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How Our Dream Boat Turned into a Nightmare | Ch 5 E 96
Looks can be very deceiving, and unfortunately that is what we found with our steel sailboat. Two years after hauling out for what we thought would be some fairly quick repairs, we are still chasing rust. Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: ...
The Bow is ALMOST back to normal… kind of… | Ch 5 E 95
After so much time and work, tearing things apart on our sailboat, we are finally putting parts of the bow back on! We clean up the bow roller and the windlass and get ready to put them back on the boat! Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: Intr...
Sailing BC’s Wallace Island, Dodd Narrows & Nanaimo to Tribune Bay
As we sail north from BC's Gulf Islands toward Desolation Sound, we stop at several beautiful harbours along the way. But we'll always remember one particular harbour for something very sad that happened while we we were there. In this episode, we're joined by friends Cheryl and Garth...
Departing The PNW for Mexico | The Journey Begins!
We've been looking forward to releasing this one for awhile! In this one, we finally leave our home ports behind for Mexico! We set sail from Bellingham Harbor, sail through the fog to Lopez Island, then to Port Townsend. In Port Townsend, we check out the amazing Wood Boat Festival and then wh...
The “easy” job that took us days | Ch5 E 94
Months after taking our floor apart to get to our water tanks, we finally get to the point where it’s time to put them back together, but of course it’s not as simple as just putting a couple of lids back on…. Welcome to a steel boat restoration 😂 Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesai...
Installing our Engine: Is it Easier to Put it IN or take an Engine OUT? | Ch 5 E 93
After taking our engine out to fix a few things on our sailboat, we are ready to reinstall it. But it turns out that taking an engine out can be quite a bit different than putting it back in... Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: Intro drone fo...
Lightening Strikes! | Sailing To Sucia Island!
Ahoy! In this one, we sail from Point Roberts, Washington to the beautiful Sucia Island. As we approach Sucia Island, an aggressive cold front moves in, changing the weather from sunny and warm to stormy and cool. We anchor in Echo Bay, then go ashore just as the first heavy rain showers arrive, the...
All The Projects We Have Left To Do | Ch 5 E 92
We have been working to rebuild our steel sailboat for more than two years now. The boat restoration projects are going well, but there is still a ton to do. In this video we explain to you what the biggest projects are that we have left and show you what the interior currently looks like (it'...
A Bittersweet Farewell | Sailing Away From Canada For Years
In this one, we set sail from Nanaimo for our last couple of stops in the Gulf Islands before leaving them behind for what will be at least a few years. Once at anchored on Gabriola, we are swarmed by thousands of little flies, so we abandond ship and head to shore for the evening. The next morning,...
The Not So Straight Forward Cutlass Bearing Install | Ch 5 E 91
After getting our hull painted, we move on to finally finishing re-installing the cutlass bearing into our steel sailboat. Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: Intro drone footage: Matt @ SV Wind Gypsy's Channel: Music in this video: ...
Shipyard Time! WET SANDING, Propeller Painting, and More!
It’s haul out time for Sea Dream of Clyde! In this one, we head to Newcastle Marine in Nanaimo to have the boat lifted out of the water and moved into the shipyard for our by-annual painting and general maintenance. I show the wet sanding technique we use that is SO much better than dry sanding, we ...
Two Years Restoring Our Floating Tiny Home (Timelapse) | Ch 5 E 90 | The Wayward Life
For two years now we have been working to restore and rebuild our 40 ft Van De Stadt Norman 40 steel sailboat. This was not the plan when we bought her and very little has gone to plan since then, but after two years of cutting, welding and painting, we are getting closer to the light at the end of...
Did We Have Our Boat Surveyed? | Ch 5 E89 | The Wayward Life
We have been in a boat shed for two years now. How that time has even passed is beyond me, but here we are. Our steel sailboat has transformed from a swiss cheese pile of steel to a painted hull with an interior still in pieces... and you have had some questions along the way. And we are here to ...
Hitting Logs & Swimming in a Diesel Spill | Sailing The Gulf Islands in Canada
It is not always sunshine and rainbows in the Gulf Islands, though most the time it is! In this one, we leave the San Juans behind and head up to Nanaimo, but not before running into a frustrating customs agent, a log, and diesel spill! We stop by Prevost Island and De Courcy Island, then through Do...
We’ve Never Done This Before – Spray Painting a Boat! | Ch 5 E88
After two years of being on land with our steel sailboat, we are finally ready to paint the outside of the hull and the deck. But we have never done this kind of painting and we aren't sure we have the right equipment... plus the weather has taken a turn for the worst. Will this job turn out gr...
Will We Be Ready Before the Rains Arrive? | Ch 5 E 87
Our steel boat restoration projects continue, and we are getting ready for a big one- paint! But can we get the paint on before the weather changes and things become a lot more difficult? Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: Intro drone footage:...
It’s time to FINALLY put the rudder back in! | Ch 5 E 86
After painting the bottom of our steel sailboat, we are finally ready for the next step in this sailboat restoration- putting the rudder back in! :D Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: Intro drone footage: Matt @ SV Wind Gypsy's Channel:...
This will either save us $1000 OR cost us weeks of work AND money We don’t have | Ch 5 E 85
The sanding and fairing is still happening, but so will be the painting- well, the bottom painting. But it isn't as simple as just throwing paint on. All our paint is expired, but we are gonna try to put it on anyway... This steel sailboat restoration is always keeping us guessing. Patreon: ...
TWO MORE SAND BLASTERS! | Ch 5 E 84
The steel boat restoration continues- this time with more fairing and sanding, but also, and more interestingly, with two different sand blasters that we haven't used before! That brings the total to four different blasters used on this project, plus the blasting bay! Patreon: Buy us a coffe...
A Steel boat WITHOUT Rust?! | ch 5 E 83
I head out on the water to go see a rare sight- a steel boat without any rust- well, almost anyway. Join me as I get the run- down on the beautiful Sappho from @sapphoatsea and spend some time on this beautiful steel sailboat! Check out their channel: Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywa...
These are our tools, Man, for fairing | ch 5 E 82
We are still fairing and sanding (both in video time and in real time) and in order to get things done we have had to use a surprising number of fairing tools- some of which we made ourselves! Patreon: Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: Instagram: Facebook: Intro drone foo...
Juggling Projects to get to the Water | Ch 5 E 81
Our sanding and fairing continues on our steel sailboat as we work to finish this boat restoration. But in the midst of that we have quite a few other projects to get finished too... like replacing the cutlass bearing, which isn't going to be as straight forward as it should be (what a surprise...
We Sand, A Shark Steals our Anchor, and Bath Tubs Race | Ch 5 E 80
We gave up and bought a power boat- JUST KIDDING! We took a friend's boat out with them to go watch some weird races in bathtubs? Nanaimo is a crazy city. And, also, did some more sanding on the hull of our steel sailboat in prep for more fairing! Bathtub race drone footage by James Moxley ...