Build Your Own Hard Dodger

In this video I explain how I built a hard dodger for our sailboat. The canvas was pretty sloppy and it was also not something you'd be able to grab onto in a storm. So I built this for increased visibility and safety.

These are the videos in this series. I’ll put these links on all of the released videos as they come up with a brief explanation of what they are.

This is where I head for home from Tampa.
The Crossing Begins
https://rumble.com/vl6ye3-the-crossing-begins.html

The below videos are traveling from Titusville to Fort Meyers
Sailing Uroborus Day 10
https://rumble.com/vl5vc9-sailing-uroborus-day-10.html

Sailing Uroborus Day 8 and 9
https://rumble.com/vl5zmp-sailing-uroborus-day-8-and-9.html

Sailing Uroborus Day 6 and 7
https://rumble.com/vl4q44-sailing-uroborus-day-6-and-7.html

Sailing Uroborus Day 5
https://rumble.com/vl2ft1-sailing-uroborus-day-5.html

Sailing Uroborus Day 3 and 4
https://rumble.com/vl2h3f-sailing-uroborus-day-3-and-4.html

Sailing Uroborus Day 1 and 2
https://rumble.com/vl2nqt-sailing-uroborus-day-1-and-2.html

This video was where the boat first went into the water. There is a warning here about people working on your boats. Make them repeat back to you what you told them to do. If they can’t do that fire them immediately and move on. Had I done that I’d be 15,000 bucks richer and I’d still have the boat.
S/V Uroborus Two Launches One Success One Abort
https://rumble.com/vl252l-sv-uroborus-two-launches-one-success-one-abort.html

While working on the boat a sailing museum dropped by the marina next door. I was invited to sail with them over to Fort Meyers. For some strange reason I jumped at the chance. Go figure. I don’t talk much in the videos and they are a bit long but if you want to just eaves drop and watch as some do go for it.

Pinta Day 4, 5 and 6
https://rumble.com/vl15fj-pinta-day-45-and-6.html

Pinta Day 3
https://rumble.com/vkz97a-pinta-day-3.html

Pinta Day 2
https://rumble.com/vkx5gc-pinta-day-2.html

Pinta Day 1
https://rumble.com/vkvykn-pinta-day-1.html

The videos below this are from the work I did on the boat over a seven year period. Oh and if you hire someone to do work on your boat don’t pay in advance ever.

Build Your Own Hard Dodger
https://rumble.com/vkt46w-build-your-own-hard-dodger.html

S/V Uroborus Interior Refit and Repair
https://rumble.com/vkrxhj-sv-uroborus-interior-refit-and-repair.html

S/V Uroborus Cockpit Grating and Sails
https://rumble.com/vkrunv-sv-uroborus-cockpit-grating-and-sails.html

S./V Uroborus Hull and Deck Rework
https://rumble.com/vkrsav-sv-uroborus-hull-and-deck-rework.html

S/V Uroborus Dragon and Signage
https://rumble.com/vkrn6z-sv-uroborus-dragon-and-signage.html

In this video I discuss the whole experience of owning this boat. Below this I’ll add one last video I did on the way across the Gulf heading out from Tampa. I also have another banner that I’ll add to’Dick’s Diner’ I lived for close to one and a half years on this boat while working on it. I learned how to do some serious cooking and I share those recipes under that banner. I’ll be adding to it and explaining how you can do it on a boat.
S/V Uroborus My Time With Her
https://rumble.com/vkjpde-sv-uroborus-my-time-with-her.html

In this video I just discuss politics and where I feel we are. I loved the trip all of it even though it ended the way it did. You can see how tranquil it is out there. I did this under ‘The Citadel’ banner I use to label my videos as politics.
Save Our Republic
https://rumble.com/vfcbp5-save-our-republic.html