5 How much did it cost? How to buy a hurricane damaged boat or catamaran. 

Hurricanes, fire and thieves scare me the most. I don't worry to much about fixing stuff, fiberglass is awesome, if you screw it up cut it out and do it again (which I'm sure I'll end up doing a few times).

"What scares you the most..." I love this question and I can't stop thinking about it over the past few days. There are actually a lot of things that scare me, I think a lot of times fear is what stops people from achieving their dreams. I think I'm going to use that question for the theme of the next video I make for the series. The next episode covers the scariest pat of the project so far. Thanks for the great food for thought!!!!

@@BryanSailing being that you're back in states, the theft should be less?

Bryan..Are you located in Melbourne?

@@tomphillips0409 Yes

Thank you chuck😃

Wow, thanks Dean!

Wow, thanks! Who knows I may become a "real" RU-vidr if this trend continues- one more thing to check off my bucket list!

Thanks so much!

Glad you like them!

Glad you enjoyed it

Very true, If a person doesn't realize it will always take longer and cost more than they think and if they don't enjoy the process., then DON'T DO IT, but if you are crazy and for some strange reason enjoy the dirty, miserable work like I do, the by all means GO FOR IT!!!

@@BryanSailing 14 k to buy it, what was the final cost of the build? Thanks!

Make sure the timing is right and go for it 👍

Welcome aboard!

Most people won't talk about price because they plan to resell. My plan is to keep the boat so I figured I'd share.

Thanks. Can't wait to get starting on the fiberglass work.

Thanks. I really hope I can hit 100 subs soon!

I appreciate that!

Thanks Mike

More to come! I was a little worried about sharing the numbers, because it can come back to bite you when you sell the boat, but I don't plan on selling it anytime soon so I figured what the heck, lay all the cards on the table.

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the tip. I agree that will probably happen with the budget, but if I double it now then I'll end up spending double that when I'm done 😁

Thanks. Lot's of fiberglass work coming up

It really gives me motivation when people like my channel -- tanks. The channel in itself is a huge project!

When I figure the hours invested, I doubt I'd get min wage to do the work, but I love it so who cares.

@@BryanSailing precisely the chance you ever realize a profit out of it once you factor in your labor is usually slim. BUT if you are truly passionate about it who cares, that's not why you bought her. You did however it appear to have bought it extremely right but for the average non boat person its hard to see. 😆 🤣 really hard to see .... you have a lot of room for investment in this ole girl until you get upside down. Good Luck Bryan .....

Go for it!

I'm crossing my fingers too .

Go for it!

Well said.

Thanks for watching!

Bryan Sailing brain I’m so glad your making this video I’m really thinking about doing something similar

You're welcome. That's the plan with the mast and the reason for such a big budget variance. I want to try to use all the hardware I can off it.

Thanks, sounds like we both have the love of adventure🚢🚕

Glad I could help. Keep the dream alive.⛵👍

Glad you enjoy it!

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks Mark! Cheers!

I hope so, time will tell when I get it done.

Go for it!

Thank you very much!

Thank you, I will. Lots of interesting videos on the way as soon as I get some time to edit them.

Thanks

And master of none, but I have fun. Thanks for joining Peter.

I might. I have to finish this one first

Glad you enjoyed it!

I think I would add another 50k though...cus you know there will be some idea's brought up in the comments, that Bryan hadn't thought of. Who knows, maybe a cold beer dispensing jello filled solar powered hot tub is already on the list.

I think you are right, I didn't budget for the sushi conveyor belt, sauna, and mechanical bull. But, nothing in boats is ever close the the budget, so who cares.

It was really sad seeing all the damage and hearing the stories from the people that lived there. Thanks to all those that gave them help.

Thanks. I'm going..... lots more to come!

It will be a mix of hand layup and vacuum bag as the situation requires

Thanks. Yes for sure boats rarely go for full price and I don't think my boat will be worth $500K, the point was it's not a cheap boat that I'm sure it is worth putting some money into if done right.

@@BryanSailing Absolutely

Thank you! 😃

Check out my video on the model I built of the boat I designed here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IMcRJWoOXaU.html Also the forums here are very useful : www.boatdesign.net/forums/

Same for antique Jaguars….

Thanks, I put my heart and soul into that house. 10 years of planning 2.5 years of building. I lived in in for one year, sold it and moved to Hawaii. You never know what life has in store.

@@BryanSailing well that's pretty cool story haven't spent any time in Hawaii yet but I'd like to I almost did here recently little cool story of my own, I've been looking for a sailboat far and wide so I figure I just look around Hawaii in the islands on Craigslist and lo and behold I run across this beautiful promotion sailboat for sale and low and hold who doesn't belong to,? John McVie from Fleetwood Mac and I just couldn't believe how beautiful it was on the inside and it was going for unreal price but I do realize that it was a wooden boat it was gold for I can't remember at the moment but it wasn't over $10,000 I was wishing that it was other than a wooden boat but I don't know if it's sold or not but I'm sure it did but it was I think like a 42 footer and I do want to get out on the ocean do some blue water cruising and I didn't figure that would be a good first time boat

Thanks I had a good laugh when she said that to me. 😂🤦‍♂️⛵

All I can say is Wow, wow wow. That must have been crazy. It would be great to hear the story. Just glad you were OK.

....That can be some seriously scary stuff... Hurricanes like that....Even for hardcore sailors....stay tan, kinda drunk and safe always.

@@BryanSailing if you go to my channel "Easternsun" there a video I did of that day called " threading the eye of Dorian " there's also two other videos from after the storm . Cheers !

@@josephanthonypuccio4704 thank you . And fair winds a following sea and clean diesel to you .

A little, but the quality of boat and the design make a much bigger difference than size. I'd do it in a 19' Flicka, but not a 19' Hunter. Hunter's are fine, but you would need a much bigger one to make sure it's engineered for ocean crossings.

@@BryanSailing That is a very interesting reply I've been telling people for years that there are 20' sailboats (Flicka is always the one in my mind) that I would cross oceans in 40' sailboats that I would not Yes, seaworthiness is most important consideration

Thanks for comments. Gary is a great guy and now a friend too. I'm sure we'll be in contact.

Thank you! It always takes a lot of work and a little luck😊👍

Yes of course!

DIY is the only way to make it work.

It was stolen while the boat what anchored before I hauled it out. It was the batteries, Raymarine depth sounder and other instruments I temporarily rigged up for the trip up the ICW.

Thanks so much Michell. Thanks for continuing to leave comments, it really helps.

Think of it like scaling in 3 dimensions instead of just one. Plus scaling the materials to handle larger loads of a larger boat.

grazie

I'm going to add them to the description

My plan is to keep the boat and use it to sail the world... someday that is the dream anyway.