This round we re-stock the lumber pile with some glorious white oak, ash and some hickory. Steve designs, builds and launches a quick and dirty pram for fishing adventures on the local brook and Arabella gets some more oak planks added to her hull.
It's a...
It’s time to focus on sticking Nutshell back together again.
Magnus glues the opening for one of the cupboard doors in the head.
He attaches new catches to many of the doors which were damaged in the explosion.
He searches searches through the bits an...
In this episode you can see both the highs and lows of passage making. Catching an amazing Mahi mahi, enjoying the stars and phosphorescence on night watch, spotting dolphins and whales and then… over heating the batteries.
We joined the NC2V Rally so t...
After saying goodbye to our family that have been with us for two months, we're left with an empty boat. A not so friendly visit from the coast guard evicts us from the anchorage and we move on further.
We plan to have some fun in this new anchorage howev...
Can we make this right???
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On my Liveaboard sailboat, SV Arianrhod, we sail from Patras Greece to Malta in this 2 part episode
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In this installment we get some much appreciated assistance and really motor along with the oak planking. With three of us in the shop two could work on Arabella while the third picked timber and made planks.
We procure some big ole logs that we were told...
In this weeks episode our first and longest standing crew members, Claire and Sean decide it's time to say goodby. Time for them to continue their adventure and move home to Australia. The quarantine situation in Australia seems to be improving at a rate m...
We go on a wild chase to find one of Vanuatu's most beautiful sea creatures...THE DUGONG!
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While Single hand Sailing SV Arianrhod, my liveaboard sailboat there was a steering failure.
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After numerous challenges and setbacks we are finally picking up the pace and getting into a solid groove!
The replacement planks all go onto the hull quickly and smoothly compared to the other planks. We also have to get a bit inventive so we can hit the...
We answer a bunch of questions from our viewers including some very poignant questions like:
If you'd have to do it again, would you choose the same boat?; and
What would you do differently if you had another chance?
as well as a few specific boat related...
In this episode we have a mixed bag of boat life ups and downs. We celebrated Seans birthday as best we could whilst in a semi state of lockdown here in Grenada. We get a complete run around from Spice Island Marina chasing a package for the seconds consec...
So we are still in lock down and not allowed to sail anywhere, or even sleep on board. But we are allowed to drive places and sail the boat as long as it returns to her home port, so thats what we did. Its a long drive for a short sail but still worth it w...
Boat life is always an adventure with our little baby pig Peanut on board! After abouta month on board, it's finally time for her first piggy swimming lessons!
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SV Arianrhod my liveaboard sailboat, almost wrecked on the docks of Corinth in Greece because of the unforecasted weather, we then sail to Delphi to Explore
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This round we look to the future and start doing a little rigging preparation by roughing out some deadeye blanks. We also keep chugging along with planking, the Alaskan sawmill rig gets some good use as does the 27" thickness planer. The culled cedar pl...
This is part two of a a mammoth interview i did with the great John Kretschmer wherein we discuss al things Bluewater sailing for both Mono-hulls and Catamarans.
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Hi all. This is part 2 of a 2 part series which wont be for everyone, so if your not interested in dinghy's, or the design of boats, then I'd turn off now. If you are though then you might get something from this.
In part 2 I explain how we went about de...
Hi all. This is part 1 of a 2 part series which wont be for everyone, so if your not interested in dinghy's, or the design of boats, then I'd turn off now. If you are though then you might get something from this.
In part 1 I explain how I conceived of t...
Our first crew member, Molly and her partner Phil are leaving Sylfia. She has to go back to England to spend some quality time with her family. It's been a pleasure to have this genuine girl on board and also give us the chance to meet Phil. We will miss y...
The Arianrhod my liveaboard sailboat sails to and then cruises through the Corinth Canal in Greece. AKA the Greeciest Canal in the world.
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In this episode we hit the lowest point yet on the build and remove the cedar planks we worked so hard to install onto Arabella. The oak pile got sorted and inventoried to see if we even have enough oak to plank Arabella with it.
The replacement planks ...
No boat building in this video!
Since the Open House got canceled and a birthday party could not occur, Steve spent his 35th birthday doing a little exploring via canoe.
There is not even a glimpse of the boatyard or Arabella, just a quiet ride down a tiny...
Magnus continues the job of sorting out the cutting of the new v-berth mattress to fit Nutshell.
Wendy paints the locker lids to tidy them up a bit.
We take Nutshell out to Stonehaven Bay and Nara Inlet on Hook Island and explore the stunning rock format...
In this week's episode, we are in the midst of week 3 of lockdown with no end in sight. We try to keep as busy as possible by knocking over some boat jobs, or at least those we could tackle with the supplies we have on board.
We pulled down the roof linin...
So its been a while but we are finally allowed out to check on Daphi. We started the process of buying her at the start of March, which didnt seem like a silly thing to do at the time however with the county getting shut down just two days after collecting...
Join us as we launch a full on assault on the invasive species that is devastating reefs in Vanuatu known as crown of thorns.
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Sailing Vessel Arianrhod, my Liveaboard Sailboat, Sails to Athens and then we road trip to Meteora Greece
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This round we dive into some plank repair on the hull and fix the cedar that exploded on us. Talk briefly about a new plank fastener we are using in preparation for installing what Atkin calls the bilge ceiling. We steam in the cedar plank after repair ...
A mystery box arrives and Magnus goes to collect it and returns with a very, very long box! What can it be? It's our new Kapten Boat Collar for Peanut IV. This will make her very stable and so a much safer tender to have in the Kimberley. The last thing yo...
In this episode, we realize we are running out of fresh food on the boat in the middle of lockdown. The government has limited when shops are open and how often we are allowed to go to shore to... once a week.
As we get closer to the shops to stock up, we...
It's time to say goodbye! Sylvan gifted us with his presence for the last few weeks and is always a pleasure to have him and learn from him. He gave us such a wonderful time and hilarious moments. We will miss this precious stowaway :)
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Today we share with you a day in the life of two liveaboard sailors living in the Exumas. Although we're not sailing our catamaran as much as we wanted, we try to stay as busy as possibly while the entire Bahamas is in full lockdown due to the coronavirus...
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