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Thanks for another great video Nick, would you be able to explain how the lock down mechanism works?

Bonjour cet quoi la marque du treuil merci bonjour de France

How do u use the controller

Greetings Nick, I recently purchased a Careel 18 #235. Enjoyed all your videos a lot! First time I raised my mast down the same as you did, but seeing sliding support I made one. Works well, thanks for all your advice. Cheers Stephen from Hervey Bay

Bit late to this, hopefully you're still around the channel checking in... Just bought one myself for my fishing boat. Hopefully it does the job 🤞 have you thought about mounting the battery to the trailer so its always there ready to go?

Ha ha that toilet on the careel!! I have the same one , you need to be a contortionist to sit on it and then pull your pants back up..😅 (with the hatch closed when kids are running around the deck..if you know what I mean..) Thanks for the tip, I manage to pull the slide open by just having the portaloo is far forward as possible, but I might copy your system.

Hi Nathaniel, great meeting you and your daughter. I used a nylon brush sanding wheel that fits on the end of your drill as compared to a wire wheel which is harsher, and that worked really well, took enough material off to get a really good bond without loosing the non skid texture. Note….. if you use two pack you need to add grit / non slip to the painted non skid because the non skid becomes really slippery. My number is in the Careel news Vice Commodore South, call me if you wish to discuss.

Nick. How did you prepare the textured non skid on the cockpit seats and cabin top without sanding off the non skid texture? Met you at Tin Can the other day. Nathaniel (Careel 18 Anakena)

What ramp did you use

Nick - really enjoyed your videos - great little Careel

I'm really enjoying your videos. Very practical and helpful. Thank you.

Great video. Im thinking of doing the same with my trailer

Hey mate was wondering if I could get in contact with you by email

Great video, I am looking at buying a careel18 soon and will be solo mostly so very interested in your mast set-up, thanks for sharing.

Gday, mate. how racked back do the careel 18 masts gotta be? trying to rig mine (414). The shrouds stop the mast going 90 degrees. I understand that some rack is required, but maybe not this much? The forestay is loose as, connected it to something on furler. (Don't even know if correct. No information anywhere. Currently trying to zoom into every rigged C18 i can find.) The aft forestay is 150mm too short. I have just bought her and don't understand how it could be so off. I cant adjust the forestay with length trim. I have just sent my application too. There is no information about this kinda stuff online. must be mostly word of mouth.

How do you install it? Getting in & out so easy?

This is a trip down memory lane...thanks for putting this vid together. Our family competed in this race in 1985 and 1986 in Mum & Dad's Sabre 22. I still remember waking up at Garry's Anchorage as a 15 year old to the sound of some bloke playing a bugle. Awesome fun and great memroies as a teeneager. Would love to tow Dad's Sabre up there again now and participate.

G'day Nick, You have done a fantastic job of resurrecting Second Wind, a very appropriate name. I have very much enjoyed your videos, particularly the mast raising system. I had previously read Vern's description of the system but your video gave me the information I needed to fit one to Karloo. It makes launching a whole lot easier and less traumatic. I own Careel 18 No 461 "Karloo", she is a great little yacht in good order but not a spring chicken. My trailer is getting to the stage of needing significant repairs and I notice your trailer with Second Wind is in very good order. Is your trailer an original, if not can you tell me where you got it, please.

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I’m just about to buy one I can’t wait to learn to sail in this small boat then hopefully move up to a bigger fixed keel one day. 😊

Hi Nick, Your keel is 90kg, what model of boat is it. Mine is a pre Mk1 which might be a bit lighter. I've had my keel repinned with a stainless steel bolt. The keel clunks around around a fair bit when I am underway and I think it needs to be shimmed. Did you put the nylon shims in before or after the keel was put back into the box. I assume you just put a hole in each shim and put the pin through them and the keel. Is that correct? Cheers Thomas

A nice day out, your boat is a credit to you. Monday of the long weekend was a beauty.

I use Railblazer mounts that fit into a star mount(same as a sheet winch) so the side shots are the camera holder mounted on the sheet winch

Thanks, I know how you feel, sometimes we need a little shift to get things going again, Lake Macquarie is a great place, hope it goes well for you.

Hi Nick, I run a little Brass Monkey 12 litre as a freezer on my boat. I've found it to be very efficient and I think you get a lot for the money. I've seen people being critical about them not being able to handle anything but level conditions but I haven't experienced this. I trust that yours is still operating faultlessly? All the best, Tony.

Great to see Get Reel from another boat, thanks for the shout out 😎⛵☀️

Very enjoyable and great to see some Australian sailing content! Just wondering where you'd mounted the camera for the shots off the starboard beam? Looks like they were taken from the shrouds but that would be too wobbly. All the best, Tony.

Great - another video. I live on Lake Macquarie, own a Beneteau 34ft yacht, and subscribed and watched all your videos last week. Your videos motivated me to head down to my boat, do some much-needed maintenance and spend a night on the boat. We may have different-sized boats, but the passion for boating, sailing and adventure is the same. thanks for the effort you put into making your videos. You've inspired me to spend more time messing around in boats - Thanks!

Awesome refinishing and fitting work!!! ⛵️

They were very popular in the '70's

Such a great little boat, I own one as well and need to get her wet again..Great Sandy straights with the son this summer.

That is a beautiful looking Careel :)

She looks great and I see a lot of happy family smiles it's what life's about doesn't get any better .y friend

What horse power is it.. I've got a careel 22. Was thinking about getting a 9.9.. shame I can't buy a new 2 stroke anymore.. from Gympie.. near tin can bay..

Well done on the second place. Looked like a lot of fun. Reckon it would be pretty cosy in a Careel for three grown men.

Thanks for posting Nick, big job. Looks like you didn’t end up requiring the nylon plate/bush. Did you need any solution to reduce the centre board left-to-right movement?

Looked like a massive job but it'll give you years of trouble free service now. Happy sailing.

I'm surprised the lifting cable isn't attached to the bottom of the keel straight up to the winch like most boats.

I always wonder why they just don’t build the Centerboard in stainless steel, yes I know the cost but it will last forever and that would be a great selling point.

Great Video Mate! Loved the cleanup too!......⛵

Magnificent Montage Misseur...⛵

Sounds like a box of rocks running . I'd always be wondering when it's going to quit.

Liked and subbed. A Careel 18 was #2 on my short list many yrs ago, but I went with an Endeavour 24. Will be following your adventures....

I own a career 18 and have previously sailed Myall lakes starting from Buhlahdela…You do have to lower the mast to get under the bridge near the ramp. Great trip, I need to get back up there.. I noticed you made the bunk wider, the original ones are impossible to sleep on..

Have a Fulton XLT, power winch, not that it's installed, doesn't work and trying to find some video's on why is impossible, Saw one video here where a guy had a 7000 lb Fulton winch, says the strap is only rated for 2500 lbs. hmmm, and you should only run them for no more than one minute, and then let is rest for 15 minutes, well that should take me about 2 hours to load a boat that is 28' even if it's half way on the trailer. also instructions are not very good, and after I wired the two leads, didn't work. It has a remote but that won't pair work either. Not very impressed Fulton. Guys, make sure you check the run time on them and the real load capacity

Would love to see an in-detail rigging of the Careel 18 at the ramp. Would that be an option for a future video? Similar to what TH-cam channel “Sailing Kate Louise” did. I like the Careel 18 for the furling jib and furling boom.

Nice one Nick. Cheers, Josh

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Hey Nic. I bought #462 "Time Out" late last year. Joined CCYA. Been carrying around since 1992 a TS Magazine that had write up re #465. Had it trucked from Adelaide to Perth. Hull & rigging in excellent condition. But needs new sails which is underway. I watch all your stuff on TH-cam plus all the Careel 18 regatta etc footage. But need some help re Furling System; which had been removed. Replaced with fixed non swivel forestay but with original tension arm & pully at top between forestay end & mast hounds. The old drum & "wings" were included in the gear. Looking at some Mango Madness footage it looks like there is a Ronstan RF76 drum but where the original s/steel "wings" have been inserted into the drum & the tension arm connected to the drum. But I cant see the jib halyard. Does it go through the pully & back down to the drum or does it run down the mast. Also am making your mast raising system. Have everything except for a mast track guide. Was going to use a Ronstan PNP281 but they are out of stock. What did you use. Finally trust it is OK picking your brains. Its a bit lonely over here in the west. Cheers.

Nice to see Mango Madness on the water rather than on the trailer parked at the end of the street 😊. Looks like you all had a great time. Thanks for the video. Cheers.