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WET SAND The Hull and Painting Barrier Coat - Cruising Sailboat Refit | Sailing Balachandra E115
In this video, Bye Bye Bootstripe and Barrier Coat - Cruising Sailboat Refit, I sand the waterline removing one of our boot stripes then apply barrier coat to cover it up and also paint over our recent keel joint patch. Following this I wet sand the old antifoul in preparation for new, and I wax the entire freeboard gelcoat surface using my boat wax and my new buffer tool.
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In August of 2017 we sold everything and moved aboard Balachandra, a 1986 C&C44 sailboat. After 2 fridgid Canadian winters in the North Atlantic we untied the lines and headed south to cruise in the Caribbean for another 2 years, exploring as far as Grenada. Sailing Balachandra is our UA-cam sailing vlog inspired by other great channels such as Delos, La Vagabonde, Sailing Uma and Project Atticus, we document the sailing adventures of myself (Dan) and my partner Nawal as we navigate the globe. We also dive into lots of DIY boat projects both above and below decks, and share with you all of the pros, cons, costs, essentials, trials and tribulations of living aboard a sailboat full time. Please SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on future videos!
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Products used in this video:
TotalProtect Epoxy Barrier Coat Primer
www.totalboat.com/product/totalprotect/
Total Boat Premium Boat Wax:
www.totalboat.com/product/premium-boat-wax/
This video was shot with equipment from Samsung, Nikon, Apple, GoPro, and Polaroid
Opening Theme Music:
License Info: Beautiful Story / Taketones.com
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Special Thanks to our Cuban friends Group Nucay for giving us permision to use to use their album "Tropicalissimo" throughout our UA-cam series.
Other Music: the UA-cam Music Library
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Rebedding the V-Berth HATCH - Cruising Sailboat Refit Continued | Sailing Balachandra E114
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In this video, Rebedding the V-Berth HATCH - Cruising Sailboat Refit Continued, I re-bed the v-berth hatch. We have Balachandra moved into the marina work yard where I can have access to power and water and wherer there is an environmental drop-sheet underneath the boat for doing bottom work. Once in the work yard I proceed to clean the entire outside of the boat. #sailingchannel #sailing #diys...
Cruising Sailboat Refit BEGINS with a Keel Repair in Florida | Sailing Balachandra E113
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In this video, Cruising Sailboat Refit BEGINS with a Keel Repair in Florida, I buy a car and make the 28 hour drive from Nova Scotia Canada down to Jacksonville Florida to start our boat refit in getting Balachandra back in the water! We receive an amazing gift from Total Boat and I repair our long overdue broken baby stay using a sta-lok fitting. I remove the old keel joint patch and re-do it ...
Boat Hatch Found Open for Months! Theft or Accident? | Sailing Balachandra E112
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In this video, Boat Hatch Found Open for Months! Theft or Accident?, we give you an update on what's been hapenning with all of us and Balachandra since crossing the boarder into Canada back in April/May. We get some great news from Total Boat, we share a disturbing story about one of our hatches found open under the daily Florida thunderstorms, and Dan's Mom makes us an incredible quilt using ...
Selling Balachandra Our Return Home and Liveaboard Cruising Plans | Sailing Balachandra E111
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In this video, Selling Balachandra Our Return Home and Liveaboard Cruising Plans, we talk about our border crossing into Canada and our 2 weeks self isolation quarantine on arrival. We explain why Balachandra was up for sale and talk about our future plans for Liveaboard Cruising following the 2021 hurricane season. #sailingchannel #sellingaboat #boatbuying #sailing If you like our videos and w...
Hauling Out and Going Home - Last Video? Are We Done Cruising? | Sailing Balachandra E110
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In this video, Hauling Out and Going Home - Last Video? Are We Done Cruising?, We haul Balachandra out of the water by travel lift at Green Cove Springs. The Travel lift is small so they ask us to back in and remove the backstay. (not so easy to do in 26 knots of wind!) There is no room for us in the work yard so we are forced to move Balachandra into the long term storage area where we are not...
No One Is Aboard?! Unmanned and Adrift Sailboat in Distress | Sailing Balachandra E109
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In this video, No One Is Aboard?! Unmanned and Adrift Sailboat in Distress, we sight a sailing vessel at the edge of the gulf stream with a continuously flogging genoa so we investigate to discover no one is at the helm. After repeated attempts to hail them from close range with shouts and horn blasts we determine that the vessel is unoccupied. After notifying the USCG and continuing towards Ja...
Repatriation of an American Citizen Stuck in CUBA by Sailboat | Sailing Balachandra E108
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In this video, Repatriation of an American Citizen Stuck in CUBA, we leave Havana Cuba for Key West Florida, taking along Tom, an American citizen who was accidentally stuck in Cuba due to an emergency at sea. With the aid of the United States Coast Guard, Homeland Security, and the American Embassy in Havana we were able to take Tom back accross the Gulf Stream with us, North to Florida. Along...
Havana Cuba 101 For Liveaboard Cruisers Post Pandemic | Sailing Balachandra E107
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In this video, Havana Cuba 101 For Liveaboard Cruisers Post Pandemic, we get caught in another north front of high winds and have to wait ot out on anchor for 5 days, then we get a lucky break of south east winds and we start moving eastward again towards Havana but end up beating into it for several days until we FINALLY reach Hemmingway Marina in Havana. We cleas in and check out the marina, ...
Sailing Cayo Largo and the Yucatan Channel, Cuba for Cruisers | Sailing Balachandra E106
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In this video, Sailing Cayo Largo and the Yucatan Channel, Cuba for Cruisers, We anchor off the endless powder soft beaches of Cayo Largo, deserted from the covid-19 pandemic and go ashore to explore and pitch our sun tent. We snorkel in the reef just 100' from our boat and get chased away by huge barracuda fish. We sail around the Island of Jerventud, then west for the Yucatan Channel, and the...
Sailing Completely Alone in South Cuba, Cruising Cienfuegos & Cayo Largo | Sailing Balachandra E105
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In this video, Sailing Completely Alone in South Cuba, Cruising Cienfuegos & Cayo Largo, we cruise the endless expanse of the completely deserted south of Cuba from the Garden of the Queen to the city of Cienfuegos to Cayo Largo where we visit the small village and sea turtle sancuary, home to rare Albino Sea Turtles! #remoteplaces #sailingcuba #cienfuegos #sailingchannel If you like our videos...
22 Things that FAIL After 1 Year Cruising Full Time | Sailing Balachandra E104
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In this video, 22 Things that FAIL After 1 Year Cruising Full Time, we go into detail on all the things on Balachandra that have failed, broken, or given up the ghost on board after a year (and a half) of cruising Full Time in the Caribbean, as well as the maintenance required to keep us going as we live aboard and sail continuously on our sailboat. #sailboatfail #fulltimecruising #sailingchann...
Cuba for Cruisers, HELP, We Don't Speak Spanish! | Sailing Balachandra E103
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In this video, Cuba for Cruisers, HELP, We Don't Speak Spanish! we leave Santiago de Cuba with our traveller fully functional again and continue along the South coast of Cuba, headed for the Garden of the Queen Archipeligo and stopping a few times along the way. We have a few brushes with the La Guarda Harbour Masters and discover how bad our Spanish is but soon learn how to make arrangements t...
Cuba for Cruisers, Clearance at Santiago | Sailing Balachandra E102
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In this video, Cuba for Cruisers, Clearance at Santiago, we arrive in Cuba, sail past the infamous Guantanamo Bay American Naval Reserve, then on to Santiago for customs clearance, immigration and PCR testing at the Marina. We visit the town of Santiago, then Dan finds a welder who can repair our broken traveller. #sailingcuba #canadiansailors #liveaboard If you like our videos and want to see ...
TIERRA! Massive Waves Sailing to CUBA| Sailing Balachandra E101
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In this video, Tierra! Massive Waves Sailing to CUBA, we complete our long 6 day passage from St. Martin to the country of Cuba not without incident crushing our wisker pole attachment and negotiating some very large waves in 30 knots of wind! Nawal gets sea sick and our Jib comes loose and flogs wildly... #sailingcuba #hugewaves #sailingchannel If you like our videos and want to see more/bette...
EVERYTHING is BREAKING! Sailing from St. Martin to CUBA | Sailing Balachandra E100
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EVERYTHING is BREAKING! Sailing from St. Martin to CUBA | Sailing Balachandra E100
Let's SAIL to CUBA! All the Details for Cruisers | Sailing Balachandra E099
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Let's SAIL to CUBA! All the Details for Cruisers | Sailing Balachandra E099
Sailing to St Martin and BLASTED by a JET AIRPLANE | Sailing Balachandra E098
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Sailing to St Martin and BLASTED by a JET AIRPLANE | Sailing Balachandra E098
How to DIY SERIOUS Dinghy Repairs Cruising Full Time | Sailing Balachandra E097
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How to DIY SERIOUS Dinghy Repairs Cruising Full Time | Sailing Balachandra E097
Combating Sea Sickness while Sailing Causes Treatment Prevention | Sailing Balachandra E096
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Combating Sea Sickness while Sailing Causes Treatment Prevention | Sailing Balachandra E096
Piracy and Theft Today During Covid-19 While Cruising in The Caribbean | Sailing Balachandra E095
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Piracy and Theft Today During Covid-19 While Cruising in The Caribbean | Sailing Balachandra E095
How to Buy the RIGHT Liveaboard Cruising Sailboat to Cross an Ocean | Sailing Balachandra E094
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How to Buy the RIGHT Liveaboard Cruising Sailboat to Cross an Ocean | Sailing Balachandra E094
SAILING Your Boat in Exotic Places | Sailing Balachandra E093
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SAILING Your Boat in Exotic Places | Sailing Balachandra E093
Detailed BOAT TOUR of our C&C44 Liveaboard Cruising Yacht | Sailing Balachandra E091
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Detailed BOAT TOUR of our C&C44 Liveaboard Cruising Yacht | Sailing Balachandra E091
Liveaboard Cruising for 2021 From Antigua to Barbuda by Sailing Yacht | Sailing Balachandra E090
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Liveaboard Cruising for 2021 From Antigua to Barbuda by Sailing Yacht | Sailing Balachandra E090
36 Hour Passage Sailing St Lucia to Antigua and Barbuda Non Stop 2020 | Sailing Balachandra E088
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36 Hour Passage Sailing St Lucia to Antigua and Barbuda Non Stop 2020 | Sailing Balachandra E088
28 Things We Cannot Live Without While Liveaboard Cruising in the Tropics | Sailing Balachandra E087
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28 Things We Cannot Live Without While Liveaboard Cruising in the Tropics | Sailing Balachandra E087
How We Earn an Income While Cruising and Living Aboard in the Caribbean | Sailing Balachandra E086
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How We Earn an Income While Cruising and Living Aboard in the Caribbean | Sailing Balachandra E086
St Lucia and Cruising the Caricom Bubble on a Budget by Sailboat | Sailing Balachandra E085
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St Lucia and Cruising the Caricom Bubble on a Budget by Sailboat | Sailing Balachandra E085
Caribbean Border Crossings by Cruising Yacht Today | Sailing Balachandra E084
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Caribbean Border Crossings by Cruising Yacht Today | Sailing Balachandra E084

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @zzp1
    @zzp1 День тому

    What is required up front is seamanship. Many boats under 30' has and have successfully crossed oceans. Your opinion is one of the many.

  • @rbshedd
    @rbshedd 2 дні тому

    Great Vid! Recently retired, I've been tossing around the idea of just cruising. Selling my boat for something newer & bigger. But you & others are changing my mindset that my 37' Cherubini Cutter rig (although old) checks almost all the boxes. But it will need some modern upgrades 😊

  • @peteh8077
    @peteh8077 2 дні тому

    What are MJ laws like in the caribean?

  • @mymobile5014
    @mymobile5014 2 дні тому

    You need this interface, and this adapter, and a serial port, and a power supply and a USB hub and...the list just went on and on and I thought...I would get lost just trying to work out what I needed let alone getting them and making them work. I bet this video is fabulous for some people though.

  • @SteveJones-gz4vd
    @SteveJones-gz4vd 3 дні тому

    Cost of cruising cheap = your life ended

  • @HarryShagnasty-sc9zd
    @HarryShagnasty-sc9zd 5 днів тому

    Clickbait!

  • @Lancelotxxx
    @Lancelotxxx 5 днів тому

    what happend since that video ?

  • @DY-fr5kb
    @DY-fr5kb 8 днів тому

    That was really helpful ❤

  • @johnknox4293
    @johnknox4293 9 днів тому

    thanks for the tips

  • @coconutmilch2351
    @coconutmilch2351 12 днів тому

    Well water makers can also run on electricity which can be generated by the sun. That’s what we have and it doesn’t cost us any diesel.

  • @bigandyfan
    @bigandyfan 14 днів тому

    Love you guys!

  • @raylane7056
    @raylane7056 17 днів тому

    Watching from Alabama RTR

  • @baronvonkaiser9912
    @baronvonkaiser9912 21 день тому

    im putting cannons on my boat. shitebeard wont be catchin me today yarharrr

  • @BrutusHostiliusMaximus
    @BrutusHostiliusMaximus 25 днів тому

    Not a word about hull shape, what a shame.

  • @msvergara
    @msvergara Місяць тому

    many thanks

  • @unconventionalme8048
    @unconventionalme8048 Місяць тому

    Another Canadian beta…. 🙄 1:13

  • @robertwood6439
    @robertwood6439 Місяць тому

    Wow you have a cool dog. I laughed so much when it was howling in last video .

  • @robertwood6439
    @robertwood6439 Місяць тому

    Dan and Noelle how did you learn to sail?

  • @robertwood6439
    @robertwood6439 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the helpful tips

  • @robertwood6439
    @robertwood6439 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the information

  • @CurtisBooksMusic
    @CurtisBooksMusic 2 місяці тому

    But what is the dog's name?????

  • @rjnogel
    @rjnogel 2 місяці тому

    Actually these are the most useful videos I have seen....and I've seen alot!

  • @rjnogel
    @rjnogel 2 місяці тому

    So damn helpful. You guys are the best.

  • @stevenwatsham5973
    @stevenwatsham5973 2 місяці тому

    They are called fins!.. Flipper was a Dolphin.. Greetings from Blighty..

  • @nearlynativenursery8638
    @nearlynativenursery8638 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic video I appreciate your truth exposing facts. Jim Rodgers

  • @jxdigital
    @jxdigital 3 місяці тому

    Nice job! Except for the expanding foam, as far as I understand using anything expanding in deck repairs is another big no-no... Also, why add the barrier if you could have injected epoxy further in to prevent the empty holes?

  • @RobertHarrisMIB
    @RobertHarrisMIB 3 місяці тому

    Cut your hair hippie !!! Lol

  • @davethemmp
    @davethemmp 3 місяці тому

    Guys I saw in one of your videos you installed a Digital Yacht wind instrument how reliable is it would you recommend it ??

  • @malcolmlagares8245
    @malcolmlagares8245 3 місяці тому

    This is my second video on Cuba. I'm from South America but I live in the US. I am blown away by how beautiful Cuba is. Wow. I need to go to Cuba. Thank you for sharing. I Liked and Subscribed just because of this one video.

  • @jaymeez
    @jaymeez 3 місяці тому

    Well Done! This was on my watch later playlist for about 5 years and I am now just watching lol I was admit about buying a sailboat back then but life got in the way and now I may get one

  • @thecatofnineswords
    @thecatofnineswords 3 місяці тому

    I hope you have learned the words "conformal coating" for waterproofing the electronics. Raspis are not particularly rugged and i can imagine they'll fail eventually.

  • @Franklin-pc3xd
    @Franklin-pc3xd 4 місяці тому

    I have a much, much better solution and rule of thumb in answer to the question posed in this video: "If you can fly it, float it or fu&k it, rent it." Anything else is a foolish choice.

  • @rishisaini773
    @rishisaini773 4 місяці тому

  • @SuperFlatrock
    @SuperFlatrock 4 місяці тому

    I am retiring soon and I am looking at buying a Mexican registered boat that I will store in summer. Probably a 30ft cruiser. Is insurance for a Mexican registered boat cheaper? How are the winter storage options in the Caribbean?

  • @ZROID_Official
    @ZROID_Official 4 місяці тому

    1:35

  • @jamesbaldwin7676
    @jamesbaldwin7676 4 місяці тому

    Most folks plan to buy a boat, cross oceans, and cruise extensively and indefinitely. Most folks and most boats never will, but instead, will spend their days and nights in marinas with occasional trips up and down the coast. Even dedicated cruisers are really only "at sea" for about 10% of the time. Therefore, buying a "true blue water vessel" is a colossal waste of money and only pandering to unrealistic sailing fantasies. It also will adversley affect comfort at the dock as well as wrangling "the ship" in and out of the slip. Do you really need that big bowsprit spear or huge fuel tanks? What about built-jn ice boxes in the galley instead of a working refrigerator? Wake up, you're dreaming.

  • @Troyhicks1322
    @Troyhicks1322 4 місяці тому

    Good video thanks

  • @romulopontual6254
    @romulopontual6254 4 місяці тому

    The greenish color is a soft corrosion that becomes a protective layer. If you remove it the protection goes away and further corrosion will recreate the layer. I suggest googling "bronze patina" or something like that. If you really want the bronze look, you need to apply some protective layer to prevent the greenish look.

  • @supremeflagship8965
    @supremeflagship8965 4 місяці тому

    It seems that another sailing channel bites the dust. And I don't have anything against sailing channels.

    • @attainableaudio4533
      @attainableaudio4533 Місяць тому

      Yeah, you always wonder in these situations, did they run into health issues or worse, did they break up, did they just decide it wasn't worth doing anymore..., anyway I don't plan on doing a sailing channel but looking at getting into sailing

  • @--Valek--
    @--Valek-- 4 місяці тому

    you gotta keep the fuel cans covered and they will last forever

  • @--Valek--
    @--Valek-- 4 місяці тому

    6:00 put in a diode? though, it will cost efficiency

  • @markbuskens6070
    @markbuskens6070 5 місяців тому

    Great idea for a video,most of these are inexpensive and super necessary.

  • @Doonit_hard_way_since_65
    @Doonit_hard_way_since_65 5 місяців тому

    Many thanks. V. helpful vid - a rare thing on YT these days. But that el-cheapo plastic sewing machine is painful to watch you use.

  • @stevenvelez601
    @stevenvelez601 5 місяців тому

    Awesome thanks 👍

  • @larrysperry1200
    @larrysperry1200 5 місяців тому

    Excellent video with a lot of good info. Fair winds and thanks so much.

  • @HoytFergus
    @HoytFergus 5 місяців тому

    I have figured out the boat to buy and just need a partner so I can pull the trigger. Thats what I am finding difficult. = ) GOod tips thanks

  • @JohnBraman413
    @JohnBraman413 5 місяців тому

    can you use navionics charts with this setup?

  • @edwardbutler442
    @edwardbutler442 6 місяців тому

    I sail an Ericson 35-3 out of Marina del Rey. I am interested in sailing in the Carribean full time, and was wondering where to go and the most friendly islands to live aboard inexpensively while working remotely on the boat. Great video!

  • @Taboloncawonthemasters
    @Taboloncawonthemasters 6 місяців тому

    Absolutely great video and info!!! Thanks!!

  • @AmbivalentMind
    @AmbivalentMind 6 місяців тому

    I really liked the pacing of this video. Straight to the point.