Yacht rebuild YouTube Videos
Showing 46-60 of 71 results
BOAT PLUMBING 101! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 54
(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...
Boat Building Makes You BROKE. REAL TALK!
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 Thanks for watching! Appreciate all the kind...
REFURBISHING our OLD STERNDRIVE | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 52
(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...
Restoring our YUCKY engine bay! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 50
(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...
How To DIY boat VINYL HEADLINER | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 45
(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...
Building a 40ft CATAMARAN in your BACK YARD! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 43
(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...
We’re going LiFePO4 | Lithium Batteries on our Boat
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...
REPLACING our HEADLINER! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 41
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...
HOW we RAN the ELECTRICAL on our YACHT | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 40
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!
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 😎🤙🏻⛵ Follow our accounts: Our Website https://www.sailingladyafrica.com Ricky's Instagram...
STARTING our ELECTRICAL | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 38
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. Thanks for watching! Don't forget to su...
HOW TO: SEAL your INTERIOR WOOD
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. ...
REMOVING our DECK FITTINGS | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 34
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...
HOW TO: PAINT your BOAT & what PAINT to use!
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. Thanks for watching! Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already ...