I finally managed to source some R134a refrigerant for my fridge & freezer. I also visit the chandlery to pickup some miscellaneous items.

During a short break in my work schedule, I arranged for a delivery skipper and crew to assist me in delivering Andiamo II from Pulau Langkawi to Singapore. Things did not quite work out the way we planned, and our plans were repeatedly scuppered by annoying engine trouble. Boats.

I motor from my home marina to an anchorage close to my sailmaker to have the new mainsail fitted, and to sort out my new genoa furler. In the process I get stuck in the anchorage with a broken outboard, so I have to fix the outboard, or row the 1km to the dinghy landing. I fixed the outboard :)

In July of 2014 I purchased a 42 ft sailboat. She was built in 1985 by Hallberg Rassy in Sweden. In this series of videos I will be documenting my experiences as I fix things, break things and alternate between the pleasure of sailing and the sheer terror of narrowly averting disaster. In other words, the life of a sailboat owner. Click the subscribe button to follow along.

I take a break from fixing things, pile The Missus and the kids into the boat and head off for some much needed R&R. This was a great trip, because I finally got both kids to dunk their heads underwater, and set them on their way to being proper sailors :)

On a visit to a marina in Indonesia I came upon this dismasted Amel Super Maramu. I heard through the grapevine that the solo sailor was caught in a sudden storm in the South China Sea with too much sail aloft. Before he could reduce sail he suffered knockdown and subsequent dismasting. The sailor survived the incident with a severe concussion. A true testament to the strength of the Amel boats is that the hull integrity was not compromised, and the vessel was successfully salvaged by the owner. Music: Eric Bowers - A Lost Memory - jamendo.com/en/track/1075455/a-lost-memory

A break from the business of fixing broken things. The Missus and I had our friends Kai & Ruth along for a fun weekend of sailing in Langkawi. We were initially trapped in the marina by bad weather, but a fortuitous break in the weather gave us a change to cast off the lines and have some fun. This was also the first time I got to meet the crew of SV Totem.

Before I had Andiamo II, I piled on a bunch of RYA courses, including the DaySkipper certification. It was five days of living aboard a Beneteau First 42. We enjoyed all-day sailing and zero motoring. The course was conducted over five days and four nights out of the Keppel Bay Sailing Academy in Singapore. The sailing takes us from daysailing Singapore waters to doing a short passage to Indonesia, some more daysailing in Indonesia out of Nongsa Point Marina, and finally back to Singapore. Music: New Horizons - Antti Martikainen - jamendo.com/en/track/1104385/new-horizons Santiano - VVSMusic - jamendo.com/en/list/a112138/santiano-theme

This was supposed to be a simple sail. Move the boat from the marina to an anchorage close to my sailmaker's loft so we could fit the new 110% headsail. I was sailing with my 150% headsail in this video, and since I had just fitted a new roller furler, it turned out that the furling line was too short to haul in the sail under tension, which led to some drama. The cost to self was bruised ego, bruised face from getting beaten up by flogging sheets and the loss of my prized Tilley Hat overboard.

I'm not only a newbie sailor, but also a newbie ocean fisherman. I decided to take the dinghy out of the marina and around the island to try my hand at catching something.

I was fortunate enough to catch up with S/V Labyrinth in Port Dickson. She's en route to Tioman where skipper Jase Kovacs will be shooting the first of a series of ocean conservation documentaries. You can learn more about their voyage and the films here : http://www.jasekovacs.com/

I'm on a family holiday with The Missus and the kids in gorgeous Thailand, and manage to get myself into and then out of trouble with my anchor. I nearly lost my anchor overboard. To compound matters I also managed to wrap my prop in the dinghy's tow line at the same time :/

For some reason some boat projects, once done, bring out the sexy in you :)

While visiting the northern islands of Indonesia I was struck by the Singapore skyline at sunset, especially with the contrast of the humble fishing village in the foreground. When shooting this video I imagined a little child standing on shore in this fishing village, staring across the sea at the glittering Singapore skyline with it's promise of wealth and a better life so tantalisingly close, but still a world away. Music: A Machine for Hurting - Underpass - jamendo.com/en/track/1034839/a-machine-for-hurting

This was the boat I really wanted, but thought I could never afford. A few months before buying her, I shot this video. The video is a bit dark and sad which reflects my mood at the time.

I install new surface mount 12v sockets onboard my 1985 Hallber Rassy sailboat. The old european style sockets are outdated and reaching their end of life. Surface mount 12V sockets are ridiculously hard to come by, and I ended up tracking good quality ones down to a UK webstore. http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/ http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/products/electrical/sockets-and-plugs/12v-surface-mount-socket.html Music: Miguel Prod - Impronte Digitali - https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/76728/04-impronte-digitali

I do some minor outboard maintenance, and show you how to do a fresh water flush of your outboard.

I "fix" a problem with my fresh water supply, and learn the dangers of making assumptions about causality.

In the first installment of The Boat List I do a short single-handed crossing from one marina to another, and tackle the teak in my cockpit... and take a dance break. Music Credits : A Thousand Years - Esther Garcia (https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1162103/a-thousand-years) Kavinsky - Testarossa Autodrive (Sebastian Remix) - http://www.last.fm/music/Kavinsky/_/Testarossa+Autodrive+-+SebastiAn+Remix