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Ep 76 Flying the Chute – Fall Winds Return to Greece
The strong, fall wind patterns return to Greece after a mid-summer of dulldrums. Starting in Corfu town, we embark on a circumnavigation of the the island. It's not a huge island, but enough to keep us going, stopping in at bays and harbors, for a good wee...
Ep 75 Crushed By A Ferry – The Joy Cruises Incident
In what turned out to be the culmination of absolutely unbelievable season of things happening to us and around us, we get backed down on by a huge day-cruise boat. I called it a ferry in the title because these sized boats ply the waters around the Ionian...
Ep 74 Batteries and Charging Systems, plus Alternator Replacement
What begins as a simple swap-out of our 24 volt alternator morphs into an in-depth discussion of sailboat batteries and charging systems. This overview describes the details of shore power, battery chargers, alternators, generators, AC vs. DC power, electr...
Getting Greasy with Bilgy Bonita (Sailing Nandji) Ep 119
Old Smoky is gone, time to get ready for the NEW engine! https://www.sailingnandji.com In this episode of Sailing Nandji, with Old Smoky now a thing of the past, it is time to get busy into the installation of our new engine Fang! Old smoky may be gone, b...
Ep 72 Prop Repairs in Fiscardo, Greece (Sailing Talisman)
Our one day stop at Kastos town, on the island of Kastos (Greece) turns into a couple of days when Wendy pulls something in her back. This highlights one of the negatives of full time cruising, which is that often you're off the beaten path with little or ...
Ep 71 More Drama – Dragging and Drifting Into Other Boats (Sailing Talisman)
We can't catch a break. Winds pick up in Kioni Harbor, and suddenly Talisman seems to have no holding. We find ourselves being blown back onto the quay, and alarmingly also into the adjacent boats.![1 broken bolt away from a 3 day ordeal [EP 41] | Sailing Millennial Falcon](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/HbCSvLCACKM/maxresdefault.webp)
1 broken bolt away from a 3 day ordeal [EP 41] | Sailing Millennial Falcon
There's a saying "you're only one broken bolt away from a 3 days ordeal" and in this episode, we break 2... Cue the long and painful process to get these bolts out and finish the jobs we started which was merely just to repack our stuffing box. After the ...
Ep 70 Well This Sucks! The Dark Side of Cruising – Boat Damage (Sailing Talisman)
Talisman finally gets some bruises. No matter how hard you try, these are the types of things that eventually happen. We've been cruising full time for almost a year now, and this is the first issue of the kind. Join us for some fast sailing and a close ca...
Boat MYSTERIES that will BLOW Your Mind! Ep 68
Did not see that one coming... back to square one on the frame repair. On a positive note, the barrier coat is FINALLY all gone! Website - https://bumsonaboat.com Patreon - https://patreon.com/bumsonaboat![Another Day in Paradise [EP 39] | Sailing Millennial Falcon](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/dq29xwyUl1M/maxresdefault.webp)
Another Day in Paradise [EP 39] | Sailing Millennial Falcon
'Does it ever end?!!' - Khiara P Direct quote from a grumpy Khiara as she spends day after day hammering her thumb while taking up 1 cm pieces of teak decks. Yep, the constant work is starting to get to us a little bit in this episode. The yard plays a g...
Sailboat Repairs in Paradise – Lady K Sailing – Episode 45
Support Lady K - www.patreon.com/ladyksailing Join us in George Town Exuma as we make Lady K ready for her trip from the Bahamas to Grenada Declan DP License Code: DDP1590562![Well that’s not going to buff out… [EP 37] | Sailing Millennial Falcon](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/_r34QDGZMtw/maxresdefault.webp)
Well that’s not going to buff out… [EP 37] | Sailing Millennial Falcon
We haul the boat out in Carriacou, Grenada and finally get to see the damage that we caused when we hit 'something' in the muddy waters of the lock in Port Charlotte (see EP 3)... at the time, we rose about a foot out of the water and were petrified that w...
Flood Repair – Episode 40 – Lady K Sailing
Support Lady K: http://ladyksailing.com/team-k/ After a close call with sinking, we start to repair our Hughes 35 sailboat in the Bahamas and we leave Black Point, visit Little Farmers Cay, and land in George Town Exuma. Declan DP License Code: DDP1590562
Missing rudder? No problem
Came home and our rudder was missing! Matt came up with a plan on how to fix the problem. DIY rudder re-attachment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dont forget to subscribe and share the video ...