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Ep 7 | Filling CRACKS and saying goodbye… AGAIN…
This week we discover a large crack lurking beneath where our water tanks were, the epoxy comes out for the first time and the count down is on to finish the weeks job list before our jobs go international. We hope you enjoy! Ellie and Ben xx FOLLOW OUR ...
ALL the gear, NO idea!
All the gear - no idea! After delivering our boat to its new home in Burnham, we realised that we shouldn’t be sailing in our hiking gear. Although our tiny home won’t be ready to sail for a little while, we will have the opportunity to head out on ou...
Ep 6 | ONE step forwards, TEN steps back
Having made SUCH a mess last time, we focus on really managing the dust we know we inevitably will make refitting a boat. The amount of grime 50 years can have is quite something! This episode also comes with a fair few challenges and talking through some ...
Ep 5 | The demolition continues and we take a break to remind us what it’s all for.
We're carrying on taking out as much of the wood as possible along with very needed trip to the tip! We manage to sneak in a small sail trip on Ben's brother's boat. Ellie goes galavanting about in London, whilst Ben starts the sanding party and gets extra...
Ep 4 | DEMOLITION has begun: what have we done to our SALOON?!
We're back! We have had to be away with work from our boat for several months, with no chance to come back for even a weekend and we are finally back! We have a whole week now to purely dedicate to Rummy. As we continue to strip her back, we knew we may fi...
Ep 3 | Removal of all things diesel | A leak check & saying goodbye
Carrying on from the previous episode, we do a very needed trip to the tip and then hit it hard with draining the diesel tank and removing the diesel stove! Due to soon-to-be liveaboards, we are pretty set on trying to create as much space as possible whil...
Ep 2 | The Start of our Refit Journey | Prepping for haul-out & removing the heads!
Having managing a 3 day delivery back to Burnham-on-Crouch, we were SO excited to start cracking on with the refit. Initially we had plans to keep her in the water over summer, but having endured a fair few engine issues on the delivery, we decided to take...
Ep 1 | Bringing Her HOME | The DELIVERY of our newly bought SAILING BOAT
We bought a sailing boat! A 1972 Contest 38. This is the start of our journey. Join us as we take on the first step in our refit process - delivering the boat! Along with the help of our wonderful skipper Tom, we were able to embark on a successful 3 day d...
Boat Life Buy a Boat He Said
Living on a small Tartan Classic sailboat sounds romantic doesn't it. Sail away into the unknown with out a worrying the world. True we have many of those experiences. But, in reality it can be hard work, uncomfortable situations, and a dirty mess a lot of...
Ep 0 | Why we bought a SAIL BOAT to turn into our DREAM HOME
Welcome to Sailing Rum Punch! One year ago TODAY, we bought our 1972 Contest 38 and we have spent the last year juggling our full time jobs and starting the process of the huge refit of our 50 year old boat. Our first two episodes will be landing in a week...
Coming Soon…
We are Ben and Ellie from the UK and we are so excited to share this with you. For almost a year, we've been working so hard to make this a reality. Thursday 1st June 2023 marks our one year 'boativersary' when our Ep0 will drop! Hit the subscribe button ...
48hrs Living Aboard a FISHING VESSEL in the Pacific Northwest! A Glimpse of Daily Life | A&J Sailing
A glimpse of daily life aboard this 75ft Fishing Boat in the remote coastal waterways of the Pacific Northwest.. 48 hours ago we travelled across the Queen Charlotte Strait on our 30ft floating home navigating thru thick fog and some pretty narrow passages...
Can We Do This? Navigating thru Fog & Tidal Rapids in Unfamiliar Waters | A&J Sailing S2.Ep14
It was an eerie feeling not 'seeing land' for the first time, navigating thru fog across the Queen Charlotte Strait to Deep Cove and onwards thru some gnarly rapids into Drury Inlet, where we had quite the adventure waiting for us.. We acknowledge the Kwa...
Daily Life Off-Grid Floating Community on the Remote Coast of British Columbia Canada | A&J Sailing
Hi loves, here is a snippet of daily life in this simple off-grid community in Autumn here in the heart of the Raincoast, British Columbia’s wild uninhabited pacific coastline to the North.. We really feel at home here on Gilford Island in the beautiful...