In almost every difficult endeavour there are numerous catastrophic failures before the final success. Great that you're looking forward to the next iteration.
Take your time on the next one, make sure you do several trials in different conditions, especially when faults arise or modifications are made. You need to be 100% confident and in the right head space before another attempt!
Thanks for the explanation.. a couple of questions though…So the water ingress caused you to turn back? In a prior video you said it was too low in the water so a cradle couldn’t be used so you lifted it out using its structure which then failed. Why didn’t you pump the water out prior to lifting so the cradle could be used? Wouldn’t the ingress be a good time to test the capability of the pump just in case it happened at sea?
Water ingress caused him to turn back Overnight, while it was tied to the pier, the boat filled with water and sank Because it had sunk he couldn't get the slings under the boat and lifted using the sail structure The boat has sunk so he couldn't sit in it to operate the pump. Exhausted and distressed people don't always make the best decisions.
Nearly right, i pumped out most of it, but there was still a fair amount in it, i then as you say tied to the bow eye, and rear stainless frame. One rope went, then all the weight went onto the rear frame and then that broke the frame on one side then the rope. then the drop.
I'm so happy this is not the end , if I had a pound for every time an oring let me down I'd probably be able to buy a cheap boat, keep going you got this can't wait to see the new designs
I will be back and am starting the design as we speak - there are always new ideas that i am going to incorporate better into V2, mainly the solar panel side, and blending in the side pods more into the design.
You 100% did the right thing. Your vessel is so specialised you could only expect teething problems. You were fighting the law of averages. Thank you for sharing the technical details of the issue. Keep your chin up 👍 you will get there. Sorry to hear about your Dad. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam.
Many thanks for the technical info re the mechanical failure. Good to keep us all updated.You showed great humility in admitting it was your own fault. Good luck with the project. It is exciting for almost all of us. Don't feel bad if you feel you have to abandon the project at some stage it will be very understandable. Don't feel pressurised into making a second attempt if it all becomes too much. Honesty always the best policy. Best wishes Colin Lavery SCOTLAND
How could this end a journey like this? 1 day to fix and go... An average sailor have way bigger fixes to do in any ordinary sailboat. You need help to fix it?
Had you gone ahead with the voyage and accepted you'd have to bail water with the bilge pump I wonder how you might have thought up some method to jury rig a repair. I can visualise water coming up the shaft from the bolts threads. I can imagine sitting in the boat with an arm tired from pumping out water. Maybe it would have been impossible to fix at sea. I'm curious if anyone could fix this at sea with the little equipment you had. It would seem there's nothing else missing now. Just wait till next year and go back with the correct bolt, jump in the boat and we'll all see you in Falmouth.
The vessel was dropped onto the quayside. Even if the reason for needing to lift it from the water was obvious, the dropping wasn’t down to you. Insurance claim on the crane company?
Sorry about your dad and the setback. Observation: redo this indoors so that it can be heard more clearly. You tend to clip off the ends of your words when you speak rapidly. That, and the wind, make this very difficult to understand. Good luck on the new boat design.
Don't stop! Mistakes are made, i know not realy so uplifting for you. But stay awesome and all the best for you, your Family and the Team! What is to bring this boat as a kit for example small lakes or so!
Further to my previous comment (a few minutes ago).... Very sorry to hear about your dad's passing.😢 With regard to the previous smallest boat crossing, why not use the same (proved) design and just chop off the nominal 40cm or so off it. With possibly a little tweaking to the new shorter boat ? Colin L SCOTLAND
Why is there no video of anything? You set off to cross the Atlantic. No video. You had to come back in. No video. Issues the next day and attempted recover, no video.
Do you listen to your vvdeios before you publish them ? Almost every one of your videos has giant wind crushing the mic. bring the camera closer to your mouth or STOP RECORDING IN THE WIND..Super annoying and we can't hear a word your saying so whats the point.. Its obvious your a peculiar man with that being said that bolt probably saved your life... Dont do the trip.. You have had many signs not to do it the way you are doing it.
I sail regularily well offshore, and have thousands of miles under my belt, mainly solo and right up at tiomes into the Arctic, Greenland etc and have done many other unpublished challenges, this one i chose to publish by demand.
@@Adventure101 wow thats a impressive resume.. We are just concerned for your safety.. I appreciate a self made self motivated man.. But the real taje away for you is the wind noise in the vids.. you need to have the camera close to you in order to pick up your voice and not just wind..Go back and honestly listen to your videos..In almost all your outdoor videos you cant hear anything you are saying due to wind noise. no need for a wireless mic if thats out of your wheelhouse (pun intended) , just dont put the camera so far away from you out doors.. What kind of vessels were you sailing for your other solo ventures ?? I live up in Canada where this young man and his father did a Canoe trip down to South America from here. "On June 1, 1980, Don Starkell and his two sons, Dana and Jeff, set out on a 12000-mile canoe voyage from their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba".. pretty ballsy stuff.. I am not unaware of extreme sporting stuff.. I dont think you would have survived in that vessel against the Atlantic open ocean.. Nobody wants to see you get hurt. Cant stop you but at the very least I would like to hear you speak when you speak as I am interested in what you have to say.. Take care my explorer friend. Remember that exploration to the north of Canada back in the day that they tried to do with a hot air balloon ?? Didnt end well but they had the bug and no one could tell them any different..
Wait... you thought an O-ring could seal against a *_threaded_* shaft? Please, before you make another attempt at something like this, have the detailed plans _thoroughly_ vetted by a qualified engineer. How many other faux paus might have been lurking beneath the skin of your boat?
@@Mythrunes The shaft he showed you is NOT the shaft that was on the boat. He specifically stated that the shaft on the boat was a last minute replacement because the original one was too short work, and the replacement was threaded all the way to the top. ruclips.net/video/43rnlK04n68/видео.html
In almost every difficult endeavour there are numerous catastrophic failures before the final success. Great that you're looking forward to the next iteration.
Thank you!
That bolt saved your life
Its a blessing in disguise. Thank god it failed in the harbor, imagine if it had happened with you in the middle of the ocean.
Take your time on the next one, make sure you do several trials in different conditions, especially when faults arise or modifications are made. You need to be 100% confident and in the right head space before another attempt!
Thanks for the explanation.. a couple of questions though…So the water ingress caused you to turn back? In a prior video you said it was too low in the water so a cradle couldn’t be used so you lifted it out using its structure which then failed. Why didn’t you pump the water out prior to lifting so the cradle could be used? Wouldn’t the ingress be a good time to test the capability of the pump just in case it happened at sea?
Water ingress caused him to turn back
Overnight, while it was tied to the pier, the boat filled with water and sank
Because it had sunk he couldn't get the slings under the boat and lifted using the sail structure
The boat has sunk so he couldn't sit in it to operate the pump.
Exhausted and distressed people don't always make the best decisions.
@@KayakFishingCorkIreland ah I see. It wasn’t a criticism - more trying to understand the chain of events
Turn back? He made a distress call and the Canadian Coast Guard towed him in lol.
Nearly right, i pumped out most of it, but there was still a fair amount in it, i then as you say tied to the bow eye, and rear stainless frame. One rope went, then all the weight went onto the rear frame and then that broke the frame on one side then the rope. then the drop.
Leaving a boat with a leak at the dock is not clever,,, maybe you should stay terra firma
I shouted to my son upstairs to stop moving the furniture around upstairs... Then I realised it was the sound from the clip!
I'm so happy this is not the end , if I had a pound for every time an oring let me down I'd probably be able to buy a cheap boat, keep going you got this can't wait to see the new designs
I will be back and am starting the design as we speak - there are always new ideas that i am going to incorporate better into V2, mainly the solar panel side, and blending in the side pods more into the design.
You're feeling better and you've got ideas again... I'm very happy about that. All the best for you and your plans 💗
Sorry I will get the mic back...
That boat was a floating coffin. Better to sink in the harbour than the ocean. This new boat looks better 😊👍
Did water come in over the bow as you was under tow was very low in the water.
You made the right choice by turning back after you noticed the water coming in...Live to fight another day!
Absolutely!!, and i will be back
Keep going....I think! Extent of condition on other single point vulnerabilities?
I couldn't make much of it because of the wind noise. Succes with your future attempt !
You 100% did the right thing. Your vessel is so specialised you could only expect teething problems. You were fighting the law of averages. Thank you for sharing the technical details of the issue. Keep your chin up 👍 you will get there. Sorry to hear about your Dad. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam.
Many thanks for the technical info re the mechanical failure. Good to keep us all updated.You showed great humility in admitting it was your own fault. Good luck with the project. It is exciting for almost all of us. Don't feel bad if you feel you have to abandon the project at some stage it will be very understandable. Don't feel pressurised into making a second attempt if it all becomes too much. Honesty always the best policy.
Best wishes Colin Lavery SCOTLAND
Thank you, but i cant abandon this one, just have to chin up and get on with V2 !
I wish you'd recorded this indoors so I could hear it
How could this end a journey like this?
1 day to fix and go...
An average sailor have way bigger fixes to do in any ordinary sailboat.
You need help to fix it?
Bring a Dixie cup next time so you can bail water out of your hull.
Had you gone ahead with the voyage and accepted you'd have to bail water with the bilge pump I wonder how you might have thought up some method to jury rig a repair. I can visualise water coming up the shaft from the bolts threads. I can imagine sitting in the boat with an arm tired from pumping out water. Maybe it would have been impossible to fix at sea. I'm curious if anyone could fix this at sea with the little equipment you had. It would seem there's nothing else missing now. Just wait till next year and go back with the correct bolt, jump in the boat and we'll all see you in Falmouth.
The next boats going to be slightly different, with more solar panel area on the deck.
@@Adventure101 I live in Churchtown. It would be awesome to see the new boat one day.
pensez au son ! le bruit du vent est extrèmement désagréable....
Behind you. Believe you'll do it. Keep going. Never give up.
That's the plan!
Can never really hear what you are saying on your videos sound is so poor
The vessel was dropped onto the quayside. Even if the reason for needing to lift it from the water was obvious, the dropping wasn’t down to you. Insurance claim on the crane company?
Im not claiming on anyone, the reson the vessel fell, was totally down to myself, i take it on the chin and start afresh with a new design.
@@Adventure101 Fair enough. Good luck.
Sorry about your dad and the setback. Observation: redo this indoors so that it can be heard more clearly. You tend to clip off the ends of your words when you speak rapidly. That, and the wind, make this very difficult to understand. Good luck on the new boat design.
Noted!
Don't stop! Mistakes are made, i know not realy so uplifting for you. But stay awesome and all the best for you, your Family and the Team! What is to bring this boat as a kit for example small lakes or so!
Crack on mate right thing done and live to sail another day, knew you'd pick yourself up and carry on!
Further to my previous comment (a few minutes ago).... Very sorry to hear about your dad's passing.😢 With regard to the previous smallest boat crossing, why not use the same (proved) design and just chop off the nominal 40cm or so off it. With possibly a little tweaking to the new shorter boat ?
Colin L SCOTLAND
Invest in a decent mic,can only hear the wind blowing!!
Why is there no video of anything? You set off to cross the Atlantic. No video. You had to come back in. No video. Issues the next day and attempted recover, no video.
O rings on a keel bolt? That is what copious amounts of sikaflex is for. Stay at home and watch your daughter grow up.
The upside of this is that we get to see more of you building a boat. 👍😀
That's the plan!, and its already on the drawing board
Do you listen to your vvdeios before you publish them ? Almost every one of your videos has giant wind crushing the mic. bring the camera closer to your mouth or STOP RECORDING IN THE WIND..Super annoying and we can't hear a word your saying so whats the point.. Its obvious your a peculiar man with that being said that bolt probably saved your life... Dont do the trip.. You have had many signs not to do it the way you are doing it.
Sadly there is no fix for stupid so onwards he heads :)
I sail regularily well offshore, and have thousands of miles under my belt, mainly solo and right up at tiomes into the Arctic, Greenland etc and have done many other unpublished challenges, this one i chose to publish by demand.
@@Adventure101 wow thats a impressive resume.. We are just concerned for your safety.. I appreciate a self made self motivated man.. But the real taje away for you is the wind noise in the vids.. you need to have the camera close to you in order to pick up your voice and not just wind..Go back and honestly listen to your videos..In almost all your outdoor videos you cant hear anything you are saying due to wind noise. no need for a wireless mic if thats out of your wheelhouse (pun intended) , just dont put the camera so far away from you out doors.. What kind of vessels were you sailing for your other solo ventures ?? I live up in Canada where this young man and his father did a Canoe trip down to South America from here. "On June 1, 1980, Don Starkell and his two sons, Dana and Jeff, set out on a 12000-mile canoe voyage from their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba".. pretty ballsy stuff.. I am not unaware of extreme sporting stuff.. I dont think you would have survived in that vessel against the Atlantic open ocean.. Nobody wants to see you get hurt. Cant stop you but at the very least I would like to hear you speak when you speak as I am interested in what you have to say.. Take care my explorer friend. Remember that exploration to the north of Canada back in the day that they tried to do with a hot air balloon ?? Didnt end well but they had the bug and no one could tell them any different..
Wait... you thought an O-ring could seal against a *_threaded_* shaft? Please, before you make another attempt at something like this, have the detailed plans _thoroughly_ vetted by a qualified engineer. How many other faux paus might have been lurking beneath the skin of your boat?
Not sure if you're blind or not, but the shaft is only threaded at the end.
@@Mythrunes The shaft he showed you is NOT the shaft that was on the boat. He specifically stated that the shaft on the boat was a last minute replacement because the original one was too short work, and the replacement was threaded all the way to the top. ruclips.net/video/43rnlK04n68/видео.html
@@douglasburnside Wow, you are right; the sound quality is so bad I didn't hear it at first. However, he does say it wasn't him that put it in.