FAST REFIT OF OLD 50 FOOT CATAMARAN [EP. 12]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- After hauling out, we have just one week on the hard to fix everything we broke in Alaska and get ready to set sail south for Mexico. A great weather window is opening up and we don't want to miss it!
We have heaps to do, most importantly we need to install a new driveline, build a fuel polishing system and change up a bunch of our rigging.
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Attitude Is the Difference Between an Ordeal and an Adventure.
USCG 100ton master here, been sailing my whole life. I have learned so much from you two about positivity. Keep it going you ROCK!
Wow thanks heaps, We plan on keeping going, Darcy still has some big fish to catch lol
Good job🎉
At 14:43 "like everything on this boat" ❤ it's the same on all boats mate! Usual maintenance. Just a part of the deal🐳 you're doing great🌼
We are close to getting most of the big jobs done, maybe two more years haha. it would go faster if we were not cruising at the same time as trying to refit :-)
We have been on our boat a 1975 Downeaster 38 full time since 2001and we came across most of the problems you are facing. polishing your fuel will not solve the problem of a dirty fuel tank. The growth on the wall of the tank has to be power wash or scrape off. If you don't have an inspection port on your tank now would be the time to put one in it will save you a lots of filters and headache. Happy sailing!
Thanks for the tips, we are trying to figure out the best way to do that, right now its looking like we have to remove the cockpit floor.
Glad you are liking the videos :-)
wow that was incredible!!!! i'm speechless and almost 10k subs!!!! let's not forget.. thank you Anthony
Glad you liked the video!
We can't believe how many people are watching!
That was possibly one of you're best videos really enjoyed that thanks
Thanks so much. Don't hold it against us but we like the videos that we are sailing in better lol :-)
Highly recommend to clean your fuel tanks. Awesome efforts!
We still have to deal with the fuel tank, we just ran out of time and had to go. :-)
You should add some 'Shaft Sharks' onto your prop shaft, they have teeth that will cut through any ropes etc that could get wrapped around your props.
I want to so badly! if we find some for a good deal we will get them for sure!
AIS shows you guys in Ensenada already! Nice progress
Thanks very much!
You're really lucky to have found such a great guy ❤
I'm so lucky!... And you just made Darcy Blush haha :-)
I think y’all be crushing it.
Thanks heaps! :-)
Great episode ..and a roller coaster as usual! Darcy has to be some kind of engineer ? there doesn't seem to be anything he can't fix 👏
I wasn't aware dirty fuel was such an issue (but do now).
I would like to know more about how you fixed the crack in the mast!
Safe travels ! and thank you for teaching me.
Looking forward to next week's episode 🙌
We will go over the crack in the mast more, it was an easy fix but could have been bad.
Darcy is a very handy guy but he does have a secret ... he reads the manual lol, most of the stuff you see him working on he has never done before, if its looking like its to easy its because he has already done it to the other side of the boat some other time lol :-)
You kids are absolutely amazing! I cannot believe that you accomplished so much while on the hard, even remembering to put on locktight! Bon Voyage and happy sailing!
Thanks very much, it was a very busy time haha. still lots more to do!
There is almost no wsy to avoid diesel fuel bug. The problem is that fuel will absorb water from the atmosphere. So when the temperature drops at might thay water will condense out into liquid water at the tank bottom. If you have a way to drain water/gunk from the tank regularly this is best. My tanks have a drain, I drain them every two weeks. A deep dip tube and pump will work if you only have top access. The water in metal tanks will also cause corrosion issues in metal tanks if not drained. Obviously this us worse in locations with a large difference in day/night temperature. So keep using the biocide but also make some arrangement to drain the bottom of the tank regularly and dispose of the water and gunk.
Thanks for the tips. looking for the best way to do this :-)
Dear Sailing Supernova couple
👍👏👏 You achieved a lot and everything seems to work just fine. Congratulations 🎉 2) You must be exhausted/tired because of all the work done in 3 to 4 days.
As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and health in particular. To both of you of course.
We didn't get enough sleep but it was all worth it! weather waits for no one! :-)
You have a great start to you channel great job! Much love & be safe!
Thanks very much!
You know, back in the days before locknuts, double nutting was just as good but there was another alternative.
If you get a center punch and punch where the nut and bolt meet (around the thread) and basically mangle the thread of the bolt, then i cant back out easly. I do 3 or 4 spots around. You can still undo the nut later when you need.
Congrats on getting what you needed done and back in the water without to much fuss
Nyloc nuts or locktight are better.
Thanks for the tip, Thats great to know if we are in a pinch later! :-)
When I replaced my cutlass bearing in Australia the yard guy showed me a trick. He left the bearing a little bit long so it protruded from the tube, and drilled a hole in it before he installed it. The hole gives you something to pull on to remove it when the time comes. It only works if you have room (which I think you do). I am not sure I like the sikaflex on the zincs. You will have to scrape it all out to change the zincs later.
ill let you know how the zincs go next time, i hope they will last for at least a year this time.
thanks for the tip on the cutlass, ill give that a shot next time! :-)
Cutting it close but well done. Have a safe and trouble free trip.
We had at least 30 seconds to spare haha :-)
Really enjoy your video's and the smiles you have on your faces .. Well done on your quick refit, looking forward to your travels south to Mexico. Thanks for the video.
Thanks very much!
Fantastic ! Bon voyage from Montana !
Thanks heaps!
If you don’t clean the tanks out properly your problem will come back and bite you on bum until you do the job properly. When you fit new zincs to the shaft when you first tighten the zinc tap it with a hammer all over and the re tighten the bolts, do this a couple of times.
You will be amazed at how many more turns of bolts you will get .
Thanks for the tip on the zincs! will give it a shot next time.
We polished all the fuel plus we have the fuel polishing system in the boat, we are still trying to figure out the best way to get a look inside the tank. we ran out of time and had to leave to catch a weather window. :-)
I'm really enjoying the two of you and your videos. Best regards from Colorado.
Thanks very much! it must be ski season for you soon!
You both are doing great with trouble shooting problems and solutions. Awesome refit video and hope you have safe travels to Mexico!
Thanks very much, it was funny but we got more sleep sailing then when we were in the yard :-)
Can't wait for next Friday. you guys are doing great. Thank you for sharing. Travel safe
Thanks heaps!
I personally would not be bored if you went into more depth of your repairs instead of ass-u-me ing I know how to wire. 😊 love the show I binged it from your beginning and it’s going to be an epic ride. Looking forward to your journeys
We will try and do this in the future, we were running out of time and just had to get things done. I'm still not sure how we got everything done in time lol
Pumped to have you long for the ride! :-)
Can pull props off & do at anchor (while having a beer), then propspeed. Sailing with the James’s (Au) just did all the research/purchase, pros/cons, for their cat if interested. Recommend spraying all that new metal driveline (+ pretty much anything else) with Lanolin.
Fishing rod holder (or bit of pipe) for starlink
We ran out of time for sure, we put all the stuff you said on a list and are planning another refit lol stand by for some boat work in the next two videos lol :-)
Atrocious weather, time to go south 💨🥥 🏖
It got so cold, we left just in time!
Loving your videos and your awesome attitude and teamwork. 12:54 any reason why you didn’t clean/polish/repair the propellers while you were on the dry? That prop is in terrible condition and it will rob you on performance and fuel consumption.
It's a job that can be done under less pressure on anchor.
We just ran out of time, i wish we had done it but it is a job that we could do later :-)
Bang on :-)
With regards to the fuel, I don't understand why the massive filter wasn't installed in the line between the tank and the motors. Putting the freshly filtered fuel back into the contaminated tank doesn't make sense to me. Great to hear that Australian accent btw Its apparent you two work well together and are a delight to watch, it seems all problems will be conquered. A tip, consider reinforcing the shelf that was installed for the small fridge to sit on. Will be ok in calm water but it's not always calm.
We wanted to be able to run the fuel polishing system all the time even when the engine was off. So far it is actually doing a really good job of removing all that stuff that came with the dirty fuel we got in Alaska. We have gotten about 3 full cups of crud out of the tank by polishing it when we're sailing. At some point we will hook up the system so we can switch it to supply fuel to the engine as well (like how you've suggested). But unfortunately we have a lot of stuff to do before then lol. The fridge shelf is a bit beefier than it looks on camera but we will keep an eye on it. Thanks very much for all the advice :) Glad you're liking the videos :)
Great job! Love to watch you
Thanks heaps :-)
Lots of jobs done in such a short time, well done both of you, keep on learning, keep on sailing 👊
Thanks heaps, yea it was a ton of work, but it was so worth it! the boat is sailing so much better now!
Love love love this video! Y’all worked sooo hard. Be safe and have fun. See y’all next Friday!
Thanks very much !
Safe trip down to Mexico you guys. Take care and have fun. ❤
Thanks very much!
Cheers guys
Thanks heaps! :-)
Clean your fuel tank guys
we want to but we ran out of time, it looks like we have to remove the cockpit floor to get at the fuel tank.
En France, il y à un proverbe qui va bien pour Yvette. Il dit : "A quel bonheur d'avoir un mari bricoleur". 😉😉😉Bon vent.
J'ai beaucoup de chance de l'avoir !
You've done good.
Thanks heaps!
I watched the International Cruiser Awards presented by YCA and they showed Super Nova in the opening video montage of the awards!!!!!
Wow thats huge!! they must have so much cool video to pick from and ours made the cut! so cool!
I wanted to let you know that when you install the bolt into the steering, you put the nylon washer on then the steel washer. It should have been steel washer nylon steering gear nylon washer steel washer double nut.
Nyloc nuts are far superior.
Ill have a look at it when i put the pin in. thanks for the heads up :-)
Really enjoyed your latest video. It's good to see you are taking on board the advice being offered.
A couple more bits of possibly helpful advice:
Those fixed 4 blade props of yours are great for motoring but not so great for sailing. They scrub 1 to 2 knots of sailing speed off your boat. A good pair of folding props will make a lot of difference to your sailing progress especially in light winds. The downside is they are expensive and they are more complex. There is another utube couple "sailing with the james's' who have recently installed new folding props. Worth a look if you are interested.
I noted that you put some rope clutches onto your decks. I may be wrong but I think your boat (Prout 50 Quasar?) has balsa cored decks. If it does you don't want any water leaks into the balsa core as it turns the balsa into mush and weakens your deck. The way to avoid this is to overdrill your bolt holes, fill them with epoxy resin then drill the right size bolt hole through the epoxy resin. This seals off the balsa with an epoxy tube which won't leak even if your sikaflex bonding leaks...which it often does on loaded bolt holes.
Thanks for the tips, the best thing about being in real time is we can use all the info people give us, and we need to because we are so new at this!
We would love folding props, but I don't think its in the budget right now. we are looking for a used set, and if we find a good price we can change them in the water.
We put some epoxy on the holes we drilled but we are going to go back and over drill them, we ran out of time and had to get it done in time to leave.
thanks for all the tips, keep them coming if you seen anything else we could improve on :-)
Bon voyage!
Thanks :-)
Lmao I didn’t see the “a”
I guess 😊that’s not such a stretch after the bullets tho😊
haha
Nice work!
Thanks very much! :-)
be safe ,good luck ,,,,
Thanks very much :-)
Leaving a line tied on doesn’t work lol but learning all the time and not making the same mistake does,I’m a little concerned why you didn’t flush the fuel tanks because of the amount of rubbish in them including diesel bug-however I’m sure you had good advice and wish only the best safe travels cheers
We just ran out of time, the weather was to good to miss. we had a bunch of fuel filters and had put in the thing to polish the fuel, so far its been working, but we still want to clean out the tank.
In one of the other videos someone was saying that the head in that ball joint is supposed to be able to rotate (that is the whole point of the ball joint). I plead ignorance. But next time you are in there maybe you can try to figure out if that is right. If it is supposed to rotate but is frozen that could cause a lot of problems I guess.
it is Supposed to be able to move freely but not be loose. I think its on there right but i still have to put a pin in so I'm going to double check it when I do. its been great so far :-)
Between the rod end and the leaver the OD of the washer and the OD of the inside of the rod end must be the same so the rod end works or don't use a washer..There should be no plastic washers used.
Thanks for the tip, ill have a look when i add the pin in a week or so. :-)
That hurricane in Mexico was sure scary! Normally it is best to avoid Mexico during October for that very reason. It wouldn't be a bad idea to avoid crossing the Mexican border until November.
Yea we saw two hit Mexico like a week apart, I think they are all done for the year now so we should be good. :-)
Hi, what about checking the inside of the tank for heavy deposits
We plan to do that, we were out of time, it was very late in the year and we had a great weather window to head south, we are almost 100% that we picked up bad fuel. but we do need to check the tanks :-)
Good vidio. Is there no access to your fuel tanks. Have a great trip
If we cut the cockpit floor we can get to the tank, we are trying to find a different way lol
Glad you liked the video :-)
sikaflex to stop the bolts from coming out? 😂
Hey if it works..... we have no idea if its going to work lol
U should of sanded down ur props and put prop speed on them by the time u haul out again there will be nothing left of those already bad props and I would of put anti foul on to
We should have! we ran out of time. We are hoping to have some time to pull the props later, we can do that when we are in the water. they are in rough shape but we hope to get a couple more years out of them!
I INSTENTLY NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE THE FUEL 2FT AWAY FROM A CHARGER!!!! DARCY THAT COULD OF ENDED UP A PURE DISASTRER,,NOT ONE FOR OUTING PEOPLE BUT THAT WAS MADNESS,, HEAVY SAFTEY FIRST>> RESPECT, SCO UK
It's diesel. It's very hard to ignite. It has low vapour pressure. It's quite safe.
Thanks for the concern, The type of fuel the boat takes is very safe, it would need a lot more then a spark for it to blow up. If it was gas that would be a different story haha.
Hope you liked the video :-)
You put the brand new sail on?!….
Thats the old sail with a new sun cover, I think we will be putting up the new sails soon!
Did you put a plastic washer on the inside boom next to yourself when you installed it???
I didn't see you slide one on the inner most pert ofthe boom next to you..
There was only space for one, the rigger said it should be ok, there was nothing there for 36 years and its much better now.
hey guy, big fan of the journey so far. I had a question for you. i have a old catamaran of my own but the cabling for the inside helm has been removed. im trying to decide if it is worth recomoshing the inside helm.
Do you find you use yours much? thanks :)
We have not used it as much as we thought we would, but when we do we are very happy to have it. I would say it would be better to have a well built cockpit cover then it would be to have a inside helm. If you would like me to go more into why just let me know :-)
Just because I’m a bit crude, Yvette, was it too cold or were you so excited to get the boat moving back to the water? Best of luck on your journey, fair winds and following seas.
We are happy to be back on the water :-)
How do you do this and not mention how much money you are spending.... This “refit" cost more than the boat...
We were out of the water for just over a week, we did 99% of the work ourselves, the rigging we had help on. We saved a bunch of money by not dropping the mast and also getting everything ready for the rigging guys. We also got great deals on the new parts because we knew where to get them (we did the same work to the port side last year. we also got some used parts. it would have cost 4 times as much if we didn't do the work ourselves
maybe we should put together a cost video, or like you said just talk about it more in our regular videos :-)
Hi, theirs lots of ways to put a prop on. They way you did it should be just fine. Putting anti-seize on the shaft would have been preferred. It’s not really necessary to use Loctite and 3200. Your last zinc probably dropped off because it was all used up. Depending how fast that happened you may have some electrical current leaking though the prop-shaft. You may need to look for that. Possibly a bad galvanic isolator (if you have one). I would also recommend that you look on TH-cam to see how split-pins are normally installed on spinning shafts like a prop shafts. I would have liked to see you bend one leg aft and trim the other leg flush. This helps with balance, cyclic flexing and to prevent fouling.
Have fun,
Ian
Good pick up & tip. Like most things in life, wish we knew back then, hindsight.
Thanks for the tips! Ill do that next time.
i have to go through all the wiring on the boat, and test to see if any of it is bad.
I know cost is an issue, I know time is an issue, I also know working on clean equipment can be enjoyable. Think about getting some cleaner and paint! Areas like under new shaft seal can be cleaned and painted. May be not the whole area, just where you worked at first. It will motivate you to do it all, a little at a time. Make it a practice to never put bare metal back on(paint it), and clean and paint the rusty metal where you have worked. At the rate items on a boat fail, you will have a boat that is a joy to work on in no time! It is also easier to inspect clean, painted areas. Rust from bearings show up,etc. I’m just getting ready to start my 40th. year turning a wrench for a living.
Thanks for this tip. we are going to do a bit each time we work on something just like you said.
we picked up some paint and are going to start when we do our next job
I was just thinking about the two of you! I was like where is there video? Love the new camera you’re using. Looks crisp. What camera did you both get?
We got the same one we lost, its the canon vixia hf g70. the reason this video looks better is because we had better lighting, we are really new at making videos so we hope to keep learning new things to make them look better :-)
Love the videos planning my own boat purchase and AK trip. Loved the black shirt with the backpack!!!! Stay Safe 😊
Alaska is so much fun, you will love it. Just make sure you have 300 ft or more of anchor chain/rode.
Happy you are liking the videos :-)
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You guys showing your inexperience and mistakes is the best part. Building my confidence as a new Sailor. 😁👀⚫️ 👕
We have made a ton of mistakes, so far we have been able to fix them all in the end, and we have been having so much fun so far, even when we have lots of boat work to do :-)
As one new sailor to another, the best way to learn is out on the water :-)
Hey Darcy, It helps to loosen those set screws first. I laughed so hard, brother, I have no idea how many times I have done that my self. Y'all are doing awesome.
He told me he had a trick and it was going to be easy haha, it would have taken 20 seconds if we had taken the set screws out lol. glad it was good for a laugh :-)
Darcy - that steering set up is poorly designed mate - the ram should be attaching ON TOP of the quadrant, and then you should always install your fastener with the head at the top - so in the event that you do lose the nut (which should be a Nylock in that application), you still have the bolt through the ram and quadrant - and gravity saves you... Cheers from Australia!
Yes it is poorly designed, unfortunately I can't fix it without some pretty major work. Right now there is blue locktight and a double nut. We inspect it every 15 minutes while underway and when Darcy has a bit more time he is going to put a pin in it so it can't back out even if everything else fails. Definitely some great advice though, keep it coming. Us Aussies have to stick together :)
2 Narrow Bridge traffic is really loud. So close to me yet so far. I hope you put a meter on the coax and hope there's no corrosion between it and the antenna
So far its working well, if we ever have some extra money i might get a new antenna and cable :-)
I’m sensing a significant amount of seamanship maturity as compared to your earlier videos. 👍🏼👍🏼. Good work-great adventure too!
We never said we knew what we were doing haha, but we know we have to learn fast, can't get lucky all the time. We feel the boat is set up much better for sailing now, we learned a ton in Alaska ! :-)
👍👌👏 I simply have to mention that I absolutely love 💚 how you say moda, woda and filta (for motor, water and filter). It sounds sooo cute. 2) What? A man reading the/an instruction manual? And even before installing the device? I've never heard of such a weird behaviour. 😁 ;-)
Yvette just tried to say those words without an accent... I just about fell off my seat haha. I had to read the instructions on account of I have no idea what I'm doing lol
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👍👌👏 That's nice! I love to be the reason that people have fun. 2) It's a kind of running gag (but with serious background) all over the world. Real men don't need instruction manuals respectively don't read manuals. But after several hours doing unsuccessful attempts and after everybody else (= witnesses) went to bed, most men read instructions at last. 😁 ;-) Please, Ivette, never lose your wonderful accent. It's part of your great and positive personality.
:-)
What no folding prop
not in the budget right now, would love to have them ! :-)
Everyone complains that its so expensive to rebuild a boat. It is when you pay someone to do it. But when you do everything yourself its not that bad plus you really get to know your boat because you've laid your hand on just about everything. I'm almost done with my Prout Snowgoose 37
We have saved a huge amount of money by doing our own work. it can be hard sometimes but its the only way we could do something like this :-)
Espectacular. Bons ventos ❤🫂
muito obrigado. Feliz por você ter gostado do video :-)
lm all in to watch your trip
pumped to have you on board! let us know if you have any questions :-)