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Van Life Tested Us… But We Never Gave Up! | Episode 293
Welcome back to WE|Sail! Our van life adventure got off to a bumpy start… literally. 😅 After a couple of unexpected breakdowns, we were starting to wonder if this whole van life thing was a mistake. But after some trial, error, and a little thinking,...
Boat Life to Van Life… Did We Make a Mistake? | Episode 292
Welcome back to WE|Sail! We’ve hit pause on boat life and jumped into our next big adventure—van life! But… was that a mistake? 😬 Our first "shakedown" trip in the van didn’t exactly go as planned. From unexpected breakdowns to questioning if t...
The ULTIMATE Shakedown Sail
This was the moment we had been waiting for—our first real test sail to see if everything was working and if this boat still felt right for us. ⛵️ We sailed to Gran Canaria, anchored for two nights, but the first night brought trouble—our anchor dr...
How-To do a Shakedown Sail ⛵️ (First Sail in 6 Months!)
After 6 months away from the sea, this was an essential test sail. THIS is how I do a shakedown sail! _____________________________________________________________________________ 🤜🏼Exclusive/early access & Help support my adventures: https://www...
PROBLEM ON NEW SAILBOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE DURING MASSIVE SHAKEDOWN SAIL – Ep 210
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Shakedown Sailing Through the Sea of Cortez – Episode 106
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Lithium Battery Set-up | 🛠️⛵ Sailing & Boat Maintenance Ep 348
Today is a good day for boat work, a bit of maintenance and some system testing. Jamie explains our lithium battery set-up and his hack for replacing the headsail furling line. After Liz goes up the mast to install the new VHF cable, we have a gorgeous af...
Episode 40 Windlass Stripdown then Rebuild and Test Sails!
Sorry for the long one folks! This episode sees us stripping down the Windlass and going through the arduous process of a rebuild, it isn't completely foobarred but its quite a mission to find the right parts and get it rebuilt and back on deck! So glad we...
Episode 8 – Thick Foggy Sailing!
After an eventful hospital admission and stay, I make a speedy recovery and we go sailing! The Sillette leg was working and we were child free, which is an exceptionally rare occurance. We had thick fog in the Solent and little wind but we thoroughly enjoy...
Episode 7 – We made the Papers!
This episode follow us as we successfully launch Pickle, have a disasterous first shake down sail and have assistance from the lifeboat to tow us back with rope around our propeller. We spend the next few months trying to figure out how to fix the locking ...
Episode 6 – Launched , Adventures , First Sail… And Rescue!
We finally finished the paint work and successfully launch Pickle! Have some fun and adventures with the kids, go for our first sail and shake down and end up with major issues with our sillette leg, rope round our propeller and no engine! Frustratingly we...
Episode 5 – Part 2 – Boat Renovations and Painting.
We are finally painting WOOHOO! join us with the massive job of painting the entire boat working from 4am until dark, squeezing in lots of other jobs in between, like through hull fittings and all new electronics, and of course amusing two energetic kids a...
Episode 4 – Part 1 – Boat Renovations and Sanding
We get well and truly stuck in to boat renovations and finally finish the sanding ready for Part 2...the Painting!! YAY 😊 Don't forget to like and share our videos and subscribe to get notified when out next episode is out on YouTube! Follow and like...
Episode 3. We Found Our Sail Boat!
So we found the boat for us! It needs a huge amount of work, so join us as we spend our first couple of weeks tackling every job conceivable, making new friend, having accidents, sharing our boat with little animals and getting very very dirty!