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They say that sailing is the most expensive way to travel for free and that cruising life is just maintaining boats in exotic locations. And it's true, maintenance is an inseparable part of cruising life.

Learning to maintain your boat is as important as learning to sail it but don't let that put you off. Our boat was a fixer-upper when we set off to travel world by sea in 2017. We had no idea really how much work that was still left to do on the boat and even less about how to fix it.

Although I'm pretty handy with the power tools with a background in furniture making, I had no mechanical or engineering qualifications whatsoever and again even though we had a sailing school I had no idea how to maintain the bigger cruising boats. And to be honest I'd much prefer to be having a cold beer in a beach bar rather than taking engines apart.

So over the last four years, 12 000 sea miles and four continents I've had to learn how to maintain and repair the boat while living on board with the family and I have to do it because it keeps our dream alive on a very tight budget. I've learned by reading countless blogs, watching hours of youtube footage and listening to old salty sea dogs and experts.

And okay admittedly i do have to call in a professional now and again to do jobs which are way beyond my pay grade. But if i do that, i always make sure that i ask loads of questions and film it so i know how to do that job for myself in the future.

So this channel is really for all you want to be sailors or newbies who want to see firsthand what can go right and wrong with DIY boat maintenance. Rigging, outboards, solar, engines, water makers, pumps, furlers, sails, electronics and much more, everything I've had to do on the fly to keep this boat sailing, using the tools resources and know-how that i had at the time whether at anchor or in the boat yard and often with a lot of improvisation.

And i don't get everything right either. But i'm hoping these videos will show the reality behind the scenes and to give some balance to the lifestyle videos you often find on youtube.

If you do want to follow our family travel and sailing adventures then check out our main channel Mothership Adrift with weekly updates of our sailing blogs and videos. But this channel is purely DIY sailboat maintenance. So if you are a professional expert or even an old salty sea dog with some good advice then please leave any constructive criticism, insight and advice in the comments below the videos.

A big THANK-YOU to our MOTHERSHIP PATREONS who make these videos possible.

What is a Patreon?

A Patreon is a regular person like you, who helps content creator like us, to make useful stuff like this!

So, if you'd like to help towards the filming, editing and data costs of THIS channel as well as our sailing channel: Mothership Adrift, you can do this by either:

▷Clicking the THANKS button below the video
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▷Following the links to Patreon below

Cheers! - Woody 🍻👍


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