Installing two Engel fridge/freezer units
I install two Engel fridge/freezer units into our new galley onboard our 55 foot Wharram sailing catamaran.
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Wharram Catamaran
Is Sailing Japan Very Expensive? And Is My New Dyneema Rigging A Disaster?
Today I answer viewer’s question as to the Costs of Cruising in Japan. And a question on the dyneema rigging creep issue. Regards cost of cruising in Japan, this is my own personal take on the costs, based on actually living, cruising and doing work on other peoples sailboats here in Japan. Like the majority
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Feeling Stressed By Approaching Typhoon!
With an approaching Typhoon and the memory of last years typhoon and the wrecked catamaran still fresh, I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed.
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Our Catamaran’s new, new anti-foul. [SEA JAPAN EP:28]
I FAILED! 6 DAYS IN A COMMERCIAL YARD TO REDO TIARE’S ANTIFOUL! The old adage Never enough time to do it right. But always enough to do it again. Damn. Every now and then you got to admit to a mistake, stop crying and deal with it. And this is what this story is about.
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What has been happening? [Sea Japan – Ep23]
Has been a while since I last uploaded a video. In this video we 1/ Travel to Sado Island in Niigata to an open day for a Miyadaiku trade school 2/ Enjoy a local Shrine festival 3/ Hang the rudders back on Tiare Video gets me close to current times. Next video will be up
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Painting the hulls – Scrape • Sand • Paint
Well, I have finally done it. I’ve gone and painted my topsides. And prepped my hull for a new generation of anti-foul. This is a major milestone for me. Tiare has needed a hull repaint for a number of years, slowly becoming a little more drab with each small knock the tender makes on
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Metal thru-hulls replaced with Composite
The summer heat is ongoing and slows progress down. Fortunately, I am working under the boat and in the shade but still, the humidity and heat takes the energy out of you. Replacing our metal thru hulls and valves with Trudesign Composites. http://www.trudesign.nz/marine. Learn how to remove extremely well stuck thru hulls and drill
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Playing with acid
Now Tiare is out of the water, I take down our Sillette Sonic Drives to replace the anodes, bellows, shaft seals and clean and fill the corrosion pitting on the lower legs, then give acid washing a go before acid etching and a repaint. Last winter I discovered that the SB side leg had
Catch up Time – Ep17
Well it has been a few months since the last video. Quite a few things have happened. Winter has gone, Spring has been and gone and we are now into the rainy season. Sam our eldest son is now in living in Japan, Tom has gone up to Hokkaido for six months as an IT
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