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How a 2-DAY HAUL OUT Turned Into 6 WEEKS ON THE HARD
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Can This Plastic Tent Save Our Burned Boat? #BoatRepair #YachtFire #FiberglassRepair #FireDamage
We’re starting the GRP repair after our recent boat fire 🔥. This is a quick look at the polythene containment tent we set up inside the boat to control dust and fumes during fiberglass work. Watch this space as we rebuild and restore our liveaboard ya...
Building a wooden sailboat in a very remote village! 😲 (Episode 299)
In this episode we join Robert on his mission to build his first ever wooden sailboat canoe, in the remote atoll in the hermit islands. We also get onto some fiberglass work as we repair the transom of his skiff which is his main mode of transport between ...
THIS IS TORTURE!! Just when things couldn’t get any worse… 👀 (Episode 261)
Join Colin and his team on their boat repair journey as they work tirelessly to fix major damage to their vessel. Learn the skills needed to repair a weakened bow section and prevent further deterioration of the structure by reinforcing key areas with fibe...
SAILDRIVE REPLACEMENT: Boat reverses in forward gear … 🤦♂️ (Episode 259)
00:00 Introduction 01:33 SD60 upgrade 06:50 Test in shipyard 07:39 Replacing depth transducer 10:49 Installing prop shaft 14:25 Splashing the boat 16:33 I screwed up! 18:49 Sea trial 23:04 Jamie comes back! We continue to upgrade the SD50 to the S...
EMERGENCY HAUL-OUT: Things go from bad to worse…. (Episode 258)
After having the deck of the bow rip clean off the hull, things go from bad to worse as we develop a very concerning knocking noise inside the Saildrive. It's so bad that we end up having to do an emergency haul out.... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged La...
GRINDING FIBERGLASS INSIDE THE BOAT IS NEVER FUN… – Sailing NZ pt 2
In this episode we continue to grind fiberglass inside the forepeak of the boat where the deck tore away from the hull, which is NEVER fun... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailing a...
Our Final Week in the SHIPYARD! (Raw And Unfiltered) Part 3 – Episode 213
It is our final week in the shipyard in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as we put the engines and sail drives back into the boat, install brand new Bruntons folding propellers, apply Propspeed, light speed, and foul free to our underwater gear, finish the install ...
PART 3| Uncover the TRUTH About Refitting a Sailboat | BoatWorks Week Revealed!
Part 3 of our Dailly Boat Vlog. It's been a long time, more than a year, since our last video, but don't worry we've been working hard all the time. Boat is almost done, and we are planning to finally start sailing in 3-4 weeks. We decided to continue sho...
Epoxy Resin & Hair Don’t Mix, I Go Bald
We do some massive fiberglassing on the bulkheads and Carlos drops epoxy resin all over my head. I tell Colin surfing is easy until we actually have to go. The water causes the epoxy in my hair to cure quickly and then it's stuck forever. Luckily, Colin @P...
I Fixed My Bent Catamaran In 7 Easy Steps
Here are the 7 Easy Steps I followed to fix the Broken Bulkheads on our bent Catamaran. We're finally back to the boat work! Thanks James @thelastpirate for letting us film the intro on Zingaro. We recap everything we've done to this boat so far and also...
Fixing our HULL part two – fairing, barrier coat, primer & thing we wish we knew | AHOD 18
Hi all! After discovering the extent of damage to our boat, Magic Dragon, from Hurricane Ian, we've begun making repairs. Maybe we're crazy to take on this massive repair and refit job, but we're charging ahead anyway. Last time, Kirstin ground out all o...
Fixing the CRACK in our HULL – Grinding old fiberglass and laying new fiberglass | AHOD 16
Hi all! Now that we've discovered the extent of Hurricane Ian damage to our 50-foot sailboat, it's time to start making repairs. The biggest and most important repair is fixing the crack in our fiberglass hull. Kirstin jumps in and takes the lead in gr...![Fixing Our Boat After Our WORST FEAR: An Offshore UFO Collision [Ep. 88]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/9Ex-FZ8tpY8/mqdefault.webp)
Fixing Our Boat After Our WORST FEAR: An Offshore UFO Collision [Ep. 88]
Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/ssr and enter promo code SSR for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! We complete the repairs in Itajai, Brazil, so we can continue sailing around the world just like Joshua Slocum did many years ago, and like ...![Cutting Into Our SAILBOAT – Collision Damage REVEALED [Ep.87]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/9vdcZLhIpf0/mqdefault.webp)
Cutting Into Our SAILBOAT – Collision Damage REVEALED [Ep.87]
We start cutting into our sailboat after a discovering salt water coming in from a collision at sea. Find out the extent of the damage with us as we haul out the boat and remove the rudder. #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #repair Visit our Website for L...
Taking the Plunge – Learning Fiberglass Repair
Big fiberglass repairs have been one of those jobs that has just always scared us. It's not something we've had to tackle often so perhaps it was the fear of the unknown or fear of screwing something up worse than it was before. But... you can only put o...
Fix Your Bulkheads So the Hull Doesn’t Fall Off
We're spending so much time fixing our Bulkheads because we don't want one of the hulls to fall off like on our friends boat. James from @thelastpirate recounts the night when his Catamaran broke in half! If you're a sucker for boatlife and boatyard wo...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 5: Fairing, Sanding, & Heat Stroke | Sailboat Story 202
It's time to start making our hull to deck joint and cap rail pretty again. What that means is that we have to get it shaped right in order to paint it. Unfortunately, the process of getting a 90ft hunk of fiberglass shaped right means a considerable amoun...
I Fiberglass Bulkhead Beams on $400k Cat w/ NO EXP
Fixing the bulkheads on our Lagoon 450 catamaran require a ton of fiberglassing. I locked down the best fiberglass guy in Linton Bay, but backs out on me at the last second. I'm no quitter, so I find my new best friend Carlos and we follow in the footst...
Removing A Perfectly Good Windlass + DIY Fiberglass & Epoxy Deck Repair | Sailboat Story 180
The windlass that is currently installed on our boat is wrong in many ways. First of all, it's a vertical windlass, but a horizontal windlass is what was really needed. Secondly, it's location puts the motor obtrusively in the middle of the forward cabin...
OH HAPPY DAY//Installing The Second Hull Part-Episode 64
This week we are installing the port hull part and making our salvage Leopard 50 water tight! Then we are moving on to the railcar system for the final time! Stay until the end for an exciting surprise! Want to support us? Here's a couple ways you can: L...
THE FINAL WEEK OF A 10 MONTH REFIT! – PART 1/2 (Episode 139)
The final week was packed with so many jobs that we had to split this one up in two! But we are STOKED to have the new crew arrive, and make huge progress as we get one huge step closer to splashing after an amorous 10 month refit. SV Parlay is a hurrican...
Explaining why we are NOT SAILING YET. – Episode 134
In this episode we explain that in order for us to take on the Pacific Ocean, we still need to do some more repairs and upgrades in order to do it comfortably. We also have to get emergency surgery for our puppy, and the vets say that it could be cancer......
REPLACING STEERING CABLES + FINDNG MORE CRACKS IN HULL!! – Episode 127
This week we replace our old stainless steel steering cables with new dyneema line, which means having to do quite a bit of splicing! As we replace the cable and start to tension it, we find that the hull is actually cracked where the steering cable sheave...
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