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They're curious

She was like "hihi" when she rode your back, mate. Keep her.

*camera pans to the fly slowly twitching fly leg and cut to black*

Oh my god, that thing's orange. RUN!

They don't do it on purpose, but it is annoying.

Funemployed sounds great. The interview didn't go well but I still like it.

Yep,i get it .

How are you squaring this with 90/180? I take it you've Spanish visa by marriage? Can you say how it works?

Well done 👍 As for painting the mast 😮mast down , complete strip, mucho graft and dosh ! Oh then do it all again in a few years time 😂😂😂

Awl-ful I saw what you did there!! Keep up the great content.

I don’t think I could sleep comfortably on a mattress that thin

Good idea on the light switch

Lewmar makes a good winch grease and yes I let it touch all over the pawls. But that’s just me. You want to do maintenance on them before the grease gets stiff. I do them once a year

Yes, seen it before. Haven't done it myself, but you mostly pay for the convenience of not having to do it yourself, like 99% of things out htere you buy

That's the usual way of setting up a preventer - or so I thought. It is not adequate with larger yachts, however, where the forces in play can be very considerable. With larger yachts pay special attention to the stretchiness of your rope and the durability of the Chafe Sleeve on the rope. Don't use knots. They will fail in extreme circumstances. Always use a winch and not a cleat. Use several loops around the winch. The rope should have some stretch but not too much. The preventer will break if there is no stretch.

Thanks for this!! Were refitting our 65 power catamaran too, and its so exciting to see others. It feels great to be part of this community!

Fantastic work! Were also working on a massive refit of our 65 catamaran, and its amazing to see others doing the same. Thanks for the inspiration!

As someone who has been spending a lot of time aloft lately to me it’s like being on a planet where the days aren’t 24 hours and gravity is way more of a concern.

I tether my tools into a vest, because wakes comes and only so many hands

Well done Ben! I love the way you have a crack at anything. It's the only way you learn. Just like pulling apart your furling drum, now you know how it works should anything go wrong.

That's a win, I reckon..!! I look forward to the sea trials for the Headsail and staysail. Nicely done..!! Cheers Grant, Adelaide, South Australia.

Nice! The furler looks a really solid bit of kit.

Nicely done. No, don't paint your mast - unless you paint the hull and topsides first :)

Yep, cut towards your friends, not towards yourself. You cannot replace yourself, but you can always get new friends.

Beautiful bit of kit, an absolute steal, . Consider a headband when ascending

Hi. Really enjoying your content. My worry about your new set up will be the lack of increased aft support for all the extra loads you are pulling forward given the design age/original purpose of your rig. I guess you could argue that the mainsail reefed down so the head/leech is supporting the stay head but I think you should consider a checkstay or lower running backstay arrangement. In conclusion it does not look to me as if your staysail mast attachment has enough support at the mast? Sorry not very clear from this video and apologies if you do already have more than just a standing backstay (you usually go into the ins and outs in detail and cover all your bases so I may just be a troll!). It may all hold the loads now in a static environment but the shock load spikes might expose weakness, with critical consequences... Cheers

Beefy! I'm actually surprised the old little furler performed as well as it did. Well done Ben, this will last you for quite some time

double palms is occasionally useful. They are handed.

Use iron on hem tape Then punch the holes so much nicer easier and stays online plus add some strength

Looks like a 'lash up' Bill

Niggling away at the back of my tiny brain is “run the needle and thread through carnauba wax” but the boat builder I worked with had some tangental ideas so I sometimes don’t know how right his advice was. Atb Rob

this really makes me look fwd to all the boat jobs I've got lined up for myself too 😩😂 loved the video as always!

Hahaha 3:50 😂 thank you, pal. Good advice

Coool ! 👍

Good video, I shall copy your idea. Of course, the reason a boat rolls is when the waves are hitting the beam, not the bow. This happens when the wind shifts so the boat is now pointing into the wind but the wave direction takes longer to change or the boat is pointing to the tide, not the wind. One way to turn the boat into the waves is to tie a line to the stern of the boat and then to one of the links on the anchor chain. Then lower the chain a three metres or so. By adjusting the line one can crab the boat around to face into the waves. Thus, gentle bobbing not rolling. If you have a ketch and are rolling at anchor raise the mizzen and tie off the boom to the same side as the approaching waves, The boat will now weather-cock up to about 20 degrees from the apparent wind direction. Together with your flopper stopper - should lead to a more passive motion at anchor.

Congratulation ,nice boat ⛵

We got hammered with all the crazy snow and ice and haven't even gotten all our winter stuff done. That's okay. We'll do it in spring as we float down the ICW. Really. We will.

Another great video

The history of a lime 🍋‍🟩 you had me hooked

Cold showers in winter and prison food - how the other half live 😅- Always nice to see your cheery faces.

Looks like a job for a sharp knife.

Re the impeller replacement. FWIW, rather than try to get the grease on the impeller, I use my finger to spread it around the inside of the pump and on the splined shaft. Right or not I don’t know but it works for me! I also compress the impeller with a zip tie (all the vanes bent in the direction shown on the face plate) which makes pushing the impeller onto the shaft really easy. As the impeller goes in, the zip tie is pushed off the impeller and the job’s done. Great job on the alignment too 👍.

"Put it somewhere safe" - the magical incantation that opens a portal to an alternate universe. You can send all those annoying small coins my way, I know they can be quite annoying. Enjoyed the episode, nice editing.

Ah...the Bilges, a place full of mystery. Legends have it, they hold portals to other dimensions. So in one, a slice of sausage has popped up, freaking out a potentially hostile alien entity....hmmmm what am I even writing? Enjoyed this episode all the way! Cheers from 🇨🇭

I live in San Francisco. I can confirm you are right about the painters on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Oh god you just reminded me I need to do our engine mounts sometime soon. Thanks for that! lol

just choring makes for lovely hibernation content!

I would always put a full turn (as commented below) - the full ‘O’ before the ‘X’ - which is what I was taught. Does it matter? I really don’t know. Not a common issue these days, but a locking hitch used on a natural fibre rope WILL lock up when the rope gets wet.

You guys are my new favorite channel and believe me I watch a lot of them! Love your personalities and great sense of humor 👍🏻