Excellent videos! I’m working through my sailing certifications and getting hours through a club. I plan on buying a boat in a year or so. Your videos are great in prepping for the realities of boat ownership. Thanks!
I tell ya it’s sad watching you guys winterizing your boats as we enjoy endless summers in Florida (minus the hurricanes of course). Great job though. We will miss anchoring at Croton!
I've just bought my first boat which is Catalina 30 Mkii. Found your channel, it is super helpful to see all maintenance projects on the same boat. Thank you for your work.
My cat did my last oil change. We were sitting at the dock with the end of the settee open and my cat went down into the settee. There was a hose on the drain plug the previous owner had set up. Somehow my cat knocked the plug out of it and the oil started going into the bilge. HE got it all over himself, suddenly we heard this BANG BANG BANG BANG CRACKITY BANG under the settee boards and he came racing out of the end of the settee covered in oil and went up into the cockpit. We had to put the guy in a trash bag(with his head out), and I suited up in a welding jacket and gloves. We then took him to the marina showers....Dawn dish soap does work to clean animals of oil...shampoo....well.....not so much. Hey I agree 100 hours is just fine, fifty is really kinda crazy and what everyone usually says. If it were highway miles that would be 3000 miles, but we all know from Consumer Reports, etc that 7500 miles is usually OK, even for NY taxis.
About to change my oil for the second time Thanks for this I have also yet to ever pump out as we don't use the bathroom. Doesn't look to be to hard might start using it
You should use it. I mean you have one why not use it. Pumping out is not hard at all. I do it every two weeks to keep any nasty out no matter how much we use it. If you have any questions please let me know
Really good video Brian. Was wonder, could you post the type of pump you are using? really like that one and would love to get one. Keep up the awesome videos!!
regarding the door you held open with a bungee - have you considered removing it and flipping it over so the hinges are on the bottom? Thats how all 3 are on my 1988 C30..
Depends, but I would think the Pearson would hold up better esp if it was say a 365 with todays weather platforms you should be able to stay away from storms the Cal is super fast the catalina has the best layout and is fast but a deck steped mast would scare me in a proper storm
Nice video… also a cat 30 owner need another opinion. Do you follow the liquids only rule in your toilet/ holding tank or do you allow let’s say… organic solids?
I hope the freshwater hose you are putting down the pump out fill is labeled “not potable” and going into someone’s freshwater drinking tank. If so there would be a serious ecoli concern!
Thx for the response, really enjoy your vids, clearly you have a mechanical mind and or background, working on a cat 30 in such tight quarters is a struggle Trick that works for me is to use a garbage bag wrapped around the filter when changing. No oil anywhere but the bag for easy disposal.
@@markcanterbury4847 that's a great idea 💡 might give it a try next year Thank you for watching if you ever have a topic you want me to work on please let me know
Everything you do on a video, put it on paper, step by step with pics you will sell a lot of copies Example your repairs plus your experience comparing sailboats designs
