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“It came, it finally came!”
Happy to say that our 53 foot sailing vessel did not sink on her first night in the water after 12 months on land haha. The leak that first started as we hit the water seems to have stopped for now and with any luck it will not come back. The boats jobs ar...
Discovering a possible MAJOR ISSUE on SPLASH DAY
Yes!! It's finally here. After 12 long months on the hard we are getting launched today!! The feelings and emotions are really running high as we take a huge step to rejoining our cruising life! Things don't go to plan unfortunately with the weather for th...
COMPLETING the last JOBS before SPLASH DAY!
This week we finalise everything that needs to be done before she goes in the water. The bow thruster is acting up so Kieran has to manually put in a pully system to get it in the up position. The dirty sump in the engine room gets a good scrub and the anc...
Can’t BELIEVE our SAILBOAT is whole again
Yes, finally after delay after delay the long awaited selden mast has been put up and boy does she look good! With stress levels high, the rigger, Kieran and several workers go about getting the mast in her final position to start carrying sails to go arou...
Measuring up our Selden mast in paradise
This week we put our mast on, well kind of. We are hoisting the mast onto the boat to measure the stays for a short time before laying it back down again. This process is key to making sure all the stays are swagged at the perfect length. We also have a li...
ENDLESS jobs on our WRECKED AMEL Super Maramu!
Get ready for an epic update as we tackle endless jobs on our Amel Super Maramu! From preparing the base plate for the mast, painting, grinding, and finally installing it - join us on this thrilling journey.
After 12 months, three countries and two babies we have a MAST!
Watch the exhilarating story of Sailing Merewether's mast installation journey as they battle through various challenges on the path to restoring their yacht back to its original state. With unwavering persistence, they overcome every obstacle, ultimately ...
A Step By Step Guide to Replacing All Your Rigging!! – (Episode 222)
Watch part 1/3 of the rigging episodes here! https://youtu.be/wNhv9QRU98k This is a special, longer episode where the owner of Selden masts, Jonas Berg, continues to take us through the step by step guide to replacing all of our standing rigging on our h...
Changing All Our Rigging A Week Before We Cross the Pacific!! – (Episode 221)
We have an extended episode this week as Jonas Berg, one of the owners of Selden Masts flies down to Mexico to help us re-rig our lagoon 450 catamaran. The knowledge that this man shares is invaluable, and there is so much to learn from him, hence the long...
Rigging 101 (part 2)
We go through more of the actual re-rig in this video. Changing out the wires, fitting a new furler for the yankee and replacing the stay in the old staysail furler. Lots of good tips from Jade and a step by step guide to STA-LOK fittings. There is inform...
Replacing the Gas Spring in a Selden Rodkicker Rigid Vang
After eleven years and 25,000 nautical miles of hard use, our Selden Rodkicker Rigid Vang experienced its first failure on our 1,200nm passage from Fiji to New Zealand, requiring replacement. Five days into the nine-day passage, we noticed an unusual clank...
Ep77 | Everything you wanted to know about the Annapolis boat show (and more!)
The Annapolis sailboat show has more boats in the water than any other. It cleverly splits the motorboat show (happens the week before) with the sailboat show so the vendors stay but the boats all change over. It means there's plenty to see and actually th...
This may have SAVED us! – Selden E40i (Electric Winch Installation)
The story of our chance encounter with Selden, which led to the installation of their new E40i electric winch, which very well may just have saved our bacon after highlighting a huge critical failure point in Cadohas systems after someone clearly made a h...
Sail Life – Selden France factory tour & Selden Rodkicker install
We drive down to the Selden factory in France to get a tour and pick up a new Selden Rodkicker type 20 and an E40i electric winch. Back aboard the boat, I replace our old rigid boom vang with the spiffy new Rodkicker. Links: Rodkicker pdf: https://suppor...