Sketch To Sea: General Progress Update
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- A short one for you this week, but we wanted to make sure there was an update as to what's happening with the boat now. A lot is going on in China, progress is being made, but we are off the boat and on the move again. Tune in to find out what's happening.
Yes please do share your Japan footage - I've never been and would like to see that if it's not too much trouble.
Me too!
Working on it, have had connectivity issues the past few days...
Never rush to finish your future home. Make sure everything is done right.
Thank you for the comment. We are making sure everything is being done correctly.
Yes , Japan video , and stay positive and keep the videos coming . Please ignore any negative comments . And keep posting more
Thank you for this comment specifically. Have started work on the japan video.
Yes please! Japan! :) I can see the frustration getting to you a little bit…. chin up guys, you are on the brink of a whole world of possibilities. You’ve put a lot into this beautiful, capable boat and I’m sure it is going to repay you handsomely. Thanks so much for sharing this fascinating journey with us all.
Thank you for the comment. We have accepted the vessel and are scheduling to leave China. Comments like this really mean a lot to us.
@@sketchtosea3750 I know it’s a lot of effort to make these vids, so I wanted you to know that they are really appreciated. And your boat is a spectacular fusion of comfort, capability and beauty…. so it’s endlessly fascinating to see absolutely anything about it. Congrats on getting over the line and best wishes for the wonderful journey ahead.
I think any video you do will be well received. I think your theme is world travel and adventure so Japan videos are all good. As far as the approvals to finish and leave... Any large government organization is slower than anyone would hope for. Just do what they ask for and then make a plan. Then double it. I am sure you had plans to have the boat somewhere else for Christmas but oh well maybe next year. One thing for sure is that you are getting a grand yacht. Maybe you can show off your new boat at the Galapagos boat show! :)
Currently have an approved departure date of Nov 1!
@@sketchtosea3750 Excellent. Now plan your next move and get the show on the road. I am sure you are gonna have to ake up for lost time. God luck.
Time for patience. You sound like you have had enough. In the scheme of things a bit more time to get it right may help in the long run. Good luck.
Thank you for the comment. It was definitely the right call.
Good update. Feel sorry for the pain and frustration, you're not alone. I've been following your channel for some time and want to let you know that we are here to provide you with support until the day all that weight has been lifted over your shoulder.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for this video. this has helped me cement my decision on what country i will be going to for my boat building. i wish you luck on navigating ALL the hurdles.
That video was not meant as a deterrent just a bit of insight as to what we are going through. We are the first vessel to sail out of China post COVID and all of the rules have changed and things have become more difficult as they have many places in the world. HH has quite a few boats that they have "shipped" to europe and the US in the last months but navigating a sail out is a little different.
Thank you for giving me the time for the reply. i have always weighed up spending my money in china with the way the government is. dont get me wrong, im a kiwi from wellington as well and enjoy seeing the fellow kiwi's and really love the HH vessels. Past chinese buisness interactions have REALLY muddied the water. having a third party speak on things has really woken me up to reality. i hope to see Crazy Love in the Caribbean crusing in the near future.
Cheers mate.
Fingers and toes crossed for your China departure and smooth sailing to Japan 🤞
Thank you for the good wishes. I hope to be able to post the good news soon.
There was a lot said in that short video. Put me down as a yes for a video of trip to Japan! I am planning a trip there next year!
Thank you for the comment, will do.
The hair? I'm sort of digging the Charlie Brown with a bit of a mohawk and beard.
Everything ALWAYS takes a long time, when waiting on any governmental clearance.
Great good luck and bon voyage!
Thank you for the comment, Hoping to be out of here soon.
Thank you for addressing the Hair style-I wasn't going to comment for reasons of good form.
Any time!
I would like a Japan video,and for the future, I hope you get to film a little of the boating communities and manufacturers from ports around the world.
Haircut looks good!!! Good luck leaving china.. Whats your destination?
Have to go north to japan to pick up our container of goods.
This is turning into the typical Chinese story that all of us who have done business with China know already. The boat may look good but does history show that Chinese projects, especially new tech, usually fail or have on going repair issue all their life. Over 200 punch items?? Sounds about right for a boat built there. Compare that to a Gunboat or Outremer. When they are delivered the punchlist is infinitely small. Imagine spending what you did here on this boat and now you have hoops to jump through to get out of the country! This is why after numerous interviews I held with large and famous Chinese contractors for a African project I rejected every bid as incomplete and full of product substitutions we would not ever consider. BEWARE
Your comments are entirely untrue and not based on fact. We have it on good authority from owners/crew/vendors/etc. that our boats actually have fewer issues than many comparable builds. If you were to ask Sean, he would tell you that many of the items on the list were nicks in the paint or joinery or simple things of that nature. None of the issues have much to do with where the boat was built, but rather the complexity of the project and the fact that it was built by hand by hundreds of individuals over several years. Our QC department is meticulous and we feel confident that Crazy Love will be about as close to perfect as possible leaving the yard. Sean and Jamie have been great partners and we are happy to have made it to the finish line with happy customers on such a HUGE project.
And how are you going to sail that out of China and where are you going? I trust you have a skilled paid crew coming aboard as east and south of you require a level of seamanship you likely do not posses? If you are in Chinese coast waters in your trip you can expect to be boarded often.
LOL I had started to comment on the haircut but bit my tongue... I'm no style master either. Sorry about the red tape (or is that Red tape)
Thank you for the comment, much appreciated.
Maybe not such a good idea to build a boat in China.
Hi Douglas, we hope this finds you well. We have noticed your comments on a number of videos and until now haven’t really felt they warranted a response. It has become a bit concerning to us though that you seem to take the things we say any put an extremely negative spin on them and that you’ve begun propagating some misinformation about us and our build.
First, we would like to say that absolutely nothing about this boat was built on a whim. Years of our research and countless hours of planning have gone into this on the part of world-class naval architects and engineers. Every aspect of it has been thought out and thought out again, so your concerns about weight, balance, safety, and where we can or cannot sail are completely unfounded. We would also like to note that HH never offered any off-brand supplies or product substitutions, nor would we have accepted them. Everything on our boat is from reputable suppliers in the industry.
Second, HH ranks among the top sailboat builders in the world, their boat of the year awards among others, speak to this. As the team from HH mentioned in their comment, their QC team is meticulous. The length of our punch list in no way surprised us as it was comparable to the punch lists from other outstanding builders we have been fortunate to work with on projects in the past. When you have a QC team that goes through things with a fine-toothed comb you end up with quite a long list but most of these items just required a small touch up or revision. Once established, our list shrank exponentially each day. Perhaps you weren’t lucky enough to work with such a thorough team on your past projects?
In regards to building a project in China, it absolutely was difficult to navigate at times, but we have no doubt that the same could be said for any country we chose to work in where we were unfamiliar with the language and customs/policy. We have lived in the Caribbean for 9 years and there are still processes that are difficult to execute because of local laws. We would be remiss to make sweeping statements about a country and its people based on this one project, or ever frankly.
Finally, just as we don’t know you, you don’t know us. We have chosen to put a very small segment of our lives on the internet in order mainly to document this process for ourselves, our friends and family, but also others who may be interested in building a boat of any scale but not sure where to start. While we have been overwhelmed by the support, we do understand that there will be critics and that’s okay. What’s not okay is to make false statements about our unsafe choices, our inexperience and lack of ability and whether or not we are cut out for life on a boat when you don’t know us, our backgrounds, or what we are going through behind the scenes. Concern or constructive criticism is one thing, put downs and spreading misinformation are another. We welcome questions and conversation and are happy for you to follow along if this is how you’d like to proceed but would ask that you kindly unfollow otherwise.
All the best, Sean and Jamie
This is your first and only experience in China and managing the build as you have is probably the only way to ensure quality. Had you not done that the boat would be as they want it not how you want it. This is comming from years of experience and trips to China. However there are decades of boat failures from Chinese builders. That's the simple truth, so buyer beware. My best wishes to you and yours that this works out for you in the long run, but I've got my doubts.
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@@sketchtosea3750 Sorry if I offended you, Perhaps you and H&H have stopped a 100 year old chinese tradition to modify and substitute. I only know how it has been there for manufacturing having done business there for many years. I hope wht you say is true. I wish you and H&H the best.
Been following you for a while and have enjoyed your stories, and your progress, immensely. You're a man (and wife) who seem to have unlimited patience with the chinese way of doing business and I wish you all the best for the handover and eventual exit from Chinese waters. Thanks so much for your perseverance releasing videos, all of which form such an informative, and helpful, history for those who come after. Personally, I'd love to see your Japanese break if you can find the time to edit a video. Good luck, and Bon Voyage!
Thank you for the comment and much appreciated.
Also crossing fingers handover and government issues all go well and you get to depart on time in 4 days.
Not surprised at the length of the to-do list given the immense complexity of your yacht. Any large, totally custom project like yours inevitably requires months of de-bugging and tweaking to bring up to acceptable standards. The difficulty of extricating the yacht from China also doesn't surprise me given the intense security systems in China and the current mistrust between China and western governments. I look forward to the video of the departure and voyage to Japan.
Thank you for the comment. Lots of people really dont understand the construction process and how a punch list works. It was clear after coming back to the boat that we made the right decision.
You need a break from boat life on a overly lux boat after what? 1 week or two in port? What are you going to do on a long and difficult passage???
Wow. This boat gives meaning to "on another level". It would be interesting to get an idea of what the 230+ problems / issues were.
Thank you for the comment. HH is so meticulous with the QC process that every identified nick and paint chip are specifically identified cabin by cabin. The vast majority of these 230 items were like that.
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I'd love to see your Japan excursion.
Putting it together now. Thank you for the comment.
Japan would be a great video
Thank you for the comment, already started working on it.
Japan video please.
Starting to put it together now. Thank you for the comment.
Would love a Japan video.
Working on it, thank you for the comment.
Japan sure
Working on it.
Kyoto is a good place for videography, so if you have footage from Kyoto, I would encourage you to show us. Thanks.
being patient is not easy…you pay loads of money and the compagnies( not only HH) do not fullfill their duties on time…hope all will be fine and you can enjoy your vessel soon…footage of japan would be a treat for sure
Would love to see the Japan trip, finger's crossed for an expedient exit from the boatyard, fair winds'.
It’s interesting to me how you decided to take the checklist and systematically check them off. I thought the room check off was a great way to do it. Good luck on taking possession.
Would enjoy seeing your Japan footage
I am concerned about getting your boat out of chinese water authority before Jan 01 2024. And I cannot wait to see the video of you both leaving with the boat. it's been a exciting journey with you.
So far it is looking like it will be a lot sooner then that.
I couldn’t imagine being in China for that long. What an awful place.
The city that HH works out of is beautiful. Makes SF, NY, CHI, SEA, POR look like the dumps they’ve become. The Wynnes who also are having HH build them a CAT , did a video tour of the City for their fans. Gorgeous city, with a beautiful Central Park that is used a lot. The elderly meet for their exercises in the morning and families relax there in the evenings. I was completely taken by surprise. It was nothing like I imagined.
@@orwellknew9112 perhaps the city has some nice areas but China in general is a toxic dump. Free Hong Kong 🇭🇰 free the Uighurs , free Tibet and leave Taiwan alone
Yes, the city of Xiamen is beautiful and clean, this is where we lived while staying in China as well.
And while we understand the harsh take on China, as when politics are involved things can get heated, we won't ever share political views on our channel, that's not what we're here for nor are we educated enough on these matters to do so. We will say that we found certain processes frustrating while living there but on the whole the people we met and places we were lucky enough to experience were wonderful. Ideas and opinions that we have seen perpetuated about China in the Western media aren't painting the whole picture.
Would love to see a video or Japan!
Thanks for the update, yes please share Japan with us, it's a place I really want to go to. I hope all goes well with the final hand over and you guys are able to set sail on the next adventure.
Thank you for the comment. We did accept the vessel. The video on that process will come out shortly.
Fingers crossed! Cheers from Chattanooga! ⛵️
Thank you for the comment.