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Boat Tour on a 50′ Barge. Showing you our home ! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 225
This week we take you on a tour of our barge. From Top to tail we go through the whole boat explaining all its secrets. We are so pleased with the results of a year of work open the boat. The boat inside is so cozy and comfortable that is slowly making u...
Disaster Strikes Twice. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep224
This is our first voyage and it does not go according to plan ...nor does the second one! But a day later and we are on our way up river if only for a mile or so. Some problems are getting us a bit worried and we might have to go back to the boatyard for...
SPLASH! I am Nervous. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep223
Yes we do manage to get in to the water this week, after fitting the new bow thruster and filling the area under the bed with 1.4 tons of ballast. Unbelievable, we couldn't believe we managed to find where to place all of that. Then the boat was well bala...
BARGE BUILD. Something to be Grateful For. The engine is running! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 222
It was a rush all week on the boat, it is unbelievable the amount of small things to do! It was so much that we didn't record allot of content. But a lot was accomplished. The big news of the week is that we managed to started the engine, yes the Vetus ...
BARGE BUILD. Mast, Rudder and Anchor. Ready to go! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep221
Things are at last starting to come all together. This week we get stuck in to the electrics in the Bow locker, the Windlass it is working and we manage to lift our rather large anchor. Another big achievement on River Fox! We finally get the mast up a...
BARGE BUILD. Two Floods, One Week. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 220
We filled up the water tanks just to find out that it was leaking from the fitting in the tank. The second flood was on the engine room when we were filling with anti freezing. We forgot about the breathing tube hidden behind the insulation. So we had a hu...
BARGE BUILD. Lots to do before we float! The launch is so close now! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 219
Lots to do and no time left. We are booked to go in the water next week on Thursday. We get stuck in to cleaning the boat and polish the metal bits that we got in the air from other boats. A terrible job that has to be done. We got on building the steps ...
DESPAIR. Unfortunately big money goes out of the window!Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 218
With a shortage of cable crimps and sleeving it all gets a bit desperate to finish the electrics. We then have a bit of a blow when we get the cost for the CE marking for the boat. Apparently we need a Recreational Craft Directive which we didn’t know...
Electrocution Opportunity. The installation of the Victron Energy system. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 217
We finally put the exhaust system to bed. Our flexible pipe from MasterFlex arrived and Carla and I fit the system together. We are very pleased to have finished that job. We then move on to the electrics. We wire the whole of the 240 volt system togeth...
BARGE BUILD. Aligning the engine. The things are getting more serious! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 216
We finally get around to cutting the prop shaft and attaching the prop to the engine. We spend some time aligning the two up before moving on to the installation of the exhaust and the heater. Things are getting even more serious now as we are approachi...
BARGE BUILD. The Race To Finish! Are we going to make it? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 215
We get heavily into the plumbing this week. So many different kind of pipes, it’s unbelievable! We might have around 20 different pipes, would you believe that? We catch up on small jobs and install most of the pipes all over the place. The fuel fill...
BARGE BUILD. BOAT WORK, it’s getting DEPRESSING! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 214
This has worked out to be the lowest point on this project. We had a big upset with the boatyard which we are choosing not to mention for now and at least have the job finished without a major complication. A lack of items to finish projects around the b...
BARGE BUILD. The Floor is Down. Another milestone done!!! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 213
YES. This week we finish the floor in the pilot house. Much more difficult than we expected, like everything on the boat. Turned out to be a huge job because nothing is square and had to look perfect. Once again up and down the ladder hundred of times. B...
BARGE BUILD. The Wheel Goes ON. Are we off??? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep. 212
This week we get in to finishing the Pilot House! The bits that we have been working on for so long are just starting to come up to life. It’s like putting a cherry on the top of the cake and” voilà “… beautiful!The boat is starting to come toget...
BARGE BUILD. Pilot House, how exciting is that? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 211
To our surprise we get ahead of ourselves when Carla gets stuck into the Pilot House this week. She manages to do half of it and then runs out of materials. So we are waiting now to finish but it looks amazing! Simon gets on fitting out the aft heads, eve...
BARGE BUILD. Accidents on the building site! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 210
What a week, Carla gets her thumb caught in the door, Ouch... that hurts! And Simon cut his finger on the circular saw. So yes, luck wasn't really on our side this week. But we have to keep going as we have a lot of work to be finished in the aft cabin!...
BARGE BUILD. ALL STRIPPED OUT! That’s right, getting rid of the back cabin! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 209
#newplans #boatproject #workingon boats We take a new look at the back cabin and decided that the layout is not good. After some deliberation we stripp it all out and start again. What a nightmare! So much work lost but we are sure that the new layout wil...
BARGE BUILD. Where does your POOP Go? Playing with the black water tanks. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 208
#toiletsonboats #poopingontheboat #blacktanks This week we finish the sidewalls in the Saloon which made the boat look much bigger. We put in a skin fitting for the bilge pump before moving on forward and start the installation of the holding tank and t...
BARGE BUILD. End is in Sight! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 207
#boatwork #boatyard #workinghard This week we finally get home from our trip to Portugal. After 8 weeks we go down to the boat yard to find the yard flooded but the boat was I. perfect condition. No leaks or disasters which as great. Time to plan for the...
The Early Years Part 3. Leaving the Caribbean dream! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 202
This week we look back over the rest of our journey from Panama to Europe. We pick out some of the best islands and Cays that we have visited. We also go into detail and tell you our plans for the next year or so. I guess going back to sail around the w...
The Early Years 2. Going back to the Caribbean. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep201
We are making a review of our sailing adventure and how it all ended into the Barge project. On this episode we look back on our time in the Caribbean, when we traveled around the fringes. It was a great time, we had a lot of fun and lot of worries too. Sa...
The early years! We still have so much ahead of us! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 200
#throughbackintime #backintheday #inspirationdaily #memories This week to celebrate episode 200 we take time to talk about the first year of cruising on the Catamaran. We travel through the Mediterranean and out in to the wild Atlantic Ocean. Our Atlantic...
We lost our baby boy! We lost our brave sailor! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep199
#catlove #catboy #catsailor #loveyourpet This week we make a tribute to Dobby! Our baby passed away this week…everything was so quick, in less than two and a half hours we lost him for these terrible disease called HCM. He was everything to us, our brav...
BARGE BUILD.The real cost to fit out a Barge! Are we over the budget? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep198
#boatcost #howmuch #bargecosts This week we tell you how much is costing to fit out our Barge. We are keeping a spread sheet with all the costs so we will know exactly how much we are spending in electrics, engineering, on deck, etc. So far we are in the b...
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