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Why your ENGINE needs a WATER COOLED EXHAUST! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 69
(Ep.77) If you would like to support our production, THANK YOU! You can also make a one time donation: PayPal: You can buy a TSHIRT below: We finish up building and welding our new wet/water cooled exhaust and talk a bit about what that entails as well as service our water pump. Thanks fo...
Sailing 10,000 Miles from South Africa to the USA. Plans, Hopes and Fears.
This episode of Cruising Off Duty, I am going to explain the plans for the upcoming sailing voyage from South Africa to the USA. This will be a 10,000-mile transatlantic crossing on a 50' Xquisite X5 Catamaran. The journey will take us across the South Atlantic, the equator and then into the ...
#39m The Start of Our Circumnavigation – Cape Town to Namibia | Sailing Sisu Leopard 45 Catamaran
We did it! We started our circumnavigation! We moved onto the boat end of November 2018 and left Cape Town beginning February 2019. We had three months to prepare Sisu and ourselves for this day...Now you know why we were a bit busy :-) RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, Aftermarket stuff such as Lithium and...
MARINISING a DIESEL ENGINE | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 67
(Ep.75) If you would like to support our production, THANK YOU! You can also make a one time donation: PayPal: You can buy a TSHIRT below: We bid farewell to Moses as we got him a new job here in Port Elizabeth. We would have loved to have had him working with us but our budgets getting ti...
How To Follow My TransAtlantic Sailing Voyage Live. Channel Origin Story & I cross 20K subscribers!
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, I bring my good friend Terry Billingsly back on the channel. He helped me in the planning when I started this channel and he is the one that Created the Cruising Off Duty App that will help you stay connected to me while I do the 10,000 Mile TransAtlantic Saili...
INSTALLING COCKPIT WINDOWS | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 65
(Ep.74) Happy Easter everyone! ❤️✝️ If you would like to support our production, THANK YOU! You can also make a one time donation: PayPal: Ricky & Basil connect up our Blue Nova batteries & link it up to our Victron Inverter. We install the cover for our electronics. Install the mount...
#37t Where and how to Check Out of Cape Town, South Africa with a Boat | Sailing Sisu Leopard 45 Cat
This week we share to check out of Cape Town, South Africa. It is a shlep to check out, but it can be made easy if simplified. Also, one can check out of SA and not have your boat as per Regulations, in the Royal Cape Yacht Club for inspection. Watch this episode to see how.... Thank you for all ou...
#35m Sailing Sisu In and Around Cape Town | Leopard 45 Catamaran South Africa
This week we share what we did in and around Cape Town, South Africa. It has so much to offer! We only touched a minute part of it! Music: epidemicsound.com Climbing Through Air 3 - Tomas Skyldeberg Thank you for all our subscribers! If not yet subscribed, please click on subscribe (it's free...
PUTTING the PIECES TOGETHER AGAIN | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 62
(Ep.71) We start installing all our deck fittings & putting the boat together again. We also start making our kitchen drawers which was a first for both of us. I must say our carpentry skills weren't to shabby! Congrats to our lucky draw winner Chris! Thanks for watching, don't forge...
ONE YEAR to PAINT our BOAT!? | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 61
(Ep.70) The time has come......... to chance the old blue hull & make her WHITE! This was also such an extremely rewarding time of this whole boat build. Seeing her come together so beautifully. Although we have been cured of sanding for a while it feels! She is looking fabulous & we couldn&...
VINYL FLOORING INSTALLATION | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 60
(Ep.69) This week we got to install our flooring & boy were we freaking excited! We got so tired of looking at the blotchy old flooring everyday and made it feel like no matter what we did, the boat was never going to end & just like that the flooring made our house.. partially turn into a h...
#34t VISA Application PROCEDURES and Headaches | Sailing Sisu in Cape Town South Africa
This week we share the procedures and protocol involved with the application (or not) of visas . . . Thank you for all our subscribers! If not yet subscribed, please click on subscribe (it's free) and click the bell next to the sub button (it's free too) for quick notification. And pleas...
#33m Leopard 45 Shake Down Cruise | Sailing Sisu in Cape Town South Africa
This week we share our shake down cruise, but it was not the normal shakedown, it was proper. We sailed around Cape of Storms. We went to Saldanha, then Houtbay, then around Cape Point to Simons Town, then to Gordons Bay, Pringle Bay and then all the way back to Cape Town. We anchored and docked, we...
The Channel’s New Direction. Making episodes with our viewers! You are invited on our boat!
We want to live life to the fullest and have all sorts of experiences so that we can make tons of lasting memories and the best way to do that is to slightly change the direction of the Cruising Off Duty channel. It will not be only sailing going forward. We want to experience all sorts of activ...
#32t Leopard 45 Catamaran Walk Through of the Sisu Specs | Sailing Sisu in Cape Town South Africa
This week we share the Sisu Specs in our Leopard 45 Catamaran walk through. We did a lot of research and a lot of waiting, but finally it all come together! We uploaded for our Patrons (patreon.com/SailingSisu) the complete list of factory options, after market options, equipment, and spares with th...
Boat Building Makes You BROKE. REAL TALK!
So we only realized once we watched the video it was in portrait.... we're still learning this whole LIVE shenanigans ha ha. We answer some of your questions & get down to talking about our engine problems Thanks for watching! Appreciate all the kind comments, thumbs up & subscribes! ...
#31m Moving onto our sailboat | Sailing Sisu Leopard 45 Catamaran in Cape Town South Africa
This week we packed all our belongings into a bakkie and a trailer...and took the 1,400km trip to Cape Town. It finally happened. We moved onto Sisu, our Leopard 45 Catamaran sailboat! Thank you for all our subscribers! If not yet subscribed, please click on subscribe (it's free) and click the...
Naming Ceremony 😁
This week we share HOW ..... We are preparing our Leopard 45 Catamaran cruising yacht to sail around the world. We want to visit off the beaten tack places and need to prepare for ice bergs, storms, heavy seas, as well as nice tranquil tropical waters... Follow us on our journey as we learn fr...
Building a 40ft CATAMARAN in your BACK YARD! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 43
(Ep.52) Ricky finishes up the foamalite layout for our headliner, now all we still got to do is wrap it up in vinyl and install. He also had to plug up some holes on the stern where we removed some fittings. Ricky installed the leg for our table, but realized we need a double leg set up so were wai...
#30t Do we need a Sea Anchor or a Drogue on our liveaboard catamaran? | Sailing Sisu in Cape Town
This week we share how to select you Sea Anchor or your Drogue. But first I go into some technical details on how waves work in order for us to understand why and when we need a Sea Anchor and when we need a Drogue. What forces are acting on the anchors and the boat? What is the difference between S...
Cape Town Boat Show & Reparing our Cockpit | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 42
Episode 50 You want to purchase one of our sweet coins go check out the link below: We headed down to the Cape Town Boat Show and also made supply runs while we were down there! Guys I was so damn excited when we were able to get our Hinges and table leg! It was such a relief. We also managed to...
BULLET vs YACHT DOOR!
Since our yacht door is poly carbonate we wondered how strong Poly carbonate really is? & if it is bullet proof like they say? Well we decided to test this theory & shoot a piece of polycarb using a 9mm, .22 & a 45 ACP hand gun. Polycarbonate: Follow our accounts: Our Website ...
REPLACING our HEADLINER! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 41
Episode 49 Ricky started making our new nida-core swim platform. It was absolutely massive and the biggest one we have built yet. We didn't feel like going to work on Saturday but got the courage to get up and get going. We closed up any remaining holes left over by deck fittings and Ricky remo...