Kick off boat restoration project - Off the grid Chainplate inspection

Today's boat restoration project was to change the wooden shims under the backstays chainplate and a general chainplate inspection on our 50-year-old floating home. We are doing the restoration off the grid and work with what's given on board of our sailboat. The prout ocean ranger catamarans from the 60s are great old boats and this one is our tiny liveaboard home and the boat restauration just started. There will be further boat repair projects coming up. Boat life is a good life, as it means also to fix a boat in paradise the diy way. When taking off the rigging chainplate, we also talk about what to look for and how to do the chainplate inspection. Living on a boat includes a lot of boat maintenance as well and crawling into the crash bulkhead to mount the new wooden parts, felt like being caught in a tiny sweaty locker.  The restoration of the hatches of our sailboat will come soon. We kinda have to do this restoration work off the grid because a sail to any developed country would be a high risk to to get there. Nevertheless, that way, we exploring alternatives, are having fun and living our alternative lifestyle. Make sure to watch until the end to see the captain's man overboard - unintentionally