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A Pit Stop in The Bahamas! – Lazy Gecko Sailing VLOG 183
We're sailing by the Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos, then on to The Bahamas where we'll make a pit stop. We'll check the boat and have a little down time before we head on towards the mainland! See more below! Check out our brand new store at ww...
#52 – ⛵Holes! Holes! HOLES! 😱 Restoring a 40 year old steel yacht!!
Andy fills all the holes left by the old wind and depth instruments as we continue to chip away at our restoration of this 40 year old steel sailing yacht. We will be putting the new instruments in a pod on the steering binnacle with repeaters in the pilo...
BOAT CRASH Disaster & Taylor Joins the Crew! Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 327
Welcome Taylor to the crew! SCREAMING and a loud CRASH from our neighbors boats smashing together interrupts our welcome breakfast. I run outside to see what's going on to find 3 boats being smashed together by the wind and currents. A boat has broken l...
Dangerous Debris while Offshore – Lazy Gecko Sailing VLOG 182
We're in the middle of a huge 1500 nautical mile passage. Come watch as we're circled by Customs and Border Patrol aircraft as we narrowly miss a collision at sea with debris! See more below! Check out our brand new store at www.geckogear.net Server: V...
#51 – ⛵ AMATEURS trying to do up a rusty sailboat
We are just an amateur family trying our best to fix up this old rusty sailboat, sometimes things go well and sometimes they don't, and sometimes even progress feels deflating. This week we get the cockpit sealed, mostly, and stop the water coming in, most...
Our First Sail (2021) Adventuring West S3 EP1
Today marks our very first sail of 2021, the first time we've been able to take the boat out since being locked down and starting our winter projects. To say we're a little nervous about getting out to sea with so much work having been undertaken ourselves...
BOAT WORK- B&G Halo 20+ Radar and Zeus 3S 9 Chart plotter FULL INSTALL
We do a full install of our new B&G Halo 20+ Radar, Zeus 3S 9 Chartplotter, and Triton 2 Sailing Displays. Since having Sierra onboard sailing and watch keeping has become more difficult as we find our attention divided between caring for The Little ...
#50 – ⛵This could be BAD! Exposing our lifting keel!!😱 Rusty yacht transformation. [
This week Andy finally opens the keel box to take a look at the condition of the lifting keel. He welds a patch in the pilothouse roof, Melissa arrives to help get it painted and re fit the hatches! We hope you find the high speed painting as satisfying ...
ROUND THE ISLAND RACE 2021 : Sailing Melody SPECIAL Bonus Episode
Welcome to this BONUS Episode of Sailing Melody In this special feature Andy takes part in the historic and famous ROUND THE ISLAND RACE, around the Isle of Whight in the Solent, probably the most famous sailing ground in the world. As part of the crew o...
ALL ALONE on This Island | Scuba Diving Dry Tortugas | Sailing Vessel Delos Ep 326
There's nothing quite like realizing you're the only souls on an entire island! In this episode we continue our exploration of the magical and remote Florida Keys. After a great nights sleep Kazza decides to take the paddle board out for a spin in the ca...
This will SAVE YOUR LIFE! – Lazy Gecko Sailing VLOG 181
We're WAY offshore! You're coming along for a sail straight across the Caribbean Sea! We drop the lines in for some fishing fun and we'll sail by a risky "pirate" island where there's been some harassing behavior reported lately. Come along for the ride! ...
#49 – ⛵️Expensive yacht rebuild on a SHOESTRING 😵
This week Andy starts stripping our mast down and removing the rigging for inspection and Melissa starts tackling the pilot house hatches. Lots of help from jack and a flying boat!! We also have a fantastic chat about rigging with the lovely Herby and Ma...
Our fix for a broken Vitrifrigo Marine Refrigerator on our Leopard 48 – Sailing PILAR
Our fix for a broken Vitrifrigo Marine Refrigerator on our Leopard 48 - Sailing PILAR Not so much fun when your marine refrigerator just stops working. Luckily, we had not provisioned yet, so we did not lose any food, but we did lose 2 days trying to fin...
This fort is an Isolated PARADISE! Sailing Vessel Delos ep. 325
At the very end of the Florida Keys lies an isolated paradise that is one of the smallest and most remote national parks in the US! The Dry Tortugas lie about 70 miles from Key West. We'd heard a lot of hype from other cruisers over the years so we decid...