Category: Videos
Half Moon Bay or Bust! ✨11
Sparklemuffin’s and my first time together outside the San Francisco Bay — joined by Bill, Dan, a little orange bridge, and a plethora of whales.
Prep and Practice ✨10
Chuck prepares for a trip into the ocean by testing cutters for steel wire rope and a massive manual bilge pump. Then Chuck, Ian, Gwen, and Bill (Able Seaman, First Class) go for a practice sail to test the new reefing, boom brake, chart plotter tablet, and AIS.
A Muffin By Any Other Name ✨9
Prodigious pleas to pacify Poseidon, an altogether ample anchor, and chunky chain changing.
Run It Up the Mastpole ✨8
A bleeding engine and a crazy climb: In this 8th installment of the Sparklemuffin saga, I change fuel filters, bleed the engine, and learn to climb the mast.
Livin’ la Diesel Loco ✨7
Overnight anchoring plus diesely depths of despair.
Richardson Bay Rave ✨6
Essential boat work balanced with fun adventures.
Bottoms up! ✨5
Guess who gets their bottom painted?
All Work and No Sail ✨4
An “around the world” experience of sailboat maintenance: engine, electrical, leaks, water tanks, sail repair, and more!
The Silence of the Crabs ✨3
Sparklemuffin (formerly Charmer) is inspected by professional marine surveyor Françoise Ramsay.