What you lack in experience you way overcompensate with critical thinking, observation, planning, enthusiasm, and bloody hard work. Brilliant !

We love you Holly! Thank you for showing us this great image of a strong independent woman.

You're doing super! Don't hesitate to borrow tools and ask for advice in the yard, most people love to lend a hand.

Nice jig-saw work; your happy face when the new hatch went in made my day. Hang in there, brave little globe-trotting mermaid from Maine!

As a solo sailor myself I have to say your patience and persistence is legendary. You must have come from a damn good family.

Ah, I see you have the classic boat knuckle with blood

I'm a former sailor (had to give it up due to health reasons) and sailboat racer. I've never sailed as far as you have but have sailed extensively on both coasts. Also sailed a 40 foot Hunter with some friends from Hawaii to California once. I love watching your videos as they allow me to see places that I know at my age I'll never get to see. Keep up the good work, be careful and stay safe. Love you much! 💖💖

Love your channel. Your are so inspiring, and always smiling.

Outstanding job on the new door Captain Holly! One thing I've learned watching you is boat captains and farmers are a lot a like. Give us a problem and eventually we'll find a solution to it. We improvise, adapt and overcome!

Wow, you are really powering through your list! Ingenuity, perseverance, and grit. 💪👏🙌

Very nice job on the hatch. Its fairly obvious you have done lots of DIY stuff before. Great series by the way.

Great job Hollie. Keep up the good work, you are refreshing to watch....Take care kiddo!

Any investors out there ??? This awesomely amazing young woman needs to be seen by the World 🌎. She is exceptional. Well done Holly....you inspire me to be the best version of myself 💯🌄🌈♾

Understated, you keep learning. Glad you tackle the work yourself as you will know every part and remain non dependent. Fun watching you survive the yard. Stealthing laundry, the stuff we do. The fuse is to protect the wire, improve to keep it out of the wet or high humidity. Till then pack it with dielectric grease. Read Casey or Caulder even an old one, much to learn.

Shipyard Gyrl! AKA bilge rat! Love it! Go get'm tiger! Goodonyas

Så bra videoer du lager, gøy følge deg, Du er så dyktig i alt du driver med her🙂

I was trying not to be judgmental about the hole but I did say "Goddam!". New hole is much better. Well done.

Inspiring Holly. Think I'll wear my shirt inside out just in solidarity...

Holly many years from now, or less. You're going to kick- Azz with your diy's, new installs, repairs, etc. This is all experience for you. And I hope she's yours forever. Once you own a boat, put time, money, new setups, and add the fun thing's, like seeing how happy that designed dodger made you. It's so hard to let it go, and start all over again. Especially when you know your vessel so good. And she takes care if you in open water. Stay safe hun. 🙏 😎 ⛵

Inside out shirt day courtesy of Holly, yeah!!

Nice work on the chain locker access door...and everything else!

Holly, when you got into the blisters on the hull, did any smell like vinegar? Osmosis can be an issue in old boats, and this not only blisters the gel coat, but eats at the fiberglass. If so, the hull may need to be dried out after opening and washing the blisters before grinding out the divit, filling with epoxy, gel coating and then bottom paint.

You might think about buying some wooden plugs, used if the valve on a through hole fitting fails or the hose pops off. Tie the wooden plugs around the valve. It's a nice safety precaution

One thing that you could have bought in the America is Gorilla Glue. This is actually polyurethane foam that is moisture activated. It is awesome for solving plumbing joint problems. Most people say “what happens when you want to get the joints apart”, good question, but most joints only have to come apart when the hoses fail, hoses become smelly, the hose clamps fail, or you want to change the set up some how. Frankly I prefer to have it so that I don’t need the clamps. I put them on but if they fail they are not going to sink my boat. To use it you put on just a smear around one of the parts and wet the other surface (optional) put them to gather and an hour later you will that the foam has expanded and there will never be any leaks. It is a really cool material to have aboard. Gorilla Glue. Apart from that I am converting all of my plumbing to “O” Ring Seal quick release connectors as are now standard on Jabsco Pumps, and I am designing push together fittings to put in the lines of pumps and equipment that are not up to that standard. I have a design for the 40mm toilet and scupper size hoses but haven’t tooled the parts yet. You would use that to have adaptable plumbing so you could for instance “clip” a bilge or flow pump into a line. Anyway the message is Gorilla Glue for sealing lines and Captain Tolley’s for fixing leaks.

Always makes me smile. Thank you.

Makes alittle more inspired to see someone else doing what I hopefully want to be doing sooner than later. Still have to make sure my vessel is up to par and capable to do as you are doing now.

I have that same hatch on my boat. It is deceiving that there is a good seal on it, and at the same time, there is an ineffective o'ring on the the latch shaft! It leaks!! I suggest dismantling it and smear it all with water proof grease.

I very much admire what you are doing! I look forward to every one of your videos.

Hello, at 18 min 45 sec into the vid you show the bottom of the hull where you are sanding for the blisters. Im a bit concerned with that run of almost vertical side by side cracks that appear to be from impact with some large object. You need to have a good look at that area and see if the fiberglass of the hull needs reinforcing inside and outside.

Drives haft flanges and seal is a really though job. You may wanna hire yard guy if there's one. Sledge, torch, grinder, extinguisher backup if you do it yourself.

Good job on that anchor locker hatch ! Lookin good girrrrl !

You are a 🌟 a super 🌟. Such a hard worker and excellent sense of humour. Hope the stuffing box replacement works out. Borrow some sockets.

Girl, you always bring a smile! Nice job on the hull and the new hatch for the anchor locker. Hope the new flange/stuffing box goes well. Never worry about judgment, your persistence and end result are what's important, not the way things look mid-way. 💗⛵️

Great freeking job ,keep knocking this list of to- do to the curb .

Being 77, a dad … one thing a see is a great relationship with your dad n the awesome tech solving ways you work to get weird stuff fixed n done. Thank you Hollys dad n Holly for using your years of experience.. cheers 🥂 n well done 👍 Holly.. Papa J

“Everything is rusty as F&?#”. Yeah, boat projects. I can relate. Sounds like you are doing (did!) just fine. Keep on keeping on!

Man I love watching capable DIY folks. Very nice work and ya got skills!

Nice work all around. Rusty shaft couplings can be a PIA. Doing all those projects by yourself can be overwhelming at times, but good to see you persevere and succeed. I was thinking about the shower dilemma and thought you need one of those solar shower bags.

That’s very hard work without the heat!

Excellent, wish I could be there to help…you always figure it out!

For some reason I've always envisioned working in a Tahiti boatyard to be full of palms, turf, white sand and lots of pineapple daiquiris.

I love watching you overcome your 'obstacles' - I always look forward to every 2nd Monday - Thanks 😊

You're a legend Holly!!!

No judgement here! The end result is all that matters and you have done a great job so far!

It's a bit of a pitty these vids are not live streams. That way we can't make suggestions or give useful advice. But in the end you always seem to figuren out a way to get things done anyway so that's good.

Dealing with rusted screws and bolts that have poor tool access is a pain. Dealing with them whilst having to contort yourself into a confined spot with sweat dripping off you makes it all much worse. Well done for rising to the challenge and being successful.

Nice that u can stay on the Geck while u get things done ☆ keep up the great work 👍 💪 👏 👌 😀

Great job on the door...

Holly, you are awesome! Well done and good luck to you in your amazing adventures ❤️

"Don't judge me" Looks at hole... "I am not going to be judging honest!.... WTF!.... honest, I am not!" sees finished result.. "OK you made that look easy"

Liked your black "nail polish"! I love the way you just soldier on and get it done.

Going to feel soooo good when all of this is done! you rock!!! xox i hope u find a friend who will share tier shower.

Hello ! Good to see you! I love watching you, so inspiring love. Wish you the best and waiting for the next episode

Love the 60's jigsaw music!

Crazy inspiring! :) Thank you for sharing all of this with us!

Go Holly love watching your adventures !!!!!!!

23:53 : "Don't judge me". 😳🤭🙄😳🤣 Yes, we do! 🤣 As for the follow-up, spiffing job!

Always an inspiration, thanks Holly!

just wanted to say hi i like your videos most times just read comments an thumbs up but i do push play all to help you out some nights wishing u safe trip

Fantastic video Holly! Thanks. Well done on all. By the way, I think it's just the nature of shaft seals to make your head fall out in overwhelm and confusion.

I thought the stuffing box goes where the shaft goes through the hull? Yes, that was a very impressive DIY hole you carved ;-) All good in the end. Thank you again Holly.

My brain jumps over gaps all the time too. :)

Awesome girl, fixed stuffing box with just a Swiss mtool army knife.......:), bests Holly, t care.

Beauty hack job! Covered up by the door... like it never happened!

Good job Holly!

Good work!

Alright! You are back!! Good to see you!

Please note that you are awesome. Best most nice sailing videos for sure.

I fitted one of those Raddice shaft seals / stuffing boxes earlier this year, they're great! You'll have a bone dry bilge :-)

Keep going, you can do this.

Seems those couplings are always made so that only an open end wrench can fit it. PB is good maybe heat bolt with propane flame will burn off crud.

Holly, you're beautiful in all you do and not do. Seasons. This renewal, and as valid as your time out sleeping. "Carinho"

Having the right tools for the job makes life easier. Most of the time we have to manage with what we have.

Well done 👍🏼

Great work Holly… you got this!

You amaze me young lady !!

Nice door !

11:50 : about your 'shower issues'. Wouldn't buying a few of those camping shower bags solve that problem? Both on the boat underway, as in the yard? Just fill with water and shower. But I guess you already thought of that one. 😄

I use my GoPro to work on my Cape Dory’s Volvo; it made me smile to see someone else do it.

Good job 👍👍

If you haven't got the last two bolts on the shaft seal yet, try heating it up with a propane torch. Works every time.

Awsome job keep it up

well done young lady l hope it all comes together for you,l must say you are definitely bare boat sailing

Major respect to you capt...

No matter what you do, some bright ßpark will Always know a better way. You cope VERY well doing things your way and in my mind that is the best way you could have tackled it. At least you have not Sam Holmes fixed things by drilling holes in your boat!

Well Done!

yay!! keep it up Holly!

Warrior ❤

What a woman! Is there anything Holly can't so?

Good work

What is up with the wispering?

Amazing

love the channel, adventures, and passages... BUT the watery bilges are profoundly worrying to me when you go far offshore! 10/10 for courage, 11/10 for your below-the-waterline repairs, because the better part of valor is disretion. you are an inspiration to us landlubbers!

A nut splitter might have been you friend on the prop shaft coupling. I've found that the cost of replacing the hardware is cheaper than the cost of the Tylenol for the headache.

Excellent man!

Wooho you're coming to New Zealand, I'll be keeping an eye out for you.

23:53 A thing of beauty 🤣... A means to an end 😎

Hey Holly. Please come to Brisbane Australia rather than, or after, New Zealand. Enjoy your videos!!

You are awesome I hate the boat yard but it has to be done

Awesome to me!