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OUT of OPTIONS – If This Doesn’t Work ARE WE DONE? | SailAway 232
One FROZEN motor and one mysteriously DUMPING COOLANT, plus our GENERATOR STILL NOT WORKING. We're DESPERATE to get headed SOUTH BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON, but if our LAST POSSIBLE FIXES don't work, what do we do? East coast marinas and boatyards are finan...
SHOVING OFF With ONE WORKING MOTOR – Was This A BAD IDEA?! | SailAway 231
We have NO PORT MOTOR and NO GENERATOR and it's 30 hours to the ANCHORAGE in ST. AUGUSTINE. With ONE MOTOR BARELY RUNNING, we SHOVE OFF FOR GOOD. Is our LUCK FINALLY ON THE UPSWING? Or are things about to get EVEN WORSE? Enjoy!! And be sure to SUBSCRI...
NO Motors, NO Generator, But We LEAVE IN A WEEK – Classic Cat Makeover | SailAway 230
Our FUTURE ON THIS BOAT is IN DOUBT. NEITHER MOTOR is WORKING and our GENERATOR JUST DIED, but we MUST LEAVE THE DOCK IN ONE WEEK. All of this ON TOP of an OVERWHELMING TO DO LIST. The stress of it all has been FAR MORE than we expected and we quite hones...
Have The GODS CURSED US?! – Classic Catamaran Restoration | SailAway 229
We've had NUMEROUS CHALLENGES and UNEXPECTED ISSUES since we bought this boat 9 MONTHS AGO. Could it be we simply ANGERED THE GODS by not properly RENAMING OPHELIA? With our departure from Charleston imminent and so many lingering issues, we decide not t...
PROJECTS Create MORE PROJECTS – Classic Cat Restoration | SailAway 228
It's TIME TO LEAVE, but we have NO WORKING MOTORS and NO COCKPIT COVER, and our DOCKSIDE TO-DO LIST is continuing to PILE UP as fast as we mark things off. We find ourselves with our HEADS DOWN, CONTINUING to PUSH ON while wondering exactly how this is al...
TWO DEAD MOTORS – Are We STUCK HERE? | SailAway 227
It's TIME to LEAVE, but we discover BOTH MOTORS are UNUSABLE, possibly BEYOND REPAIR. As we struggle to determine IF WE CAN FIX THEM, we PUSH ON with the renovations and show you that LAND CONVENIENCES don't have to come with a MARINE PRICE TAG. Enjoy!! ...
DIY CATAMARAN AWNING for UNDER $2000 – Classic Cat Reno | SailAway 226
Using a PILE of OLD STAINLESS PARTS, plus assorted NEW TUBING and HARDWARE, and some INGENUITY, we're BUILDING a MASSIVE NEW AWNING FRAME for our PRIVILEGE 482. Our goal - to REUSE everything we can and come in UNDER $2000 for the WHOLE THING, including C...
The DOCK is DESTROYING OUR BOAT – Classic Cat Restoration | SailAway 225
CURRENT, WIND, and WAVES are POUNDING us AGAINST THE DOCK. We struggle to PROTECT THE BOAT. INSIDE, the restoration continues with NUMEROUS SMALL PROJECTS and one VERY "CRAPPY" ONE. Enjoy!! And be sure to SUBSCRIBE for WEEKLY CONTENT EVERY SUNDAY! Chee...
CHEAP LITHIUM on AMAZON – We ROLL THE DICE | Catamaran Renovation | SailAway 224
We NEED a LITHIUM HOUSE BANK, but we CAN'T AFFORD $10,000 on BATTERIES. CHINS brand lithium from AMAZON are HALF to a THIRD OF THE COST as major brands. We ROLL THE DICE and try out 900 AMP HOURS worth...will it be a mistake? We also start tearing some ...
Our CENTER HULL is FULL OF WATER – Classic Cat Restoration | SailAway 223
There's a TON of WATER in our NACELLE...NOT what we wanted to find upon returning. A ROUGH 1500-Mile PASSAGE left us with a boat in DISARRAY, so we begin the long journey of getting it BACK IN ORDER and slowing making it a home. Enjoy!! And be sure to SU...
30+ KNOTS, 20′ SEAS, 48′ Catamaran – The LAST 500 MILES | SailAway 222
The TRUE TEST of our 30-YEAR-OLD CATAMARAN as we finish our 1400 MILE OFFSHORE PASSAGE. We leave the RAGGED ISLANDS and angle toward the GULF STREAM while dodging MASSIVE WEATHER FRONTS, trying hard not to get caught out in the Gulf Stream in adverse wind...
How to FLY A SPINNAKER on a BIG CRUISING CAT – 1400 Mile Passage PART 2 of 3 | SailAway 221
On our LONGEST PASSAGE YET, we hit some LIGHT WINDS, meaning it's time to test the RAGGED and NEGLECTED SPINNAKER we FOUND in the bow locker! We show you STEP BY STEP how to do it, along with a few more days of PASSAGE LIFE and yet another MYSTERY ISSUE t...
THERE GOES the MAIN! 1400 OCEAN MILES in a CLASSIC CAT – Part 1 of 3 | SailAway 220
Can our 30-YEAR-OLD Privilege Catamaran handle a 9-DAY OCEAN PASSAGE?! The BIGGER question - CAN WE?! SEA SICKNESS, things BREAKING, and our FORECAST is WINDIER and WAVIER than we'd like. But there's NO SIGN of it improving in the near future. And with...
BARE MINIMUM Passage Prep | SailAway 219
1400 MILES on OPEN OCEAN?! Our catamaran ISN'T ready and NEITHER ARE WE! But can we add JUST ENOUGH of the RIGHT EQUIPMENT to get us there? We're gonna do our best, but our WEATHER WINDOW is NOT cooperating. Can we make it to SOUTH CAROLINA in time to ...