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Episode 128 – Our first taste of sailing in Croatia! Jellyfish Sea Soup!!!
This episode we night sail to Croatia and go through the very easy and fairly quick checking in process, which was a breeze! We are soon off exploring Croatia, fantastic little bays and the biggest amount of jellyfish I've ever seen! It was literally like ...
Ep 127 -60 kt Wind on a Lee Shore! Leaving Venice for Croatia, Collision Course with a Cruise Liner!
We definitely had some crazy winds at anchor this week, Wow they come out of no where and we found ourselves extremely close to a solid wall on a lee shore in 60 knots of wind! Scary few hours of thunderstorms and unpredicted winds but thankfully we always...
Episode 126 – Fixing Our Yacht Engine In Venice and Enjoying the Lagoons!
We finally receive our part from England to fix our engine aboard Pickle! Sadly still waiting for our oil dip sticks to arrive (thats next week) but while we wait for those, we fix the engine and go out to anchor in the beautiful Venetian Lagoons. We have ...
How to Build an Outboard Motor Stand with Test Tank
Had to do maintenance on my Mercury 2.5 hp outboard motor. This was the simplest way to make a stand and test tank. It only works with small engines. For a bigger engine add a plywood pad on both ends and screw though it sandwiching the garbage can for add...
Atomic 4 Engine Gasket Replacement Catalina 30 Sailboat motor
Having a bad exhaust leak we replaced the gaskets on the Atomic 4 Engine. Catalina 30
Episode 116 – We sail to Brindisi Italy, Moor on the Harbour wall, but the Guardia have other ideas!
Lots of sailing this week, no wind, too much wind, big swell and choppy seas we have it all! We have been doing lots of hops up the east coast of Italy and pushing hard to reach some shelter at Brindisi before a storm hits! But yet again we are visited and...
Episode 115 – Emergency Tactics. Something is around the Prop just metres from shore!
After long night sails we struggle to find a suitable anchorage which isn't either 25 metres deep or total rock, then whilst checking out a little cove just metres from shore we get entangle with a load of plastic around our prop! So engineless without mov...
Episode 114 – We Start Our New Sailing Season but have an Emergency Hospital Admission!
What a crazy start to our sailing season! An Emergency Hospital Admission is always scary, but when you're in a foreign country and its one of your babies its all the worse! Thankfully everything turns out ok in the end and we manage to set sail, for our f...
Episode 113 – Engine troubles and Fiberglassing in beautiful Italy!
We are back on our beloved catamaran Pickle, so glad the winters over and we have started our new season with an amazing road trip (see last episode 112) Now its on with boat jobs! The engine needs some serious maintenance and problems fixing, the mast nee...
Episode 112 – Magnificent Italy and arriving back to our sailboat Pickle!
Wow what a road trip! We have a fabulous and fantastic road trip back to Pickle! Stopping at Florence, Rome, Pisa, Naples, Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius, and so many other cool places on the way! Join as as we explore, have crazy fun adventures and finally get b...
The Nude Luthier
Ryan to the rescue! In this episode not only does Ryan receive his new beautiful guitar from the amazing Woody Howard, he also gets an unexpected "Babe, I think I screwed up the outboard...and a few other things" from me. There's always something going o...
Ep 271 | We Made it to Darwin! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We leave Alcaro Bay and make our way to Cape Hotham. We check out the nearby creek. Then it’s the technical sail through the Vernon Islands and on to Darwin. As soon as we arrive in Darwin we get on a flight to Brisbane and then on to the Whitsundays t...
Troubleshooting Engine Problems | Engine Won’t Start | Replacing the Solenoid | Universal diesel M25
In this video we troubleshoot engine problems for the inboard Universal M25 Diesel engine in our Catalina 30 sailboat. In the end, the engine fired up...
Leaving the Tuamotus with a Bang WHSE90
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