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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
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(Ep.61)
We get started restoring & making our Volvo Stern Drive look fancy schmancy again! She was definitely neglected & needed some good ol loving & now she looks brand new again! Can't wait to get her installed! We also took apart our engine...
(Ep.59)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! Who's excited to get this damn boat in the water this year!? I sure am!
So this week, we tackled the the engine bay/compartment & grinded up a storm, fiber-glassed up a tornado & filleted up a earthquake. Getting...
(Ep.54)
We fill up our saloon sole with some foam. Go for burgers at Nelson Mandela Bay yacht club. Remove another set of hatch frames. Start taking down the foamilite templates and getting them covered in Vinyl. We fill in the gaps between our hull and wi...
(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 real...
Episode 51
While on our Cape Town trip, we stopped off at Blue Nova to have a check out our new sweet Lithium batteries & got to check out all the off grid options people have. It was awesome to meet James and the rest of the team at Blue Nova & s...
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 le...
Episode 48
Ricky got our electrical panels sorted, now we just need to seal the wood off & get hinges to mount them up. We are struggling to find 316 stainless steel hinges at the moment which is making us go a little crazy. We give you guys the run do...
We're going to the Cape Town Boat Show this weekend. Will see you guys there if you plan on going? Will most probably be roaming around so come find us 😎🤙🏻⛵
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Episode 45
We start planning our electrical & where are we going to add lights, fans, switches etc. We also start running our conduit for our electrical wiring. We also add in a couple of new inspection hatches.
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This week it's Simone's turn for the how to video.. she shows you how to seal off your interior wood using epoxy. This will just help with water penetration and prevent your beautiful interior wood from rotting.. like it did ours when we bought the boat.
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Episode 41
-We remove our deck fittings so that we can start repairing our rotten core deck.
-We also remove our stainless steel rails.
- Our bow hatches get grinded down to prep them for some pool coat. (Flo coat)
-We complete the door frame building a...
We talk you through all the paints we used when painting our bilges, exposed wood which we created our saloon seating area and galley etc with. As well as painting over our fiberglass.
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We walk you through the steps of how to plug and fiberglass a hole you might want to patch up!
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Episode 39
We add our latch to our door to prevent it from swinging open at sea, & meet the Texans on their beautiful majestic cat.
Ricky makes the shelves to attach to our engine/storage compartments.
We decided to make our sole inspection hatches ...
Episode 38
⦁We finish fibreglassing up our cockpit decks and make them level
⦁We acetone down our dodger and give her a coat of 2 part pool coat
⦁We start working on our door, which we have now changed completely to a poly carbonate door with a wate...
Episode 37
Follow up of our previous video: Building a bimini/dodger:
https://youtu.be/KMbPnBZEVzU
We carry on prepping our dodger for some paint & add some more fibreglass to ensure she is nice and sturdy.
We will be adding a catchment tarp in plac...
Episode 36
** I know I said we would be painting our dodger in the next episode.. but i confused it with we will be finishing up the fibreglassing on our dodger... my bad. sorry :P
So we had to re-glue our insulation foam as the foam that we had seemed to...
Episode 35
We show you how the boat is looking after a full on paint. We will be applying the last coat at a later stage.
Ricky & Moses start adding some insulation to our roof & we show you the temperature differences once insulation has been ad...
Episode 34
This week Ricky fits in some more hatches. We fit in the trims so we can start adding some acoustic & insulation foam for our headliner. We sand a bit more and epoxy prime our window frames & any nooks and crannies that we previously mig...
Episode 30
- We add our access hatch to our basin cabinetry to prevent any flexing while we epoxy her in.
-We drew up our window frames on Solid Worx and got them cnc routered. We fit them in to make sure they were the correct sizes, we did not epoxy the...
Episode 27
We say goodbye to Cape Town & embark back home to Port Elizabeth. Ricky makes our removable galley counter top trims & we get our cabinetry trimmings CNC cut, routered and sanded to fit in. Ricky also decides to make his own routing tab...
We have sold up our goodies, and are refitting our 1991 36.5ft Dean Catamaran. Follow our journey as we get her ready for the big blue where we plan on completing a circum-navigation.
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Episode 8
So we finally took down the mast! Another thing for us to get started on. We plan on doing the standing rigging asap. We gutted her out some more & started planning for the interior layout! Did we mention!!? We got two nice sanders! Ricky wa...
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