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Following on from last episode and the beginning of our engine disconnect debacle, in this episode we finally get the engine out and into the workshop so work can begin tidying her up!
Ellie starts to go through the jumble of cables we call a distribution ...
Following on from where we left off, we arrived back from our 'working' holiday and decided to start renting a unit, not only to store our things whilst doing up the boat, but also to turn into a workshop.
In this episode join us for Part One as we stumbl...
In this week's episode, we step away from boat work to answer some questions that we've been asked in the comments over the weeks. We had great fun making this episode and we can't wait to make more! We had a quite a few questions, which I promise we will ...
We’ve been away with work for four months and we’re finally back and ready to crack on with the building of our home. Whilst we’ve been away, and I promise we were working, we’ve had lots of time to think, contemplate and figure out the best route ...
This week we discover a large crack lurking beneath where our water tanks were, the epoxy comes out for the first time and the count down is on to finish the weeks job list before our jobs go international.
We hope you enjoy!
Ellie and Ben xx
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Having made SUCH a mess last time, we focus on really managing the dust we know we inevitably will make refitting a boat. The amount of grime 50 years can have is quite something! This episode also comes with a fair few challenges and talking through some ...
We're carrying on taking out as much of the wood as possible along with very needed trip to the tip! We manage to sneak in a small sail trip on Ben's brother's boat. Ellie goes galavanting about in London, whilst Ben starts the sanding party and gets extra...
We're back! We have had to be away with work from our boat for several months, with no chance to come back for even a weekend and we are finally back! We have a whole week now to purely dedicate to Rummy. As we continue to strip her back, we knew we may fi...
Carrying on from the previous episode, we do a very needed trip to the tip and then hit it hard with draining the diesel tank and removing the diesel stove! Due to soon-to-be liveaboards, we are pretty set on trying to create as much space as possible whil...
Having managing a 3 day delivery back to Burnham-on-Crouch, we were SO excited to start cracking on with the refit. Initially we had plans to keep her in the water over summer, but having endured a fair few engine issues on the delivery, we decided to take...
We bought a sailing boat! A 1972 Contest 38. This is the start of our journey. Join us as we take on the first step in our refit process - delivering the boat! Along with the help of our wonderful skipper Tom, we were able to embark on a successful 3 day d...
Welcome to Sailing Rum Punch!
One year ago TODAY, we bought our 1972 Contest 38 and we have spent the last year juggling our full time jobs and starting the process of the huge refit of our 50 year old boat. Our first two episodes will be landing in a week...
As always we shall be chatting about where we are and what we have been up to, along with answering any questions you might have. Live chat also gives us a chance to ask you want mini videos you would like next, along with what you want to see more or less...
This is the end of Season 1! In this video we take a look back at the adventure over the past year. We want to thank you all for joining us this far and we hope you will continue to enjoy our next adventure in Season 2 :D
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In this episode we get invited to race in the West Indies Annual Regatta. We hop on board Genesis to race against other traditional carriacou yachts and have a fantastic time.
The owner of Genesis is also the producer of Vanishing Sails, a fantastic film...
In this Episode we dive Pigeon island, one of Jacques Cousteau's top ten dive sites! Then its time to say goodbye to Robert before heading to Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.
After Matt falls really ill we decide to take it easy before he is asked to race ...
In this episode we find out where our suspicion leak is coming from, before being joined by the Whitey from Blighty. We explore some beautiful forts and anchorages with Matt little brother who despite his many attempts of hiding from the sun still manages ...
In this episode we say goodbye to our awesome crew member Tom in Martinique before setting sail to Dominica. Here we get to drink plenty of rum, meet new friends and see the destruction the hurricanes caused to the island whilst we take a tour.
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In this Episode we check out some beautiful places in St.Lucia from sulphur springs to freezing waterfalls. After a lovely day spent exploring Matthew gets dreads and receives his new title "Dread Pirate Matthews". Then its time to sail over to Martinique ...
In this Episode Matt and Tom explore the beautiful union island, before hiking to the highest peak and setting up camp for the night. After a nice hike the boys return for a beach BBQ at the awesome "Shark Attack".
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In this episode we experience swell like never before, when "Swellmageddon" hits our lovely bay in Bequia! After our short stay in princess Margret's bay we sail over to Union Island, a beautiful sailors haven.
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In this episode we are invited aboard a Barefoot catamaran for a day sailing around St.Vincent. Its our first ever time stepping onto Catamaran and Matthew instantly finds his favourite place aboard. After our adventure on board we head back to Nova and ce...
In this Episode we check out Fort Duvenette, and have a beautiful sun set Hike. Matt has an unpleasant accident and we take Nova out to practice Man Overboard drills.
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In this episode we say goodbye to Barbados and sail over night to Blue Lagoon in St Vincent. We are invited to stay in one of Barefoot Sailing Charters apartments for the night. Unfortunately on entering the Blue lagoon we have our first grounding!
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