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Repurposing Victoria’s Mast – Episode 155 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Getting Victoria early in the project was one of the best decisions we have made. There was so much good material packed in that little vessel, and it seems like she just keeps giving every day. From all the beautiful mahogany in her interior, to the bronze fittings and hardware she was decked out ...
#34 – YACHT restoration plans REVEALED
Revealing our plans for resorting our yacht. This week we detail how we see the next 12 to 18 months going and how we plan to tackle the restoration project. We're governed by various factors including the weather, work commitments, money of course and family, childcare and the ever pervasive ...
#33 – HATCHES! Are they all TRASH?? Restoring our steel sailing yacht
Welcome to Episode 19 of our series about resorting our abandoned steel sailing yacht. This week Melissa is working hard with a little help from Jack to remove all the hatches on the coach roof, we also decide that they really do need replacing! We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, a sailing family base...
#32 – Restoring our abandoned Sailing Yacht
Welcome to Episode 18 of our series about resorting our abandoned sailing yacht. This week we pickup our amazing new welder from Lincoln Electric, also finally buy some steel to start cutting and welding and fabricating and Melissa works like an absolute machine sanding and sanding and sanding and s...
#31 – Is the front end of our boat rusted beyond repair? Restoring our abandoned yacht
Welcome to the 17th episode of Season 2 Is the whole front end of our boat rusted beyond repair? In this episode we tear our the forepeak to examine the state of the steel behind the forward collision bulkhead to see how far back the rust in the anchor locker extends. We are Andy, Melissa and Jac...
#30 – It’s all about where you put your probe : Ultrasonic metal thickness testing
Welcome to the 16th of Season 2 It's all about where you put your probe. This week we finally get to do a proper ultrasonic metal thickness test using the Olympus 38DL! NDT or Non Destructive testing is a term which covers a number of methods of testing which do not cause damage to the thing ...
#28 – What horrible things lurk in our bilge? Restoring an abandoned sailing yacht
Cleaning out bilges is never a nice job and with our boat having been neglected and abandoned for so long it was a bit of a worry what horrible things we'd find lurking in the bilge under the forward water tank. Fortunately things aren't as bad as they often first appear. _______________...
Salt & Tar: Ep.125- Painting Again! and Rebuilding the Raw Water Pump
Thanks for watching everyone! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you can reach us here: [email protected]. Let us know your experience and what you’re comfortable doing. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can. A huge thank you to all that have already re...
#27 – We cut a hole in out boat!!! Sailing yacht refit
We cut a hole in our boat! It's freezing cold here and the weather is still terrible so we're working undercover doing what we can until the spring arrives. This week we disassemble the steering system to find it's all jammed up with sand and won't come apart in situ, so we h...![How Salacia Star is rigged [Bonus Ep 5] Sailing Salacia Star](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/cejQh-AF3D0/mqdefault.webp)
How Salacia Star is rigged [Bonus Ep 5] Sailing Salacia Star
PATREON SUBSCRIBE LIKE FOLLOW What happens to most of us when our kids have families, careers & children of their own? It can feel lonely, left out & down right depressing just going through our daily routines & catching any spare time the kids would have for us. Well, we decided ...![Let the boat works begin [Ep 69] Sailing Salacia Star](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/dM_AILUwFDQ/mqdefault.webp)
Let the boat works begin [Ep 69] Sailing Salacia Star
Whenever you go to do a job on a boat, it always turns into more jobs. We wouldn't have it any other way. It just makes our down time so much sweeter. PATREON SUBSCRIBE LIKE FOLLOW What happens to most of us when our kids have families, careers & children of their own? It can feel ...
#26 – Finally under cover! Restoring a rusty sailing yacht
We've finally got Melody Under cover so we can get her dry and continue to work on her during the horrible winter months. It's absolutely freezing here now in North Wales....... Like seriously freezing! But with her cover on Melody is much warmer and dryer. Along with that we've ...
#25 – Bowsprit Disaster!!!! – Restoring a steel sailing yacht
The bowsprit is shot! So we have an opportunity to replace it like for like or explore alternatives....... Wood? Carbon? Stainless? More homework to be done before we can make that decision, but whatever we do it's going to need replacing. Along with that we continue to steadily work aw...
Repairing rigging with NO EXPERIENCE on our BENETEAU | Ep58 | Sailing Merewether
This week we work on repairing our furling system that has been giving us trouble for some time. While up the mast Kieran finds a massive problem with our forestay. A very vital pin that holds up the forestay into the mast has worked its way loose. I (Isabelle) hoist Kieran for three straight days u...
How to install a new back stay & repair a boom on a sailboat on our Catalina 22
Ep. 19 ~ Completely re-doing our back stay based off researching 2 popular YouTube channels mentioned below, as well as the GREAT Catalina 22 National Sailing Association. Thanks to our FaceBook and YouTube community for all the GREAT advice ! #catalina22 00:00 ~ Intro and starting on our back stay...
How to fix really wrong rigging on a Catalina 22 sailboat
Ep. 18 ~ documents Donovan's research into how to properly set up our rigging, mainly our back stay. #catalina22 Researching ways to update and secure our back stay, which we've been told was set up incorrectly and caused a great danger ! Thanks to our FaceBook and YouTube community for a...
Installing our DYNEEMA RIG and a suprise discovery under the mast – Free Range Sailing Ep 162
This week it’s time for Mirrool to become a sailboat again as we install her refurbished mast and new Dyneema rigging and make the final preparations to our hull and deck ready for painting. KEEP US SAILING! Support us and gain early access to videos and other exclusive rewards. Become a patron o...
#24 She doesn’t have a wet bottom! Awkward work on the underside of our steel yacht
The bottom of the boat wasn't wet so it was the ideal opportunity to get on with more work on the underside this week. We continue the awkward work of treating and painting the flakey areas and yet again discover things are not as bad as they appear. We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, a sailing...
EPISODE 23 – DISMANTLING THE STANTION POSTS AND COCKPIT AND TRYING OUT SOME RUST CONVERTERS
This week we continue to battle the Welsh weather and wind and short hours of daylight as we tackle more of the rust. We're trying our a variety of rust treatments and converters to see what works best and over time we'll be able to give our our opinion. Sandblasting is on the way as s...
We Finally Got the Mast Up! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 70)
It's a big day...after nearly a month of being without a mast it is being re-stepped! We took it down for inspection after the rig failed off Cape Hatteras and while it was down we added an exit point for a second spinnaker halyard and replaced/upgraded our roller furler to a beefier ocean-gra...
Christmas Came Early! Lithium Batteries from Delos (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.69)
In this episode Bill is working on some rig upgrades since the mast is down - It had to be removed because a rod head popped when he was solo sailing Calico Skies offshore the east coast of the US, near Beaufort North Carolina. He begins by removing all ten rods which will be sent to the company tha...
How we moved our 12 tonne sailing yacht
Welcome to the seventh episode of Season 2 And welcome to our Christmas Special. In today's episode we finally move Melody to a much better place in the yard so we have better access to electricity for our tools and water for the power washer. This can actually start to take shape now, apart ...
How do YACHT WINCHES work?
Servicing Lewmar, Enkes and Gibb winches in this episode! Work continues refitting our abandoned sailboat. This time it's all about the winches. We all know self tailing winches are crazy expensive so if we can save the winches which came on the boat that would be amazing. We explain how to ...