This Week on Sabado: Wiring Discoveries & Good Company
Refit diaries: 11/23/2025 - 11/30/2025 The more we dig into this boat, the more wiring issues we find. In addition to a few more undersized cables, we also discovered... (read more)…
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Workshop Progress, New Batteries, and the Hunt for Parts
Refit Diaries: 11/16/25 - 11/23/25 The existing ones have no markings at all, so we have no clue who made them, and the mast manufacturer either doesn’t know or isn’t willing to tell us. We could... (read more)…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Factory Wiring
Refit Diaries: 11/09/2025 – 11/16/2025 Disappointing, cheap, and in this case, deceitful. From routine inspection points, you’d never spot this... (read more)…
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Finding Our Rhythm: Boat Projects and Balance in New Zealand
Refit Diaries: 11/02/2025 - 11/09/2025 The longer the mast is down, the more we discover. From a preliminary inspection, it appears... (read more)…
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Full Speed Ahead: Mast Unstepped and Workshop Gutted
Refit Diaries: 10/26/2025 - 11/2/2025 Their attention to detail and precise prep work paid off when the crane arrived and removed the generator, boom, and mast in under an hour. It could not have gone smoother. We now have... (read more)…
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Sawdust, Stainless, and Steady Progress
Refit Diaries: 10/19/2025 - 10/26/2025 Despite being the exact same model number, it has slightly different dimensions. We drove to the boat to evaluate the gaping hole it will eventually reside in. Unfortunately... (read more)…
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Step by Step, Project by Project
Refit Diaries: 10/12/2025 – 10/19/2025 We mapped out a spot for three 24V 340Ah LiFePO4 batteries by NZ Lithium using the empty shells they shipped us. This allowed Ray to precisely cut a space for them to sit under our bed. We promptly shipped the shells back to them to be filled with the actual b…
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Let The Boat Work Begin!
Refit Diaries: 10/05/2025 - 10/12/2025 After waiting on the carpenter for several weeks, we decided to complete the owner's cabin demolition ourselves. Ray removed all the screws he could access, but because the bed was put together before it was put into the boat, many of... (read more)…
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Sailing to New Zealand: Pre-Departure & Arrival Guide for Foreign Yachts
This checklist is designed to help streamline the foreign yacht clearance process in New Zealand, based on our firsthand experience in September 2025.…
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