Ian was doing during the first lap of Sundays race in his Blaze dinghy.
It might be of interest to some or it might not, you can ...
With a good forecast and with what turned out to be great weather to go sailing in a few more members turned up for race 5 of the Wilsonian Dinghy club 2015 warm up series on the river Medway in Kent, England.
So we had a puffy F3 breeze to play with, an ...
This video shows how the spinnaker pole is set up on my boat and how it is controlled using the 'guy'. I plan to make a spinnaker sailing video in the upcoming '2015 'Round Saltspring race which will show how to hoist, jibe and douse the spinnaker!
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This video is more for the people that have limited knowledge or experience with sailing as I give a little demo and explanation of some of the lines on my sailboat.
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S/V Sinus is an ÅH 30, which is a copy of the Albin Ballad. The owners call it "the Luxury Ballad".
In this video we are heading for a weekend trip to Bøgeskoven. A small fishing harbor 16 nm south of Copenhagen.
A list of upcoming projects.
1) The engine
2) Shelves in the tiny closet
3) Build a chain locker
4) Install compressor kit() to convert my icebox into a fridge)
5) Remove the mast and replace all the wiring inside the mast
6) Insulate the remainder of the ...
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