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Sailing Life: Work Hard, Play Hard | S04E18
This week we haul out Atticus in a remote boatyard to get started on some of our largest Pacific Refit boat projects including installing our new mast bases. Before getting stuck in the boatyard for who knows how long, we hop on our friend Collin’s boat ...
Tough Decisions Refitting Our Sailboat In Panama | S04E17
In this episode we start to have some doubts about our mast crack DIY solutions and spend a lot of time second guessing ourselves. Jordan goes on a wild goose chase in town looking for a high quality paint system to prime and paint our aluminum mast heels....
HURRICANE DAMAGED CAT sets sail after 7 MONTH REFIT – Episode 52
You can see the excitement levels after a 7 month rebuild in Rio Dulce Guatemala, as the boys finally get to set sail into the Caribbean Sea. Colin talks about what it was like to do the refit in Guatemala, and you can get a real sense of satisfaction for ...
Bullet Proofing Our Rig to Sail Across The Pacific Ocean⛵ | S04E16
We’re diving deep into all of those rigging projects that have been nagging us in the back of our minds during heavy weather passages to ensure that our 57 year old, 30 foot sailboat is ready to sail across the Pacific Ocean. This week, we install dynee...
HURRICANE DAMAGED CAT finally gets LAUNCHED!!! – Episode 51
The episode all you wonderful followers have been waiting for! After 7 months on the hard, Parlay finally gets splashed! The launch was extremely successful, but then a seized windlass stops all plans of leaving Guatemala, as we strive to overcome the prob...
Our Sailboat’s Mast is CRACKED! 😲 | S04E15
Crossing the pacific is going to be a massive challenge that involves a lot of risk… Risk that we’re working hard to mitigate. In this episode we talk about our concerns with three cracks that we’ve identified on our main and mizzen masts, we cut of...
Reseating Injectors and Bleeding Fuel Lines in a Marine Engine (Ep.97 Sailing w/the Litzenbergers)
We're back to our regularly scheduled programming, Fries. No more drunkin' tours, because we gotta get this girl out of the Rio!!! Our mechanic is still a no show which means Spencer and I delve into the engine repairs ourselves. The task is a bit over our...
Our Biggest Sailboat Project Begins | S04E14
The day has finally come to pull our masts, and we’ve got a LOT of work to do to get Atticus ready. We remove the main and mizzen sails and booms and loosen up our standing rigging. With each cotter pin that we remove we get a little more anxious about ...
‘Tis the Season to be Winning | S04E13
Bocas Marina is hosting a Christmas Boat Light Parade and competition in Bocas Del Toro, Panama and we’re in it to win it! We have two days to design and implement a light scheme, but we start to think maybe we bit off more than we could chew when with l...
Sailors on a Holiday Mission | S04E12
Sailing around the world has it's drawbacks, like being far away from home during the holidays, but it also opens doors to unique experiences that we couldn't have even imagined before leaving home 5 years ago. In this episode we celebrate thanksgiving by ...
Bribery and Corruption Driving to our Dream Sailboat in Guatemala (E.92 Sailing w/the Litzenbergers)
We pack all our stuff up in the 4Runner and head out from Colorado, down the Mexican coast to Rio Dulce, Guatemala to get to our dream sailboat that we just bought. It's a tough go of it, though. Bee has a little meltdown about driving through Mexico, we p...
Sailboat DIY Can’t We Do Anything Right? | S04E11
Holiday Wish LIst: https://amzn.to/2sJAMhn Sometimes refitting a boat can take waaaay more time and energy than we ever could have planned for. In our minds we might think we're going to accomplish a lot in a week, but in reality, we might get set back by...
Sailboat Life | Discovering an EPIC Island | S04E10
PROJECT ATTICUS HOLIDAY WISH LIST: https://amzn.to/2sJAMhn Sailing around the world can be tedious, exhausting, and downright scary. We do it all in search of rare and brief moments of absolute perfection. In this episode, we take a break from boat pro...
Man…this is Hard Work… | S04E09
You don’t need a lot of money to sail around the world. All it really takes is a lot of hard work. But does that mean working long hours with no days off? Or is there another way? In this episode we take you with us through our daily routine while workin...