@ChristianWilliamsYachting

A blue-sky romp on perfect waters, with report of cushion repair and replacement of Adler Barbour/Dometic refrigeration system.

Yachts and their skippers are older than ever before. Strategies for the new reality. New Book for 2026: "The Long Voyage home: an Autobiography with 20 Sailboats" by Christian Williams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq8l8k6dFUg&t

Lessons of a long career in newspapers and television and 30,000 miles offshore, available at Amazon books and Audible. Australian labradoodle puppies courtesy of family renewal after the Pacific Palisades fire of January 7. 2025.

Adventures in the world of land and sea, from The Washington Post to Hollywood and alone on the deep blue sea. Publication date Dec. 1, 2025 at Amazon Books. Audiobook from Audible available Dec. 10. "What a life! A look into a man's soul--a genuine story of risk, adventure and search for understanding"--Bob Woodward

There's nothing a good sewing machine can't mend. We're looking for a new house, unless of course we decide to build on our vacant lot, a decision being made by about 8,000 families, few of them much further along in the process than we are. In the meantime, despite a temporary national infection of hate and greed, California abides.

Thelonious II is safe and so are we. But as for our home of 35 years....

A video compilation over ten years of classic and contemporary sailing books, any of which makes a marvelous gift--or addition to our own shelf. See below for timestamp location of titles. Christian Williams books and audiobooks: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001H6IOB8?ingress=0&visitId=feead56c-3e9b-45da-8a77-2ef744b0dfd9 00:00 03:52 Typhoon, Joseph Conrad 05:23 The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers 07:16 Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson 09:02 Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling 11:22 The Curve of Time, M. Wylie Blanchet 12:57 Two Years Before the Mast, Richard H. Dana 14:09 N x E (North by East), Rockwell Kent 15:28 The Boy, Me and the Cat, Henry M. Plummer 18:28 World Cruising Routes, Jimmy Cornell 19:50 Boatowner's Electrical and Mechanical Manual, Nigel Calder 20:40 Alone Through the Roaring 40s, Vito Dumas 21:38 Across Island and Oceans, James Baldwin 22:38 The Bounty Trilogy, Nordoff and Hall 23:47 Once is Enough, Miles and Beryl Smeeton 24:44 Joshua Slocum, Victor Slocum 25:37 The Long Way, Bernard Moitessier 25:55 Moby Dick, Herman Melville 27:58 Desolation Island, Patrick O'Brian 29:22 Harbors and High Seas (atlas to O'Brian novels) 30:17 A Sea of Words (lexicon of O'Brian novels) 32:00 Heavy Weather Sailing, Adlard Coles 32:15 Thucydides, Landmark edition 32:40 Campaigns of Alexander, Landmark edition 33:18 The Saga of Solace, Victor Clark 33:37 Gipsy Moth Circles the World, F. Chichester 33:40 Joshua Slocum, Victor Slocum 34:18 Varieties of Religious Experience, W. James 35:18 A History of Western Philosophy, B. Russell 35:50 The March Upcountry (Anabasis), Xenophon 36:22 Birds, a Field Guide 37:27 Plutarch's Lives 37:00 The Long Way, Bernard Moitessier 37:22 Existentialism is a Humanism, Sartre 38:02 Cicero, Selected Works 39:28 The Fall, Albert Camus 39:35 The Voyage of the Beagle, Chas Darwin 40:59 Alone Across the Atlantic, F. Chichester

Fouled prop, engine descaling using Barnacle Buster, regluing PVC inflatable, cushion for foredeck, and a family card game reminiscent of cage fighting, and from which I have learned over the years to stand well back. to go direct to topic, click below: 00:00 Sail Cover mortality 2:02 Self-tailing winch fix 5:13 Fouled prop 6:17 Slapjack! 7:44 Barnacle Buster system cleaning 9:59 Inflatable repair 13:54 Barnacle Buster result 16:45 Foredeck fanny cushion

This channel is not sponsored or affiliated with UK Sails or any other entity, and receives no compensation from YouTube-generated advertising. The sailing books playlist mentioned in the interview is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_yKEY5ty9Y&list=PLXJx_F6E8T8wdCQSkQHR3CfWMKiHYwbON&pp=gAQBiAQB

00:00 Dealing with prop walk 03:00 Settings for genoa leads 09:00 Replacement of hatch sliders 11:10 Stopping the squeak of a wheel pilot 12:52 Eastport pram maintenance 17:02 Trimming mainsail for wheel pilot success 18:30 Step stool for V berth entry 20:58 Cushion for foredeck

Subtitles [Closed Captions, CC] have been corrected. How it is, or was, or could have been--a video essay illustrated by clips from 2017 and 2021.

Closed Captions [cc] corrected. Labor-intensive replacement of the cabin sole (the floor) of a 1984 Ericson Model 381 (38') sailboat, and what it says about measuring, cutting, fitting and just about finishing off the carpenter.