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Esper Refit 06 – Hong Kong Phooey; Veneer Goes Up; Removing Dorade Vent
10:55 Meet "Pong Ton Tui! #1 Carpenters!" Our sixth summary video of progress aboard Esper, which is undergoing a major refit in PSS Satun Boatyard, Thailand. Liz was doing the payroll the other week and as she went through the carpenters' names, Pong, ...
Esper Refit 05 – Etch Priming; Building Boxes; Forestay Woes
Come into my office. Yes, we have an office, albeit a bit noisy and breezy. It was a frustrating week for some (me) but the rest of the team has been cracking along. Liz's Study, complete with a new, curved all, is almost complete. Meanwhile the painters h...
Esper Refit 02 – mast removal; rewiring plans; stripping engine
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Hauling Sail Boat And Launching Fishing Boat In Satun, Thailand
This is to accompany the blog post (http://followtheboat.com/2014/02/09/esper-refit-week-1/) on hauling our sail boat, Esper (an Oyster 435) in PSS Boat Yard, Chebilang, Satun, Thailand. It includes a clip of a local fishing boat being launched in the same...
Grinding GRP Hull For Osmosis Preparation And Removal of Portlights
This is to accompany our blog post on Esper's refit in PSS Boatyard, Satun, Thailand. In this clip Lek is preparing the hull for osmosis treatment, whilst carpenter brothers Ton and Tui remove the portlights from the cabin.
Walk Through Esper Refit – Oyster435
A walk-through describing possible work for a refit
Squalls, Auto-pilots, Terminology and Rainbows
Footage of approaching squalls, including a rainbow! There's a fair bit of wind, hence the subtitles, but in this clip we discuss briefly some sailing terminology and introduce you to Marge, our auto-pilot. This is to accompany our blog post on crossing th...
Liz’s Boobie
A clip to accompany our blog post on sailing from the Maldives to Malaysia. This was a 1500 mile crossing of two halves. Here Liz inadvertently catches a bird on the end of her lure. We rescued him and he looks a bit perplexed, but it has a happy ending. Y...
Sailing downwind in the Indian Ocean
A clip of Liz helming s/y Esper half way across the Indian Ocean, part of our 1,500 mile trip from the Maldives to Malaysia. We're running downwind in WSW Force 6 (though if you look carefully our wind display shows us close-reaching, which is a lie as our...
Releasing A Seized Pacific Plus Wind Pilot Steering System
This video was put together to help anyone with a Pacific Plus self-steering mechanism that has seized due to non-use. We'd left ours open to the elements of monsoon south India and had not used it for 18 months. Consequently the Teflon bearings has seized...
Esper, Ilios, Viva Solo, Full Flight and Lady Jessie – Aerial Shots!
Some great video footage taken by Liz strapped to a parasailer and edited for Susann of Ilios Yacht Charter. For those interested the following boats are: 'Ilios' with the yellow Camel sails, for whom the video was made, Thomas's 'Viva Solo' with the yello...