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Are we crazy for re-painting the entire boat ourselves?! Short answer is yes, of course, but it needed to be done! In this episode of Sailing Sitka, we continue to sand the waterline and hull in order to prep Sitka for a fresh coat of top-part paint. It feels good to be getting our boat back into ti...
Hot mess in the yard. On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we begin our sailboat refit by sanding down the waterline and hull of Sitka. If that isn't hard enough, we are doing it in an extreme heat wave in the desert of Mexico!
Saying goodbye to our boat... In this episode of sailing sitka, we use our last day in the yard to clean up Sitka as best as we could in order to leave her stored in the yard for 3 months! We fly home to Canada to work in order to save up some cruising cash for next season... the boatyard blues are ...
We found holes in our boat! In this episode, we start day 4 in the Guaymas boatyard by inspecting the blisters and bubbles we found on our keel. We figure out what need immediate attention and also figure out a game plan on how to address them. We start cleaning and prepping the boat as we are one d...
In this weeks episode of Barefoot Travels we FINALLY get the hardtop up onto the boat where it belongs!!
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Being in the boatyard no matter how long is exhausting. It's not the reason you buy a boat, it's hard work and when projects drag on it can be draining on your energy. Hope you enjoy this weeks episode, it is all part of the process!
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This weeks episode we continue on with the endless job of working on the hardtop and we get an exciting delivery!!!
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This week's episode of Barefoot Travels we crack on with a job that is really important for the safety of our boat. Sail drive upgrade! We have SD20 sail drives and maintaining them is really important. We upgrade the water seals and drain out the oil!
Start to finish: how to service SD20 Sail...
In this weeks video of Barefoot travels we get hauled out of the water! I know it feel likes yesterday we were out of the water but now being here in Florida we can get more stuff done!
The hardtop is one of these goals! Yes we will finally be finishing our hardtop rebuild after years of working on...
In this week's episode we play catch up a little bit to get you caught up with everything we've been doing. From finishing our lithium install to moving the boat up river to our haul out area! Hope you enjoy!
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In this episode and season finale of Barefoot Sail and Dive we finish the paint job and SPLASH the boat! It has been a long time coming. We have been on the hard for about 9 months! It has been difficult but we have come out stronger!
We are super happy to be FLOATING!
Jose the painter is a very p...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we finally get to install our new windows! We go back in time a little bit to show you the original plan and then how we actually did it! With the windows in, Barefoot looks like a whole new boat!
So should you buy a HURRICANE DAMAGED CATAMARAN? Well it is...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we share some of the challenges over the past few weeks. We are happy to share our story with you.
We are very thankful to have negotiated with the boatyard and we can finally continue working. The hostage situation has been finished! We will resume work o...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive our new team helps us see a lot of progress on the boat. I know a lot of people have said they enjoy our slow refit but sometimes things don't go as planned.
We are super excited to have the prospect of being in the water soon! Keep your fingers crosse...
In this week's episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we find some GROSS BLACK water trapped in our starboard keel. It is super important to investigate any possible damage areas on hurricane damaged boats because you never know what you may find!
It was shocking to say the least!
We also had the ...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we get back to fixing the hole in the side of the boat. Living in a boatyard is not easy. It is hard work. It is dusty and dirty, hot humid and just in general difficult. Normally we don’t film the sad days for the main reason there aren’t many. We are happy...
In this episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive we discuss the possibility that the boat could fall over! The yard has not given us proper stands for the boat and the bricks are starting to crack.
What would you do?
We also take you on a tour of the bay and we try to get work done between the rain showe...
In this weeks episode of Barefoot Sail and Dive .... Davy helps our good friend Matt repair his keel joint on his Catalina 350. We met Matt out in the quarantine anchorage when we first arrived in Luperon back in June. They arrived two days after us. We spent 3 weeks waving at each other while we wa...
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