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#Raymarine Upgrade on #Leopard48 – from Eseries to #Axiom Pro
Our Raymarine Axiom upgrade from our E-series MFD on our Leopard48 Catamaran was unplanned, meaning it wasn’t even our wish list, but then, when we sent one of our units in for repair, the option to replace for a little more $$ than a repair made us ...
Croaker Fish – #SHORTS
What's a Croaker Fish? Well, they "croak" . Watch one here. LINKS: BLOG SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar
Sailing PILAR to Everglades? Refugee Boat – Grounding & Gaters – Port of the Islands – Naples FL
Sailing PILAR to Everglades? Refugee Boat - Grounding & Gaters - Port of the Islands - Naples FL After waiting out the Gale and fixing our radar and VHF, we finally set sail again on Tuesday afternoon. Out St Mary's inlet, headed South! We had plan...
Fourth of July 2021 with granddaughter Bea.
Love spending time with the granddaughter on the boat! Her favorite thing is "waking up in the morning on anchor and looking out at the beach". Mine too :-) TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Paddleboard surfing 4:30 Fireworks LINKS: BLOG SITE: ...
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...
St. Simons, GA to Seabrook/Kiawah Island, SC – Sailing with the Farleys | 54 | Sailing PILAR
We recently sailed from St. Simons, GA to Bohicket Marina on Seabrook/ Kiawah Island, SC where we will spend the summer and fall. Trip Stats. Hours on the water: 27 Nautical Miles Covered: 171 Average speed: 6 knots Max speed: 10 knots Winds SE at 15-2...
Jekyll Island, Georgia – Sailing, Cruising, Exploring with PILAR | EP53
Jekyll Island, Georgia - Sailing, Cruising, Exploring with PILAR | EP53 Last November, we visited Jekyll Island while spending 6 months in the GA area around st. Simons Island. Serenity, Roseate Spoonbills, Spanish Moss covered trees, historic homes, bik...
Solar Panel Installation on Leopard 48 Catamaran | EP52
Solar Panel Installation on Leopard 48 Catamaran | EP52 Our Leopard 48 Catamaran came with several flex solar panels, which sound good on a list of boat features, in practice, did little to no good when you wanted to stay on anchor for an extended period...
Sail Drive Seal Leak on our Leopard48 – Fishing Line around Prop Disaster – Feb2021
Captain Stephen recently noticed some milky colored oil in our sail drive, when changing out a leaky O-ring. So, back to Thunderbolt Marine in Savannah - closest place that can haul out boat out of the water. What did we find? Fishing line wrapped ar...
Upgrading to Lithium Batteries from AGM on our Leopard48 Catamaran PILAR | EP51
We replaced our AGM batteries with Relion Lithium on our Leopard48 ! Get the details on how to do it right. Well, at least we think it's right. We spent weeks on the design (in between other things in life). These were installed January 2020 and so fa...
Cumberland Island|Sailing Georgia Coast|Machine Guns|Dungeness Mansion|Wild Horses|PILAR|EP50
Cumberland Island | Sailing Georgia Coast | Machine Guns | Dungeness Mansion | Wild Horses | PILAR | EP50 Stuck in the US because of Covid, we found plenty of excitement in our recent sailing travel along the Georgia coast. Cumberland Island was recently...
Squeaky Rudder Seizing up? – Replacing our Rudder Bushings TWICE on Blue Dot Voyages PILAR.
Here is the short story on why we replaced our rudder bushings twice! When we hauled the boat at Thunderbolt Marine in Savannah in January 2020, we had planned to replace the rudder bearing in the lower rudder shaft bearing carrier since they had become...
Downwind Sailing and the MV Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound – November2020 – EP49
Thanksgiving began early this year as we needed to catch the wind! We left Bohicket Marina on Monday around 2 PM and caught a nice NW wind right out of the channel. After teaching our guests how to raise the main sail and fly the genoa, we decided to pu...
Trout Catch for Thanksgiving Dinner 2020 – #SHORTS
HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL! Our dinner today will be Fried Trout - lightly breaded with salsa. LINKS: BLOG SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailing...