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(Ep.94)
We get 2 BIG suprises! Louis & Alta (Patreons of ours) donated a outboard motor to us for our... brand NEW spanking Dinghy from Vetus! It's the first NEW boat Ricky and I have ever owned & we were pretty chuffed! So we tested it out! Took a...
While we wait for engine stuff we got started on doing the little tasks that still need to be completed. We start by getting our window shades me & ready to be installed (now we just have to install them) We set up our pulley systems to lift up our din...
(Ep.91
So our mast is prepped & ready to go, so while we wait we decided to get started on lifting up the boat to get the keels inspected and prepped for some antifouling. Once that was done it was time to hoist up the mast! We have been waiting for th...
(Ep.90)
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!
W...
(Ep.89)
We took the 60ft Tag yacht from St Francis to Port Elizabeth, finish up our anchor and also finish up installing our anchor windlass. We also receive a gift from Vetus in the mail!! Can you guess what it is!??
What's left on our list you may ask?...
(Ep.88)
We hook up our pretty sweet Victron system & go completely off grid. We also chat you through the system we put in & how we ran it.
What batteries we got?
https://bluenova.co.za/ (LiFePO4 batteries)
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(Ep.87)
So this week we got down to buying and installing our solar panels which has been happy days for us. Now that they have been mounted.. we can hook em up to our pretty sweet victron system & go completely off grid.
What's left on our list you ...
(Ep.86)
**Want to know what we still have to do.. carry on reading**
So we got down to ticking off items once again.. one being the dreaded ugly cockpit floor we had with the high hatch that we kept tripping over & now she looks pretty and no one fal...
(Ep.82)
We took our old Vetus hydraulic cylinder that came with the boat and decided to restore it and make it beautiful again. Replace the seals and as long as the cylinder itself wasn't to scratched up and the movement was still there, we could just repl...
(Ep.81)
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(Ep.80)
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(Ep.78)
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(Ep.77)
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(Ep.76)
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(Ep.75)
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(Ep.74)
Happy Easter everyone! ❤️✝️
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Ricky & Basil connect up our...
Ep.73
We finally found our engine & after a fat bill, the excitment slowly started to settle in. Ricky & Basil immediately got done to CAD drawing the modifications and getting them cut to start marinising the engine. We hoping she will give us man...
(Ep.72)
We start putting up our headliner which we used 3mm foamalite and wrapped it up in marine vinyl.
You can see how we did it below:
https://youtu.be/FuVK1CJI36Y - What insulation we used
https://youtu.be/LSBEp9nsdEQ- Wrapping Foamalite in Vinyl
It...
(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!...
(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 fee...
(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 floor...
(Ep.68)
We make our spreader tips, we finish up our swim platform now all she needs is a good paint, we add the odds and ends left on our mast & finish up our synthetic rigging. Take Luke on a mini safari & get down explaining our synthetic rigging...
(Ep.65)
We finally got the correct legs for our table, we connect up our toilet, connect up our automatic bilge pumps, lay up our solid fiberglass panels for our backing plates for our windlass and a few other deck fittings as well as start laying up our n...
(Ep.63)
We temporarily fit in our head basin & galley sink with their faucets to secure our plumbing fittings & connect it up. We finish off our head shower and install all the necessary outlets. We do all the connections for our bilge pumps and wa...
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