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Moving Back Aboard to Prep Our Catamaran for Season 4… and Nothing Goes as Planned
Ep. 220 ~ After months living on land, we're moving back aboard our catamaran, Oka, in Preveza, Greece and getting her ready for Season 4 of our sailing adventure in the Ionian. And, as usual, things don't go quite according to plan! We start bringing Oka out of hibernation and slowly get...
50 Knots and a Growing Job List: Preparing Happy Days for the Atlantic | S5 E28
Before we could leave South Africa behind for good, Happy Days needed to be ready for everything the Atlantic could throw at her. What followed was days of running rigging failures, 50-knot winds in the marina, and a job list that seemed to grow faster than we could tick it off. This episode we...
Storms in Portugal, life at anchor | EP161
It's been the most stormy winter in Portugal for a very long time. We are at anchor in a flooded muddy river hunkering down and trying to get some rigging done in the lulls between the storms. These are just some of the challenges of the cruising lifestyle. We have a lot of running rigging to r...
Rigging 101
In this video we go through all the important aspects of running rigging. We have just completed a 20,000nm Atlantic and Caribbean circuit and need to replace a lot of our running rigging so we take you through the process and have a look at the range of lines available. Thank you to English Braids ...
Replacing Our Rig – Living With The Tide
In this Episode we head out of Mayflower marina and drop anchor for the first time in Constantia. Then its off to Plymouth Yacht haven to have our new rig installed, crack on with more jobs and save ourselves a pretty penny! If you like this episode please give us a like and comment and if you woul...
Sitka is becoming a SAILBOAT again! | Sailing Sitka Ep 95
Sitka is becoming a sailboat again. In this episode of sailing sitka, we start putting together some essentials to make our boat operational again. This includes testing our tides marine track to see how it holds our mainsail!! Please make sure to subscribe if you already haven't and have a ver...
Dockside Sailboat RIGGING CHANGE w/Explanations (TONS of useful info) pt.1/2
TONS of information for sailors of all levels: From tying a halyard knot, installing sails, whipping, removing furling gear, running rigging, standing rigging, Blue Wave swageless fittings, and MUCH MORE! This will be one you'll want to save and come back to later! Gear used in this video: Pre...
SVGC 10 – Installing Running Rigging, Climbing the Mast on our Sailboat, and some Dunedin History
Replacing the running rigging (ropes/sheets/blocks) and climbing the mast on our Irwin 38 MKII Sailboat. Oh there's some doggies in there too, a treasure hunt, and some Clearwater and Dunedin History. Show us some love on FB, Instagram, and Ticktok @SVgoinCoastal #clearwaterbeach #dunedin ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.189- That’s Teamwork
Victoria’s info: I’m in love with her work, thank you 💕 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 ...
BREAKING OUT OF ROUTINES – SwT 85 – LIFE IS MORE THAN SCHEDULES
Breaking out of routines is doing something thats not in your schedule. Even as a sailor, life can easily become routine with a constant feeling of something you need to do. I sometimes need a bit changes in scenery and experience. Happy to have Kylie back as she also enjoys doing something differen...
CRUISING INTO THE NEW YEAR – SwT 84 – IS IT OK TO JUST ENJOY LIFE?
Is it okay to just enjoy life? It's so easy to forget to relax because it's always something I can do. I will try to be better at doing nothing. At least this was something I was thinking about when I felt like cruising into a New Year even without a NYE party. I really enjoyed just hangin...
TROPICAL X-MAS – SwT 83 Going to the beach at Christmas
Tropical x-mas is still exotic to me even after my forth Christmas in the Caribbean. I'm sharing my Christmas with you and wish you a happy new year! Going to the beach is something I should do more often, but so easy to take for granted after so long time here. Im taking a short break until ...
6 hints to avoid DISASTER – SwT 82 – Watch this BEFORE a mast refitting
6 hints to avoid a disaster is something you should watch BEFORE you start on a full refit job on your mast and standing rigging. Not all rigging companies knows what they are doing, and not everyone cares about your safety either. Not everyone understands what a full refit of mast and running rigg ...
Salt & Tar: Ep.138- Leaving the dock in August
I said it! OUT LOUD!!!!! Ahhhh..... Yup, so now you have to hold us accountable. Our new goal, primary goal, is to leave our slip sometime in August. Not too many things are required to make that happen BUT we'll have to stay focused. Thanks so much for watching every week! It's been such ...
Yes, It’s Rigged
We have our ups and downs, like most folks. But sometimes I can’t help but feel like there is some unseen current working against us. Like this is not the way the machine wants us to go about living. If we were just good little girl and boy renting an apartment in the suburbs somewhere, working at t...
Booms and Running Rigging! Changes and what they cost.
Over the past two and a half years we have made many change to the running rigging. This video shows most of the things we changed on the running rigging, and the booms. Hope you enjoy this vid! Thanks so much for watching 🙏 Stay tuned as next Friday 12PM EST we release a new video 🎥 We do our ...
Back in the water – standing rigging replacement- Ep. 83
The standing rigging is replaced. We finally get finished in the boatyard, but not in the order we expected so everything was out of sequence, but the running rigging was renewed, the mast stepped and the mast put back on. It was going so well until they put us back in the water ----- Follow us --...![[How to] Dyneema Eye Splice | Sailing Wisdom](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/UpkqJ4GRfSg/mqdefault.webp)
[How to] Dyneema Eye Splice | Sailing Wisdom
▸ SUBSCRIBE DIRECTLY with us so you never miss an episode: This episode will show you how to make an eye splice in single braid Class II Ropes. We start off with the Longbury and I show you exactly why you should avoid doing this particular splice. Next, we cover in depth how to carry out a möbiu...![[How to] Install a New Halyard | Sailing Wisdom](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/uhYk-RuwRjo/mqdefault.webp)
[How to] Install a New Halyard | Sailing Wisdom
Either your old halyard fell out of the mast or you want to install a brand new additional halyard in your mast, how do you do it? How do you feed it through the spar? Watch this video and I will show you the tricks to feeding a brand new halyard through your mast with internal halyards! Patreon: ...
Pulling The Stick, Getting Rigged & A Fresh Bottom (Sailing Curiosity)
It's part one of our Crazy Service "Month". Get all the details here: Join our crew on Patreon and become a BIGGER part of the adventure: Subscribe and Keep in touch: What we thought was going to be a simple service stop is turning into pure craziness! Ya know, we think it�...
How to set up rope clutches and stop knots
This how to will show you tips and tricks to easily and quickly setup you rope clutches. You will learn how to reeve the clutch and how to tie an appropriate stopper knot at the end of the tail. We will also go through different stop knots and why the triple fisherman knot is superior to the figure...
Climbing a Sailboat Mast Safely and Unassisted
When you need to go up a mast, safety is paramount. Aside from safety is the logistics of getting your weight up the stick! If you have a friend handy whom you trust to crank a winch, you can get up the mast in no time and with little effort on your part. What do you do if you need to go up and ther...![Halyard How-To [Side Adventure #1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/mZUn06Doi6I/mqdefault.webp)
Halyard How-To [Side Adventure #1]
As promised in our last video, here's a little extra how-to video, with detailed steps in how we replaced, spliced, whipped and put reefing points in our new halyard. The biggest learning experience was learning the splice, but we found a great tool that helped us! Don't forget to give ...![The Circle of Lifelines [Adventure #8]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/AhIe62FqrXk/mqdefault.webp)