Sailboats are seldom hauled out to do one job. And we know that once we start looking seriously underneath SY Esper, all kinds of problems we hadn’t anticipated will reveal themselves and get added to that ever-expanding list.
4 typhoons heading our way in the boatyard
Despite the advancing typhoons, we reveal our magic ingredient for cleaning the topsides, continue with the osmosis treatment, get that p-bracket sorted and introduce the boatyard staff
Servicing a Max-Prop
Servicing a Max-Prop is no easy task because don’t make life easy for the hapless cruiser. In this episode Jamie explains how to dismantle one…
Total sailboat refit revisited: Part 1 (of 4)
With over 2,000 video clips across 51 episodes over 13 months, our refit playlist is a big commitment to wade through, so in this 3-part series we separate out and talk about each job from beginning to end.
How to install a boat fridge
Our old Danfoss compressor system came with SY Esper when we bought her, and was probably installed at the time of build in 1989! To be honest, it had become a rusting heap of shit.
We’re back in the water!
And since we’re in the water, how about servicing our watermaker and replacing the membranes too?