The CATAMARAN Goes Back In The Water And We Prepare To Depart Marina Cove! - 18 

The old man sees what's coming just like most of us commenting here.

Yip caution should not hamper youthful enthusiasm, but silence on basic safety would also be a bad thing. I recall commenting on a channel called Untie the lines, stating that a solar powered electric motor at least needed a gasoline tender back up. Well they did not listen. 3 months later, the coast guard had to rescue them.

Andre Marais exactly. When your dealing with the sea you need a backup to the backup . I kayak sail MILES off shore and I have sails, paddles, peddle drives, and just recently added a 4 stroke outbound.

Best comment ever.😁

He didn’t want to put it in the water. You could tell. Bless his heart for trying to caution them

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no kidding i want some lol

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Hahahahahahahahah

Amazing and gullible are not to be confused. Its like two dodo birds walking off a cliff.

yes that smile nomaddr what u a luky fkr

With a mentor or good advice, drowning is not inevitable.

They are on an intercoastal Adventure, a big tall mast would be a setback, access under bridges exploring other areas limitations waiting on bridges that can open so many things but having a couple 10 ft 4 inch PVC poles that can quickly be configured into a simple gaffrig wood allow the dynamic abilities of Both Worlds and convenient ability to raise and lower that combined with some good solar and batteries and a couple big trolling motors like Anthony had the water shark would go a long ways, we borrowed Anthony water shark for a couple weeks and we're able to motor back and forth to the same Mirena out here in the channel as transportation we got a Max of 3.6 knots out of that motor that's pretty good it would push that sailboat along just fine that's a thought if anybody was up to donating them a couple of the saltwater version of the water sharks, we did some testing on the 100 amp hour batteries around the marina and actually move several large 40 ft + Cruisers around to the launch in the breeze with that and the Livingston so it has the thrust it's just not made for speed but that with the solar could run all day in the sun easily and have enough to charge up for their other conveniences fans small water maker Refrigeration and lights

I really needed to read this rn!

Max Ellison I thought the same thing. You need at least 10 A overnight to charge a lead acid battery

My "smart" charger won't charge a sick battery. I guess that they detect a weak cell and refuse to even try even if the battery is marginally usable.

I have that same charger...for my motorcycle battery lol

I agree 100%!

Houseboat is going to flip.

That house boat is theirs as well. Stay tuned bro.

She sure is!

But she's CRAZY

'They are ON youtube, yrt apparently never youtubed how to fiberglass'. 😊

And a bedsheet

@@charliemessner1437 Arghhh...and some do rags, swords and a couple of eye patches...ARGHHHH

Well said, I've wanted to be positive but there's a big difference in being optimistic and realistic. You guys are way out of your league in this trainwreck of a boat. You're half-assed repairs are comical but cringeworthy. Below the water line will not be fixed by bottom paint. The boat has potential but not at a starting cost of 5500. Hope you guy really learn from this without getting physically hurt. Pay for the top level Towing membership since you'll need it. Good luck, I'll look for you on the ICW in Soflo.

The hull needs serious fiberglass patching, it should have been cut out, sanded down. and the cracked and split fiberglass removed, and built up completely, then sanded and coated again. These repairs you have done will be undone in three weeks or less. Ditching the mast on a sailboat ???? More than sails attach to a mast. things like weather instruments, radio antennas and navigation lights.

They actually paid 6k for it fully stripped out, no hatches, rudders and a clattering old outboard ....then wondered why the guy jumped off the back of it. I've been trying for weeks to stay positive for them and I believe for the most part that criticism should only be given constructively but with every upload I worry more, I really admire the enthusiasm these guys have, which, kind of makes it worse as I really don't want to see them fail but.... I dunno, we'll just have to hope for the best and see how it unfolds.

c4sken yes absolutely, hope they get a Tow Boat US membership in case their engine craps out, and also have a way of sculling and poling.

Lars Grimstad I don’t know what video you are watching but that guy came by and did a proper repair on it. He did use a grinder and feathered the fiberglass back. That hull is only about three quarters of an inch thick if that.

No please NO... we have enough crap boats here

Thanks Diane! Next one is uploading right now!

Thanks Terry!! New one is coming out in an hour!

*I have the sneaking suspicion that Jess and friend are actors and this is a top secret West Marine DIY "what not to do" series. Different car every episode... Vessel has different terminal disease every episode... Going to Florida on an outboard? Jess looks suspiciously similar to a Disney channel actress from the 2010s*

@@kjc9trader491 Right, I just re-watched the entire episode, and at NO TIME did they mention it was going in to storage? The only time there was any reference to the mast was when the mast was being picked up. They said 'the mast is going to a good home'... Was there a reference to it being stored in a previous video? If so, which one and the time reference please... As it sounds like they just gave it away from the current video. * - UPDATE: If you watch the next video in this series 'We Motor The CATAMARAN To SALT PONDS MARINA - Hook-Up Solar Panel - Install Trampoline - 19' he does actually say 'Well here we are at Salt Ponds marina, were doing some judging here, oh, and this is also where we are storing our mast for whenever we want to come and pick it up, we didnt sell it'.... So yep, looks like I was wrong! Cant figure out how you managed to work out it was going it to storage though when they didnt mention it lol

@@1nvisible1 actually I'm thinking something similar: great marketing, always playing "close to catastrophe". I think, under the very unsecure looking surface things might be much safer. Maybe that's all intended as it is.

The stuff there doing now I think is a temp fix to get it to a different place.

Oh man, i watch because it's like watching a car wreck in slow motion... i wish these two the very best, but man, going out on the open water without knowing what you're doing, or in a boat of dubious quality, you're testing the fates....

@@tennesseeobservations yah all the way to florida read the description

@@nick-dm3if I did I got a feeling it will make it there and with RU-vid these days people in comments think they know everything and I bet 70% never been on a boat in there life

Man screw you people , haven't you ever taken a chance in life . that's what they're doing, they're taking a chance they're going forward with it and I praise them for that .. I've done it my whole life I jumped on my bike and went to Wisconsin for no reason at all. I've got on my motorcycle and went to New York... I done the same thing all over the United States, I rode my motorcycle to places on the map where the dime fell ..... I would flip a dime wherever it fell that's where I would go .... I think it's great that they're willing to take the chance . they will have a good life and a lot of stories to tell ... they already told you in the beginning if you watch the videos that they didn't take the chance to hit open water in the sea .. they took the back canals and rivers so they weren't in Open Water. God people live a little, and for god sakes quit trying to make these people think they are going to die .. they do need to buy an extra motor and put it on the boat just in case that one dies ... and I wouldn't never have taken the mask off either, that sale is your lifeline if you're in the ocean... but maybe they never have any intentions of hitting the wide open ocean . we'll just have to wait and see . I don't think they're that stupid they seem to be pretty intelligent. either way they're enjoying life, stop put putting them down for it just because you're too scared to go for it...

that is if your dodgy repairs make it into the bay first. We all may be surprised i hope we all will. I also think you should sit down and tell us all what you are planning to do with your boat. is it going to become a house? that is permanently mored/docked? party barge? i mean ive unsunk plenty boats out of the Eastern Bay partied around with them and layed them back to rest properly. OR is this some crazy extravagant way of transporting a 9 HP outboard back to your house? this may take some of the heat off the comments.

She is an accident waiting to happen. Been watching from the start. It’s a miracle she hasn’t hurt someone

We are really excited too! Next video will be up in an hour!

No need for wind....THEY SOLD THE MAST !!

@@BruceInFlorida actually I think he said "we gave it away?"...smh

That's ok Bruce they're going to get bored with it, like the House boat and move on park it in the woods, if they don't at least put it up for $ale I live in the Florida Gulf I'll take it I'll follow you Good luck

To many people spend there whole lives preparing for the "big adventure" that never comes. They are going down the ICW. Not crossing the Atlantic. You're rarely more than a few yards from shore. Another aspect is that there is a lot to be said for simplicity. Even simple systems are unnecessary on the icw. And yes I have been down the icw.

So they should sit home only dreaming of adventure because you are scared to leave your comfort zone?

@@gillejohn9 I'm not saying dont ever go on an adventure what I'm saying is do things right that engine most people would scrap never mind being able to reach a bank what if it got stuck on and smashed into another boat or it cut out when another boat was heading towards them boats dont stop on a dime or turn as quickly as a car , it's fine risking your own life but most of us think about other peoples safety . Instead of a couple of days applying paint and bodging up holes take some time to do things properly if not for your own sake do it for for everyones sake

There are inherent dangers in everything a person does. Driving to the grocery store has its dangers. Yet millions of people do it everyday. Do we condemn the driver for injuries to rescue services(assuming drugs and alcohol aren't involved) after an accident? Of course we don't. They and everyone else who got out of the planning stage and are out enjoying there own adventure are not idiot's. I strongly disagree with that comment. It's your prerogative to not leave your living room. Don't condemn somebody who does.

@@gillejohn9 you seem obsessed that people are not leaving their houses , we have left we've had the experiences and we know the dangers , noone wants them to not do this or stay at home we just want some nice people to not get hurt or worse

They are venturing along and intercoastal Canal which is nothing more than an overgrown pond with title running water and invest a narrow channel acrossed it in many spots oh, no big thread of getting sucked out to sea are washed up on the Shoals however I think now that they have a radio at least they can Yelp for help since they'll be in such a short distance of other traffic, but I hear your plight about water rations and the essentials, being on that cat without an aluminum Master some metal object bypassing lightning potential between a higher point and down to the water they now literally become the lightning rods if they are Outdoors during a thunderstorm, hobbling and the cabin won't provide much more than Shelter From the pelting hail rain and when elements but they have the heart and the adventure so therefore they go forward and will learn many things along their way, as we wish them well I'm not seeing them head out of here just recently and down out the chute of this Bay only relying on that small outboard into the larger Bay of the Chesapeake was a little nerve-wracking but they successfully made it with a little guidance from Anthony around the corner and down to Salt Pond safely now they will shoot down the intercoastal in the safety a protective barriers and shorelines and begin an inland Waterway Adventure, I'm surprised they didn't grab a couple decent size solar cells and batteries since I have all that flat surface and maybe a couple 10 ft 4 in PVC sections of pipe and rig up a very simple gaffrig you an audible decent used car for old piece of sale to really help them along the way and yes with no tillers it will be interesting at times but they could really make so much Headway quietly and save field but they'll probably figure out things as they go they have the spirit of Adventure so we wish them well how to hear from them along their Journey as we check in places on our adventure South oh, who knows maybe we'll see them down below the cape find the last Crossroads to our paths at possibility yet remains but depends on how fast they skirt the inner canal and how aggressive they are at their Adventure oh, mostly be safe keep an eye to the sky for the weather and hopefully they make some sort of simple Warframe inside the main bulkhead of the cabin and guy that down to a low point with some sort of grounding plate even if it's a few bolts on a old piece of brass outside the bottom of one of the cat hull creating a bypass point to something metallic that sticks up awfully at least 6 to 8 in above the roof of the cabin structure and hopefully bypass the discharge around them safely down to the water and that grounding plate, that would be a wise decision plenty weather ahead big plastic floating Target and big Open Water and thunderheads really increases statistical odds, at least one could sit confidently inside know if there was a big bang you wouldn't be the one in the bug zapper the Faraday would take it around to the water safely

That’s ok. We’ll come visit you on the island sometime!!

Would love to see it and hope it works out well for them. The inside is really nice

Thanks Andy!!

Great advice! Thanks!

Llewie Montgomery In earlier comments (couple of episodes back) they said that that might be their plan. I totally agree with that

@@chukwow5738 Oh wow I missed it! Thanks for pointing it out!

Yeah cause electric motors and electric in general go great with water....

Psychosis Media Search for “silent yachts” here on YT. Also all circumnavigatiors have solar panels with a (sometimes huge) batterie pack. So what’s wrong with electric and water?

They are not reliable, easy to corrode, they are not reliable!!!!, the batteries are just as heavy as a diesel, charging the batteries is not reliable, Working on then/fixing them usually means you need to replace them after a year or two, Depending on conditions battery drainage is a nightmare. Battery prices are so high then you have to replace them after a year or 2 You cannot replace a tried and true diesel engine. The output of constant power and reliability and onboard fixes for diesel are better than electric. I watch and researched electric motors for boats, they just do not work and is not worth the hassle or price.

Mast is just in storage now

That will only lengthen the time until the final outcome.

@@eddievest4096 too bad they don't have a chaser boat following with a camera! :)

I would have done the same to be honest. Much more beam room in a cat than a motor cruiser. They (in my opinion) look better too!

I was under the impression they they do plan to eventually rerig the boat so it can sail after they get it down to FL where they can do more work on it.

@@peterkacandes5905 Not much chance of that happening now lol. Unless they still think they can, but have not worked out just how expensive its going to be to re-rig her! (especiall now that they have to buy a mast as well as all the winches/hardware and sails! Got to be looking at $15k)