Sailboat repair YouTube Videos
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Fixing Our Boat Post-reef Disaster! Episode 256
Our poor sailboat sustained some damage when a squall blew us onto a reef. Repairing Trade Runner meant hauling the boat out of the water and in Indonesia this can be fraught with danger as the facilities are a bit sketchy. It wouldn't be till the boat was...
REPLACING ANCHOR CHAIN – DON’T make the same SILLY MISTAKE we did! – Ep 182
We are continuing with some boat maintenance projects while anchored in St. Martin, a French Caribbean Island. After sailing thousands of nautical miles and anchoring 99% of the time while living offered cruising full time for the past three years, it's ti...
Let’s get this boat OCEAN READY! | Sailing Sitka Ep 93
Tackling multiple boat projects. In this episode of sailing sitka, we take on a whirlwind of boat work as we start many different projects, one being our second gooseneck repair in 6 months!! It can be frustrating having so much on the go but that part of ...
BROKEN (again)…Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 437
Thanks to Kamikoto for sponsoring this video! Get an additional $50 off on any purchase with code DELOS during their Black Friday Sale sale. Go to https://kamikoto.com/Delos and help support the channel Behind the scenes of boat bliss: This is the work th...
Fixing OLD Sails | OFFSHORE Prep Part 2
Here is part 2 of the dodger repairs, plus some DYI sail repair, varnishing, and solar panel bracket making. After the work is wrapped up, we start sailing towards Nanaimo where we will be doing our haul-out for Sea Dream of Clyde. Thanks so much for wat...
Emergency Haulout Ep 113
We typically plan our haulouts for work months in advance due to their cost. Unfortunately, this week we have our first emergency haulout to address a potential keel grid issue on Gargoyle. We noticed cracks in our bilge and after a visit by not one but tw...
Sailing Liberty- Unfiltered and Raw, Real Life Aboard Our 41 ft Sailboat / fixing AC and Electric
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Replacing the Gas Spring in a Selden Rodkicker Rigid Vang
After eleven years and 25,000 nautical miles of hard use, our Selden Rodkicker Rigid Vang experienced its first failure on our 1,200nm passage from Fiji to New Zealand, requiring replacement. Five days into the nine-day passage, we noticed an unusual clank...
We Did EVERYTHING We Could… But It Wasn’t ENOUGH | EP.8
When the morning arrives, the engine knocking returns and we heavy-heartedly accept what this means for the near future… the haul out we so nearly avoided.
No More Leaky Deck! Steel Boat Restoration | Ch 5 E 32
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Ep 136 Windlass Parts and Fischer Panda Generator Repair
Back to our windlass for routine maintenance and our Fischer Panda 6Kva Generator, which might be a bit more than routine. The windlass had a known crack in what is called the “lower clutch cone”, which was an easy enough repair. The footage shown is...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 7: Stern Cleats, Pushpit & Cheek Blocks | Sailboat Story 204
Before we could repair the leaking hull to deck joint on our Westsail 42, we had to remove all of the deck hardware that was mounted on top of the cap rail. Now that this boat project is complete, it's time to put all of the sailing hardware back onto the ...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 6: Painting It Pretty | Sailboat Story 203
There's just something special about that moment when you finally get to see the results of your massive efforts finally pay off... and that moment is in this episode. In this episode we finally apply paint, and let me tell you, the end product looks soooo...
HULL TO DECK JOINT REPAIR | PART 5: Fairing, Sanding, & Heat Stroke | Sailboat Story 202
It's time to start making our hull to deck joint and cap rail pretty again. What that means is that we have to get it shaped right in order to paint it. Unfortunately, the process of getting a 90ft hunk of fiberglass shaped right means a considerable amoun...