What do yacht stabilisers do? A demonstration.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Out on the water with a gyro stabilised Fairline Squadron 68, so I thought I'd show you exactly what these stabilisers actually do.
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I knew the gyro made a difference but wow what a real difference! Great demonstration.
I also saw a fin-stablizer demo on a nordhavn and it's fantastic too. I wonder how a boat would perform if it's equiped with both.
@@constantineding8700 Hi - do you know if any online demos of fin stabilizers. I've looked and I've never been able to find one. Thanx.
@@rtbinc2273 maybe this video will give you an idea th-cam.com/video/kRVZngGobHg/w-d-xo.html
@@constantineding8700 I guess you will like this video th-cam.com/video/nzXME2IYaUQ/w-d-xo.html as they talk about all that and even more. It's more a technical video then a visual on the seas video. Maybe @Rtb Inc will also like that video. As I worked for many years on sales marked worldwide, the accent of the narrator is a melody from the past to my ears ;-)
@@rtbinc2273 Have a look at this video too as they talk about many different systems th-cam.com/video/nzXME2IYaUQ/w-d-xo.html
The force that the Seakeeper is applying to the hull must be amazing - a frightening amount of spinning energy inside that white box!
Yeah gyros are weird physics wise. Incredible demonstration to be sure though
and I believe they spin front to rear. not side to side
My mind has been totally blown. I have always wondered what difference they make. What amazing technology and a great video Nick
What a fantastic visualisation the difference is outstanding! I would definitely pay the extra money thanks for the demonstration Nick.
Excellent demonstration. Amazing tech that I hope gets cheaper over time and accessible to more boaters
In addition to cost to buy, there is a huge electrical cost…they take a lot of power to operate.
@@borysnijinski331 But if you're already running with a generator on the fuel increase would be minimal. If you were plugged into shorepower and had to pay a seperate bill then I'd agree, they'll be expensive.
@@JackBahh when you are out on the water with the engines running the generator is usually off (at least in my boat it is). I have looked into SeaKeeper systems, but for my boat I would need a 4 Kw system and even with the engines on that is enormous. But with the engines off, on anchor, I would have to use almost all my generator power to keep the Seakeeper going. Normally I run the whole boat on the solar panels I have installed, only in cloudy weather I need the generator. But drawing 4 Kw per hour I can't do that on the solar panels and the generator only supplies 6 Kva. That is my big problem with Seakeeper, it is a great system, but requires way too much power. Hopefully they can bring that down a bit.
@@davedavids9619 forgive me, I'm used to running large pleasure vessels where the (multiple) gen sets are on pretty much non stop (even when alongside to power the lighting, coffee machines, refrigerators etc). The trouble is they need to throw so much weight round to get the gyro effect that even in a vacuum they end up sucking power.
I guess for boats with smaller gennies or even inverters only then yeah they are difficult to run. My assumption was that the initial draw was huge to get the thing spinning but once it was up and running they were relatively efficient.
@@JackBahh you are right, for the larger pleasure vessels it is normal to have large generators running. Some have multiple heavy gensets running and when capacity is not a problem you can indeed run a heavy gyro without thinking twice. My boat is a 56' MY and we spend long periods of the year on the water and on anchor. It would be great to have a stabilizing system that keeps the boat quiet and comfortable while at anchor or while underway.
Unfortunately what I have found so far are huge energy consumers and on top of that they take up quite a bit of space. I have to admit that the energy consumption has gone down a bit. When I inquired it was 4 Kw to spool up, I just checked it is now down to 3 Kw for my size boat. The spool up I could live with, but the continuous draw after that is what creates the problems, I would still have to run the generator for that.
But for the larger vessels, with crew, this is a great system, no doubt about it.
Excellent sir! I enjoy seeing the tech side as well as the tours. I know most do not, but thank you very much for that!
That was really useful and visually impactive. Nice one Nick
Excellent demonstration
Great demonstration of the technology at work. Particularly with the gyro version, which I'd never seen a good demo for. Compliments to you and Fairline for doing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Having never been on a boat with stabilizers, I've wondered if they were actually worth the money or if they made only a minimal difference that crazy rich people are willing to pay for lol.
Turns out they're incredible. Wow!
i'm pretty sure that such stabilizers are more effective on single hulls than on catamarans.
Crossing the North Sea on the DFDS ferry you can feel the moment they pull the fin stabilisers in when they start to slow down for the harbour entrance, the roll starts immediately
get a job, aran.
Thx for the demonstration. Those are definitely needed!
1st class demonstration.
Fascinating how that stops the rolling!!!! Thanks Nick!!!!
Hi Nick, And thank you for showing us the working of the Stabilisers and what a effect it give a big diffrence indeed but it is a expensive option on a boat Thank you Nick a great show⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Amazing; my first job in the US Navy was maintaining a Mk3 Mod 4 SINS (Ship's Inertial Navigation System) which used human head sized gyroscopes in 3D Config. + 1 Monitor gyro and corresponding accelorometers to generate position & speed over ground for own ship and weapon systems.
Thanks for the demonstration Nick, very impressed how quick the system can get working!
Very cool. Surprised at how quickly it takes effect.
Thanks Nick! As always, hard at work. MJM Yachts were among the first boatyards to include gyro stabilizers as standard on their yachts.
Amazing demonstration Nick- I went from being sea sick to fine and back again throughout the video - keep up the amazing content
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant demonstration, thank you Nick
Great vid would love to see more of these vids off you Nick about how these boats and systems work..
Brilliant video Nick .....never seen that demonstrated before 👏
Great demo, Sea Keeper really tames the waves!
Nice spotlight on this device thank you Nick
Excellent demonstration Nick! Thank you!
Worthwhile demonstration.
Very interesting demo, thanks.
Way more effective than I had imagined possible. When buying a new boat, the additional cost should amount to very little extra in the "monthly". Added on to an existing boat (you own outright) - a visit to your local banker with boat title in hand and a few boating seasons later, you'll not only get the title back (stabilizer paid off), but you'll have saved hours and hours of discomfort and even - well...
They consume a lot of electrical power.
If you cant afford a 75k stabilizer maybe you shouldnt own the class of boat it fits on :P
I like some demonstrations, thanks for that 👍
Great to see it in action, and to see exactly how effective it really is! Thanks!
Very impressive, what a great demonstration Nick 👍
I can’t believe that, how quick it was.. very impressive!
That was an awesome demo…that seakeeper is a must have extra
Yes it is.
This is a fantastic demonstration.
That’s amazing, thanks for showing that Nick, super impressive! 👍🏻
Wow! Evidently this works really good. In fact better than I envisioned.
Fantastic...My glass of champagne won't spill.
What an amazing difference that makes!
Thanks for demonstrating how useful those are!
Great great video and demonstration Nick.
Unbelievably such a big difference it makes for such a big boat
Excellent video and so clear demonstrating the stabilisers 👍
ive been on boats my whole life in Michigan and never seen this lol its incredible! I need to go find an explanation of how it works. so cool thanks Nick. I think I may have to join this channel
It would be a pleasure to have you aboard. 🙂
Excellent demonstration. Incredible tech.
Thank you kindly!
thats a superb demonstration of the seakeeper, Fantastic
Wow, amazing, great demo, thanks
My pleasure!
Hi. Thank you so much for the demonstration. It really helps to put things into perspective. Cheers. 🌺💐🌼
Great demonstration. Recently I've gotten into boating just because of your videos, you have made it so interesting.
You make a great sales person that was so cool to actually see them work maybe someday they will include bow and stern stabilizers so seasickness no problem
My condolences to you Nick and the rest of your country on the loss of your Queen.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well?
Great demonstration Nick
That was quite an amazing difference when switched on, I did like the sound of those motors at the end.
There's a sea trial video of it on the channel - Fairline Squadron 68
I wouldn't go on a yacht if there wasn't one. Thank you Nick
Interesting video nick 🛥🚤⛵️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍👍
That just blew my mind.
that is a serious bit of kit!
That is unbelievable. Wow.
Awesome show mate.. 💙💙 showed it perfectly
Mikey
Wow! That's excellent.
Huge difference 👌🏼✅
Very sad in the UK the Queen has died. RIP Queen. Maybe Nick can do some sort of Royal Aquaholic tribute video.
Nice demonstration Nick, great to see it in action. Thank you.
That rolll makes me go off boating ! Even with stabilisers. But great video as usual
Nick, that was an awesome demonstration. and explanation. Would love to see a fin stabilizer demo when you can. Thanks!
Thanks for the demo Nick.
Great demonstration of the stabilizer. 🙂
Great demonstration - just about convinced the other half to finally take the plunge and buy
That is quite unbelievable. But extremely impressive 👏
That’s just blown my mind, I have never been on a boat with this type of kit on it, that’s awesome 😎
Very impressive! Thank you for continuing my education.
Great demo, nice to see that for once, thank you
An excellent demonstration
I knew gyros took a while to spin up/down but I didn't realise you could quickly engage and disengage them, I must google how that works because I assumed if the gyro was spinning then it was effectively engaged. Great tech!
That is way, WAY more effective than I imagined.
I must admit I thought it would reduce the roll not stop it completely.
Brilliant visual demonstration
God save the queen ♡
Thank you Nick!
The Queen is dead, long live the King.
Thats incredible!
Nick once i win the lotteryi will definitely be getting gyro fitted on my boat 🛥
Brilliant! thank you thusly.
Must be the first demonstration ever seen of a seakeeper in action ! Amazing video ! Thank you Nick for your wonderful videos 👏👏👏. If you'd like to do more interesting videos like this one , would be perfect to see full launch and retrieve of a tender from the garage, the use of toilets and showers , full process of anchoring these wonderful yachts, the use of generators on board , cleaning products and methods and the most interesting for me would be night lighting and detailed explanation of what it takes for being at anchor during night in a bay .
What a transformation from bouncing around to virtually no roll whatsoever, definitely a must have on your yacht,nick.
thank you for the demo, pretty cool!
No problem!
Thanks for showing this. I'll bet no more than 0.5% of humanity has experienced this first hand. Second hand is still pretty cool.
I'm glad that you enjoyed it 🙂
I’ve seen a few video demos of the these, and this is the best yet.
Really clear to see they’re brilliant!
Not cheap, but if you like sitting at anchor or cruising at displacement speeds they seem to be worth it.
Thanks
That is amazing, so impressive!
These effects can be truly dramatic. Many moons ago the US Navy installed a "drum" computer drum storage device (made by Univac) aboard a naval vessel. Oops. They experienced substantial difficulty turning the ship because of the mass of the drum and the speed of its rotation. Very cool. Thanks for the video.
neat to see it work, please do a video of HOW it works, that would be very interesting, thanks
That was a fantastic sales pitch for Seakeeper there.
Need something like this after a couple of beers 😀
Very informative
To have the technical side explained would have been very interesting
Great demonstration!!
As an owner of a 63ft motorboat which was fitted with a Seakeeper SK9 gyro 4yrs ago, just a few comments. It is not correct to say that the gyro provides stabilisation underway. As soon as the boat starts moving, the gyro provides less stabilisation and at planing speed it provides none at all. This is because of the dynamic forces on the hull generated by the movement of the hull through the water. By the time my boat reaches 10kts I cannot feel any stabilising effect from the gyro. Basically if you want stabilisation at speed youre going to have to consider fins. On the other hand, the gyro is very effective at rest so if you anchor a lot and you dont want to spill your coffee, a gyro is worth considering. Other downsides include a long spool up time (about 45mins in my case) and the necessity to run the generator all the time. Also these things are heavy (my SK9 weighs 550kg) so you need to think about where it can be located without affecting the trim of the boat
That was awesome. Those have come a long way since I was on the water. We had the old floppy feet system.
Wow! Thanks for the demonstration!
Nice demo it gives that level of understanding
great video
Thanks!
Useful video
Great Program What NICK is doing is Yacht education. BIG THANKS NICK YOU ARE THE BEST 👍👍👍👍🚤🚤⛵⛵
Interesting, but according to the Met Office Force 5-7 would see 2-4 metre waves and sea state 5-7 is rough to very rough, which that didn’t look much like to me!🤠
Video here about the effect of land on sea conditions inshore How To Handle A Boat In Strong Winds
th-cam.com/video/K-5f1K7feXo/w-d-xo.html
Hey Nick I really could have done with that fitted to the boat we went fishing on last week, I was fine but two of my brothers and my nephew provided plenty of chum, have a great day bud 👍
Gotta love technology... it's like active suspension in F1 back in the day.
That's so cool, thanks for the demonstration!