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ONLY 72 HOURS LEFT to Transform our Boat | Beau and Brandy Sailing
ONLY 72 HOURS LEFT to Transform our boat | Episode 181 72 hours to transform our boat. It’s the final countdown! We weren’t expecting to be out of the water this long but some unforeseen challenges bubbled up. We had to extend our stay out on the har...
LITHIUM BATTERY DAMAGE on our electric sailboat (how to stop it from happening)
LITHIUM BATTERY DAMAGE on our electric sailboat (how to stop it from happening) | Episode 181 Sailing takes a toll on equipment, especially if it’s exposed to the salty air and the inevitable splash of ocean water. I’ve been wanting to build a battery...
Is the CENTERBOARD on our Sailboat a PROBLEM?
Is the Centerboard on our sailboat a PROBLEM? | Episode 180 When we first bought Saoirse, we had no idea why there was a large pulley sitting on the counter. Low and behold we found out it was for our centerboard. We did a little bit of maintenance to it...
CLOSING UP THE HOLES IN OUR BOAT (our biggest boat project ever)
Closing up the holes in our boat | Episode 179 Recently we sailed to the boatyard to get hauled out here in Curacao. It’s been 2 years since we had Saoirse out of the water, so we got to work right away looking into things that needed to be fixed. But o...
BIG HOLES IN OUR SAILBOAT (water damage in our keel)
Last week we hauled out our boat for what we were hoping to be a simple paint job and a dash of maintenance thrown in. Saoirse is a 1971 pearson 35 with a drop centerboard, and one of the things we had on the list to fix was the leak coming from our cente...
IS OUR BOAT WORTH SAVING? (scary discovery during haul out)
#177 In this episode we ask ourselves is our boat worth saving after finding a scary discovery during our haul out. Two years ago we had an emergency haul out of our boat. This time we actually scheduled a haul out in order to paint the bottom of our boa...
WE REALLY DONT WANT TO SAIL HERE (but we NEED to)
We are setting sail to a place we REALLY DONT want to go. But it’s something we have to do. We pick up anchor in Santa Cruz Curacao and head a 16 nm sail to Pescaderia, to Royal Marine Boatyard. There is a strong countercurrent, gusty winds, but its a be...
The POWER of Curacao | Beau and Brandy Sailing
The power of Curacao is beautiful. Sailing against the wind and waves to the most beautiful spot in Curacao makes it well worth it. big love, Beau + Brandy #beauandbrandy #curacao #sailboat ----------------------------------------------------------------...
CAN WE WIN? LET THE SAILING RACE BEGIN! | Beau and Brandy Sailing
Whenever there is another boat on the horizon its always a race, well at least in our heads it is. But today we are leaving Fuik Baai and racing our friends on Black Moon to our anchorage 24 nautical miles away. We are putting up our 150 genoa in hopes to ...
The BALANCE of using our Electric Motor| Beau and Brandy Sailing
We rarely get to use our electric motor to motor sail. We have learned to have a great amount of patience while sailing, that we just can't get there fast. Pretty much ever. Sometimes we are happy to sit behind the sails and let the wind take us at its spe...
WE NEED TO WHIP THIS BOAT INTO SHAPE (prepping for a long passage)
We need to whip this boat into shape before we do our next long passage down to Curacao. We have a LIST of things to get done and a VERY SHORT time to do them in. So it’s time to get to work. We are currently in Brewers Bay in St. Thomas, USVIs Link to ...
A SAFETY TACTIC all sailors should know | beau and brandy sailing
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ALL ELECTRIC SAILBOAT | LIVE CHAT
LIVE CHAT! JULY 18TH 2021 3pm New York TIme If you are not subscribed, be sure to subscribe to get the notification when we go live http://youtube.com/c/SailingSaoirse/ ALL ELECTRIC SAILBOAT video: https://youtu.be/qyj49OAXRz4 We will be answering all ...
The ONLY place in the Caribbean you can do THIS | Beau and Brandy Sailing
We have found the ONLY place in the Caribbean you can do THIS, something a little off the beaten path of normal. But first we go on the BEATEN path for some hiking to Annaly Tidal Pools. After a long hike, dropping into the cool pool is so refreshing. The ...