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Join us for a tour on deck of our 30 foot sailboat, a 1969 sloop-rigged, Australian-made Clansman 30, fibreglass yacht called Mirrool.
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00:00 Introduction
00:45 Cockpit
01:12 Self-Tailing winches
01:28 Fibre (Spectra) Lifelines (for m...
This is a short episode of the day-in-the-life at sea during an Atlantic Crossing. Maddie talks about the toll that seasickness is taking on her body and the sailing duo finally turns West with their bow pointed towards Suriname!
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So that time has come for us to get our mast prepped in sense of mast lights and get our synthetic rigging attached. We did that and were all prepared to get the mast hoisted... but do you think the weather played well with us? Definitely not!
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This episode is chock full of excitement! Maddie tests out the galley with some chicken and loves the new sink and cutting boards. We are visited by Matt and Jessica of MJSailing and learn of their plans and adventures before heading to the SEF agent and r...
The classical rule for qualifying a sailboat as a cutter or a sloop relates to the position of the mast. If the mast is far forward, it’s a sloop, if it’s aft, it’s a cutter. This seems simple enough, but what happens when you add a bowsprit? Does th...
http://tulasendlesssummer.com/shop-tula/ Our new dyneema synthetic standing rigging gets tensioned up and ready to sail while Sierra provisions our boat for the Bahamas!! If you want to dig into the technical parts of how we tensioned everything and are cu...
The police come banging on our hull early in the morning with guns and all! Our blue binder comes to the rescue and we explain why it’s so important to stay organized! We’ve got some unexpected payments to make, which is a bummer. Maddie deals with the...
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This episode will show you how to make an eye splice in single braid Class II Ropes. We start off with the Longbury and I show you exactly why you should ...
We start off with a phone call to Lady K Sailing (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWjvR-ATkCV1Aqt5Xki8g8A) where we discussed rigging options for his boat.
Herby continues the head refit, but instead of tearing out, he finally gets to start installing it...
You decide you want to live the simple life and travel instead of getting a 9 to 5 job. Maybe you want to go cruising full time! There is no college major for “cruising” so why go to school?
In this video, Herby and Maddie talk about their thoughts on ...
Herby and Maddie take a vacation from the boat work and venture off to the magical land of Flores (pronounced Floresh) where the encounter untouched natural beauty in the westernmost point of Europe and the most western Portuguese Colony.
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Ever wonder why sailboats have spreaders? And why some have many while others only have one?
In this video, Herby and Maddie explain what spreaders are for and how they work. They also go into detail about keel stepped vs deck stepped masts, as well as typ...
Ever wonder how your favorite Youtube Channel started? How it came to be?
Herby and Maddie take a look down memory lane to talk about how they started Rigging Doctor!
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Herby and Maddie continue tearing out the old head to make room for the head refit they are doing. They also take a break from the work to visit the sulfur pits on the island of Terceira, Azores.
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Ever wonder what it’s like to date when living on a boat? Herby and Maddie take you way back, back to how they met and came to be the married couple that is cruising the world at such a young age.
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We are living in squalor and celebrate São Martinho and eat whole sardines.
Herby finished the closet reconstruction while Maddie does the laundry at a friends house.
The boat painting continues as the floor project gets completed.
Herby also works wit...
While Wisdom is being repainted, Herby and Maddie explore the island of Terciera, Azores! They venture off the beaten path to find a side of the Azores rarely seen (like a geothermal power plant).
The wood finally arrives at the boat so that they can begi...
You know this anchor, you see in tattoos, pictures, decorations, but never on a boat!
This anchor goes by many names: Fisherman’s Anchor, Admiralty Anchor, Kedge Anchor, Anchor Tattoo Anchor, etc.
This video discusses the parts of this anchor, what it’...
There’s a common scam that has effected many boaters recently and we are going to tell you all about how to recognize and avoid it!
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Herby prepares Wisdom for Hurricane Helene! After the storm, he continues working on the boat.
The project on the menu is to remove the rotten wood from the closet, and there is a lot of rotten wood! Solid beams of wood have turned into mulch.
Herby then...
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This video will showcase and describe various ways to connect two ropes of the same size and of different sizes. The knots shown in this video are:
Sheet Bend,
Double Sheet Bend
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