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  • #34: A gnarly shakedown

        FINALLY, we are off!!! But not having the sunny, nice, warm kind of sail that the Mediterranean promised us. We’re good though. It’s all good training! —————————————————————————————————— ** JOIN THE CREW! ** Join our virtual crew of Patrons at: https://www.patreon.com/ryanandsophiesailing —————————————————————————————————— ** MUSIC ** In this video: Ian Post – Butterfly (Artlist) Ashton […] More

  • Details about Polar Seal’s stainless steel arch

    Hi guys! We recently published a video describing the process of installing a stainless steel arch for solar panels and dinghy davits on Polar Seal, our Beneteau Oceanis 40 from 2007, we received requests for more photos and added details.   Contact of our arch builder Stuart Sanders at Arcglow, Almerimar Website: http://www.arcglowinoxalmerimar.com/ Stuart let us […] More

  • Installing a stainless steel arch on Polar Seal

      Special thanks to Anders, who made it possible for us to purchase this arch (and therefore make this video) by giving us his old radar. Without it, we would have to replace our entire set of marine electronics and we would not have had the budget for this refit! Stuart’s contact details (Arcglow Inox […] More

  • Cost of cruising: our 2007 Beneteau Oceanis 40

      The video about Marky’s 1974 32ft MacWester Wight ketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5iRHDEXPM The complete tour of Polar Seal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqKYydlxd0 —— This is the second part of our mini-series on the cost of cruising, in which a couple of friends and us laid down the costs of buying and sailing our boats full time, and compare them. […] More