Oh crumbs. A week we will remember for the rest of our days. We take a day sail from St Kitts to Saba. A rock in the Caribbean Sea, rising to great heights, with two small towns nestled in the clouds.
No shelter or bays to speak of here and the Northerly ...
We start off with a phone call to Lady K Sailing (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWjvR-ATkCV1Aqt5Xki8g8A) where we discussed rigging options for his boat.
Herby continues the head refit, but instead of tearing out, he finally gets to start installing it...
This episode we anchored up near the mainland of Sumatra in Indonesia. Fixing broke things and waiting for our final visa extension that was taking way longer than usual. Bella also gets a ring stuck on her finger with daddy to the rescue.
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With a weather window opening up our friend Hans sets sail for the Louisiades to continue his solar light installation project. We stock up at the market then head out to explore th...
Which generator do we prefer: diesel or gas? We have both, but we have to get rid of one. Which will it be and WHY?
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Here's a few examples of what we're doing pretty much every day at Wildwind in Vassiliki.
The light wind in the morning is the ideal time to try something new, learn some key skills, practice, refine and adjust techniques. Then from around 1400 the wind ma...
We turn to the professionals to stop the small leak in our dinghy and learn some good tips to repairing a hypalon dinghy. Thanks so much A Sailor's Place http://bit.ly/ASailorsPlace I think the biggest mistake we made was not cutting down the brush bristle...
It's the lady's birthday and the captain has laid on a few surprises.
Join us for some food and drink appreciation, some sailing, some freediving and a dance all around St Kitts.
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The day has finally come! The topsides are getting painted which means we need to evacuate the boat! We hike Monte Brazil where we see the cutest deer and make friends with a cat. We’ve met some fellow Americans at a restaurant who happened to be staying...
Aquarius was at her last stop in French Polynesia, and her Dessalator water maker started making saltwater! Would we head back to Raiatea, or move ahead without a water maker. At that point Ken thought it was time to learn more about the water maker, an...
Maddie demonstrates how to get rid of mold that is growing in a moist environment with the power of white vinegar!
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Another video in Jackson's Tantalising Tid Bits Series to help you with things we've had to learn the hard way in this boating life.
This week Jackson shows you his tools. Ooh I say.
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Herby and Maddie return to Wisdom in the Azores and discover some nastiness! Herby also gets some major work accomplished in the head refit. They also set off and explore the beautiful wonders of the island of Terceira.
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Time to leave Antigua and the next destination is St Kitts & Nevis. Although we aren't in much of a hurry so we decide to take the scenic route and go freediving/ spearfishing off some remote islands along the way.
As usual, things don't go exactly as...
http://tulasendlesssummer.com/shop-tula/ Launch day is a great day, although a bit stressful pre-launch. Anyway, we launched our catamaran successfully and took a little motor cruise up the ICW. The next day we got right back to work and installed some fle...
A long and squally sail from Dominica to jaw-dropping Antigua. Here we savour a couple of unforgettable days of hiking through fields of butterflies and dancing to reggae with our Aussie crewmates Mike and Kristy.
We had shared a lot of memories with the...
I retired young to live a life of travel and adventure. I posted a video on the subject that turned out to be very popular. In this video, I'll talk about some follow-up videos I have planned as well as an idea about a support community for people intere...
Here we’re looking at ways of upgrading your Hobie 16 or any other catamaran.
You can really transform pretty much any boat by replacing the following:
Mainsail - maybe for an ex Worlds or Europeans sail
Jib - maybe for an ex Worlds or Europeans sail
Tr...
Have you ever heard of Schengen? Most Americans haven’t! If you ever intend to travel to Europe, you need to watch this video.
We will help prepare you for what we were not prepared for.
Schengen makes travel through Europe seamless, as long as you ar...
Guests on board this week - Mike and Kristy. Xanthe met these two at a music festival 4 years ago. We were camping neighbours for the week; then as chance would have it, we became actual neighbours when they moved to the same suburb as us in Sydney. We pre...
We start filling the holes on our top sides and hull with thickened epoxy. Troy fits the rocker assembly back on to our Yanmar 2GM20 and we lift and reinstall the engine back aboard the yacht.
This video was filmed in Townsville in September 2018.
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Sailboat deal of the century? Or boat buying nightmare? You decide in this walkthrough of a $5,000 Crowther 37' Catamaran (sister-ship to Zingaro!) Then we'll take you through some of the sites we used to find and purchase our sailboat, and we'll try (unsu...
A lot of videos will show you how to modify your epoxy with fillers and additives to get the desired effect, but they all require you to first mix the epoxy properly.
This video covers the very basic and very crucial step: How to mix epoxy.
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After 20 days at sea it took us a while to get used to using the old legs again; not to mention how long it took to scrub off all the algae, barnacles and miniature crabs who had taken up residence on Avalon's bottom.
Now we find ourselves in the Caribbea...
A short 3 minute installation video of the Raymarine EV100 autopilot (autohelm) wheelpilot.
The installation took around 3 to 4 hours to complete and was quite a straightforward process. Yo will notice in the video that we chose to install a breaker switch...
The Captain is producing a series showing the more technical side to our sailing adventure. This first one is all about the Atlantic Ocean crossing that we recently completed.
We hope you enjoy gaining insights into how we run our boat.
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It's true to say that this sailing life can be expensive. We've found the being as self sufficient as possible greatly enhances our cruising budget. Learning how to do your own boat maintenance is key - so it's tool time on board this week as we show yo...
There's always trouble when you leave two Berlin girls on the boat by themselves. See why in this episode. We leave the boat in a Panamanian river and go home for a few weeks to get parts and attend a wedding. We build a stack-pack while we're there, and g...
Ever wonder why sailboats have spreaders? And why some have many while others only have one?
In this video, Herby and Maddie explain what spreaders are for and how they work. They also go into detail about keel stepped vs deck stepped masts, as well as typ...
Ever wonder how your favorite Youtube Channel started? How it came to be?
Herby and Maddie take a look down memory lane to talk about how they started Rigging Doctor!
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Welcome to the second half of our Atlantic Crossing; we hope your eyeballs enjoy this one as much as we wish we still had a fishing rod.
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Herby and Maddie continue tearing out the old head to make room for the head refit they are doing. They also take a break from the work to visit the sulfur pits on the island of Terceira, Azores.
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In a previous how to, I showed the farmer’s loop and called it an alpine butterfly knot. This is a correction to that video and a comparison of the two knots. They have similar properties and similar ways of being tied, but they are different knots!
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Ever wonder what it’s like to date when living on a boat? Herby and Maddie take you way back, back to how they met and came to be the married couple that is cruising the world at such a young age.
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