🎥 Ep. 10 Converting Our Bareboat Catamaran into a Full Time Cruiser for our Family of 6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Follow along as we try to make our charter boat more liveaboard friendly for our family of 6. We switch out our propane appliances for electric, install a washing machine, water maker, full size refrigerator, build a solar arch, install 4 solar panels, changed out AGM to LiFePO4 batteries, and installed a 5kw inverter.
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Beautiful family. This has instantly become our favorite channel because it’s real and not some YT fantasy sailing channel.
Thank you for the sweet comment!
Y'all are doing well for the limited time you have while working as well,!! Keep it up y'all going to be fine. Enjoy your channel 👍
Thank you so much for watching!!!
Thats some impressive work on your boat, the attention to detail is impressive mate well done
Thank you so much!!
Y'all showed up in my feed. Glad ya did. I Love a window into he adventures of a young family. Have a great time. You got this.
Thank you for watching!!
I would love to hear more about the full fridge install..
I have probably at least 4 years to go before I can say "last day of work" but hearing it on the video just cheers me up. Congrats on the dream/boat - I'll be following along.
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Thank you so much!
Great video. We have four kids also, but they are all grown up. Your kids are great and the memories will last a lifetime. Keep the videos coming and enjoy your adventure.
Thank you so much! Yes I have heard don’t blink - they grow too fast!
You two are doing great. So much to do and you're keeping it together. I cant wait to follow you in your adventure.
Thanks so much!
4:40 You're going to be a great teacher, Mamma...!!! Hell, kids in USA are putting out 28% in Math, and 32% in English. Science...is like 12%. Your kids are going to be rocket scientists...!!!
Daniel is COMMITTED...your family is going to have a great life!! Hang in there...!!!! Don't EVER look back...!! You are the future..!! What a beautiful family...!!!
Get a tip jar on here! There's a thing where you can add a 'Thanks' button, and people can tip....OR...have some live streams where people can do 'Super Chat' donations. I believe you only need 1,000 followers in order to monetize.
Thank you for all the positive vibes!! And thank you for watching!
Love the channel but would be awesome for more hands on and how to on videos where u fix things or upgrade things
Thanks for the input! May try to do that in the future. It was so hectic and we were back and forth so much between Florida and South Carolina - we were just trying to survive! 😂 thank you for watching!!
Coming along! It will be all worth it!
Nice to see you finishing items of the To Do list. Here are a few things.
You have a lot of heat generating items in that electric cabinet/box- you may find that you need air inlet and outlet grates plus a small 12v box fan with thermo switch to keep things cool.
Given your family size and electrical demands (like full size refrig and AC- my understanding is that refrigs with inverter compressors use much less power- but that would probably be a refit for a pro ) I would have gone with bifacial PV panels in the 450w range, but they do cost $$s and weigh more. Reflected light on bottom of panel is significant for your set up.
At some point, consider getting a $70 12v HF ATV hitch motor for raising and lowering the dinghy using cables, as manual effort gets old quickly.
The Bahamas Guide you have is very good. Food, especially US brands) will be expensive in Bahamas- ValueMax? in Nassau are reasonable as well as Maxwell's in Marsh Harbor in Abaco's. Best to really stock up in US.
Look forward to future sailing videos and great to hear you are all set with bulkheads.
Thank you so much for all the tips! Great info!
Great job Daniel!! We may have missed it from the beginning, but two questions. Did you guys have sailing experience already and how did you know how to do all of the installations and wiring? Keep up the great work!!
Thanks so much for watching! No sailing experience. Daniel’s background is in industrial electronics and high voltage.
Great video
Thank you so much!!
How's the electric oven choice and domestic fridge working out? impressive DIY solar etc
We really like all our electric appliances - they’ve been a good fit for our family!
Would love more details!
I’ll try to give more details in the upcoming videos! Daniel didn’t really film himself while he was working and narrate as he went along - so I’m trying to do it for him! Thank you so much for watching.
@@sailingmachete thank you for filming this. Documenting the real challenges of getting started are the most fascinating but least covered in other channels.
Cute kids. Mine are teenagers. Interested in a trade?
Did y’all inspect the bulkheads prior to all the upgrades??
Yes, we did! There was some moisture but did not affect the structural integrity of the bulkhead. We drilled the holes from Lagoon’s ‘service bulletin’.
@@sailingmachete that is good to hear! Looking forward to watching your travels.
Wow you our clearly mad you quit your jobs take the kids out of school you leave on board your boat the only thing that’s missing is the boat dog love it
Do you have video and plan to share details of the electric and solar work, plus how you framed the solar arch? ... I'd find that most interesting, and I'm sure the same goes for many others. FYI, there's lots of "lifestyle" sailing channels .. they're kinda a dime a dozen!!!!! .. and fewer showing HOW-TO by a guy who obviously knows how to get sh#t done! Thanks!
Will try to give more details on future videos! Daniel didn’t really film himself working or narrate much when he did film. We may do some videos on more of all the work he did and does. Thank you for watching!
🎉 Hey good video see you next week