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The sea is a big place for when you’re on a small boat
In this episode we sail home from Fishguard to Pwllheli. And we also have a big announcement for you all. We have finally found Melody! We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, a sailing family based in North Wales, looking for a bluewater sailing yacht to take us ...
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...