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My Honeypot is Wet Ep155
sailing, shower, wind transducer, floodlight, camera, hawks, bikini, dancing Preparing to leave the Florida Keys and go sailing. Probably going north. Hope to ride the Gulf Stream. We have a new Garmin Gwind transducer which is connected to our NMEA 2000 ...
I’m a Squirter With a Wet Butt Ep143
In this episode, we'll tackle a common problem faced by many sailors - the wet butt. We'll show you step-by-step how to address it and get your boat in top shape.
Sucking & Too Hot Ep116
We had a hot issue with our shore power chord and 50 amp to 30 amp Y adapter. So much resistance had built up that the power chord could have caused a fire. We replaced both 30 amp shore power cords and the Y adapter. There’s lots of sea grass here and ...
Long & Hard on the Boat Ep112
We went from low winds to 40 knot gusts during our journey to the Florida Keys. Leaving Port Canaveral with our new stack pack for the mainsail, we cruised to Ft. Pierce inlet with almost no wind. Stopped for the night at a nice marina where we met a frien...
Tiny Bikini in a Dinghy Ep111
We are on our way to the Florida Keys soon. Celebrated by cooking some delicious steaks. In preparation, we did some DIY and took out the dinghy. Steve did some chalking to fix a leak down below. Sometimes it is really hard to determine the source of a le...
Wet Girl Ep110
Hey, we entered a wet T-shirt contest. Just kidding, we did have some water fun rinsing Isabella's hull. Being inspired by having our fuel tank so clean, we decided to clean our water tank. It went surprisingly well, even with 28 nuts to remove and reassem...
Hot Bunny Ep106
We ended up restoring our refrigerator to its former glory. New glides made all of the difference. Karen got a little too excited. Our VIP head countertop was really dated. For better or worse we applied a one part epoxy paint to it. It turned out OK. We'l...
Lube My Winch Ep103
We serviced the Meissner winches and had our fuel and fuel tank polished. The engine ran well and we thought we were good to go so we headed for points south. Unfortunately, only a few minutes after leaving the current marina our engine stopped. We were to...
Tow Me Baby! Ep102
We’ve done some cleaning on a bilge and installed a light fixture in the VIP stateroom. Also did some updates to the medicine chests and replaced the shaft/prop zinc. Leaving Brunswick and heading south to Cape Canaveral. Unfortunately, we took a slight ...
Hurricane Luck and a Change of Plans Ep89
This time on Sailing Intermission we stayed near Savannah to wait for Hurricane Ian to pass. We were very lucky as the storm went around us and sent only some wind and rain our way. When the hurricane was a day away we thought about racing ahead to Charles...
Tight Sheerlegs and Sitting On It Ep87
This time on Sailing Intermission Steve finishes strengthening the davits or should we say sheerlegs. We traveled to Dallas for some face-to-face business. Staying two nights at the circa 1922 Magnolia Hotel gave us enough time to visit our old dancing cl...
Bikini Haul and Cooking with Gas Ep86
Hello, everyone! This time on Sailing Intermission we fire up our Force 10 and Steve shows off his cooking expertise, haha. Karen begins charting a course for the Annapolis trip and shows off her new bikinis. Of course, you know…there’s dancing. Donâ...
Butt on the Generator Ep85
This time our adventure was a little wet. We spent a lot of time cranking up the generator for the first time. It should have been done before but we found out the generator strainer was leaking. The strainer to the rear AC was dirty and needed cleaning. ...
Oiling My Wood Ep84
Our life on a sailboat. Fix, fix, fix, haha. We corrected the fact that our water pump was cycling too much. Spruced up the teak toe rail. During a hot and humid day our A/C kept throwing an error. Turns out we had to replace the water pump. We're getting...