So we go out and sail our boat for the first time. Yes it was only the head sail, but we did it! In very low wind of 2 knots, we got up to 1 knot of speed. We did get 3.5 knots with some gust, but they are so hard to catch on camera. …
Setting Sail For The First Time On Our New Boat! | Ep 17 Read More »
Are we ready to throw the lines of our sailboat and move to the hook? We still have so much to do and are really tired of spending more money. Not only do we have the marina expense, but all the little odds and ends to live off grid. Go To Video We have to …
Get Ready To Set Sail! Prepping For Off-grid Living On A Sailboat | Ep 13 Read More »
Before buying a boat, we discussed converting our sailboat’s propane kitchen to electric. Now that we have a boat, it’s time to go all in on electric! However, the reason may not be what you think. Go To Video Back in our home, we loved our propane grill in the back yard, made great steak! …
Unleashing The Power Of Electricity In Our Sailboat Kitchen! Ep 10 Read More »
A month left at the dock and we finally found our Sailboat Dinghy! Finding a new to us rigid ride inflatable boat and not just breaking the bank with a new one was a daunting task. We search from west to east coast Florida finding rubbish or way out of budget. Then we stumbled across …
Fixing Our New To Us Dinghy, Outboard & Sailboat Davit System EP 9 Read More »
So in our video we go over our plans for electrification of cooking in our sailboat kitchen, work on the engine bay, and watch a Space-X launch. All these efforts our for our scheduled departure to live on the hook. We have a lot to prepare for as we still wrestle with our choice to …
EP 8 Electric Kitchen In A Sailboat, What Could Go Wrong Read More »
We are really going Budget as we honky customize some repairs on our sailboat. Lets just say, should bobbers, fishing line, and wire ever be used to repair something? Well we did, as we go over how to fix your boat water tank sending unit and freezer door. Go To Video Tools We Love: Milwaukee …
Ep 7 Redneck Engineering On Our Sailboat, Safety 3rd, Are We Crazy? Read More »
Well more things are broke on our new to use sailboat. We have to get up the mast to fix our spinnaker line. We get greeted with wiring shorts with our instruments. Top top this off, the line to our sugar scoop breaks. We also have some fixes that quickly unfix themselves. Still loving the …
Ep 3: Can I Brave Going Up The Sailboat Mast? More Things Broken Read More »
After 5 days of high winds on our sailboat, the last day gust up to 60 knots, my wife is wondering what I talked her into! So we prepare the best we could, checking lines and adding spring lines, to ride out the storm. Nothing could have prepares us for the water leaks we had …
EP 2 60 Knot Winds In Our Sailboat, Where Are The Leaks Coming From Read More »
The Hunter 40.5 Sailboat May Fit Right We are taking a look at a 1996 Hunter 40.5 Sailboat, will this work for us? This is the first boat we are looking at because it checks off many boxes. We know that finding a boat there will never be that perfect fit, but we can find …
What Sailboat Should We Get? (is The Hunter 40.5 The Right One?) Read More »
