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We were recently gifted a new-to us dinghy that was designed by Lyle Hess, the same man who designed some of our favorite boats including the Bristol Channel Cutter and the Fatty Knees. Our Dinghy is a Dover Dory, the predecessor to the Fatty Knees (which ...
This week we tackle the Phase 1 of our Lifeline Project. (Installing the Stanchions) and meet up with our friends and new neighbours Brandy and Beau from Sailing Saoirse
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In this vlog we finally get the new headliner in the salon area of our sailboat. We used a tongue and groove style vinyl beadboard found at Home Depot. It's completely waterproof and should never rot. The trim is also vinyl. We also added 1/2" XPS foam ins...
Spirits are up as we near our destination! This video is packed with GORGEOUS imagery of life at sea. We discuss how it has been crossing the ocean with an electric motor, Herby fixes a malfunction in the packing gland and talks about cloud formations with...
Want to make power from nothing? Well, that's impossible, but you can build your own alternator that to make power from wind, moving water or most anything else that spins. This is a technical video that shows how electric power can be made with a DIY al...
"I'd rather not do that again." Laying up fiberglass upside-down is definitely a tricky, messy process. The stringers we laid up in this episode will serve as a mounting point for the new headliner. We're super excited to cover up all this bare fiberglass ...
We are finally back on the move after four days of being becalmed! This episode includes a major highlight of our crossing: visits from Northern Bottlenose Whales and a pod of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins!! We were so excited, we kept all of the footage in, s...
For this Casual Friday video we decided to make light of some of the mean comments we've received over the years, and read them to you guys!
Obviously, this was a little bit off topic from the normal boat-related content, but that's what Casual Fridays a...
In this video, we go over how to create an eye splice in 3 Lay rope. This is useful for making your own custom fitted dock lines and mooring warps. At the end, how to attach an eye to a cleat is discussed.
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Since our yacht door is poly carbonate we wondered how strong Poly carbonate really is? & if it is bullet proof like they say?
Well we decided to test this theory & shoot a piece of polycarb using a 9mm, .22 & a 45 ACP hand gun.
Polycarbona...
Create a glowing, toxic waste area in your bathroom, complete with black lights, glowing slime, rodents, and a sparking electrical box. Best of all, a luminescent bathtub full of ooze!
This video shows the complete bathroom we did for our friends, and gi...
The Tula Shop - http://tulasendlesssummer.com/shop-tula/ Some of our stanchion bases were leaking and it turned out that our stainless lifelines that we replaced a year ago probably aren’t as high quality stainless as they should be. We decided that inst...
3 years as a liveaboard and upcoming DIY projects coming this winter.
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We needed a new headsail, so we're measuring for a new one from Precision Sails! Measuring your own rig is so easy, we did it while in chairs and funny hats the whole time. I hope you enjoy this Casual Friday episode. Have a good weekend!
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On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we go back in time to show you how we refit our salon and brought our custom 435 catamaran into the new millenium. Come back next week to see another interesting project...see you then!
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Being able to drop the sail quickly and cleanly is quite important when sailing in tight quarters. This week, we remove our old lazy jacks, build a brand new set out of dyneema and low friction rings using a locking brummel splice and walk you though all t...
She's back! Randi left me for six days to go visit her sister in Oregon, giving me the opportunity to push my work ethic to it's limit. She's back now and is hopefully going to be impressed with the work I got done.
In this vlog I managed to do a little ...
Randi left me for six days to go visit her sister in Oregon, giving me the opportunity to push my work ethic to it's limit. I'm challenging myself to get as much work done as possible while she's gone, so that when Randi returns she will be amazed.
In thi...
This weekend I continue the refit of my 38 ft sailboat with a weekend of epoxy fun fun. I glass in the last of two supports for a new diesel tank and fix two loose beams in the saloon. I'm using 105 epoxy from west system.
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We have a pretty rough go of it in the beginning of this episode when a multitude of boarding waves pour into the cabin through a dorade. Unfortunately, we don't have a clip of us actually cleaning up, but I'm sure you can imagine the process of desalinati...
Randi left me for six days to go visit her sister in Oregon, giving me the opportunity to push my work ethic to it's limit. I'm challenging myself to get as much work done as possible while she's gone, so that when Randi returns she will be amazed.
In thi...
On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we fabricate an ultralight countertop for our master head on our custom catamaran SV basik. Come back next week to check in on us to see what other project we complete in preparation for world travel...see you t...
In this vlog we replace our cutlass bearing in a very unconventional way. We really wish we could have done it the "right" way but previous galvanic corrosion of the strut really made us feel as though we shouldn't remove the old bearing jacket for fear of...
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