I have the same system with an oiless compressor I bought at Harbor Freight for a total cost of under $300. You've shown me how to tuck my air hose under my weight belt so I don't have to constantly fight it from pulling out of my mouth. I can't wait to try this out! Thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for keeping the intro song, kinda haunting, moving ,dramtic deeply soulful. Thanks also for the informative content. I get a great vibe from you two. Thanks, Kiwi Sam
I don't envy anyone who jumps in the frigid waters of San Diego harbor. I guess the wet suit helped a bit. I took a sailing course at the ASW base back in 2004. They made us flip the boat in the 56 degree water in order to become certified. Nothing worse than cold and wet.
I love the nuts and bolts stuff you do. I watch the new sailing kids as well, and they mostly seem to have super complicated solutions to old problems and never investigate the old solutions. Not that the hookah is an old system, but there is some weird stuff out there that is used for the same purpose.
They have collapsible wagons now you pull it like a regular little wagon, but it collapses small may come in handy for you guys but then it’s just one more thing on the boat. Enjoy your channel very much.
Few things I do: add a short light line to the non-float mooring line, then just tie it to the mooring line with the float when casting off. Stays on top so won’t sink & wrap, and gives another piece to grab with boathook when returning. Canvas bag w/small weight in bottom hangs over prop while working on zincs & prop. Allens & tools are tethered to bag. Knife anytime diving, too many loose lines trying to drown us
So much better to assess your own bottom - boat bottom, that is - than to leave it to some random diver. But it's hard to resist the convenience of a reliable dive service.
I am thinking that having a hook atop your buoy to store the line should reduce entanglement since the exposed loop of the line body running from the buoy back to itself would not wrap the chain as easily and should unravel easily even so. Additionally, fishing the line from atop the buoy should be easier. Still, perhaps being in the water protects the line? Perhaps a sacrificial end might be useful if that's the case.
Hello, I am curious how often you dive to clean the haul? Do you brush the entire hull when you dive? Seems like that might be a good way to keep the barnacles from growing, provide you can stand the cold for that long. I use to dive off Vancouver Island and it only took a few times of having the cold water seeping into my wetsuit before I got a drysuit!
Thanks so much for all your experiences. When you built your own steel boat, what system did you use for the compass please ? A video of that would help others with steel boats.
Our compass is a Dirigo specially made for steel boats. In this vid we show how our compass works. Thanks for commenting! th-cam.com/video/SISk-l0NGOA/w-d-xo.html
I get cold easily when diving. Do you have any suggestions for running warm water into the wet suit? I did not know a Calif Air compressor could be used for diving, it is clear after the fact but, well I never considered it, thanks.
@@SailingEmeraldSteel exactly. Just surprised that your pick up chain got wrapped around the buoy as it should swivel, but I guess it needs the weight of the boat to do so. I don’t recall it happening to our mooring. I do know that some folk don’t have a swivel, being the bit that wears out, and first point of failure. Obviously then you do have to unwind the whole chain occasionally
Looks like you're positively buoyant - need to add some weight based on when you have full lungs so you're right on the cusp of negative buoyancy - makes working easier. Get a fine mesh bag you can wear - for small parts, and lanyard strings on all your tools attached to the inside of the bag. And SLOW DOWN!
@@SailingEmeraldSteel That seems pretty cold brrrr. 🙄 BTW There are only fourteen countries that use the Fahrenheit scale for temperature measurement: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States, Liberia, Palau, and the Cayman Islands. The rest of the world is measuring in celsius :)🤒😁
another simple, true, no bullshit drama , sailing channel , bravo,, all the best
Thank you very much! Impressive equipment. Enjoyed watching the process. A steel boat has some 'must do's ' I see. Hope you both are well!
Another great episode of life on the water and the care and feeding of the little ship...
I have the same system with an oiless compressor I bought at Harbor Freight for a total cost of under $300. You've shown me how to tuck my air hose under my weight belt so I don't have to constantly fight it from pulling out of my mouth. I can't wait to try this out! Thank you for sharing this video.
And the Chinese Communist Party uses the money wisely
That is so much better than snorkel diving. Nice work!
Thanks for keeping the intro song, kinda haunting, moving ,dramtic deeply soulful. Thanks also for the informative content.
I get a great vibe from you two. Thanks, Kiwi Sam
I don't envy anyone who jumps in the frigid waters of San Diego harbor. I guess the wet suit helped a bit. I took a sailing course at the ASW base back in 2004. They made us flip the boat in the 56 degree water in order to become certified. Nothing worse than cold and wet.
I love the nuts and bolts stuff you do. I watch the new sailing kids as well, and they mostly seem to have super complicated solutions to old problems and never investigate the old solutions. Not that the hookah is an old system, but there is some weird stuff out there that is used for the same purpose.
They have collapsible wagons now you pull it like a regular little wagon, but it collapses small may come in handy for you guys but then it’s just one more thing on the boat. Enjoy your channel very much.
Few things I do: add a short light line to the non-float mooring line, then just tie it to the mooring line with the float when casting off. Stays on top so won’t sink & wrap, and gives another piece to grab with boathook when returning. Canvas bag w/small weight in bottom hangs over prop while working on zincs & prop. Allens & tools are tethered to bag. Knife anytime diving, too many loose lines trying to drown us
I wonder if T-handle allen wrenches would make it easier not only to tighten or loosen but would allow for a tether to be put on them?
Another great episode guys 👍
Hooka is a must when Gold dredging or bottom work on a boat I hope other boat owners will see this, I will share it for them to see.
Thanks for the informative up date, glad to see your both doing well
great video as always..stay safe
Learnt something thank you 👍👍🇬🇧
So much better to assess your own bottom - boat bottom, that is - than to leave it to some random diver. But it's hard to resist the convenience of a reliable dive service.
I am thinking that having a hook atop your buoy to store the line should reduce entanglement since the exposed loop of the line body running from the buoy back to itself would not wrap the chain as easily and should unravel easily even so. Additionally, fishing the line from atop the buoy should be easier. Still, perhaps being in the water protects the line? Perhaps a sacrificial end might be useful if that's the case.
Hello, I am curious how often you dive to clean the haul? Do you brush the entire hull when you dive? Seems like that might be a good way to keep the barnacles from growing, provide you can stand the cold for that long. I use to dive off Vancouver Island and it only took a few times of having the cold water seeping into my wetsuit before I got a drysuit!
Thanks so much for all your experiences. When you built your own steel boat, what system did you use for the compass please ? A video of that would help others with steel boats.
Our compass is a Dirigo specially made for steel boats. In this vid we show how our compass works. Thanks for commenting! th-cam.com/video/SISk-l0NGOA/w-d-xo.html
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Wow! At first my mind went to the Hookah that men smoke in the middle east. I thought that maybe you were smoking something before you went under. :P)
I like the information on the hookha system
where did you get the air dryer
We don't have an air dryer, just a water separator which can be usually be purchased wherever you buy your air compressor. Thanks for watching.
I get cold easily when diving. Do you have any suggestions for running warm water into the wet suit? I did not know a Calif Air compressor could be used for diving, it is clear after the fact but, well I never considered it, thanks.
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Thanks. Good info..as ever.
Do you use it to check the whole mooring chain.
Do you not have a swivel below the pick up chain.
The swivel is between the buoy and mooring block. It's not on the pickup chain. Thanks for commenting!
@@SailingEmeraldSteel exactly. Just surprised that your pick up chain got wrapped around the buoy as it should swivel, but I guess it needs the weight of the boat to do so. I don’t recall it happening to our mooring.
I do know that some folk don’t have a swivel, being the bit that wears out, and first point of failure. Obviously then you do have to unwind the whole chain occasionally
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Looks like you're positively buoyant - need to add some weight based on when you have full lungs so you're right on the cusp of negative buoyancy - makes working easier.
Get a fine mesh bag you can wear - for small parts, and lanyard strings on all your tools attached to the inside of the bag.
And SLOW DOWN!
Nice job... How cold is the water?
In the summer it's around 68 F. and in the winter around 54 F. Thanks for commenting!
@@SailingEmeraldSteel Or 20ºC and 12ºC for your European viewers.
Thanks, Nick. Sometimes we forget about our European brothers and sisters❤️❤️
@@SailingEmeraldSteel That seems pretty cold brrrr. 🙄 BTW There are only fourteen countries that use the Fahrenheit scale for temperature measurement: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States, Liberia, Palau, and the Cayman Islands. The rest of the world is measuring in celsius :)🤒😁
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Why not you Jules?
I did that for the first 25 years.