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THIS Is the Turning Point! | Ch 5 E 77
After sooo many months of work and debating what to do, we are finally ready to get our steel boat sand blasted. We hired a dry sand blaster (the only job we aren't doing ourselves) to come and blast all of the bare steel for us so we could properly adher...
We’re At the LAST of the Welding! (Until the boat yard) | Ch 5 E 76
Well, it's been a year and a half but we are finally at the stage where we can say we are finishing the welding on the deck. This steel boat restoration/ refit/ rebuild is getting close to almost finished and we couldn't be more excited! Patreon: https:...
We thought We had fixed the Skeg Problem, but We Were Wrong | Ch 5 E 75
After discovering that our skeg had moved during all the plate replacements on our steel sailboat, we thought we had things straightened out, but we soon discovered that we were wrong. This steel boat restoration is never short of surprises and complicati...
Installing an Autopilot Is Harder Than It Seemed! | Ch 5 E 74
Choosing which autopilot to purchase for our steel boat was complicated, but installing it has turned into even more of a puzzle! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/waywardlifesailing Website: http://www.the-waywar...
It Took Us Three Months, but we Finally Got It Out | Ch 5 E 73
Three months ago we started the project of altering one of our cockpit drains, but instead of doing that job we ended up replacing two large hull plates at the aft end of the boat. Steel boat refits are nothing short of full of surprises... but luckily th...
The HARDEST Day On The Boat | Ch 5 E 72
After opening up our integral water tanks and finding some corrosion, we decide to do some spot and pad welding to solve the problem inside of our instead of replacing another plate. Sounds simple enough, but of course it's never that easy when you're sho...
It’s Starting to Look Like a Boat Again!! | ch 5 E 70
After so many months of taking things apart during this steel boat refit, we are FINALLY putting things back together a bit with visible progress happening and it feels so great! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/...
We Waited a Year and a Half to Cut This Open | Ch 5 E 69
Our steel sailboat restoration is moving along, and it's time to get into the water tank...but we have no idea what we might find in there, or even how we are going to get into it. Get your logbooks here: https://www.the-wayward-life.com/shop and don't ...
We’re in Trouble and Don’t Know How to Fix It | ch 5 E 68
What should have been a very simple and straight forward job in this steel sailboat restoration quickly turns into a frustrating gong show when we go to put the rudder back into the boat. We aren't sure what happened or how to fix it, but figuring it out ...
Back On The Water After A Year And A Half!! | Ch 5 E 67
After a full year a half on sailboat restoration work, we were finally able to get back on the water and out sailing, even if it wasn't on our own boat. Come journey with us into Desolation Sound! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website:...
THIS is Why We Pulled the Engine | Ch 5 E 66
In yet more steel boat restoration fun, we move on to pulling out our cutlass bearing, which, of course, could not go as smoothly as we would have liked... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-wayward-life.com Instagram...
It’s Time to Pull the Engine! | Ch 5 E 65
After finishing most of our aft welding from plate replacement, we decided to pull our beta marine engine to do some more work as part of our steel boat restoration. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-wayward-life.c...
Hiding holes in the Hull and other small rust fixes | Ch 5 E 64
After replacing the aft end of our hull, we continue working on this steel boat restoration by replacing more small bits of rust, all of which, of course, are in difficult to access spaces that are uncomfortable as heck. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
Second Time’s a Charm- Right?! Steel Boat Restoration | Ch 5 E 63
After replacing one aft hull plate on our Van De Stadt Norman 40, we continue our steel boat restoration by cutting out our second, and hopefully last hull plate and weld in a new one! And we use some new tools to get the job done. Patreon: https://www.p...