Dropping the Rudder on a 43 Beneteau Oceanis | Sailing Wicked 4

Welcome Back!
Besides the damage to the starboard side of the hull the most obvious damage was that of the rudder. The bottom part of the rudder had been broken off when beach but all else looked to be in pretty good shape. What we thought would be a quick 1 or 2 hour job ended up taking us alllllll day.
After months of "couch sailing" on UA-cam we decided it was time to stop dreaming and dream and start living it. Brit has wanted to sail and own boat for many years but it was always something that didn't seem it could possible for us. Until we stumbled across countless and I mean countless UA-cam Channels like, La Vagabonde, Beau & Brandy, Sailing Uma, SV Delos, Parlay Revival, Tula's Endless Summer, Odd Life Crafting, Expedition Evans and the list goes on. We can only hope to inspire one person to chase their dreams as they have inspired us to.
After what seemed like a long search for a sailboat we learned about hurricane damaged boats for auction down in the Caribbean. We came across a listing for a 43 Beneteau Oceanis that was currently being auctioned. We put in our bid and got out bid a few times before finally winning in the end. We had a short window to get from California to St. Thomas USVI to secure our purchase.
Now the fun begins! It is time to refit this hurricane damaged sailboat make her our own.
Thanks for watching!
Matty, Brit & Wicked :)
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