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Hello, thank you always. What's covered on her deck? Was she originally teak decked? I've been thinking about alternatives due to recent deck problems.
How about using what we used to call Jumars ie. ascenders. There are various forms made by different manufacturers such as Petzl. Obviously they are much more expensive but very user friendly without any tendency to 'bind'? This is an excellent presenration.
Only just found out that you can get to the med through France a few days ago. As I live in Belgium, I thought ah, you can probably do it from Belgium into France. Maybe someone did that. But didn't look at it yet further. Found an older video from you about costs of buying/maintaining a boat and thought, this is interesting, wonder if they have newer videos... Guess what 😅 Belgium to the Med through the canals... Must be fate! Instant Subscribe! 🎉
Hi Britaly! I am about to get to work on my boat too... Been out the water 8 years due to covid and ill health but I am about back on my feet after my operations. I got the two done within 6 weeks so it took longer to get well.. so here is to getting the work done for the end of the summer and get into the water for the september week end take care folks have a nice summer. ta ta.
This is interesting. I looked through the comments to see who all has my opinion, which i figured there would be a lot. But, it seems like most people are thanking you for your video. So, ill show some appreciation and say, even though lots of this stuff is unrealistic for most people, im still glad that you put those ideas out there to open our minds on whats possible.
Yes Gary, I bit off a bit too much on this first solo passage, but it was a great learning experience. The software I was using is Navionics and here is a video about how I was doing my passage planning: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-An4o4kD2bhA.html Cheers, Chris 👍
@@SailingBritaly thanks Chris, been binging your series, educational and entertaining, I used to live and work in and around Medway Towns so know exactly where you were moored, just didn’t know at the time 😂
Thank you for your frank and open views on the subject. I think a lot of “armchair” wanna be” sailors get lost in the romance with no thought of the costs involved, which are not always monetary.
We had no idea what awaited us in 2020 but now we're in 2024 and not having a windlass has been no hardship at all. Having those funds invested instead of being tied up in a shiny and barely-used windlass has been a better use of funds. However, we are looking forward to using the boat more and I'm pretty sure I'll fit a windlass eventually. Fair winds, Chris 👍
great video and I love your approach to sailboat ownership. inspired to resume hopes of "big boat" (not on a trailer) ownership as a regular working class guy. subbed
Very nice video. No ones actually mentioned the main benefit of doing this.... the removal of abrasive rock salt, the nasty stuff that makes sea water what it is and destroys ur lines..
I’ve got a injector slightly fizzling seeing how to go about repairing this I’d take it use the tools do in place remove injector and then sleeve anyone know more about this job
Hi Chris, I have just researched See Air a year after you put this youtube out and have found many people are revoking thier rights to Kickstarter and asking for their money back as they have not recieved thier goods. And there is no reply from them. Pity as the product sounded good except for the delivery cost to Australia. Cheers and thank you for all your tips, Peter
Hey, that's a good video, it's encouraging! I've just completely renovated my Volvo 2003t. Due to inexperience, I didn't change the atomizer sleeves and I couldn't get the injector nozzles to seal. So the atomizer sleeves had to be replaced. I bought the three tools and replaced the sleeves according to the manual. I left the cylinder head on and drained the coolant, as the sleeves are directly flushed with water. The old sleeves were cut off at a certain angle to the cylinder head. The old ones were longer. The new sleeves are only as long as you really need them, so it's not necessary to take the head off. It's worth mentioning that the injectors are only screwed on with 20Nm, which leaves some reserves, but then the properties of the copper are no longer there, as it becomes too hard and no longer seals.
Hi Jim, it depends on the cut-off point for different lengths. Here's an example price list of a marina in Italy I've looked at recently: www.lamarinadigoro.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LISTINO-2024.pdf The difference here would be 270 euros per year. Best regards, Chris
From what I understand, you did most, if not all, of the work yourself without paying others for assistance. Sorry if I missed it, but how many hours did you plus your wife or friends spend working on this boat, and what is an hour of your or their time worth? Your labor needs to be factored into the overall cost. Even if you value your time monetarily at zero, how long it took you to put eleven coats of varnish on whatever is a huge consideration for others.
I understand where you're coming from, but I'd like to point out straight away that the work put in was nearly all mine - with Rossella helping out here and there: I certainly didn't bother my friends or family with this boat. Given my time is worth £500+ per day offshore, I've been paid $200 per hour with remote consulting, and some of the things I do in life result in thousands of dollars 'per hour' of my time, it would have been more convenient to buy a nice 40 ft ready-to-go boat and not do any work on it. However, what I seek in life is freedom. I can spend 3 days offshore and then easily pay a mechanic to fix my engine, but I'd rather spend three days on my own boat with my wife in the sunshine fixing my own engine and getting the sense of independence and satisfaction when the job is completed at a negligible cost instead. Tinkering on my own boat in the sunshine is not "work" for me, it's a leisure activity. And the 11 coats of varnish were applied on a balcony when I was landlocked, which also was no hardship as it made me look forward to going back to the boat, where I feel the most freedom in my life. Many people watching this will be trying to work out if they can afford to buy a boat and working out how they can break the chains of being tied to a job working for someone else. This is a million times easier if you learn to deal with things yourself, so you can avoid being shafted by the marine industry and its often-inflated prices. I didn't count the value of my time with this boat, or our current one, and I won't with the next. The time we get on this planet is very short, and the time we get with our children shorter still, so if I'm on a boat with my family (sailing, or tinkering) I will be counting my blessings and loving every minute of it. After spending decades away from my loved ones, I've learnt what I value in life. Others are free to make their own choices, value their time as they wish, and live however they like. If anyone is interested in going down the path we have, I hope this video helps them. If anyone wants to disagree with our thoughts processes and think of other ways to get what they want in life, I wish them the very best of luck. Thank you for watching & commenting. Chris 👍
@SailingBritaly Yeah, I figured you probably just enjoy doing the work yourself. I think a lot of us just don't have the time, skill, know-how, or a place to do the work, which is too bad. I appreciate the extensive response, I wasn't expecting that. Happy sailing!
@@trustthescience2260 We all start at zero... The first time I took an engine out of a car on my Mum & Dad's driveway (using bits of wood tied together with paving stones as a counterbalance as a makeshift crane / engine hoist sticking out from the flat roof of the garage) I was genuinely fearful of messing up the job and having to call a tow truck to save my backside. It worked out well in the end and I started to build confidence. A couple decades later and I would now take on literally anything myself. If I'd have always paid people to do work for me I wouldn't be like that now. So it's a kind of chicken and egg thing, to get the skills you have to start doing things. I love replying to comments when I can - I really like the community side of RU-vid and I've learnt tons over the years from things people say in the comments section of videos. Fair winds mate, Chris 👍
Hi Chris, just watched this video a couple of times. Its a fantastic resource on how to use Navionics. I watched all the official Navionics tutorials which were OK but learnt so much more from your video. It shows how to get the most out of Navionics and the detailed practical example was great. Many thanks for taking the time to create and share this video. Cheers - Chris
...and it floats, so it'll never get caught around your prop. I see a lot of comment about UV. As I understand it, it is very UV resistant. There is a good reason that insurance companies life ss rigging at 10 years. Ss is great until it isn't, you won't know when that will be because the failure is usually hidden.