It’s funny you know, ... we brought so little with us from Australia, 2 x 30kg. And then we stopped at IKEA in Caen on the way to Cherbourg. This stuff was quickly squirrelled away in those drawers and in the tech room, and a couple of other places. Half of it we’ve forgotten about already, sorry, I’ve forgotten about. I’ll say, ‘Oh, I wish I had this (favourite little tool)!’ and Carolyn will say, ‘But you have got that! It’s in the (whatever) drawer (wherever)!’ 🙄
Hi Andrew. Yes, there's useful storage here. I just took a look under the drawers, under the small hatches there, but we're out of luck. The spaces there have the forward-most heating distribution unit and ducts. No good for squeezing in more beer. You know it's not such a strange thing to be mentioning storage spaces and beer. When I visited Hallberg-Rassy, after my test sail the salesman showed me around the yard's HR44 to make sure I hadn't missed anything. Just about every useful storage area had heaps of beer in it, left over from Boot Dusseldorf. The Delos crew would have been right at home. 😄
Hi Stephen. The sides of the hull and the superstructure are insulated (70mm for the hull; 35mm for the coachroof, which has other insulation built into the fibreglass). The bottom of the hull is not insulated, as is normal with metal hull boats and some fibreglass boats. The reason for this is that heat exchange with the ocean is desirable, given that it is a temperature buffer. In climates where the air is hot, the temperature of the ocean will be cooler; contact with the ocean cools your boat. Vice versa, in climates where the air is very cold, the ocean will be warmer and heat exchange with it will help keep the boat warmer. The extremely high thermal mass of the ocean works in your favour to help keep the boat from getting extremely uncomfortable inside. Hence, no insulation below the waterline. Also, if there is ever a leak below the waterline you need to be able to find it quickly. Having the hull below the waterline insulated will make this difficult or impossible. You can decide which of these two excellent reasons for not insulating below the waterline works best for you! 🙂 I like both of them about equally. Regards, Rick.
Hi Lucas. That's a good question. Let me go and look. Ok, here's what I found. That area where the bowthruster and batteries are installed does not have a sealed wall behind it, under the berth. Rather, there are drainage holes in the stringers (?) at hull plate level, that will let any water reach the forward bilge pump, which is under the floor at the aft end of the berth. The boat has seven electric pumps for removing water: four bilge pumps, an anchor chain drainage pump and two shower/basin pumps. Oh, and there's a manual main compartment bilge pump, of course. It looks like it would be easy to put in another electric pump to cater for the bowthruster, while closing off the drainage holes. But there's probably other things I'd spend money on first ... 🤔
Hi Paulo. Your assumption is correct. Our house battery system is 900Ah at 12V. The bowthruster battery bank is four batteries of 105Ah each, arranged to supply 24V for the trio of the thruster, windlass and capstan. Edit: I'll add an edit as a new comment. See below.
@@pairugo I had to look it up. It's a 108Ah battery (12V), positioned near the engine. It can be seen in the video showing what's under the floor of the saloon. 🙂
It’s timely that you mention that. We had a visit from the Duane guys yesterday and inter alia we did talk about the refugee problem in the Channel. They were seeing people trying to cross to the UK on childrens’ inflatable pool toys. I think it would be safer in a Garcia, even under the floor with all the beer. 😳
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Thanks for another good video, & with the trustey tape measure
It’s funny you know, ... we brought so little with us from Australia, 2 x 30kg. And then we stopped at IKEA in Caen on the way to Cherbourg. This stuff was quickly squirrelled away in those drawers and in the tech room, and a couple of other places. Half of it we’ve forgotten about already, sorry, I’ve forgotten about. I’ll say, ‘Oh, I wish I had this (favourite little tool)!’ and Carolyn will say, ‘But you have got that! It’s in the (whatever) drawer (wherever)!’ 🙄
Looks like you had room under the draws as well! Loads of space! Keep 'em coming!
Hi Andrew. Yes, there's useful storage here. I just took a look under the drawers, under the small hatches there, but we're out of luck. The spaces there have the forward-most heating distribution unit and ducts. No good for squeezing in more beer. You know it's not such a strange thing to be mentioning storage spaces and beer. When I visited Hallberg-Rassy, after my test sail the salesman showed me around the yard's HR44 to make sure I hadn't missed anything. Just about every useful storage area had heaps of beer in it, left over from Boot Dusseldorf. The Delos crew would have been right at home. 😄
Wow, lots of storage.
hi guys
is there any insulation onunder the bed i thought there was ment to be 70mm sll thru
cheersd thanks for the vids
Hi Stephen. The sides of the hull and the superstructure are insulated (70mm for the hull; 35mm for the coachroof, which has other insulation built into the fibreglass). The bottom of the hull is not insulated, as is normal with metal hull boats and some fibreglass boats. The reason for this is that heat exchange with the ocean is desirable, given that it is a temperature buffer. In climates where the air is hot, the temperature of the ocean will be cooler; contact with the ocean cools your boat. Vice versa, in climates where the air is very cold, the ocean will be warmer and heat exchange with it will help keep the boat warmer. The extremely high thermal mass of the ocean works in your favour to help keep the boat from getting extremely uncomfortable inside. Hence, no insulation below the waterline.
Also, if there is ever a leak below the waterline you need to be able to find it quickly. Having the hull below the waterline insulated will make this difficult or impossible.
You can decide which of these two excellent reasons for not insulating below the waterline works best for you! 🙂 I like both of them about equally. Regards, Rick.
Great storage! The walls of the bowthruster compartment are water tight for the case of water entering from there?
Hi Lucas. That's a good question. Let me go and look. Ok, here's what I found. That area where the bowthruster and batteries are installed does not have a sealed wall behind it, under the berth. Rather, there are drainage holes in the stringers (?) at hull plate level, that will let any water reach the forward bilge pump, which is under the floor at the aft end of the berth. The boat has seven electric pumps for removing water: four bilge pumps, an anchor chain drainage pump and two shower/basin pumps. Oh, and there's a manual main compartment bilge pump, of course. It looks like it would be easy to put in another electric pump to cater for the bowthruster, while closing off the drainage holes. But there's probably other things I'd spend money on first ... 🤔
I assume the bow batteries are in addition to the 900AHr, correct? Is your DC 12v or 24v?
Hi Paulo. Your assumption is correct. Our house battery system is 900Ah at 12V. The bowthruster battery bank is four batteries of 105Ah each, arranged to supply 24V for the trio of the thruster, windlass and capstan. Edit: I'll add an edit as a new comment. See below.
@@SailingSnowGum Thanks Rick
@@SailingSnowGum how big is your starting battery?
@@SailingSnowGum can you confirm that all the trio BT, windlass and capstan are 24v? Was this standard to reduce wire size?
@@pairugo I had to look it up. It's a 108Ah battery (12V), positioned near the engine. It can be seen in the video showing what's under the floor of the saloon. 🙂
Room for a another ten refuges 😂
It’s timely that you mention that. We had a visit from the Duane guys yesterday and inter alia we did talk about the refugee problem in the Channel. They were seeing people trying to cross to the UK on childrens’ inflatable pool toys. I think it would be safer in a Garcia, even under the floor with all the beer. 😳