Cruising Sailboat Refit BEGINS with a Keel Repair in Florida | Sailing Balachandra E113

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 using epoxy and fairing compound. #sailingchannel #sailing #sailboatrigging #diyboat If you like our videos and want to see more/better videos, more often you can become a patreon supporter:   / sailingbalachandra   If you haven't yet SUBSCRIBED and wan to see more please click the SUBSCRIBE button above, and be sure to give this video a like! In August of 2017 we sold everything and moved aboard Balachandra, a 1986 C&C44 sailboat. After 2 frigid 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 YouTube 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! Be sure to check out and SUBSCRIBE to our other channel SAILING GEAR which is dedicated to giving honest transparent and unbiased reviews of both new and old sailing equipment complete with trials, demos, and testing. Check it out here:    / channel   Products used in this video: Total Boat's Dewaxer and Surface Prep Solvent https://www.totalboat.com/product/dew... Sta-lok Fitings: https://www.stalok.com/ Evercoat Marine Fairing Compound https://evercoat.com/marine/us/ West System G/Flex Epoxy https://www.westsystem.com/specialty-... This video was shot with equipment from Samsung, Nikon, Apple, GoPro, and Polaroid Opening Theme Music: License Info: Beautiful Story / Taketones.com Used with a Paid Licence / Permission PURCHASED MUSIC: LINK: https://taketones.com/track/beautiful... LICENSE N: TTEXTENDED157339559892860327 EXTENDED Special Thanks to our Cuban friends Group Nucay for giving us permision to use to use their album "Tropicalissimo" throughout our YouTube series. Other Music: the YouTube Music Library Support us on Patreon:   / sailingbalachandra   Follow us on Facebook:   / sailingbalachandra   Instagram:   / sailing_balachandra