Sierra & Billy you guys are true professionals. It really makes me happy to watch the two of you working on a boat, any boat, only because you really get stuff done. Projects like you just completed in 8 months would take most couples years to do. Now, when is that catamaran going to be ready? Any idea when you'll pick it up and where you'll take delivery and commission the boat?
You guys are so ridiculously good @ talking to your audience. There @ the end. It really felt like you pushed me up to the table & were talking directly to me!! Ha! All I could do nod my head up & down.
Wow, you two rocked that transformation. Both interior and exterior look amazing. I don’t think a professional boat yard would do better. Gorgeous boat!!!!
I find California to be one big oxymoron it's okay for people to be homeless on the street but God forbid your boat looks bad God forbid..... You 2 well 3 Jeddy too... Worked your buts off for 8 months.. I am sorry luv's.. Tellum to watch your channel!! You kids rockd it out . Your competent ,kind an caring Beautiful People...!! Fair winds an following sea's for the rest of your journey... Guy's that vessel looks spiffy she's beautiful!! ✌🏼💗😊⛵
Alameda! I recently lived there! Make a trip to “scolaris” on “Park street” awesome burgers and chicken sandwiches. Also there is a great breakfast spot “Mosley’s” on the canal. Last there is a huge kiteboarding presence at Robert crown beach/park on the west side of alameda! Enjoy!
Hi im a 70 yr old lady that has nothing else to do but sit and watch awesome videos and when i came across of one of your video it was one when you had lost the dog at sea but found hi.., i cried.., well just really wanted to say is i dont comment to any of the videos i watch of everyone.., you are the first and just want to say.., i have been waiting for this day and im very happy you two are back in the water to go and cant wait to see the trips.., thank you from Texas
Not really..there are some that get a trash boat and live on it for the low cost of housing..got in a marina and during covid used the mortitorium on evictions to milk it
Congratulations...a really remarkable turn around, of the hundred dollar boat. The way you guys landed on your feet, speaks volumes...good luck, and great job.
You two did a great job fixing up that boat. I do get the marina wanting photos of a boat that is older as they do get so many sort of homeless people who are just going to be a big hassle to get rid of . Now that your boat is all fixed up looking at least I do not think any marina is going to turn you down if they have an open spot for your boat now . I hope to see you sailing the world on your new boat soon but I would sure like to see a few little clips of whoever buys that boat going around doing whatever they plan on doing with her
Hay guys it's the Banks Family 👪, I'm so excited to see you back on the water. We have been with you all for the past 5 years or so.. We have enjoyed all your travels and have been waiting for your new sail ⛵️.. But we are just as happy if you stay with the trawler and go back to the old days on the east coast and the Bahamas ♡❤️🧡 Be safe 🙏 and keep making videos and we will keep watching.... The Banks Family 👪
Congratulations!!! I have paddled Napa right by that marina -meant to stop by -but now you are closer, Alameda waters are where I grew up! Hope to see you guys sometime! Don't be surprised by a white Lambo.😉 The seemingly endless work is really paying dividends
Congratulations! I was really doubtful when you bought that boat for USD100. 8 months later I am simply amazed how you transformed her into such a nice boat. The amount of work you put in is considerable. Simply awesome.
Did the port authorities come to inspect your boat? California can really be snooty when it comes to providing dock spots. Those burgers looked yummy...until--KUTCHUP?!?!???!!!?? lmao
1.2K+ desktop shipmate's 7.2K+ view... here we/you go... 4:45 - underway... 5:52... 12:35 - getting to see you doing THIS again, on the water, must be pretty cool... and yummy.
Typical California - give hard working well intentioned people the third degree before they are shown the welcome mat. But when it comes to illegal alien drug/ gun runners and human traffickers - COME RIGHT ON IN, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS WIDE OPEN....
Sell it,, she's a nice boat, am betting you could get $15000, to $20 grand for her,, I know you both are partial twords sailboat's,, you could get a beautiful Sailboat for that price,, with no problems like your having with that old girl.
Going north in winter? Beware Crab Traps along the coasts this time of year. Glad you returned to trawler life. Although I appreciated my Grand Banks, the hype them being the " Gold Standard" in trawler yachts just does not hold water. Your boat I believe is more then on par. More preferable to seasoned boaters. My largest boat, a wooden 1942 built Ed Monk 50ft ( Kept in Olympia Wa) was very capable although not a trawler was my main boat until I downsized to the GB.
Fun to see you guys in our home turf. Curious what you think about radar now that you have cruised the left coast? We upgraded our NT42 with a new 12kw open array from Ray Marine. Along with AIS and Axiom12 displays. To be fair, I can get most places we go with an iPhone. But iPhones are prone to annoying "updates" that just shut everything down until you take care of them. iPhones are difficult to use when it gets rough. Boat Beacon needs a cell signal. AND we are old. If it gets dark, or foggy, or cruddy weather comes in, having good dedicated equipment is really nice. When I was sailing in the 80's I relied heavily on my eyes and ears and a depth finder. Not really adequate for the kind of voyage you guys just made. So? Opinion on radar now??
Which do you like better. Florida or California? For a new Coffee pot. Get a French Press, they might make holders for it or you could make one! Better coffee that way! What kind of Dog is Jetty?Is she a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever? Great job on the Troller! I bet your tired! Cheers from Dunedin Florida!
It just struck me: should I flip my life, find a worn-down wooden boat, move to Napa Valley Marina and embark on a not-so-not impossible mission? Or how can I bear the void after so many yrs with first the Salt & Tar's, then the Basic's, then the Tula's and lastly the Alluring's in that cool and invigorating yard?
You had problems, in California, what! who would have known that was possible, I would have thought Gavin would have made life as easy and cheap as possible. Oh, wait, there is your problem.
You could always install a mast! Nevertheless, well done!!! It’s amazing how you’ve achieved all this on your own. Looking forward to the adventures ahead.
Nice Job Team looking good. Great having Twin motors Excellent makes maneuvering much more civilized especially in tight areas and of course doing the cruising you guys are setting up for good safety feature. Don,t no who was more excited you Guys or the Doggo.
WoW you guy's did such a great job on that boat. Looks really great ! Now you have a little pocket change for bigger things in life if you ever decide to. That hard work does pay off. Cheer's and congratulations with your new boat. Cheer's😉
Wow what an achievement. The pair of you have worked your socks off and the difference befor and after is amazing. Well done from a subscriber in the UK.
If your still in Alameda and have not been to Dans Produce Oak st & Central ave 👍 and Scolari’s Good Eats Encinitas & Park st. really awesome burgers, tiny place spectacular food and Dans always has the turn style with the deal of the day and it’s great, say hi to Dan for me. Awesome job on the boat guys 👍👍
I lived on Mare Island in the 70’s. My Dad was the captain of a submarine there. Check out the book, “ Blind Man’s Bluff” and you can read about what he did.
What about your truck camper? Do you still have it? Your boat is very beautiful. You both have worked very hard on it. Still like seeing you back in Florida and south..
We have an RV that we like to travel in, and have found many RV parks that have a RV rule, the [10 Year rule[ If your RV is over 10 years old, they often will not let you stay. Sometimes they will, if you send them a nice photo of the RV. Never knew boats had the same issue!
Headed for the Pacific northwest, you're going to use that radar. We get fog like you've probably never seen before. And it rolls in fast. Looking good you guys.
Excellent! Stoked y’all found a little spot. I’m in Berkeley and had so much trouble when I first came in with my trawler. I have Catalina 38 now and can go anywhere but it’s tough to get a spot unless your part of a yacht club which I am here in Berkeley and it’s awesome/I’m able to sail to any yacht club dock and stay. I love the yacht club. Y’all could get a membership at your local yacht club or in Berkeley or somewhere around here for cheap and then you can go to different yacht clubs and stay on the dock pretty much as long as you want for free pretty much all up and down the coast. So stoked for y’all though. Epic and I’m pretty sure I seen y’all out there (I was out there on my buddies catalina 38 around that time).
Hey guys wanted to see what kind of electronics do y'all have that y'all are not using and would like to get rid of? I am currently doing a refit on a 1978 Pearson 28 sailboat.
The boat has come a very long way since you paid $100 for it, well done!! With the cabling of the radar unit, if you can't buy a loom then you should be able to make one reasonably easily. 10 days for all that on the list?? I reckon you will do it in 9 days!!
I hope you guys have researched cruising the west coast. You will be going uphill against the California Current and the prevailing winds. A rule of thumb that many use is any winds over 15 knots and wave intervals of less then 10 seconds is a no go unless you like roller coasters. The closer to shore the higher the swells. Some folks travel farther offshore and at night the wind dies down, the swells are lower, and no crab pots. The downside of this approach is when it’s time for fuel you turn and the swells are on your port side for a couple of hours of rock and roll. Speaking of fuel stops. they are few and far between. And most require a bar crossing. It would be a good idea to have paper charts for the harbors. Don’t forget to check the Notice to Mariners. I hope you get a good radar you will be close to shipping lanes and depending on the time of year plenty of coastal fog at all those bar crossings. When you depart the SF Bay hug the north side of the golden gate. You have more wind protection. Try to get under the bridge during slack tide after you pass under the bridge you’ll be going over the bar which can get nasty on an ebb tide. Good luck and enjoy the ride!
Trying to find a marina there is like trying to open a bank account, they want to know everything...(just so they can steal your money from bank fees..the world we live in)
Got my boat yeaaaa pulled it over snoqualmie pass when it was snowing yikes but it’s my Xmas present to myself. Have a nice cruise. Hi from near Seattle. You can bring her into fresh water trough the locks into lake Washington you can say hi to Bill Gates
It might be a good idea to add some catalyst to the diesel fuel to help oxidize any carbon glaze build up on cylinder walls and heads--a good hard run over a few hours will see big improvements in compression and economy and a lot less diesel fumes and blow by. I also made up a lip of PVC to catch the drips from the propeller shaft seal and deposit them into a plastic storage box, in which sat a bilge pump and a float switch with the pump outflow directed overboard with the outlet well above waterline and a siphon breaker. I am a huge fan of dry bilges. Shaft stuffing boxes need to drip one a second minimum..
A few years ago, I bought a complete marine electronics package that was only a couple old. The guy I bought them from upgraded all the electronics on his 3 year old boat. The shop that did the work cut up most of the cables removing them and they did not comes with them and the manufacturer was nuts when it came to the prices of the ones they did have in stock. I ended up ordering all of the connectors and making the cables myself, which cost me under $200. I found the diagrams to make them in all of the manuals.
It’s fun watching this couple working together to get the boat sea ready. My only minor grumble Is there are too many ads, butI get it, that is how they get the bongo bucks to get their beauty sea ready. Please do not scrimp on an EPIRB and look after each other.
Okay you look quite serious there. You thought Florida was bad about wanting to know your business holy crap he should have asked them did they want some DNA to go along with that picture LOL California people are wonky LOL wish you luck you got 10 days to do all that hard work radar lights hoses electrical and be a husband a LOL wish you luck just kidding around have a good time glad to see you gave us a video
Amazing job on the boat! I hope this is a great success, but I have an idea if you run into financial trouble, invite Danny Duncan and his crew on the boat to have a day of destruction/dysfunction on the boat and you will get so many views it will make up for any losses lol
I hope you would get a drone camera and be able to launch the drone around the boat as you are underway..... Awesome boat, excellent content, nice editing....
I feel like you guys were the original boat folks but everyone else is posting their s*** fairly often and you guys are so far behind it's just you can't even watch it anymore it's painful
If you're coming northwest you will wish you have a working radar unit. The fog going up the coast from the bay area north to Washington and the straits inland to the Puget Sound you will be running into foggy and rough sea conditions not to be taken lightly. Good luck on your passage north.
I really enjoy seeing you two work together so well. You try to do everything correct. I did see something that concerns me though. When you wired up your three batteries you allowed the negative cable to lay heavily on the positive cables. I would hate to see a dead short occur if the insulation becomes thin as the cables heat up . I figured when you put the positive cables on you would be looping the negative the other way and was concerned right away. Keep up the great work on your "Master Piece"
been following you since the real early days. great to see this trawler going! havnt watched in a while, but this popped up. west coast, near and off shore, is a completely different animal. I am sure you have looked into it, but you cannot just hug the coast on the way up. shelter can be far between, and unavailable in storms. I would recomend the radar and all devices working. And when you come into any rivers and if you make it up to puget sound/san juan/gulf islands, you need to post watch for floating and dead head logs. this doesnt exist in the waters you have sailed, same with the hypothermia. looking forward to following the journey up the coast!
Love the video, but I have no idea how you can live and drive your boat with so much mess and things not stored. Don’t worry about hosing down the outside if the inside of your boat is a little bit hoarder. Would only take you an hour or so to make it nice. Still liked the video…
Love y’all’s work ❤️ I’ve known you since Jupiter Local And in Salerno! So proud of you both of you and your awesome determination to try new things and get it done! I look forward to seeing you again here in town to buy y’all a cold drink! Prayers for a safe and fun voyage to your next destination!
Allot of people have taken to living on boats because the cost of rent is crazy there. As a result, you have allot of unmaintained boats looking for births to live at.
What a wonderful job you both have done on this boat , it’s really huge accomplishment! Well done 👍
spectacular renovation. I love trawlers, especially vintage trawlers and you two throw your hearts into it.
Amazing job! It must feel great to be underway after so much work.
Sierra & Billy you guys are true professionals. It really makes me happy to watch the two of you working on a boat, any boat, only because you really get stuff done. Projects like you just completed in 8 months would take most couples years to do. Now, when is that catamaran going to be ready? Any idea when you'll pick it up and where you'll take delivery and commission the boat?
They keep holding strong at the end of the year but we will see!! The. It still has to be shipped though so hopefully March!!
All the questions from that marina should be a red flag that they are going to be difficult !!! Like a HOA
You guys are so ridiculously good @ talking to your audience. There @ the end. It really felt like you pushed me up to the table & were talking directly to me!! Ha! All I could do nod my head up & down.
They really do make it seem very personal.
You have done an AMAZING job!! 🎉 You guys are a great team!!!!
Wow, you two rocked that transformation. Both interior and exterior look amazing. I don’t think a professional boat yard would do better. Gorgeous boat!!!!
I find California to be one big oxymoron it's okay for people to be homeless on the street but God forbid your boat looks bad God forbid..... You 2 well 3 Jeddy too... Worked your buts off for 8 months.. I am sorry luv's.. Tellum to watch your channel!! You kids rockd it out . Your competent ,kind an caring Beautiful People...!! Fair winds an following sea's for the rest of your journey... Guy's that vessel looks spiffy she's beautiful!! ✌🏼💗😊⛵
0:10 Alluring Arctic Sailing - nice to see them too!
Alameda! I recently lived there! Make a trip to “scolaris” on “Park street” awesome burgers and chicken sandwiches. Also there is a great breakfast spot “Mosley’s” on the canal. Last there is a huge kiteboarding presence at Robert crown beach/park on the west side of alameda! Enjoy!
Hi im a 70 yr old lady that has nothing else to do but sit and watch awesome videos and when i came across of one of your video it was one when you had lost the dog at sea but found hi.., i cried.., well just really wanted to say is i dont comment to any of the videos i watch of everyone.., you are the first and just want to say.., i have been waiting for this day and im very happy you two are back in the water to go and cant wait to see the trips.., thank you from Texas
Thanks for being here with us Rose!! ❤️ we are so very grateful to be a little part of your day :)
Don’t worry, all the laws in California are a little ridiculous.
Nothing's easy in CA. Too many complicated regulations.
Yep, glad I left CA and back home in SoFL. It’s a shame what CA has become.😢
A little ridiculous lol
Not really..there are some that get a trash boat and live on it for the low cost of housing..got in a marina and during covid used the mortitorium on evictions to milk it
A little?????
Great work on a successful 1st trip, so proud of you guys!
Cute plates too ☺️
sure wish you would let us know what the actual date your video's are from. When did you actually push off from the marina?
The standards are put in place for good reason; to prevent some floating homeless encampment from taking root and ruining an otherwise nice place.
Congratulations...a really remarkable turn around, of the hundred dollar boat. The way you guys landed on your feet, speaks volumes...good luck, and great job.
You all did a excellent job on bringing the old girl back to life.
Hello all from Siesta Key Florida
Definitely need a radar system if you're coming to the pacific northwest! I use mine all the time, foggy
Congratulations to you both on a successful shakedown Cruise.🎉🥂.. The boat looks fantastic!👍
You two did a great job fixing up that boat. I do get the marina wanting photos of a boat that is older as they do get so many sort of homeless people who are just going to be a big hassle to get rid of . Now that your boat is all fixed up looking at least I do not think any marina is going to turn you down if they have an open spot for your boat now . I hope to see you sailing the world on your new boat soon but I would sure like to see a few little clips of whoever buys that boat going around doing whatever they plan on doing with her
Did you feel apprehensive for the first time when you let go of the ropes?
You both done a brilliant job. Hats off to you both 👍👍👍
The whole onion slice on the burger? That is insane! 😂
This is your best video. What a crescendo!!!
Hay guys it's the Banks Family 👪, I'm so excited to see you back on the water. We have been with you all for the past 5 years or so.. We have enjoyed all your travels and have been waiting for your new sail ⛵️.. But we are just as happy if you stay with the trawler and go back to the old days on the east coast and the Bahamas ♡❤️🧡 Be safe 🙏 and keep making videos and we will keep watching.... The Banks Family 👪
Outstanding renovation. 👍🇺🇸🚜
You all did a fantastic job, you should be very proud of yourselves. Enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.
Congratulations!!! I have paddled Napa right by that marina -meant to stop by -but now you are closer, Alameda waters are where I grew up! Hope to see you guys sometime! Don't be surprised by a white Lambo.😉 The seemingly endless work is really paying dividends
Congratulations! I was really doubtful when you bought that boat for USD100. 8 months later I am simply amazed how you transformed her into such a nice boat. The amount of work you put in is considerable. Simply awesome.
Did the port authorities come to inspect your boat?
California can really be snooty when it comes to providing dock spots.
Those burgers looked yummy...until--KUTCHUP?!?!???!!!?? lmao
1.2K+ desktop shipmate's 7.2K+ view... here we/you go... 4:45 - underway... 5:52...
12:35 - getting to see you doing THIS again, on the water, must be pretty cool... and yummy.
Typical California - give hard working well intentioned people the third degree before they are shown the welcome mat. But when it comes to illegal alien drug/ gun runners and human traffickers - COME RIGHT ON IN, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS WIDE OPEN....
Washington/Oregon PLENTY fog....good idea to have radar kids!!!!!!!
Sell it,, she's a nice boat, am betting you could get $15000, to $20 grand for her,, I know you both are partial twords sailboat's,, you could get a beautiful Sailboat for that price,, with no problems like your having with that old girl.
Going north in winter?
Beware Crab Traps along the coasts this time of year.
Glad you returned to trawler life.
Although I appreciated my Grand Banks, the hype them being the " Gold Standard" in trawler yachts just does not hold water. Your boat I believe is more then on par. More preferable to seasoned boaters.
My largest boat, a wooden 1942 built Ed Monk 50ft ( Kept in Olympia Wa) was very capable although not a trawler was my main boat until I downsized to the GB.
Fun to see you guys in our home turf. Curious what you think about radar now that you have cruised the left coast? We upgraded our NT42 with a new 12kw open array from Ray Marine. Along with AIS and Axiom12 displays. To be fair, I can get most places we go with an iPhone. But iPhones are prone to annoying "updates" that just shut everything down until you take care of them. iPhones are difficult to use when it gets rough. Boat Beacon needs a cell signal. AND we are old. If it gets dark, or foggy, or cruddy weather comes in, having good dedicated equipment is really nice. When I was sailing in the 80's I relied heavily on my eyes and ears and a depth finder. Not really adequate for the kind of voyage you guys just made. So? Opinion on radar now??
Which do you like better. Florida or California? For a new Coffee pot. Get a French Press, they might make holders for it or you could make one! Better coffee that way!
What kind of Dog is Jetty?Is she a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever? Great job on the Troller! I bet your tired! Cheers from Dunedin Florida!
It just struck me: should I flip my life, find a worn-down wooden boat, move to Napa Valley Marina and embark on a not-so-not impossible mission? Or how can I bear the void after so many yrs with first the Salt & Tar's, then the Basic's, then the Tula's and lastly the Alluring's in that cool and invigorating yard?
You two must have been feeling the burgers or the after effects of 8 months of work. You look a little weary-eyed. Maybe a couple days off are needed
You had problems, in California, what! who would have known that was possible, I would have thought Gavin would have made life as easy and cheap as possible. Oh, wait, there is your problem.
You could always install a mast! Nevertheless, well done!!! It’s amazing how you’ve achieved all this on your own. Looking forward to the adventures ahead.
I lived in California for 13 years. What a pain in the a**... Very beautiful state but I could never go back. Good job on the boat!
Nice Job Team looking good. Great having Twin motors Excellent makes maneuvering much more civilized especially in tight areas and of course doing the cruising you guys are setting up for good safety feature. Don,t no who was more excited you Guys or the Doggo.
WoW you guy's did such a great job on that boat. Looks really great ! Now you have a little pocket change for bigger things in life if you ever decide to. That hard work does pay off.
Cheer's and congratulations with your new boat. Cheer's😉
Wow what an achievement. The pair of you have worked your socks off and the difference befor and after is amazing. Well done from a subscriber in the UK.
If your still in Alameda and have not been to Dans Produce Oak st & Central ave 👍 and Scolari’s Good Eats Encinitas & Park st. really awesome burgers, tiny place spectacular food and Dans always has the turn style with the deal of the day and it’s great, say hi to Dan for me. Awesome job on the boat guys 👍👍
How many Nautical Miles To The Gallon do you achieve. I just don’t know how your going to afford the diesel???
Replace the Vee belts on your mains.
They are jumping around.
They are old and stiff!
California boating sucks solely because of the government agencies and the marinas. Leave the state as quickly as possible!
I lived on Mare Island in the 70’s. My Dad was the captain of a submarine there. Check out the book, “ Blind Man’s Bluff” and you can read about what he did.
What about your truck camper? Do you still have it? Your boat is very beautiful. You both have worked very hard on it. Still like seeing you back in Florida and south..
That’s cool you’re doing that my boat has been doing great up in Gloucester, Massachusetts was fishing heavy seas back in October
We have an RV that we like to travel in, and have found many RV parks that have a RV rule, the [10 Year rule[ If your RV is over 10 years old, they often will not let you stay. Sometimes they will, if you send them a nice photo of the RV. Never knew boats had the same issue!
Headed for the Pacific northwest, you're going to use that radar. We get fog like you've probably never seen before. And it rolls in fast.
Looking good you guys.
So impressed with you guys, you can be really proud of yourself on so many levels. Amazing!!!
Never once have I been asked for my insurance, let alone pictures of my boat! You will find the PNW much more welcoming.
Excellent! Stoked y’all found a little spot. I’m in Berkeley and had so much trouble when I first came in with my trawler. I have Catalina 38 now and can go anywhere but it’s tough to get a spot unless your part of a yacht club which I am here in Berkeley and it’s awesome/I’m able to sail to any yacht club dock and stay. I love the yacht club. Y’all could get a membership at your local yacht club or in Berkeley or somewhere around here for cheap and then you can go to different yacht clubs and stay on the dock pretty much as long as you want for free pretty much all up and down the coast. So stoked for y’all though. Epic and I’m pretty sure I seen y’all out there (I was out there on my buddies catalina 38 around that time).
Almost all done it seems ok, I'll give $200 right now, that's doubled your investment.
Hey guys wanted to see what kind of electronics do y'all have that y'all are not using and would like to get rid of? I am currently doing a refit on a 1978 Pearson 28 sailboat.
Love the coffee/pot splash smash lol
Sadly that is virtually anything that isn't bolted down LOL
The boat has come a very long way since you paid $100 for it, well done!! With the cabling of the radar unit, if you can't buy a loom then you should be able to make one reasonably easily. 10 days for all that on the list?? I reckon you will do it in 9 days!!
I hope you guys have researched cruising the west coast. You will be going uphill against the California Current and the prevailing winds. A rule of thumb that many use is any winds over 15 knots and wave intervals of less then 10 seconds is a no go unless you like roller coasters. The closer to shore the higher the swells.
Some folks travel farther offshore and at night the wind dies down, the swells are lower, and no crab pots. The downside of this approach is when it’s time for fuel you turn and the swells are on your port side for a couple of hours of rock and roll.
Speaking of fuel stops. they are few and far between. And most require a bar crossing. It would be a good idea to have paper charts for the harbors. Don’t forget to check the Notice to Mariners. I hope you get a good radar you will be close to shipping lanes and depending on the time of year plenty of coastal fog at all those bar crossings.
When you depart the SF Bay hug the north side of the golden gate. You have more wind protection. Try to get under the bridge during slack tide after you pass under the bridge you’ll be going over the bar which can get nasty on an ebb tide.
Good luck and enjoy the ride!
Trying to find a marina there is like trying to open a bank account, they want to know everything...(just so they can steal your money from bank fees..the world we live in)
Hi from Newzealand. Awesome boat or should I say motor yacht.have a awesome Christmas.
Got my boat yeaaaa pulled it over snoqualmie pass when it was snowing yikes but it’s my Xmas present to myself. Have a nice cruise. Hi from near Seattle. You can bring her into fresh water trough the locks into lake Washington you can say hi to Bill Gates
Luv ya Highfield jacket 🧥👍🌞🙂👍🆒🆒🆒!!
The video and everything was going so well, you guys are great .Then happened, ketchup and mustard on that pour little avocado It hurt my eyes. Ha Ha
It might be a good idea to add some catalyst to the diesel fuel to help oxidize any carbon glaze build up on cylinder walls and heads--a good hard run over a few hours will see big improvements in compression and economy and a lot less diesel fumes and blow by.
I also made up a lip of PVC to catch the drips from the propeller shaft seal and deposit them into a plastic storage box, in which sat a bilge pump and a float switch with the pump outflow directed overboard with the outlet well above waterline and a siphon breaker. I am a huge fan of dry bilges. Shaft stuffing boxes need to drip one a second minimum..
That marina would have kicked you out if they knew you put ketchup on avocado.......
A few years ago, I bought a complete marine electronics package that was only a couple old. The guy I bought them from upgraded all the electronics on his 3 year old boat. The shop that did the work cut up most of the cables removing them and they did not comes with them and the manufacturer was nuts when it came to the prices of the ones they did have in stock. I ended up ordering all of the connectors and making the cables myself, which cost me under $200. I found the diagrams to make them in all of the manuals.
It’s fun watching this couple working together to get the boat sea ready. My only minor grumble Is there are too many ads, butI get it, that is how they get the bongo bucks to get their beauty sea ready. Please do not scrimp on an EPIRB and look after each other.
IF you don't get your wx window, you can always motor up to Sacramento! Not many cruisers can say they tied up in Sacramento.
So welcoming restrictive California… exclusively non-inclusive
Okay you look quite serious there. You thought Florida was bad about wanting to know your business holy crap he should have asked them did they want some DNA to go along with that picture LOL California people are wonky LOL wish you luck you got 10 days to do all that hard work radar lights hoses electrical and be a husband a LOL wish you luck just kidding around have a good time glad to see you gave us a video
Amazing job on the boat! I hope this is a great success, but I have an idea if you run into financial trouble, invite Danny Duncan and his crew on the boat to have a day of destruction/dysfunction on the boat and you will get so many views it will make up for any losses lol
I hope you would get a drone camera and be able to launch the drone around the boat as you are underway..... Awesome boat, excellent content, nice editing....
What an amazing couple you are , you should be very proud of what you’ve accomplished with this boat, all the hard work was worth it. Well done , GL
... and all the crazy California laws eventually become laws in the rest of the states ...
Glad to see you guys on a trawler again. Looking forward to your adventures on this boat.
I feel like you guys were the original boat folks but everyone else is posting their s*** fairly often and you guys are so far behind it's just you can't even watch it anymore it's painful
Nice work! So glad the sea trials were uneventful and that you were able to find a slip.
If you're coming northwest you will wish you have a working radar unit. The fog going up the coast from the bay area north to Washington and the straits inland to the Puget Sound you will be running into foggy and rough sea conditions not to be taken lightly. Good luck on your passage north.
I really enjoy seeing you two work together so well. You try to do everything correct.
I did see something that concerns me though. When you wired up your three batteries you allowed the negative cable to lay heavily on the positive cables. I would hate to see a dead short occur if the insulation becomes thin as the cables heat up . I figured when you put the positive cables on you would be looping the negative the other way and was concerned right away.
Keep up the great work on your "Master Piece"
been following you since the real early days. great to see this trawler going! havnt watched in a while, but this popped up. west coast, near and off shore, is a completely different animal. I am sure you have looked into it, but you cannot just hug the coast on the way up. shelter can be far between, and unavailable in storms. I would recomend the radar and all devices working. And when you come into any rivers and if you make it up to puget sound/san juan/gulf islands, you need to post watch for floating and dead head logs. this doesnt exist in the waters you have sailed, same with the hypothermia. looking forward to following the journey up the coast!
Wow that must be so cool having all that space to work in an actual engine room
Kind of sucks to see this video knowing you’ve already cruised and sold this boat.
The food looked really good but ketchup and mustard on avocado?????
Love the video, but I have no idea how you can live and drive your boat with so much mess and things not stored. Don’t worry about hosing down the outside if the inside of your boat is a little bit hoarder. Would only take you an hour or so to make it nice. Still liked the video…
Love y’all’s work ❤️
I’ve known you since Jupiter
Local And in Salerno!
So proud of you both of you and your awesome determination to try new things and get it done!
I look forward to seeing you again here in town to buy y’all a cold drink! Prayers for a safe and fun voyage to your next destination!
We have a 2001 class A rv and a class A only park we went to required us approval pictures before we booked
Allot of people have taken to living on boats because the cost of rent is crazy there. As a result, you have allot of unmaintained boats looking for births to live at.
Boat looking awesome
Swabbing the deck :)
Boat looks amazing!!!!
9:14 “…in California is a little ridiculous.” Oh, how spot on you are. Leave as soon as you can.
Congratulations I won't leave a heart felt message again , I might win another fake fishing boat 😂
oh my you guys are in northern california probably the most liberal place on earth. pictures of your boat? im not surprised.
10 days, of course you will do it. I have every confidence...
You guys really did an incredible job. Maybe you've food your niche
Great to see you back on the water again, love to see full day adventures on mountain mist. Thank you for your time spent making this.
Congratulations guys, an outstanding achievement.🚢