Vegan adventure-seeker with a love for sailing, hiking, exploring, and all things outdoors! From living aboard and refitting a sailboat to hiking alone as a solo female, I'm on a mission to experience all life has to offer - especially in my beautiful home country of Wales, United Kingdom.
Follow along with my vlogs, whether I'm walking on hiking trails through the mountains or on a boat out on the water. I'll share all my travels and explorations, with a sprinkling of yummy vegan food thrown in!
The motor setup is mostly done but the stern gland is leaking quite badly and I can't really afford a haul out right now. Nick thinks we may be able to repack it in the water (eek) but not sure when we'll get it done as we're busy with work etc. I'm trying my best but it's challenging when you're short on time/money and I don't want to risk going out without doing essential maintenance first
@@BethanyIvy yes you can repack while still in the water you do get some water coming in but not much. I’ve got to take star dreamer out for cleaning etc soon as the last owner hadn’t moved her in 4+ years
That was great. I was interested in the mast ladder, I didn't know they existed. I have a 5M boat and it can be a pain to lower the mast to do work. I'm not sure how they are used though. I'll have to research them more. I look forward to more adventures you do.
Maintanance is very important but i hope you don`t fit another spark plug😉.... And who has an spark plug on a boat with a diesel engine? Very nice video and a nice boat!
Hi all, apologies for the background noise in this video - I put some foam over the mic this time to try to block out the wind noise but there still seem to be some strange whooshing sounds! Hope it's not too distracting.
Lovely conversion, would love to know how it is holding up now three years down the line (and if you would have done anything differently if you did it again?) - Currently building a similar setup but using two 10Kw brush-less (water cooled) motors instead as my boat is a bit heavier. Just posted the first episode on RU-vid of the motor housing design if interested. Keep the good videos flowing:) Thanks!
Thanks! We ended up having to replace the controller, there's a video of the new installation on the channel if you want to check it out. Plus we'll be replacing the plywood mount with a metal one. Good luck with your project! :)
Thanks this was super useful, about to install into our steel 48' ketch and the last one I did was just sat outside in the cockpit whenever we needed it which was way too ghetto
Vegan and sailing what`s not to like? And now days it`s so easy to go vegan on a sailboat with things like HUEL for both food and if you like protein .Happy sailing!!!
Perfectly, the panels are happily powering my fridge and laptop charger as we speak! Upgraded the batteries to AGMs in late 2021 as the old ones were ancient, they've been great so far.
Glad to see you back filming and posting. Funny I was checking the other day to see if you posted anything. I was held up doing work on my small boat because of weather. We all get there in the end, to where ever we need to be.
The exhaust on this will cause you problems. It largely goes uphill, but starts down (see timecode 14:50), the water droplets that are meant to make it to, and be expelled by the muffler (hole in bottom of silencer), will run back down the exhaust and collect at the lowest point! Since you (quite rightly as it can’t be inside) don’t use the silencer, exhaust on this type of install should run smoothly downhill to the deck outlet to let the water/vapor droplets exit the boat. Instead they’re collecting in your cabin. Yes, the droplets are water (from condensation) but if they collect and can’t get out, over time they will rot the pipe and then the carbon monoxide will vent to the cabin.
According to my research an insulated exhaust should get hot enough that condensation won't form. Yes ideally it would be installed as you describe but that wouldn't have been possible on my boat.
@@BethanyIvy lets say your research is wrong (which I think it is) and water is collecting at the lowest point and one day a rust hole appears and carbon monoxide starts leaking into your cabin…now that’s one thing as you’ve created this problem, but you’ve also made a public instructional video, so let’s say some old boy follows it and in two years takes his grandkids out a sail for a weekend? Im all for folk living on boats and showing the world through RU-vid, I do admire you, but I’m sorry, on dangerous parts, if you don’t know what you’re doing you shouldn’t show other folk just to try and make a bob or two.
Highly dependent on the tides, wind, hull shape, engine size etc. Boats are slow and for a sailing yacht of this size it wouldn't be much faster to use the engine. In fact we motored all the way back and I think it took about the same amount of time as the sail over there. Obviously a planing powerboat would do it much faster.
Bethany - You have become quite proficient and comfortable with your boat projects. The editing is more succinct with less rambling. Keep up the good work. And Summer will come!
Hi super I am a mumbles man and have sailed to combe loads of times and your trip is typical of 75 percent of mine and my brothers. We are mumbles men and have one of the last boats on moorings at mumbles it's called Ostreme and is nearly the same as what you sailed on
Bethany, that will make living on board much more comfortable. Like you we chose to draw dry (ish) air from the outside rather than circulate damp air inside which electric heating does too. We find it take a couple of days when getting back on board if the boat is cold until heat reaches all the nooks and crannies, then the condensation reduces. Your yacht is coming along nicely as a home and nice one Nick for giving the installation a once over.
They quiet down once they warm up. You'll need it... guna be a cold winter! Are you a full time live aboard? My cheap 2kw heater is still going strong on its second winter
Thanks for sharing . . . I'm awaiting my diesel heater - it should arrive on Monday or Tuesday. I still have to cobble together all the proper bits for installing on my sailboat - so, this project will take a few weeks to complete. I'm still figuring out how I will be running all the ducting and air intakes and exhaust - I'm thinking of 2 vents - one near the companionway steps and one in the area of the head and v-berth. That should keeps thinks nice and toasty and dry. I'm keeping my Dickinson Newport wood burning stove just in case.
A great job I agree, I've been looking at doing the same, I have a small trailer sailer leisure cabin cruiser, not a live aboard I wish to stay in overnight occasionally. Looks to be plenty for what I need. Thanks for sharing.
I fitted one to Aquarius last winter. The chinese ones cost less that a service on an eberspacher. I ended up spending considerably more on the parts (exhaust, fuel line etc) than the heater kit. Its surprising how many people dont fit a relay in the circuit and damage switch panels.
Well no shortage of fine looking fresh vegetables, probably organic as they can’t afford anything else. Yummy pastry. Can you get tahini? As a place to overwinter in a boat, it must be the least expensive, and no doubt putting her ashore would be equally cheap. Sure you could salvage a few parts for your electric set up from those scrap cars.
To be honest I can't remember if tahini was available. There are very few marinas and the ones we saw were expensive, but if you could find a small harbour it would probably be pretty cheap.
My experience is that sea toilets are a horrid to clean and maintain and use…and they smell. Composting toilets are actually miss named, they don’t compost (well not much) they just dry out the solids. My simple bucket and chucked toilet was fine. I lined with a compostable bag. You only use for #2. Throw in some dry material after each use, sawdust, dry grass, whatever. On land, it goes in a bin, at sea I first put a stone in the bottom of the bags so it sinks . What surprised me was no smell. Of course being a guy , separating #1 is no issue. Gals, try getting creative with a suitable jug, my daughter managed it.
There are advantages to both, I've heard good things about the commercial compost loos but my DIY one was difficult to clean and empty. I'm preferring the sea toilet overall, but I suppose it comes down to personal preference.
It would be so much better if you could avoid complex electronics. Trams used to have just a series of switches to control the level of current (voltage?). On a yacht you don’t need that fine a control. Maybe just a slow and a fast for forward and astern. Mind you I don’t know how you achieve this.
Very difficult to say as it's so dependent on the size/weight of the boat, conditions of the sea etc. Will report back when I've had a chance to test it properly!
@BethanyIvy Indeed I am also a sailor and familiar with these challenges. The top speed under low/no wind in calm water would suffice. Thank you for Your response, And please take your time it's winter here and the lakes are freezing over As such i'm not in a hurry.
