You Won't Believe What We Do On Our YACHT [Ep. 57]

We show you some things on the boat that most never get to see as we have some fun getting our sailboat offshore ready again.

Join us for some DIY action as we give our sailing yacht a makeover inside and out.

We re-install our sails, inspect our carbon rig, and make our sailboat ready to go sailing after some monster ELECTRONICS UPGRADES and time away.

#sailing #diy #tinyhome #yacht

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0:00 Leaving the USA
0:46 Arriving to our sailboat in Ponta Delgada Marina in Sao Miguel, Azores
1:10 Installing the stack pack mainsail bag and lazy jacks
3:15 Change #1. Install new mainsail cars (modification required), raising the mainsail (new 4th reef), flaking the mainsail into its bag
9:18 Kate goes up the mast for a rig inspection
10:48 Curtis goes for a jet-ski ride with the Portuguese National Champion
11:39 We explore the island of Sao Miguel & Sete Cidades Volcano Crater Lake
14:13 Natural ocean pools of the Azores
17:27 Change #2. DIY installation of our new n2k network instruments and B&G H5000 autopilot
22:42 Measuring our old genoa sail for replacement
26:06 Change #3 Installing our #3 jib/genoa on our roller furling & hoisting so we are ready to go sailing again
28:12 Out takes & fun stuff

So who is this crazy sailing couple making fun videos to share? Well, we are Kate and Curtis. We both sold up and headed out to sea, with the goal of sailing around the world via Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. We brought our mixed rescue dog along with us as she loves sailing and swimming too!

Our boat is a year 2000 J Boats J/46. We searched for 3 years for our perfect sailboat for sale, when we found it, we knew it was the one. We spent 6 months re-fitting it in Rhode Island and then went for our shakedown voyage in Maine. We stopped in Annapolis for a bit to do some more refit work and offshore modifications, then we set off to the open sea. We went to the Bahamas, Miami, US Virgin Islands, BVI, Grenada, Carriacou, St. Maarten, where we enjoyed outdoor adventures, scuba diving, and have now did an Atlantic Crossing to the Azores where we had a chance to fly our DJI drone (and learned how to fly a drone from a boat) and one of our favorite past times, mountain biking. We have sailed over 10,000 bluewater miles to date.

We watched other sailing channels before we left as well. We even considered van life, a tiny home, or a motorhome / rv. Some of the channels we enjoyed were Gone with the Wynns, Project Atticus, and MJ Sailing. We didn't really set out to be influencers, but we wanted to return the good karma and pass our inspiration and knowledge along.

Enough of this, we hope you enjoy our relaxing video on #sailingsunday!

XO XO Kate, Curtis & Roxy