Watch Sailing & Boating Adventures Around the World tagged “Sails”

Esper Refit 43-44 – Totem’s fundraising; bow fitting; meeting the yard workers

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Dec 09, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:17:52

Esper Refit 41-42 – welding rodents; Rocna bow roller

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Nov 25, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:07:33

Esper Refit 40 – Buat monk ordination ceremony in a Thai temple; Loi Kathrong festival

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Nov 14, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:08

Esper Refit 39 – Totem crew take over; life in the boatyard

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Nov 03, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:22:13

Esper Refit 38 – swim platform installation; Aquadrive and coupling

The swimming platform is pushed through the transom and into custom-made brackets, counterpoising it. We clean up the Aquadrive and coupling system and take a look at the veneer that's been varnished with polyurethane.

Oct 26, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:08

Esper Refit 37 – bedding a genoa track with butyl tape; rudder doesn’t fit

In this week's refit video we show you how we bedded down our genoa track with butyl tape. No Sikaflex, no 3M, no polyurethane adhesive, just tape. Also see how we make a stupid mistake with our rudder. Guest appearance by Bobby of Bobby's Pizza, Satun.

Oct 23, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:23:06

Esper Refit 36 – boat wiring; Maxprop grease nipple; Torlon Cutlass

It's a short one this week since it was Eid and our workers took most of the week off. All except Nut, that is. He's made real progress with the mains/charging circuit, basing the charging circuit on a simple solution. We also tap and install two grease ni...

Oct 12, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:17

Life is Like Sailing – Folding the Headsail

Join me in the adventures of living aboard, cruising and racing my 1982 C&C 34 here in the Vancouver, BC region. I never bought s/v Moonshine with the intention of living aboard, but sometimes things just make sense. So January 1st, 2014 I moved her ...

Oct 09, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:23

Esper Refit 35 – PSS Dripless Seal; LED Dimmer

Dang the varnisher's back, as are the electricians. The sparkies have finally installed the LED dimmer switch and it looks good. Dang is preparing the boat for its last coat of varnishing whilst I remove the old stuffing box in preparation for the new PSS ...

Oct 05, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:18

Esper Refit 34 – bedding deck fittings with butyl tape, polishing stainless,

We bed our genoa track down with butyl tape after counter-sinking the bolt holes. In this clip we show you how we did it. We also polish up our stainless stanchions. And we say farewell to Fayaway, Southern Wing and one of our carpenters, Tui. On his last ...

Oct 01, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:18:01

Esper Refit 33 – boat catches fire; liferaft deployed; everything is breaking

Most eventful week to date, with boats catching fire, the bottom of a ferry falling out and various things breaking throughout the week, all throughout treacherous monsoon weather. We also hint at how we'll be bedding our deck fittings with butyl tape as o...

Sep 21, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:24:16