It was a pleasure meeting you! I’ve enjoyed following along your adventure since Chris introduced you. Great video. I loved seeing the yard from a different perspective (a visitor as well as from up in the air!). Safe travels my friend!
@@scallywags228 Ahoy Brother David Thank you for being such a awesome friend and Host to our Good Sailor Brother Michael We had a blast all 3 of us Happy Winds
Shalom Ahoy Brother Michael Thank you very much for coming to St Mary hanging out with me letting me introduce you to my very good friend David This was a awesome video I remember saying I had a Sailboat Bottom to sand in the beginning of the video it was a Stamas 44 Sailboat I ended up Sanding it and Painting the bottom finished it last Friday 2 days ago Can't wait to see you again when you return to America Love you Bro Shalom
I have been talking to a yard in SE GA. I think I am potentially buying that mast next to the demo'd Endeavor 42. That is interesting if that is actually the mast ! Nice Video! I love walking through boat yards! I have a whitby 42 that was demasted in Hurricane Ian. Working on getting her back in the water.
Interesting to see the cat owners using what appears to be 2 Renogy Adventurer PWM solar controllers. Might make sense if the panels put out around 20v, but most sailors going towards MPPT to squeeze every bit of energy out of panels. Like how the panels serve as bimini. 4 years back, I helped install two 320w panels in parallel on cat connected to an inexpensive Make Sky Blue 60amp Mppt which is still going strong. Nice boatyard walkabout. Place has been used by some other RU-vidrs.
I live just south of Atlanta and am already planning a trip to St Mary’s to see if I can find my sailboat there. It would be super convenient because any boat I’m going to be able to buy is most likely going to need work anyway.
@@southernpaths2986 Ahoy What size Sailboat ⛵ are you interested in & what price would you like to stay within I'm sure I can start to help you I'm Tzphnyah in this video with Michael & David
@@chris-fj3kl looking for something in the 28-36 foot range and staying around $20k max. If I ran across a Nicholson or Contessa 32 I would be very interested. Cape Dory is also high on my list.
In my experience surveyors miss a lot of crap. I personally would never hire one for a boat I could see for myself and talk to the owner. Yes he is likely going to lie like the owner of the current boat I have BUT I knew he was lying and called him out on it. Surveyors are just a guy for the insurance company to sue if things go south. Boats are expensive to keep and if you have the budget to pay for work to be done that's fine however even if you do, knowing HOW to do the work yourself will save to thousands in not being overcharged because it is all a mystery to you. Yes they do that.. I was in that industry for many years.
19:08 No, it is not true that you cannot own a car past 100,000 kilometers in Japan, it's a myth. Japan does have a very strict vehicle inspection system, which is one of the reasons cars are scrapped or shipped abroad. Another reason is Japanese consumers often prefer newer, low-mileage cars. So, technically you could own a car as long as you'd like, as long as you're willing to put up with the costs of maintaining the car in street legal condition.
Have you taken any video at the very end of the first driveway of our Gemini Our Frenchship, curious to how she is doing from the outside,. Pascal from Muskoka
I'm in that boat yard. That "gun boat" is an actual Viet Nam era river "Fast Boat"....the guns have no firing pins....it was salvaged by a Viet Nam vet Fast Boat organization, and mostly repaired by Steve who lives on his boat there at the boatyard dock. He says when he removed the cosmetic repairs to the hull he found an old RPG hole ! Evidently the Viet Cong knew the constuction of these boats and knew where to hit, because the RPG had penetrated inches from the fuel tank and failed to go off. 😱 As for surveys, I agree with another commentor here, a lot of "Surveyors" are bullshit....stipulating things in the contract like "anything I couldn't see isn't covered" ....so then, why are we paying you...? ...unless you just don't know anything about boats, or it's physically impossible to be there, it's best a Buyer goes over it themselves, crawl into every nook and cranny yourself, because THEY won't ! Never assume anybody knows what they're talking about or will make the effort to catch everything just because they hang a "professional" shingle up and hand you a business card.
