RIPPING upholstery and cushions apart | Learning to sew on a boat | Sailing with the James's (Ep.66)

We have a new toy onboard SV Emma James.... and it is a sewing machine! We are redoing our interior cushions, our exterior window shade covers and the exterior cushions. Why are we re-doing the cushions? The cushions we had we in good shape, nothing wrong with the material and no holds, however they are from 2004 and when we sit down you can feel the wooden board below you and it was not comfortable - not comfortable at all. Some of what we are doing is a bit out of the ordinary... for starters instead of buying new foam we are repurposing foam we already have onboard from our 'day beds' and cutting it up to double up the thickness of the seat cushions. We are also finding that the boat is attracting heat, a lot of the items we have, like our window shades, are black in colour and are attracting the heat. So to help this we are changing the colour of our window shades by adding an extra layer of white shade mesh to the existing shade material. The goal is to go as white of a colour scheme as possible to reduce the amount of heat in and around the boat. We are the James Family, we purchased an unfinished aluminium catamaran and are fixing her up as we sail around the world. Come onboard our boat and join this sailing family aboard on our floating home! If you missed last week's episode, watch it here: https://youtu.be/lMQ-0XiV4ko Boat tour of our project boat, an Aluminum Catamaran: https://youtu.be/RhyaasimV9M --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can support us making sailing videos by: Becoming a Patron - YOU are making these videos possible! https://patreon.com/Sailingwiththejamess --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on our Social Media Accounts: https://www.facebook.com/SailingWithTheJamess https://www.instagram.com/SailingWithTheJamess/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter Content: 00:00 - Start 00:46 - No More Day Beds 04:47 - Windows and Uninvited Guests 13:48 - Pinning the Window Shades 15:57 - Window Shades are DONE 17:55 - Next Week --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US: We are a family of three sailing around the world and sharing our adventures in family-friendly episodes every week! Sam is originally from New Zealand, Cait is originally from the United States; we met in Cairns, Australia and a few years later we married and shortly after Charlie was born! We purchased an old, unfinished, aluminum Catamaran and are fixing her up as we sail around the world. Subscribe and follow our journey! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQs What equipment do we use? GoPro Hero 9 - https://amzn.to/3KuFHJ2 Drone: DJI Mini 2 - https://amzn.to/3XR8daS Samsung S21 - https://amzn.to/3xMdPbQ Microsoft Surface Laptop - https://amzn.to/3xHoMvh Baby Life Jacket - https://amzn.to/3Zfja6U Tether - https://amzn.to/3XZ0c3p Lifeline Netting: https://amzn.to/3SwtEwU --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Music: Tropic Fuse Music by French Fuse Music: Shake it Music by: Aakash Gandhi Music: Palace of Roses Music by: Aakash Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THANKS for watching! SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode! * The James Family * Sam, Cait, & Charlie #treding #travel #boatlife #sailing #sailingfamily #liveaboard #catamaran #sailboat #sailing #travelvlog #boatkids #kids4sail #ycass