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This week I organized a littel Sanding Party and had some friends over to help me to smoothen the surface of Karl's hull. It was a fun day, we got a lot of work done and had a couple of cold beers afterwards. Life is good and another positive finding was, that one of the holes is actually not i...
If you’re interested in buying our same composting toilet, the best place to purchase is directly from Nature's Head. There is a discount code on our site here:
We have had our toilet since June 2013, and we think anyone with a Tiny House, boat or an RV (or just about everyone) should insta...
10:55 Meet "Pong Ton Tui! #1 Carpenters!"
Our sixth summary video of progress aboard Esper, which is undergoing a major refit in PSS Satun Boatyard, Thailand.
Liz was doing the payroll the other week and as she went through the carpenters' names, Pong, Ton and Tui, she giggled to h...
Not much has really happened this week. I am still grinding, nearly finished, and I have only found three more holes. The rest of the hull seems to be quite all right. The part between the keels was not as bad as I feared and I also got some more offers from different welders this week. So step by s...
What Sailing Books do We Recommend? Visit "Sailor's Essentials" in Lealea's Book Locker for the books mentioned in this video
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Come into my office. Yes, we have an office, albeit a bit noisy and breezy. It was a frustrating week for some (me) but the rest of the team has been cracking along. Liz's Study, complete with a new, curved all, is almost complete. Meanwhile the painters have started filling the topsides and ha...
This film shows us leaving Palma, Mallorca for Gibraltar - a 3 day non-stop sail. Highlights include our initial reaction to getting on the boat, seeing dolphins, and our first experience with a Force 10 storm. I'm very seasick in some of these shots!
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On Heaving to. Storm Tactics Handbook by Lin and Larry Pardey -
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During after-work beers this week a fellow...
Lealea cruising from the snug anchorage at Port Protection, through Dry Pass to the US Forest Service Float at El Capitan.
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So many people have asked us we can't dodge it any longer. How much does it cost to live aboard and cruise? We give it our best shot. Link to Laura's Cruising Budget article
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This is to accompany our blog post on Esper's Refit Week Three, which you can find here: It was recorded in PSS Boatyard, Chebilang, Satun, Thailand, and features our team of workers on the boat this week.
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We’ve been building quite a team on Esper....
How did we choose our solar panels? Do we "Pickle" our water maker? We recommend Don Casey's "This Old Boat - Second Edition" and "Sailboat Electrics Simplified"
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Every time I tell people that I've sold my stuff, have bought a 56' yacht and am sailing around the world they want to know why I decided to do what I'm doing and what I think I'll get out of it. Here are my answers.
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What piece of gear were we most glad to have brought and which did we wish we had left behind? Why no roller furling jib? Why no windvane?
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Week Two of Esper’s refit has progressed n...
KARL is finally on the hard to check the bottom, renew the antifoul and some other small inspections / repairs. It was super exciting to go into the travel lift and because KARL got hauled out in the afternoon and they stopped working, I spent one night inside the travel lift, which was kind of fun....
Tides and currents make navigation challenging, especially in low visibility on Sumner Strait in SE Alaska
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Sell up and sail away step 1: taking a test drive, or should I say a 'test sail,' on the boat of our dreams. Before selling the house, car, possessions, selling our other boat and seriously taking the plunge, we had to find a boat that we could afford and wanted to make our new home. This ...
Two questions: Do you do different things while cruising around Alaska than you do say, for instance, during a crossing? How do you guys while away the time during those periods of relatively low activity? Curious about living aboard and cruising in a small sailboat?
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We will be running our refit updates concurrently with our normal sailing blog (which include a f...
This is to accompany the blog post ( on hauling our sail boat, Esper (an Oyster 435) in PSS Boat Yard, Chebilang, Satun, Thailand. It includes a clip of a local fishing boat being launched in the same slip as the one we were hauled out in. No travel lifts here! This is all done using cables, cradles...
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