Life On Sail

It was challenging to document our antifouling work on the sailboat when we first purchased it in late February.  We lacked the time during that dry dock renovation, so we dove into the work without filming ourselves much. Plus, we’re not particularly fond of showing our faces on camera. As a result, putting together that video clip was a long process. But we’re happy with how it turned out. The next episode after this antifouling video was meant to showcase our Oceanis 40CC. However, unforeseen issues brought us back to Paris, and with some friends dropping by, our time on the boat was disrupted. This might delay finishing that episode, so we may release a simpler video by the end of May instead. We’ll see how it goes.   In the meantime, you can watch the episode of our first renovation job here on youtube .

  Our sailboat renovation program on dry dock The boat is an Oceanis 40CC Clipper, constructed in 1999 and launched in 2000. It’s old and not well maintained, so there’s a ton of repair and renovation work ahead. The previous owner left everything inside—from personal belongings to condiments. A lot of triage to do! I doubt anyone will read this whole thing, but if you can pick up any tips from our mistakes, here you go…   Day 1 - Clean up the boat : The owner had a medical issue and couldn’t maintain it for a while, so he’s selling it (with regrets) with all his stuff still inside. It’s up to us to decide what to keep or toss. - Move in all our belongings onto the boat : It’s maybe 30 m² of livable space. We have to empty it out just to fill it with our own junk.  - Clean up the hull and propellers : Nico and his dad used a pressure washer to remove algae from the hull (not much there), but the antifouling on the propellers didn’t work well. Both propellers were covered ...