Renata is just growing ,,,and growing…must be almost 3 and a half….love the detail you both express in your videos….and family life…so wonderful to see the land you purchased…a little at a time with the nice mobile home and deck…and I miss hearing your “quack” when you do repairs….Psalm 34 - Keith
Good demonstration of how to put a mooring together. Some types of mud/organisms attack metal / plastics so always good to check what works well in your environment.
Kirk, you are a fantastic teacher as demonstrated in your explanation of the process to fabricate the mooring system. You both are so good to interact with Rinata and let her explore and do things to 'help' you do your projects.
So , I enjoyed your splicing an all but the fact of the matter is your wee one is now the show stopper with a 10 rating. You two are so lucky . Enjoy and catch you on the next clip Angus
Might be a good idea to have a clump weight half way the mooring chain. That works to absorb shock loads (you're then lifting the clump weight from the sea bed which is hard to do) and keeps the last end to the anchor pin horizontal, thereby loading that in the best possible angle. On large ships it's the chain that does all the absorption of the shock and the anchor actually does only partly contribute to that. On a mooring you don't have that luxury to put a large amount of scope on the chain, so the clump weight is a way to work around that. Need not be big, just a heavy rock or some bundled chain.
Best mould remover is Benzalkonium Chloride--but another thing that works is sunlight--and that is also the killer of sails. Old does not mean bad. Just use them--the salty sea also kills mould, along with some sun and a little rain. I make my moorings out of concrete and scrap metal welded into a lattice, with the eye of the mooring block made from heavy stainless. To this I fit a LONG stainless shackle which I add a pair of Tufnell blocks to enclose the eye of the mooring, and the other end of the long shackle is connected to a polypropylene rope. (Or nylon) which terminates on the float. To this termination is also attached a floating polypropylene trail lead to another float. This streams behind the main float, and is the target of a boat hook or tossed grapnel on a line.
You should wire lock those pins on the shackles. You'll never know if they have wiggled loose from the wave motion or from hooking up and dropping. Just an additional piece of mind for you to sleep better at night.
Luggage tag. Also known as a larks head or cow hitch. Missed you guys, playing catch up on your new adventure! Absolutely love how interested and helpful Renata is. My 4 year old is the opposite haha, but he'll get there.
Sailing Soulianis Family, It was noted below, but I will note it again, You must safety wire all the shackle pins. I learned the hard way. You can tighten up the pin and as it is loaded up the body of the shackle will flex and the pin will become loose.
Great Video. Being a Dad of 2, think it's awesome your little one can help a little. She will learn lots of skills. Your teaching her the value of work.
OMG. I really didn’t know what to think after y’all moved back up north. Couldn’t see where the channel was going to go. I’m SO glad I stuck around. You’ve taken a great sailing channel and turned into a great family sailing channel. BZ
Scott's outdoor cleaner is apparently ok for cloth. It can be used on interior cloth overhead material and exterior anything. Try a little on a dirty corner. Washed the outside of my Morgan N/M 36 that had some mildew under the lines crossing the deck to the winches in the cockpit. Clorox didn't do anything. The Scott's worked amazingly well, and the next day, even though I rinsed it the first day, the decks were even cleaner.
y'all are living an amazingly rich life and I've enjoyed watching you since you bought Soulianis. and you're incredible parents. thanks for creating something worth watching and to brighten a day with.
Amazing I've been with you guys since you first started, been away for a while not particular watching anything but just came upon you and you're beautiful daughter oh my gosh proud of you. From what I've seen though thank you so much for keeping it real.
Watching sailing in beautiful places is great, but there's something about learning what goes into a mooring anchor/chain that's cool also. And, does anyone else suddenly miss warm weather?
Renata is a cutie! Sail Care is great. I have a “boat problem” and frequently save / salvage boats for our club. I have placed sails in our pool for a day at a time and it does wonders!
The chlorine in most swimming pools is harsher than what is best for a sail. I don't know about pools that use other disinfectants (bromine?). The OxyClean might work better by soaking and working portions of the sail in a cheap plastic kiddie pool.
A big washing machine hahaha. That was funny. No worries.. as long as they are helping you sail... they are just perfect. And like this, the sails are not dirty... they are vintage 😀😀. Mine were worst 🤣
Hey guys, amazing work and so inspiring. One point. I recommend putting zip ties on the tightening shackles. Stops any chance of unspinning and easy to snip off
I had a mooring installed a few years ago. It was done by the company that has installed most of the mooring fields in Florida, some of which are Sarasota, St. Augustine and some in south FL. They didn't use any chain, old school they said. The entire system was large synthetic line. One reason being that is has a little stretch when there are large loads when it's windy and rough.
Strange because the main purpose of the chain is to take the abuse of friction with bottom, and to add a lot of horizontal direction to the mooring load. For instance my light swing keel 26ft has a little over 1.1x (minimum depth + freeboard) of welded chain above the anchor. I have that much tough weight above the anchor and cleatable line attached to that. (Inland lakes, occasional overnight.) Pretty common solution and similar to theirs.
@@artsmith103 Perhaps your situation is different. Here the bottom is sand maybe with some grass. With the synthetic line I don't think it's on the bottom. I found a photo of the complete rigging before it was installed. There is a float a few feet from where the line attaches to the anchor, which was like a large screw augured into the bottom. A completely different system than what you used which partially relies on the weight of the chain. They told me that I would pull the cleats out of my boat before the anchor came out of the bottom.
I just love so much how you guys take us along on your journey of learning and adventure. Renata helping and asking questions and repeating new words is ADORABLE! A thought about sail cleaning: possibly scrub with a mild bleach solution and use a pressure washer??? Oh, and one other thing - don’t forget to always safety wire your mooring shackles! Love you guys!
West Marine is out of chain, that is no suprise. I have pretty much stopped shopping there at this point because half of my orders are out of stock, even though they indicate it is in stock. I ordered a new B&G chart plotter, it showed in stock, the order just sat there. I finally called and they were like well, one store in Florida has one, they won't ship it but do you want to pick it up? I was like I live in Wisconsin, that isn't really feasible and ordered directly from B&G. I can't wait to see how it sails, I hope it lives up to your expectations! And your little girls is getting so darn cute!
... love Renata's progression, interaction with the two of you and telling stories ... Ya Ya the boat stuff was cool too .. thx for sharing .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
The mold on the mylar sails is not much to worry about. It's UV that kills them. So you may have several years of use left in them. I find that super glue works well to keep ends of lines from fraying. Love the videos and watching your journey.
I am waiting for you to take a trip on it and see what your reaction to the boat's motion in seas is going to be after you have done it a bit. It surely will be different than the monohull variety.
A swimming pool is actually a good idea. Toss the sails in. Let the chlorine do its work, a day or two. Hose off with fresh. Have done this to remove mildew and brighten up sails.
Thanks for the details on setting up the mooring. Was there any approval process you had to go through or were you able to just choose the location you thought was best?
Mouse the shackle pins or you'll lose them, Stainless steel wire is best, talk to your cable guy, they use it to secure cable installations and usually have ends left over.
Put into a pool, chlorine will help remove the Mildew, if not there are other pool product that remove deep rooted Mildew that have roots, Mildew is much like a plant that have roots...
The bridal does the same job as a snubber, the mooring line will be slack with the stretchy rope of the bridal taking the shock loads and keeping the bows to windward, it's a pretty normal setup for a trimaran.
We have mud daubers here in NC too. The difference here is that our dirt/mud is reddish so the nests blend very well with unpainted wood! Now if I could just get rid of the driller bees (carpenter bees) before they destroy our house. It is a shame that we can't train them to drill nice straight 1/2" holes right where we need them.
If the woodpeckers come in behind the carpenter bees, it makes a bigger mess (the wood needed to be replaced anyway), but the next summer the carpenter bees will be very much noticeably more scarce.
.... IMPORTANT !!! Do not "flack"/crease/fold those sails .... Roll, Roll ... ROLL !!! That material does not like to be folded and will fail at those creases ... Find a carpet store and ask for one of their tubes left-over from a roll of carpet or a length of PVC pipe ... to clean the sail ... find a "trough" (animal feed) long enough ... place the sail in it and soak ... soak ... change the water ... soak some more .... ( I raced beach cats w/ Dacron sails and Pentex sails ... you have to treat them totally different !!!)
Did you seize the shackles on the mooring? I use zip ties. It doesn't require a lot of strength, but you want the pin to not be able to unscrew. I would try leaving the sail out in the sun for a day or two. Not bad for your first and second splices.
