Just found your channel.So great to find another Seawind couple on TH-cam. We have a 1260 being built, completion end of August. I'm really enjoying your videos.
Thank you Michelle, Frenchies are wonderful family members, great companions, funny boat mates and Yoda is definitely our number one public relations consultant 😂😂😂 thanks for watching and for your comment
I've always enjoyed reading of sailing books and some sailing movies (The Dove being one of my favorites, along with the book Tinkerbelle). I've taken just one ride on a sailing yacht, on Lake Tahoe, and the experience was amazing, being powered by only the wind, though I have captained small lake going motor vessels. Your videos are fun because they are of a couple, and they show the type of communication I learned when camping with my folks and brothers as a tween and teen in the 70's, and later as a husband with my wife and daughter during car travel or long cross country vacations from the 00's onward. Challenges help us learn "non vocal, intuitive" communication where those involved just know what the other is thinking and responds as needed. I learned that in the workplace, since I traveled with small teams globally as a teacher and systems installer, we learned (I as a lead) to work as a team, and we learned also to take "time-outs" if the stress warranted it, and even I as a lead set that example. Sailing, or camping, or hiking, (or also in my case flying light aircraft) teaches balance with nature, and teaches how to deal with challenges beyond our control, like waves or weather. My Dad also loved reading of sailing, and worked as a civilian nuclear inspector for the Navy, helping to launch much of their nuclear fleet between '66-80. LOL, I live in the Desert, but have loved the beach and sea all my life. Wonderful series of videos -- thank u for sharing.
John, thank you for your wonderfully thoughtful comment. We’ve found we work best together in the most challenging situations. It’s in those moments that everything else goes out the window; questions, possible egos and the many years of working together enables us to operate seamlessly. I’m happy to hear you’ve experienced that type of communication as well. During Fabio’s life as a surgeon his teams functioned like that and it’s one of the things he misses when we’re doing more routine maintenance. Maybe one day I’ll know the tools he needs before he asks for them. 😂 We’re so glad you enjoy the videos! Thank you for watching. 😊
@@HarborsUnknown Wonderful to know Fabio is a surgeon. I owe my life to two, the one in '72 who performed an emergency appendectomy on my when I was just eleven, and another in '20 when my leg shattered in three places when I passed out from heat stroke just coming home. Both were affable, their humor and their colleagues, fellow doctors, nurses, and even the kind young cleaning lady who cleaned my hospital room in '17, dulled my pain. A sailing yacht must flourish under the fine hands of a surgeon and his captain (u!)...
Enjoyed your channel! I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
You overcame the obstacles happening in daily life We often encounter a lot of thing why this can be happening …… in this story such as entanglement of anchor….. but it’s ok On the big basic as like Kristin said the philosophy of how we live …. I am always on your side 😊 As the natural level of boat control without machine, you guys have reached over the Jedi master level 😊 Yoda too!
When you were attempting to weigh anchor, did you have your engines running at revs? I can't hear your engines running in the video but if they were, disregard the rest of my comment..... Anchor windlasses draw a huge current so to help out the battery powering the windlass, you need the engines on, so that the alternator is putting power into the system. The engines need to be revving because idle produces very little alternator current - so press the centre button on each throttle control to disengage the transmission selector and then push the throttle levers up so each engine is revving at 1800 - 2000 revs, in neutral. This will get the alternator pumping juice into the batteries to help with the large draw of power the windlass requires. Once your anchor is home, pull the throttle levers back to the neutral position and the buttons will automatically pop back out, ready for you to engage gear in ahead or astern.
Thank you for the comment! Very good observation! The engines are running but not revving at 2000. We have 2 high output alternators that put out more that 260 amps at 1600rpm. We appreciate your comments and always looking for advice to help us improve our skills as cruisers 😊😊😊
You guys are great fun to watch, especially when everything is going so well ! Ha! So you can't troll for fish when you're doing 10kts? I don't understand? Is there no way you can pump a flexible non-setting silicone into the helm controls and 'waterproof' them? This is typically what is used on many First Stage diving regulators to stop water from entering the mechanism. This will allow electricity to flow freely without water entering the mechanism and electrics. Sure it makes it messy when you want to take them apart and fix anything, but with the silicone in there hopefully that will never be the case. As for all the connections under the housings, I'd cover them in Vaseline to stop air/water moisture getting in and corroding the connections. At the rate you going it's going to take you some time to get to Sydney Australia....🤔🥱 😇🤣
😂😂 we are definitely taking our time😂😂 it will take probably 2 years by the time we are in Australia. Next stop is French Polynesia. I agree, we need to find a way to waterproof the throttles. We did put silicone underneath but I think that the water enters from the control arms. We are reaching to the manufacturer (not yanmar which only puts a label in it) to see what can be done
Kristin, it looked like you magically vanished in to thin air at about 7:31 or so. Right after hearing that the waterproof engine control was like $20k. I'd vanish after hearing that too. Was Fabio joking? Surely he was joking?
😂😂😂😂 when you have dual helm and need electronic controls the pickings are slim. If you build your own boat consider a single helm and mechanical engine controls.
Why so much problem with seawind? they are not up to their reputation ? Nick from ruby rose should watch this to ensure their boat don't have same problems.
All boats have problems. It is a harsh environment:. Lots of movement, waves slamming, saltwater corrosion, intense sun, howling winds. Terrible place for electronics. Nick has problems in his videos. Really if you want to live at sea you have to have the ability to try to fix or improvise. All part of the fun, facing an adverse situation and solving it.
you asked for comments......ive only watched 8 minutes and 3 separate ads. None of the other channels i watch have such frequent ads. Sorry i will be unsubscribing.
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Such a great boat. Sailing fast in light wind is fantastic.
We agree completely! Thanks for watching!
More calm and relaxing sailing looks wonderful .😊 Captain Kristin and Chef Fabio , yeah I think that works well 😃🤣🍻🥂
😂😂 How did this happen??🤣
Just found your channel.So great to find another Seawind couple on TH-cam. We have a 1260 being built, completion end of August. I'm really enjoying your videos.
So glad you found us and you're enjoying the videos! Congrats on your boat build! Thanks for watching.
Awesome video loved the drone shots!! The Seawind 1600 is still the best looking Cat out there!! Enjoy and be safe!
Thanks so much Tim! We think so too but I suppose we’re partial. 😂
Great video
We too have a Frenchie and he loves boat life and great way to also meet humans
Stay safe , healthy and happy 🐾⚓️🐬
Thank you Michelle, Frenchies are wonderful family members, great companions, funny boat mates and Yoda is definitely our number one public relations consultant 😂😂😂 thanks for watching and for your comment
I've always enjoyed reading of sailing books and some sailing movies (The Dove being one of my favorites, along with the book Tinkerbelle). I've taken just one ride on a sailing yacht, on Lake Tahoe, and the experience was amazing, being powered by only the wind, though I have captained small lake going motor vessels.
Your videos are fun because they are of a couple, and they show the type of communication I learned when camping with my folks and brothers as a tween and teen in the 70's, and later as a husband with my wife and daughter during car travel or long cross country vacations from the 00's onward.
Challenges help us learn "non vocal, intuitive" communication where those involved just know what the other is thinking and responds as needed. I learned that in the workplace, since I traveled with small teams globally as a teacher and systems installer, we learned (I as a lead) to work as a team, and we learned also to take "time-outs" if the stress warranted it, and even I as a lead set that example.
Sailing, or camping, or hiking, (or also in my case flying light aircraft) teaches balance with nature, and teaches how to deal with challenges beyond our control, like waves or weather.
My Dad also loved reading of sailing, and worked as a civilian nuclear inspector for the Navy, helping to launch much of their nuclear fleet between '66-80. LOL, I live in the Desert, but have loved the beach and sea all my life.
Wonderful series of videos -- thank u for sharing.
John, thank you for your wonderfully thoughtful comment. We’ve found we work best together in the most challenging situations. It’s in those moments that everything else goes out the window; questions, possible egos and the many years of working together enables us to operate seamlessly. I’m happy to hear you’ve experienced that type of communication as well. During Fabio’s life as a surgeon his teams functioned like that and it’s one of the things he misses when we’re doing more routine maintenance. Maybe one day I’ll know the tools he needs before he asks for them. 😂
We’re so glad you enjoy the videos! Thank you for watching. 😊
@@HarborsUnknown Wonderful to know Fabio is a surgeon. I owe my life to two, the one in '72 who performed an emergency appendectomy on my when I was just eleven, and another in '20 when my leg shattered in three places when I passed out from heat stroke just coming home.
Both were affable, their humor and their colleagues, fellow doctors, nurses, and even the kind young cleaning lady who cleaned my hospital room in '17, dulled my pain.
A sailing yacht must flourish under the fine hands of a surgeon and his captain (u!)...
😊😊 thank you
You have an excellent show keep it up nice to se yoga 😊 Peter John
Thanks so much Peter! We appreciate the compliment. 😊
Isn't it "Yoda", not Yoga?
;-)
Yes. We figured it was a typo. 😊
I could think of worse things to hate! So good!!!
😂😂 Very true! Thanks for watching!
Enjoyed your channel! I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Thank you for your comment and thank you for watching, congratulations on your new endeavors!! Eyes on the prize!
You overcame the obstacles happening in daily life
We often encounter a lot of thing why this can be happening …… in this story such as entanglement of anchor…..
but it’s ok
On the big basic as like Kristin said the philosophy of how we live …. I am always on your side 😊
As the natural level of boat control without machine, you guys have reached over the Jedi master level 😊 Yoda too!
Thank you Hiro! Your comments are always so nice! Yoda is controlling the boat with her mind!😂
@@HarborsUnknown we love that ! 😊
😊😊
When you were attempting to weigh anchor, did you have your engines running at revs? I can't hear your engines running in the video but if they were, disregard the rest of my comment..... Anchor windlasses draw a huge current so to help out the battery powering the windlass, you need the engines on, so that the alternator is putting power into the system. The engines need to be revving because idle produces very little alternator current - so press the centre button on each throttle control to disengage the transmission selector and then push the throttle levers up so each engine is revving at 1800 - 2000 revs, in neutral. This will get the alternator pumping juice into the batteries to help with the large draw of power the windlass requires. Once your anchor is home, pull the throttle levers back to the neutral position and the buttons will automatically pop back out, ready for you to engage gear in ahead or astern.
Thank you for the comment! Very good observation! The engines are running but not revving at 2000. We have 2 high output alternators that put out more that 260 amps at 1600rpm.
We appreciate your comments and always looking for advice to help us improve our skills as cruisers 😊😊😊
You guys are great fun to watch, especially when everything is going so well ! Ha! So you can't troll for fish when you're doing 10kts? I don't understand? Is there no way you can pump a flexible non-setting silicone into the helm controls and 'waterproof' them? This is typically what is used on many First Stage diving regulators to stop water from entering the mechanism. This will allow electricity to flow freely without water entering the mechanism and electrics. Sure it makes it messy when you want to take them apart and fix anything, but with the silicone in there hopefully that will never be the case. As for all the connections under the housings, I'd cover them in Vaseline to stop air/water moisture getting in and corroding the connections.
At the rate you going it's going to take you some time to get to Sydney Australia....🤔🥱 😇🤣
😂😂 we are definitely taking our time😂😂 it will take probably 2 years by the time we are in Australia. Next stop is French Polynesia.
I agree, we need to find a way to waterproof the throttles. We did put silicone underneath but I think that the water enters from the control arms.
We are reaching to the manufacturer (not yanmar which only puts a label in it) to see what can be done
@@HarborsUnknown I'm sure a silicone grease would works wonders...👍 I'll see you when you get here! Look me up.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Sidney 😊
😄👍👍👍❤
😊😊😊🙏
Kristin, it looked like you magically vanished in to thin air at about 7:31 or so. Right after hearing that the waterproof engine control was like $20k. I'd vanish after hearing that too. Was Fabio joking? Surely he was joking?
😂😂😂 not joking 😬 that’s the ballpark for 2 vc20 complete controller replacement 😂
@@HarborsUnknown not even if I had a billion dollars would I buy that. Wow. What are they smoking? I want some too.
😂😂😂😂 when you have dual helm and need electronic controls the pickings are slim. If you build your own boat consider a single helm and mechanical engine controls.
@@HarborsUnknown yep that's what it will have as a tri. I'm likely doing an electric motor with a huge DIY prismatic cell battery bank.
@Building_Bluebird we love trimarans!!
Why so much problem with seawind? they are not up to their reputation ?
Nick from ruby rose should watch this to ensure their boat don't have same problems.
It’s not a problem with the boat itself but with the Yanmar VC10 system. The boat performance is great! We’d love if Nick watched the video!
@@HarborsUnknown I'm sure Nick is aware of your excellent content!
All boats have problems. It is a harsh environment:. Lots of movement, waves slamming, saltwater corrosion, intense sun, howling winds. Terrible place for electronics. Nick has problems in his videos. Really if you want to live at sea you have to have the ability to try to fix or improvise. All part of the fun, facing an adverse situation and solving it.
@sabret00th sabret00th So true! We definitely feel accomplished overcoming the challenges!
@GB Sailing Thank you for your vote of confidence!!
you asked for comments......ive only watched 8 minutes and 3 separate ads. None of the other channels i watch have such frequent ads. Sorry i will be unsubscribing.
Thanks for letting us know! TH-cam places the ads and we don’t have control over the frequency. We’re sorry to see you go!
You can fix the TH-cam ads which are put in by TH-cam (not the content makers) by buying TH-cam premium. I saw zero adds.
Good point. We’re also going to see how we can make the videos as free for Patrons.