You kids need to take your act on the road, so funny! Love your sense of humor and your ability to attack the many issues with the boat amazes me. Once all of the repairs are complete, you will have a very safe and strong vessel to sail across the seas!
I don't know about that, your grandson's dimples were about the cutest thing I've ever seen!!! (I hope he hasn't grown out of them!) We're no where near that level!
Good for you. Really enjoyed your channel. Trawled a lot of them, some are weird, self conscious, not self conscious, endless education of armchair sailors etc etc - really like yours because you are keeping real. And funny. Keep it going
Great boat, I got a sail on Jim's 31, and it was enormous to me. A 37 is like an aircraft carrier, or maybe that was the 40 we were on. Congrats for keeping it light, so you can keep it sailing. Jim always felt sorry for the guys whose monos were too heavy to sail most of the time. He said "They want a bigger boat, so they can carry more fuel, and have a bigger engine..." about the circularity of it all. He barely had electricity on his.n Yeah, getting any boat fixed up is a lot of work, but as you know, 64 sq/ft of ply is only 2 sheets. My 800 pound 24 footer tri has about 40 sheets in it (mostly 3 and 4 mm). There must be hundreds in yours. You sure scored on buying second hand, and only needing to fix a few sheets. My favourite trick with rot is to scrape it out from the inside, leaving the outer skin intact so that no external work is required.
*Spoiler* I hate to break the news to you, but we actually end up selling the trimaran. We really weren’t big fans. The speed was actually one of the reasons, she was a slow ole goat! But I promise we try and be just as entertaining on a monohull 😉
Just discovered your channel. Awesome boat! Do you have Jim Brown's Searunner books? Tons of information about fitting out your boat for next to nothing. The rot issues will go away when you rebed all deck fittings with butyl rubber tape and install 4in. Dorade vents forward and aft in the aka and amas. They can be left open at anchor or light air sailing. Screw in the bung for heavy weather. This will dry out the nooks and crannies. Keeps the boat fresh too. Have fun with your hardcore passage maker.
"Sterncastle" I believe originated as a warship terminology, a castle or fortress at the stern of the ship serving as a platform for soldiers to fire weapons.
What's up Burgs.....been binging your videos hard. Love em. I know you guys are in a different boat now but my girlfriend's Dad may have been the guy who built this boat. Him and his new wife did a circumnavigation in a sea runner 37. It was built in the west coast. Do you know where this one was built?
Hey, that would be a crazy happenstance! The old name was Rattle and Hum and there's a blog on the build if you Google that. Let us know if it's one and the same! Either way, her dad is quite the badass! You guys on a boat?
Hello - You should definitely read Jim Browns Books - The Case for the cruising trimaran and the Searunner construction manual. It will explain why the boat is the way it is. outrigmedia.com/outrig/wp-content/uploads/support/case-for-cruising-trimaran.pdf I have seen Searunners with quick release nuts on the steering wheel to get it out of the way for better movement. Great boats. Have fun
Not to sound like a jerk but that poop hole cut in the wing looks like a really terrible idea. Why would you cut a big hole in the bottom of your boat?
"poop hole" he he he It is a little unnerving, but supposedly the position in the boat's wing makes it so water wont get in. I guess the designer thought if the water got that high you have bigger issues on your hands. I'll give it to you though, it seems silly.
