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Boat refit: Stripping My Sailboat Down To Bare Aluminum In Panama – UNTIE THE LINES #31
Not only delayed but it's also just a short one this week...KARL is finally down to bare aluminium and my paint has arrived also. Things are progressing and it looks like it is painting time next week :). Find out more about my life with KARL on www.faceb...
Boat project after boat project. Will this refit ever end? – UNTIE THE LINES #29
The welder will come next week and I used the time for some other projects on the endless to do list. I widened the through-hull for my new depth sounder and went on a hunt for more corrosion from the inside. And I used my oven for the first time: with fre...
Just Do It! Grinding Down The Paint Of My Sailboat In The Crazy Tropical Heat – UNTIE THE LINES #27
Not much has really happened this week. I am still grinding, nearly finished, and I have only found three more holes. The rest of the hull seems to be quite all right. The part between the keels was not as bad as I feared and I also got some more offers fr...
LIVING ON A SAILBOAT: Fighting to keep the DREAM alive – UNTIE THE LINES #25
It's time to find out the truth...so I have to take down the paint of KARL's hull to see if there are more holes hiding underneath. What a job! It's day number seven of grinding now and I just finished the second side. But I haven't found any more holes so...
Hauling out my new to me sailboat in Panama – UNTIE THE LINES #23
KARL is finally on the hard to check the bottom, renew the antifoul and some other small inspections / repairs. It was super exciting to go into the travel lift and because KARL got hauled out in the afternoon and they stopped working, I spent one night in...
Finally Sailing! How long will it last this time? – UNTIE THE LINES #22
What a day! Even if it was just to go back to Shelter Bay, it was super great to take KARL out and use the new sails. We've had a beautiful day of sailing and KARL is now safely tied up at Shelter Bay marina again...Even if I was happier if the final desti...
It doesn’t fit! My sailboat’s keels are too wide for the haul out! – UNTIE THE LINES #21
Big news: my new sails arrived and I mounted them this week. They look great and I can't wait to take KARL out...but before that I planned to take the boat out of the water to check the bottom, renew antifouling and change to the new depthsounder, which ha...
Challenges of being a solo sailbboat owner. I need to step up my game and stop hiding on my boat!
I have been feeling gloomy lately and it feels like everything is getting too much. It`s time to change something about this! - Untie The Lines S1E20 ⇩ Enjoy my videos? Here are two ways to support their creation: ⇩ ► PATREON http://www.patreon.com...
Sister ON BOARD! A Trial Run With My New To Me Sailboat – UNTIE THE LINES #16
Finally, after several weeks of work and a couple of trial runs, that did not work out so well, Karl and me have left Shelter Bay Marina with my sister on bord. And this time for real. There is no coming back :). We went on a short coastal trip to Portobe...
SCARY! Adrift Between Big Cargo Ships during my FIRST SOLO “SAIL” – UNTIE THE LINES #12
After a positive trial run with KARL, it is time to untie the lines by myself for the first time. So I leave Shelter Bay, all excited about my first solo trip. The weather looks good and KARL's engine is running...but then another adventure is coming up fo...
Learning to ask for HELP. My friend helps me with some boat projects – UNTIE THE LINES S1E06
Sooo many things to do on KARL - and I am lucky, because I have had some great help from my friend Dimitrios this week. Check out a couple of our refit projects in this episode! Find out more about my life with KARL on www.facebook.com/whitespotpirates. I...
Sailing? Nope…What happens when you buy a neglected sailboat – UNTIE THE LINES S1E05
One of my first refit projects on KARL was to get my front cabin nice and cosy so I have a place where I can feel at home whilst the rest of the boat is still a big construction site...See the change and find out why it is not so easy to do refits on boats...