She's The Skipper's video: Ep 1 - DIY SAILBOAT REPAIRS To Prepare For OFFSHORE SAILING - How Not To Sail A Boat

While you may not be in the process of fixing up a boat and deadly curious about all the details of the various projects we had to complete to get out sailing on the big ol' blue, this video is still for you. We summarise all the projects at a very high level, try and throw in a little bit of personality and overall it is the start to our amazing journey around the world and you do not want to miss it! If you want to look at the brief footage of any particular boat project, check out the various jobs we completed below: 1. Core Replacement & Fiberglassing - 2:23 2. Sanding & Painting - 5:35 3. Drainage - 6:39 4. Non-Skid - 7:05 5. Keel Bolts - 8:17 6. Steering & Autopilot - 13:10 7. Propeller Replacement - 14:21 8. Batteries & Electrical - 15:26 9. Liferaft - 16:04 10. Watermaker - 16:22 11. Fridge Installation - 17:16 12. New Floors - 18:11 13. Name Change - 18:11 14. Antifoul - 18:59 SUPPORT THIS PRODUCTION Consider supporting us on Patreon if you like our videos and exclusive benefits or if you just want to be a part of the adventure: https://www.patreon.com/hownottosailaboat GET YOURSELF SOME HOW NOT TO SAIL A BOAT GEAR John keeps having ideas that he wants to see on T-shirts, hats or mugs and I make it a reality in our online store. Get your own here: https://hownottosailaboat.com/our-store/ GET SNEAK PEEKS Get mini-videos, real-time updates and amazing pictures by following our Instagram, Facebook or Steem: https://www.instagram.com/hownottosailaboat/ or https://www.facebook.com/hownottosailaboat/ or https://steemit.com/@hownottosail CHECK OUT OUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS ON SPOTIFY Our Spotify playlist sharing the featured artists with you from this and other episodes. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/38isVlN9SQlm5eTm7Mc2cC OUR KIT Want to do what we are doing (or just want to take amazing photos and videos), check out the equipment we use for our production to avoid the trial and error we had to go through with equipment: Main Camera - Panasonic Lumix G7 - https://amzn.to/2Ft5YGa Drone - DJI Mavic Pro - https://amzn.to/2Fx3lmz Go Pro Hero 7 Black - https://amzn.to/2M7w7LQ HOW WE CHECK THE WEATHER We use a combination of the Predict Wind Offshore app and Google Fi, a phone services whose SIM card works in more than 170 countries. Want to know more just ask us about them: PredictWind - https://forecast.predictwind.com/r/d9dda0a23f GoogleFi - https://g.co/fi/r/9KKCX2 (use this GoogleFi referral code and get a $20 credit on your first bill when you use the code 9KKCX2 on sign up) HELP US SAVE THE OCEANS Since we live on the ocean and love it so much, we are trying to help save it. We changed all of our sunscreen, shampoos and body washes on-board to ensure they are lake, river and reef friendly. Please, if we can influence one thing you do, make the change with us and help us save the ocean! https://stream2sea.com/?wavemaker=183