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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 (Isab...
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 a...
#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. W...
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. ...
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 o...
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 te...
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 a...
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 th...
THE TRUTH ABOUT CODE ZERO SAILS ON CATAMARANS – Light Air to South Florida
We had high hopes for the Code Zero...the sail is an incredibly popular setup on newer boats. The idea of making good time with the sails instead of firing up the engines... sounds perfect! And while the sail DOES deliver on that promise, when conditions a...
Is this rusty yacht redeemable?
Welcome to the fifth episode of Season 2 In this episode we start work properly on the foredeck in a race against time to stop out boat rotting away. We need to stop the rust patches on the deck rusting right through and making things much more problemat...
Ripping apart a sailing yacht
Will our yacht engine start after not running for 15 years? In this episode we start tackling some of the rust issues up on the foredeck, we remove the winches to take home for servicing and we try turning over the engine to see if she will start! She c...
Ready to install our DYNEEMA RIG! PLUS a fully rebuilt mast tour – Free Range Sailing Ep 158
Last chance to grab some Free Range Sailing apparel before the campaign closes on 4 December 2020! Link to our store here: https://www.bonfire.com/store/free-range-sailing This week we install our chain plates, mast step and bow piece ready for our new ...
Our sailboat REBUILD begins ⛵💪 – Free Range Sailing Ep 157
Our Free Range Sailing gear is now available at our new store by clicking the link below: https://www.bonfire.com/store/free-range-sailing Last week you saw us remove our stainless U-Bolt chain plates. As part of our on-going quest to keep as much metal r...
Salt & Tar: Ep.115- Lanyard-ing the Dead Eyes
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