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SAVING WATER On Our Boat 💧
Episode 145 : We are so close to having all our boat jobs that are required to have completed the rebuild of Lady Africa, the rest would just be upgrades and maintenance. ;) We serviced our hydraulic steering, ran a fresh water flush system for our water ...
Our boat toilet broke! And this is what happened next
Stuck in Newlyn Harbour doing boat repairs in preparation for our passage around Lands End. The head is broken and the main sail reefing lines aren't working right. At least it's beautiful here! We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, a sailing family based in N...
INSTALLING PORT LIGHTS in our COCKPIT!
Episode 144 : Since we have really been feeling the pressure, we decided it was time to put our heads down and gets some boat tasks finished. Yes they are not completely necessary to do to leave for Namibia but South Africa is known to be a lot cheaper whe...
Boat Life | Work Never Ends..
Episode 126 Since being stuck in Lock down since the end of March, we used the first couple of weeks to do absolutely nothing... we got so bored and fidgety we decided why not finish all the boat projects left to do now so once the travel ban is lifted we ...
TEST SAILING The YACHT WE BUILT!
EP 115 We finally test our sails on a yacht we built! We were so excited to test out our Spinnaker! It was magical and we were so happy to see her rainbow colors flying. We test out our Genoa, Inner Jib and our Main as well. Think she's good to go now an...
ABANDONED SAILBOAT 2 Year Yacht Rebuild in 7 Minutes! ⛵
So we finally got the energy and time to compile our whole yacht rebuild of our abandoned sailboat into a meer 7 minutes.. Can you believe it.. I wish it actually just took us 7 minutes to complete this project.. 😂 The before and afters are obviously a...
Our CATAMARAN finally has a NAME! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 96
(Ep.107) Although it's been a tough week from our rental car getting bumped & Ricky's wallet getting stolen, there was a silver lining to it all. Our name finally has been placed on the boat & man what a sweet day it was. We were over the moon &...
BOTTOM BOAT PAINT| YACHT REBUILD WEEK 95
(Ep.105) Ricky shows you some of the work he's been up to when he's not working on our boat & we tick two things off our list... Epoxy hull & Anti fouling. Cheerio!! So excited we are really excited to get in the water now. We bummed we couldn't w...
Is this the best Steel Sailing Yacht ever designed? The DUDLEY DIX 38 Pilothouse
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DIY Vetus ENGINE INSTALL Part 2 | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 93
(Ep.103) We had a epic week away with my family & had my cousins from the US visit us here in South Africa for my brothers wedding! We got back to the boat and it was time to install our engine gauges & connect up our engine controls. Next step wa...
DIY Vetus ENGINE INSTALL Part 1 | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 92
(Ep.102) The time has come.. to put in our engines. We had a few questions on how exactly were we planning on installing our two new Vetus engines and fitting them through our tiny doors...well here is the answer to your awaited question. Once the engin...
Cutting a HUGE hole in your BOAT | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 91
(Ep.101) We cut our engine beds to size & now it was time to bond and fiberglass in the babies in and cut out the whole for our new sail drive.. It was so SCARY & nerve wrecking but the sail drive fit like a glove! Happy days!! What's left on ...
Sail Drive ENGINE BED INSTALL! | VETUS | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 90
(Ep.100) Wow, can you believe we're on episode 100 already!! Que the celebration for when we are in the water! ;) So this week we got all our goodies from Vetus in the previous episode we set out to start installing it which meant grinding down inside our...
We’re expecting TWINS…. ENGINES that is!!
(Ep.97) WE RECEIVED SOME AMAZING NEWS! When the cat's away the mice will play.. While I was away in Pretoria for my sister in laws bachelorette party, Ricky went out fishing with the guys. He managed to catch us lunch for a few days which was nice. Ricky ...
BREAKING BAD on a BOAT! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 88
(Ep.96) We get the layout for our name sorted out. Ricky starts on our emergency tiller & Ricky shows you what works he's been up too! What's left on our list you may ask?? 1. Water-maker Installation 2.Install the engine 3.Name goes on 4.Get a lif...
My FIRST new BOAT! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 86
(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...
You make me WORRY so MUCH!! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 85
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...
HOISTING up our MAST with PLASTIC RIGGING!!? | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 83
(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...
INSTALLING all our MAST FITTINGS | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 82
(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...
Sailing on the TAG 60 Performance Sailing Catamaran | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 81
(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?...
OFF GRID SYSTEM for our TINY HOME! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 80
(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) Check out our video: https://youtu.be/...
1000 WATTS of SOLAR for our TINY FLOATING HOME (OFF GRID LIVING) | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 79
(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 ...
NO engine yet…but we got DIESEL TANKS!!? | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 78
(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...
HYDRAULIC CYLINDER RESTORATION (its GOLD! ) | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 74
(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...
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