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Ep 374 | When Boating GETS REAL, Honest Chat, Wild Night & Unexpected DOUBTS
It’s been a crazy night on Nutshell with massive storms, leaving us questioning if this is all worth it. We continue patching and filling the soft spots in the deck. Progress is steady, but every time we think we’ve fixed them all, another one appears...
Ep 373 | Deck REPAIRS & Navigating NARROW, Very SHALLOW Waters in Pumicestone Passage
This episode is full of cutting, patching, filling and epoxying Nutshell. Meanwhile, we continue our journey north through Pumicestone Passage. It’s extremely narrow and shallow, so navigating needs to be very precise, or you’ll end up stranded on one...
Ep 372 | TESTING Nutshell – ABORTING Longest Passage & Seeking SHELTER in Bad Seas
More housekeeping reveals just how many things are dodgy in the Nuthouse, with more boat jobs rearing their ugly heads. Magnus utilises one of the existing antennas and builds a new one for our AIS system. We plan to test the kite and invite friends aboa...
Ep 371 | Sheep to the RESCUE: Broken Windlass SAVED!
We take a drive to visit a couple of cruisers who are kindly accepting our post. Magnus looks forward to picking up a Raspberry Pi, which he will use to build an autopilot for Nutshell. We do a fuel run with the jerries in the car, using a wonderful app c...
Ep 370 | Restoring Nutshell: Fixing the Rotten Cabin Floor and Painting the Hull
It’s time to tackle the damage caused by the roof leak in the master cabin. We both remove the old carpet and floor sheeting. After seeing how mouldy and rotten the underfloor timbers are, we have to replace a great deal of the wood. We start grinding ...
Ep 369 | Attention Needed to FIX Window Leak: Nutshell’s BOATYARD Haul Out
The weather is getting worse and we try to make our way onward, but we have to turn back and anchor up. Magnus notices there is a major leak at the helm station and so goes about investigating. The windscreen isn’t actually attached! We add that to our ...
Ep 368 | Finding a HOLE in the HULL, Transducer Ripped Off the Boat!
We go in search of a place to dry out to assess the damage from the transducer being ripped off the boat. After a few attempts, we finally manage to land Nutshell. Magnus investigates the damage and finds a hole in the hull! He makes the repairs and reatt...
this was a DISASTER waiting to happen
Episode 185 : Let’s not get DEMASTED Last week we sailed back to Spanish waters from Klein Curacao in one of our best sails EVER, but NOW we are getting back to work. We plan on leaving for a long sail from Curacao all the way up to US virgin islands VE...
We said we WERE NOT doing this. WE LIED.
We said we WERE NOT going to do this, WE LIED | Episode 183 Finally! We’re getting splashed after 6 weeks of hard work and being out of the water. While we have been here, we’ve been up to something. We said that we WERE NOT going to do this, but here...
ONLY 72 HOURS LEFT to Transform our Boat | Beau and Brandy Sailing
ONLY 72 HOURS LEFT to Transform our boat | Episode 181 72 hours to transform our boat. It’s the final countdown! We weren’t expecting to be out of the water this long but some unforeseen challenges bubbled up. We had to extend our stay out on the har...
LITHIUM BATTERY DAMAGE on our electric sailboat (how to stop it from happening)
LITHIUM BATTERY DAMAGE on our electric sailboat (how to stop it from happening) | Episode 181 Sailing takes a toll on equipment, especially if it’s exposed to the salty air and the inevitable splash of ocean water. I’ve been wanting to build a battery...
Is the CENTERBOARD on our Sailboat a PROBLEM?
Is the Centerboard on our sailboat a PROBLEM? | Episode 180 When we first bought Saoirse, we had no idea why there was a large pulley sitting on the counter. Low and behold we found out it was for our centerboard. We did a little bit of maintenance to it...
CLOSING UP THE HOLES IN OUR BOAT (our biggest boat project ever)
Closing up the holes in our boat | Episode 179 Recently we sailed to the boatyard to get hauled out here in Curacao. It’s been 2 years since we had Saoirse out of the water, so we got to work right away looking into things that needed to be fixed. But o...
Replacing my boat’s Jabsco Toilet pump
Replacing my Jabsco toilet pump. I had been having troubles with it leaking at the top as well as becoming very stiff to pump. I was putting small amounts of vegetable oil in the bowl to be able to still use the pump but the piston o-ring was the main prob...