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From installing electronics on brand-new fishing boats, working on massive yacht refits, checking out beautiful wooden classics at Spalding Boat Works, chasing Violet around the dog park, and finally bringing home a $7,000...
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I spend all day repairing other people's boats... then come home and work on my own until dark.
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🚤 What does a day in the life of a boat builder actually look like?
This week on Sailing UV, you're coming along for a full day—from waking up on our 57-foot ketch project boat with Violet, making coffee aboard, heading into the boatyard, installing electronics, diesel heaters, joystick contro...
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Installed a brand new secondary fuel tank to increase my diesel capacity for the nonstop circumnavigation. It felt like a big step forward, until I realised I’d been driving my van with no oil for a week. Bone dry. Turns out I can only manage one machine at a time. #VanLife
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Just hours away from sailing from Dakar, Senegal to Cabo Verde. We just need a engine starter, ignition, alternator and diesel engine philosophy. We board the crew starting with Asahi, the Japanese cycle traveler who's cycling around Africa. As well as Paul and Gauthier from France who scrape t...
Arona and crew brought Simone the Perkins Diesel engine back home to Galopin via the beach and dinghy. He installed it just enough for us to go a give it a feel. Simone purred and we gloated. One of two of his most memorable jobs of his career. That’s the good news. Im having trouble with my solar V...
Engines don't like to sit and boats don't like to be left alone... Sometimes they have to but with some elbow grease they come back! We weren't sure if we were going to recover from this one but by the end of the day there's a glimmer of hope. Ride the rollercoaster with us ;)
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Gecko sails through the hole in the wall or gugari rip in Northern Australia. The current can rip through this pass up to 13 knots so we have to time it really carefully to be able to get through
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Travis gets our Yanmar 4JH2E engine to tie in with our hot water heater. A simple DIY that has provided us with hot showers!
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For more regular photo updates and boating life, check out my instagram page: @boatlizard I am a solo sailor working on my circumnavigation. My boat is a 27-foot-long sloop named Gecko. Follow me on my journey as I learn about heavy weather sailing, the trials of bei...
When a simple day on living alone on my sailboat goes terribly wrong. Nobody likes a leek. Or do they? A sailor's worst enemy and a chef's best friend
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For more regular photo updates and boating life, check out my instagram page: @boatlizard I am a solo sailor working on my circumnavigation. My boat is a 27-foot-long sloop named Gecko. Follow me on my journey as I learn about heavy weather sailing, the trials of bei...
Odyssey sailing festival
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Odyssey sailing festival
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Odyssey sailing festival
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For more regular photo updates and boating life, check out my instagram page: @boatlizard I am a solo sailor working on my circumnavigation. My boat is a 27-foot-long sloop named Gecko. Follow me on my journey as I learn about heavy weather...
Odyssey sailing festival
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For more regular photo updates and boating life, check out my instagram page: @boatlizard I am a solo sailor working on my circumnavigation. My boat is a 27-foot-long sloop named Gecko. Follow me on my journey as I learn about heavy weather...
Odyssey sailing festival
Over the course of a few days sails up the great barrier reef, I explain the different aspects of how to sail a small boat, and my tips and tricks for sailing on and off anchor.
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Odyssey sailing festival
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Odyssey sailing festival
We call in reinforcements to help us fare the hull. The powerwashing has compromised the gelcoat and there are hundreds of holes in it that need to be fared. I also tackle the engine problem and replace some of the heat damaged parts
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Odyssey sailing festival
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Gecko needs to be hauled out to drop her rudder in order to fix old bushings. We have to drill into the skeg to access the free-spinning once-captive nuts. A hardcore fiberglass repair to the holes in the skeg ensures a watertight fix.
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