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Our CENTER HULL is FULL OF WATER – Classic Cat Restoration | SailAway 223
There's a TON of WATER in our NACELLE...NOT what we wanted to find upon returning. A ROUGH 1500-Mile PASSAGE left us with a boat in DISARRAY, so we begin the long journey of getting it BACK IN ORDER and slowing making it a home. Enjoy!! And be sure to SU...
30+ KNOTS, 20′ SEAS, 48′ Catamaran – The LAST 500 MILES | SailAway 222
The TRUE TEST of our 30-YEAR-OLD CATAMARAN as we finish our 1400 MILE OFFSHORE PASSAGE. We leave the RAGGED ISLANDS and angle toward the GULF STREAM while dodging MASSIVE WEATHER FRONTS, trying hard not to get caught out in the Gulf Stream in adverse wind...
How to FLY A SPINNAKER on a BIG CRUISING CAT – 1400 Mile Passage PART 2 of 3 | SailAway 221
On our LONGEST PASSAGE YET, we hit some LIGHT WINDS, meaning it's time to test the RAGGED and NEGLECTED SPINNAKER we FOUND in the bow locker! We show you STEP BY STEP how to do it, along with a few more days of PASSAGE LIFE and yet another MYSTERY ISSUE t...
THERE GOES the MAIN! 1400 OCEAN MILES in a CLASSIC CAT – Part 1 of 3 | SailAway 220
Can our 30-YEAR-OLD Privilege Catamaran handle a 9-DAY OCEAN PASSAGE?! The BIGGER question - CAN WE?! SEA SICKNESS, things BREAKING, and our FORECAST is WINDIER and WAVIER than we'd like. But there's NO SIGN of it improving in the near future. And with...
Building Wilda Trailer – The story of 2 PEOPLE and 1 SAILBOAT in 1 min and a bit
This video is an intro invitation to follow our project and our adventure of finishing the build and refit of our performance sailing catamaran Wilda. Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1340x sailing catamaran. She is being finished in a shed outside Melbo...
BARE MINIMUM Passage Prep | SailAway 219
1400 MILES on OPEN OCEAN?! Our catamaran ISN'T ready and NEITHER ARE WE! But can we add JUST ENOUGH of the RIGHT EQUIPMENT to get us there? We're gonna do our best, but our WEATHER WINDOW is NOT cooperating. Can we make it to SOUTH CAROLINA in time to ...
The Boat’s NOT READY…So HERE WE GO! | SailAway 218
The boat's NOWHERE NEAR 100%, but to GET IT THERE, we need to travel 1800+ MILES to the U.S. before Dec. 12! This jump to the USVI is the FIRST STEP in our LONGEST JOURNEY EVER. We've got NO NAV, it's WINDY, it's ROUGH, it's 400 miles to St. Thomas, it's ...
PAINTING OVER our COPPERCOAT BOTTOM – | SailAway 217
It's a BOATYARD BLITZ!! The list is HUGE and we only have 7 DAYS. From our UNEXPECTEDLY SHOT COPPERCOAT bottom, to NUMEROUS DAMAGE areas, and MANY items in between, we do ALL THE WORK OURSELVES and ON THE CHEAP. We have less than a MONTH to make 1800 mi...
Classic Cat SAILING TEST – OLDER = BETTER? | SailAway 216
Our 1992 PRIVILEGE CATAMARAN comes with COMPROMISES. But SAILABILITY ISN'T one of them! As we start our 1800 MILE JOURNEY northward from GRENADA, we get into 30+ KNOTS SUSTAINED as well as 5 knots, all upwind. How does this girl handle it and WHY do we ...
The HIMIWAY CRUISER Electric FAT Bike – Cruiser’s Best Friend? | SailAway Reviews
The NEW BREED of ELECTRIC BIKES opens up all kinds of doors for people on land AND in the CRUISING COMMUNITY. We review this GO ANYWHERE BEAST and let you know our thoughts. Enjoy!! And be sure to SUBSCRIBE for WEEKLY CONTENT EVERY SUNDAY! Cheers!! [S...
SAILING AWAY on a HIGH NOTE – Catamaran Life | SailAway 215
The PURCHASE and RESTORATION of this PRIVILEGE CATAMARAN, plus a SILLY assortment of MISFORTUNES has given us fits over the last 4 MONTHS, but suddenly we're CELEBRATING several things ALL AT ONCE! And not a moment too soon, since it's time to LEAVE GRENA...
Real Life AMPLIFIED | SailAway 214
The UPS and DOWNS of CRUISING LIFE feel much more EXTREME than in "NORMAL LIFE". Add the RENOVATION of a 30 YEAR OLD CATAMARAN and a LONG spell of UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS and that effect is AMPLIFIED THAT MUCH MORE. It's sort of a BI-POLAR LIFESTYLE; the HIG...
Catamaran Restoration ON THE CHEAP – Can We SALVAGE THIS? | SailAway 213
Our 48' CLASSIC PRIVILEGE CAT needs a LOT of LOVE, and REPLACING every bad item with NEW will BANKRUPT US really quick. So our mission is to RESTORE it CHEAP, FIXING and SALVAGING everything we possibly can. This week it's a mainsail missing some parts a...
We have a roof AGAIN! – S02 E09 (Sailboat Roof Transformation Part III)
In this episode of Building Wilda we complete the roof bonding. We used fiberglass & epoxy to reinforce the join. If you'd like to see the entire roof rebuild, we suggest you to watch the previous episodes as well. Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1...
How Much $$$ Is TOO MUCH – FIX IT or REPLACE IT?! | SailAway 212
We're RENOVATING our PRIVILEGE 482 CATAMARAN and the TO-DO LIST is LONG, but one item has PLAGUED OUR EXISTENCE from DAY ONE. Now that we have an EXPERT on hand to fix it, it's STILL NOT WORKING. Sometimes it comes down to REPLACING over FIXING and just ...
HOW we put our COCKPIT ROOF TOGETHER – S02 E08
In this episode of Building Wilda, we continue our sailboat roof transformation. After having faired and sanded the cockpit roof, we then put it back up, with the help of a friend, a couple of supporting beams and some ropes. Now it’s time to see how ar...
The #1 Reason We May NEVER LEAVE THIS ISLAND – Catamaran Life | SailAway 211
It's NOT WHAT YOU THINK. Grenada is AMAZING. Beautiful anchorages , epic jungles, wonderful locals, endless activities. But ONE THING makes us wish we could STAY FOREVER! Sadly, we can't, because even if we did, that one thing would also be gone. Enjo...
CLASSIC CATAMARAN RENOVATION – The Power Tools Come Out | SailAway 210
Our '92 PRIVILEGE 482 CATAMARAN is not only our PROJECT, it's our HOME. Which makes things very interesting once the POWER TOOLS come out and the whole thing becomes a FLOATING WORK SHOP! But somehow we manage to negotiate the mayhem, FIX SOME STUFF, and...
SailAway LIVE Q&A 11/20/22 4pm EST – Where Are We and WHAT’S NEXT?! – Catamaran Renovation
TODAY, 11/20/22 4pm EST! For 4 MONTHS we've LIVED and SAILED on this CLASSIC PRIVILEGE CATAMARAN while trying to RENOVATE her to her FORMER GLORY. Now we find ourselves in the midst of a very long passage and we thought maybe you'd like to know...TO WHE...
Our Off Grid Boat – New Arch with 3.2kW of Solar!
Our refit has been centered around one thing: adding solar, lots of solar! In this episode, the fabrication of a new solar arch is completed and we mount 5 of our new 450w bi-facial solar panels. That brings our total solar capacity up to 3.2 kilowatts! ...
Catamaran NIGHTMARE – DRAGGING Becomes SINKING | SailAway 209
Our friends' CATAMARAN DRAGS ANCHOR in a storm, leading to FAR BIGGER ISSUES...like WATER POURING IN at GALLONS per MINUTE. We do our best to help and later wonder how well prepared WE are for something like this...especially being CATAMARAN NEWBIES ourse...
But CAN It SAIL?! – From MONOHULL To CATAMARAN – First Sail | SailAway 208
Will the CAT be a DOG? We've LIVED ABOARD our PROJECT CATAMARAN for 3 MONTHS. Finally, it's SAILING TIME! So the old question again - MONOHULL or CATAMARAN? As life long monohull sailors we're about to get our first taste of how this cat sails. Will we...
CHEAP FIXES On A Boat WE STILL DON’T OWN – CATAMARAN Renovation | SailAway 207
We're LIVING ABOARD our PROJECT CATAMARAN even though the DEAL HASN'T CLOSED YET, while the NEW OWNERS of our OLD BOAT move aboard as well...even though THEY don't own her EITHER. It's a weird deal and the fixes on the new boat and other major expenses ar...
CATAMARAN PROJECT – FIRST SAIL and LAST SAIL | SailAway 206
Owning TWO BOATS is ONE and a HALF TOO MANY. As we wade through the endless TO DO LIST to sell our MONOHULL and close the CATAMARAN DEAL, we find ourselves a bit overwhelmed with each new issue. With NO REFRIGERATION and NO DINGHY MOTOR, we do the only t...
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