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You have done a great job restoring the boat , my utmost respect to you guys !. I cannot fathom( no pun intended), the choice of name, to me its unbecoming to the Westsail heritage and lineage. You must have your reasons ... . Fair winds, and quartering 🌊 seas !.
We provided a thorough explanation of the name in a recent video. If you watch that video, you might find that the name is actually quite meaningful, but I assure you, the heritage of Westsail did not, does not, and will not impact our choice of the name not one iota. It does feel great to finally have her to a point where we can use her, but we still have a load of work to do when we return that should really prepare her longer distance cruising.
She's getting there. Once she gets her new standing rigging, chainplates, and throughulls this Summer, she should be pretty well set for some serious cruising.
Outstanding! The adventures begin soon! Molly I hope you are feeling much better! Tell them you need Ice cream to soothe your throat. Oh and some extra for the delay in getting your medicine!
Ben, I totally understand that moment of elation that comes when, somewhat surprisingly, something as complex as the re-worked fuel system on a diesel powered boat actually works right the first time! Take a bow! You've ALL done well on your refit!
We are so happy for you guys! That feeling when your boat goes in the water and there are no leaks, and then the engine starts up and purrs so beautifully… man that’s a great feeling!!! Much love from the Moon Dragon family!
Thanks Matt! Sure was a great feeling. This boat life has conditioned me to expect for things to generally go more wrong than right sometimes, so it feels GREAT when things work out.
Congrats Ben, Tambi and Molly! You've done it again, splashing yet another boat for future adventures! You should never discount your abilities Ben when it comes to doing a project the correct way. Having that engine crank up on the first turn was proof positive that you Are The Man!
Great job Guys !! 🙏's for a safe Mast Climb and Quick and Flawless install of the needed anchor light and rigging of sorts !!!! Love this Sailboat Channel 💙
Congratulations on your job well done. We have been waylaid in Daytona Beach so can offer any assistance you may need as you travel thru. Sometimes a stop at Walmart, West Marine or Aldi can be handy. S/V Sea Rat looks great. You can take pride in your work and may your hearts always beat faster when you see your beautiful floating home from afar.
I was so scared IAN would upset your plans last year. You all made good time for the coming season. Beautiful boat, majestic even. Molly, knock-out that cold!
Congrats! Awesome job! All that sweat equity paid off in full! Hope Molly got through her illness quickly. Normal for kids to build up their immunity system.
Smooth as silk , just what you want! Growing up we never saw our boat(s) launched. No travel lift just very rusty trolly they would park at the bottom of a wide dirt launch ramp (stone and mud) at low tide . Then float boat off when tide came up (15’ tides in UK). They tell me the boats in travel lifts or cranes often creak and grown which can be quite unsettling to owners….. Cheers Warren
Oh yes. Very creaky indeed. I'm always a bit overwhelmed at all the tiny little bits, pins, clamps, hoses, etc - any one of which could fail. I try not to think about it too much, but it's certainly very creepy, especially having, what we were told, is the heaviest boat in the whole marina.
Welcome to the Westsail Family (Welcomed you when you first bought the boat) but now it is nice and freshened and looking great. Great job on the hull/deck joint bonding (one of hardest projects on a Westsail) and the engine room is pristine and I am envious of it’s size! Best of luck!!!👍
Wow so excited for you guys. I hope you take that boat to the South Pacific one of these days. Its a perfect boat for your family been watching for so many years since the original trip glad to see your doing it one more time
@@Sailboatstory Have you thought of doing a weekly live stream? Project Atticus used that to grow there channel and I think you two would be a entertaining live streamers. We could help convince her to do the pacific crossing
Nah. Just no desire to do it. What we do already has us spread pretty thin. I’m impressed by the folks who do even more social stuff on top of video creation. Seems like they’d have to offload some work somehow to free up more time. I don’t know how they do it.
@@Sailboatstory to bad you would be entertaining i think. Keep up the good work always love your humor. Are you going to try starlink? Seems like a lot of boats are doing that?
Glad to hear it finally is in the water. I would like to know were the A/C was when we were in working in the engine room! In August!!!! I felt like the cadence guy in the Ben Hur movie!!!! Your buddy “Red” would love to be back at sea!
