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Catamaran refit, after ripping all the carpet out of Popao we get to work, fairing and painting the entire interior. Such a satisfying job and Popao looks and feels like a brand new boat.
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A tour of the interior of our Australian-made Clansman 30 yacht. We take you for a look inside our 52 year old sailboat after her extensive refit (rebuild!) in Tasmania.
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This week we tighten our Dyneema rigging and explain some of the unique features of our sails and rig while under weigh to our next destination.
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Join us this week as we complete the first major leg of our passage home to Western Australia.
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We start our race against the time and the weather to use the last of the easterlies of summer to sail to Western Australia. Join us in this episode for part of the first leg from Tasmania to South Australia where we experience the changing moods of the Southern Ocean.
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We finish our final jobs, depart the marina and attempt to sail out of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel although the weather had other plans for us!
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This week we take you through the fabrication, installation and testing of our news sails and rig aboard our 30 foot fibreglass sailboat so that we are ready to take on the Great Australian Bight. We also take a closer look at tensioning and lashing our new Dyneema rigging by hand.
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This week we cram months of work into one final refit episode including the refurbishment of our new sea hood, front hatch and bow roller. We also take you through a long list of other items that we needed to complete before we could take Mirrool out for her first sail of 2021.
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Summer easterlies and the associated stormy weather at our marina in Kettering, Tasmania had us focusing our attention on the rainy day jobs of sewing, splicing and fitting Mirrool’s lifelines, lazy jacks, lee clothes and sheet bags. As our list and the days grow shorter, this week we talk you throu...
This week it's all hands on deck to get our boat ready to set sail. We install our galley hatch in its new raised mount, apply Kiwi Grip to the decks, fit our new boom and stanchions. For a bit of fun we also strength test the makeshift fiberglass repair we made on our old boom.
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After over 2 months of boat work and refitting our boat it all comes down to this... What will she think??? Can we please the boss???
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In the last couple of weeks, teak veneer has been re-installed on the major bulkheads, broken trims have been fixed, and the first coat of varnish has been applied to all the fixed timbers onboard.
Now to keep on keeping calm, and varnish on!! 🤣
It's a mad dash to get everything done before the big splash. We move back on board and focus our attention on installing our new poly-carbonate windows and making some boat curtains to frame them.
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We take you through the trials, tribulations and ultimate successes of painting our entire boat with a roller and brush (Roll and Tip method).
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This week it’s time for Mirrool to become a sailboat again as we install her refurbished mast and new Dyneema rigging and make the final preparations to our hull and deck ready for painting.
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Join us for the second installment of our hard dodger build for our tiny home and sailboat.
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We give our 25 year old boat interior a modern new face lift whilst keeping the traditional wooden look.
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What sort of tricks are happening aft this week? The boat work continues in the yard while we prepare our cockpit ready for her new paint job and find some nasty surprises.
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This week's episode captures us building our new hard dodger out of PVC foam and fiberglass.
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Things we have learned in weeks 3-4 of the interior refit:
🤪 Boat work is like pilates - you need to be some kind of contortionist
🥵 Attempting a refit at the start of the Australian summer is batshit crazy
🤯 Attempting a refit while juggling work, school and any kind of life is also batshit crazy
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