Deep Cleaning An Old Sailboat

Adventures can come in many different forms! We know that sailing life will involve a lot of boat maintenance, so we spent the weekend practicing boat maintenance by deep cleaning our sailing club's 25' Catalina sailboat. We then spent the night on the boat to take it out for a great sail off of Point Loma near San Diego Bay.

[@alexroberts1694]

Love the vid! I'm purchasing my first sailboat for liveaboard. Could you mop the floor and drain it out of the bilge pump? Thanks

[@adventureswiththewarrens]

Congrats on pursuing purchasing your own liveaboard sailboat! That's our dream that we're saving up for, so in the meantime we're getting whatever experience we can through our sailing club, bareboat chartering, or meeting other sailors. So yes, given an opportunity, you can see we're happy to work on sailboats! 😉

[@maynardherting4900]

Good job guys! I had never seen the mold on the ceiling. I guarantee that is the best the SeaAvenger’s insides have been cleaned! Thanks

[@adventureswiththewarrens]

Happy to contribute to the club! She's a great boat. Thanks for all the work you did previously to get her sailing!

[@victoriawelsh8008]

Looks like you had a great sail, but Oh the work to get the boat all cleaned up nice.

[@adventureswiththewarrens]

It was a great experience. And one of our best days sailing locally we have ever had.

[@victoriawelsh8008]

@@adventureswiththewarrens 😎

[@k5kensails]

Applause to you both. I can so relate. Just redid our club San Juan 21 over the winter (I'm in Idaho and needed something "boat" to do) and will set sail for the shake down and two day regatta Saturday. You two are inspirational. Adventure On! BTW - can you talk about the PFD's you had on? They seem different. Your thoughts? Thanks.

[@adventureswiththewarrens]

Thanks so much for the encouragement! The PFDs we are wearing are self-inflating with built in harnesses. Mine is West Marine Offshore and Kelli's is Mustang Survival. These self-inflating PFDs are so lightweight you hardly know you are wearing them, and they were great on the Bahamas trip for easily clipping into the jack lines. We really like them and throw them on anytime we are going outside the bay in case one of us has to go forward. Good luck with your regatta! Keep on adventuring!

[@DerekMurawsky]

What cleaners did you use for this?

[@adventureswiththewarrens]

We used some mold and mildew stain removers purchased at West Marine. Thanks for the watch.