Hi following you a bit with your lovely children. I am shocked how the anchor-late is mounted. You even want a bowsprit mounted on it. The construction you made will never hold!! It's far to weak with your current 2 screws, even with 6 it will not hold under stress. It's very dangerous what you're doing... a much longer construction with a mandatory backing plate and marine graded bolts are really necessary. Get an expert to help you. Save sailing!
raised 2 girls both happy young women now so i can safely say your main concern your babies look like they are having a blast thats the true measure of 'are you doing it right' and you are, well done 👌🏻✊🏻🏴
Your AC sounds really efficient. I've not heard of that type before. If it uses the same pump as the salt water engine pump, that will be super efficient and give you a clue when that impeller goes bad. That way your engine won't get hot. I seldom hear of the water temp going over 80 degrees.
We’ll be having a fibreglasser coming to fibreglass around the bow sprit holder. Theres also a second part that looks like a cylinder that will be screwed into the bow. We will show you when we install but for the moment that will be a later job
The baby's are so cute. Anchor roller and bowsprit are amazing and will be a much needed upgrade. So nice to see the name, which came out awesome. Enjoy!
The Babies look healthy happy and are absolutely beautiful! Best stay in the flat for now , wait for everything to fall into place and tested moving aboard will have plenty of challenges no need to have ones that can be avoided!
While I was was watching the part about activating the sump pump I noticed that as the rod was rising it was coming into conflict with what looked like one of your ground wires routed just above it. I agree, that while it looks like a minor thing, Murphy's Law predicts that it will prevent your pump from turning on in a dire situation.
@@jackdbur I agree. Mercury switches are much better, but what he has I think is better still because it's far less likely to jam up with rubbish in the bilges.
Block the water that would go to the engine with a plug, and run the rest of the system as normal. Aircon, Engine, Genset, Toilets, Anchor Wash, Water Maker, all are fed through the Sea Water Manifold. You just need to block of the hoses that are not being used, and use the sea water as required. Easy enough.... Cheers, Sailing Aquarius
There needs to be reinforcement straps from the plate down to the hull or it will just rip that piece of deck up & out ! The bolt holes need to be oversized & the core filled. Preferentially there would be a strap attached to it & bolted into the bow.
By extending the string on the float switch all it will change is the amount of water that is in the boat before it turns on. Also I always thought Amels were brilliant in the fact they have very few through hulls, also water tight bulk heads, but I suppose some people like drilling holes in boats and putting more in so there are more to fail.
Please don't beat yourselves you're great parent's and boaters plus doing the best in a different country ❤ take care be proud😂 . The baby's are the cutest 😊
Just watched your explanation that you cannot run a because salt water inlet manifold won't work without engine cooling connected. I would have thought manifold connections need to be each fitted with a ball valve. Otherwise you may run risk in future of not being able to cool engine if you have a leak in the ac or maybe head flush plumbing?
I hope you contact Ran Sailing to ask about the baby seat they rigged for Vera when she was a baby. You guys need 2 of them to free you up while sailing. Trust me; the baby seat will save you guys!!!
@SailingMerewether It's taking Baby Bicycle Seats and rigging them on an articulating Post in the cockpit. The twins will be upright and part of mom & dad sailing; but allowing the both of you freedom from holding twins while sailing ⛵️. It worked well for Vera as a baby.
If they try long passage making with a kite that will get ripped straight out of the deck! It will need a dolphin striker & serious fibreglass work under it to transfer the load from the deck to the hull ! 😮
We’ve had a lot of these comments. The bow sprit needs to be strong for sure. At the moment we dont have any head sails to use on it. So it will be a future job to reinforce that bow sprit
As much as I like Amels, I've always thought they were overengineered and needlessly complex. As in goofy grey water sump, extending bow thruster, common seacocks, etc.
Good luck with babies on a sailboat, I think you are going to find this is difficult at best and you should start thinking about plan B if you haven't already
Hi following you a bit with your lovely children. I am shocked how the anchor-late is mounted. You even want a bowsprit mounted on it. The construction you made will never hold!! It's far to weak with your current 2 screws, even with 6 it will not hold under stress. It's very dangerous what you're doing... a much longer construction with a mandatory backing plate and marine graded bolts are really necessary.
Get an expert to help you. Save sailing!
I feel you😅 our twins are 5y old now... It get's easier 👍 Power Family❤
raised 2 girls both happy young women now so i can safely say your main concern your babies look like they are having a blast thats the true measure of 'are you doing it right' and you are, well done 👌🏻✊🏻🏴
Thanks Scotchef, we do everything for thr happiness of our kids haha. Hope we’re doing a good job
Your AC sounds really efficient. I've not heard of that type before. If it uses the same pump as the salt water engine pump, that will be super efficient and give you a clue when that impeller goes bad. That way your engine won't get hot. I seldom hear of the water temp going over 80 degrees.
How will the load of the new bowsprit go into the hull? Just curious from an engineering standpoint...
We’ll be having a fibreglasser coming to fibreglass around the bow sprit holder. Theres also a second part that looks like a cylinder that will be screwed into the bow. We will show you when we install but for the moment that will be a later job
The baby's are so cute. Anchor roller and bowsprit are amazing and will be a much needed upgrade. So nice to see the name, which came out awesome. Enjoy!
Thanks so much David. Love this comment
The Babies look healthy happy and are absolutely beautiful!
Best stay in the flat for now , wait for everything to fall into place and tested moving aboard will have plenty of challenges no need to have ones that can be avoided!
While I was was watching the part about activating the sump pump I noticed that as the rod was rising it was coming into conflict with what looked like one of your ground wires routed just above it.
I agree, that while it looks like a minor thing, Murphy's Law predicts that it will prevent your pump from turning on in a dire situation.
Yes this is why mercury float switches are the norm, mechanical float switches are super failure prone!😊
Thanks for the advice. We’ll check it out 🙌🏼
@@jackdbur I agree. Mercury switches are much better, but what he has I think is better still because it's far less likely to jam up with rubbish in the bilges.
Surely you can temporarily blank off the engine seawater pipe and run your aircon with the seacock open?
lovely video well done.
That assembly interface to the hull is insufficient for the loads imparted from a bowsprit.
I'm amazing how far you too have come .congratulations with the two little ones ..
Block the water that would go to the engine with a plug, and run the rest of the system as normal. Aircon, Engine, Genset, Toilets, Anchor Wash, Water Maker, all are fed through the Sea Water Manifold. You just need to block of the hoses that are not being used, and use the sea water as required. Easy enough.... Cheers, Sailing Aquarius
Cheers Ken 🙌🏼 we’re hoping to have our engine in this week and moving onto the vessel shortly after
boats coming along nicely too 😊✊🏻🏴
I hope you put some kind of backing plate inside the boat, under the bow roller.
There needs to be reinforcement straps from the plate down to the hull or it will just rip that piece of deck up & out ! The bolt holes need to be oversized & the core filled. Preferentially there would be a strap attached to it & bolted into the bow.
So happy to see you all getting things ready for sailing again.
Two of the cutest kiddos on YT. Great parents too. Cheers!
You are so kind
Great job!
So good to see Merewether II lettering put on this boat! Best wishes for next travels with new family!
By extending the string on the float switch all it will change is the amount of water that is in the boat before it turns on. Also I always thought Amels were brilliant in the fact they have very few through hulls, also water tight bulk heads, but I suppose some people like drilling holes in boats and putting more in so there are more to fail.
I agree, fewer thru holes the better just wish there was a way to expel all the water without a sump and pump in the boat
Please don't beat yourselves you're great parent's and boaters plus doing the best in a different country ❤ take care be proud😂 . The baby's are the cutest 😊
Thank you Dianne!
Small steps forward, keep it up. Stay safe.
Just watched your explanation that you cannot run a because salt water inlet manifold won't work without engine cooling connected. I would have thought manifold connections need to be each fitted with a ball valve. Otherwise you may run risk in future of not being able to cool engine if you have a leak in the ac or maybe head flush plumbing?
The babies are beautiful!
I hope you contact Ran Sailing to ask about the baby seat they rigged for Vera when she was a baby. You guys need 2 of them to free you up while sailing.
Trust me; the baby seat will save you guys!!!
Great idea! We’ll have to look into it
@SailingMerewether It's taking Baby Bicycle Seats and rigging them on an articulating Post in the cockpit. The twins will be upright and part of mom & dad sailing; but allowing the both of you freedom from holding twins while sailing ⛵️. It worked well for Vera as a baby.
@@dennispatrick4999 awesome legend. Thanks for the advice. We’ll see what we can rig up 🙌🏼
Get an extension for the Drill bit to do your last hole on the Anchor roller.
Will those 6 screws be sufficient to handle a big assymetrical? The force from a sail like that are significant. Also- transmission status?
If they try long passage making with a kite that will get ripped straight out of the deck! It will need a dolphin striker & serious fibreglass work under it to transfer the load from the deck to the hull ! 😮
We’ve had a lot of these comments. The bow sprit needs to be strong for sure. At the moment we dont have any head sails to use on it. So it will be a future job to reinforce that bow sprit
The kids are so cute. Hopefully they will be sailing soon.
Thats our wish! 🙌🏼
Tell us more about those pink dolphins!
Random hey!! They have a very weird style here in Malaysia.. not sure!!
Those babies lol god bless you
As much as I like Amels, I've always thought they were overengineered and needlessly complex. As in goofy grey water sump, extending bow thruster, common seacocks, etc.
Trying times it seems - soak up all that baby time 🙏
Good luck with babies on a sailboat, I think you are going to find this is difficult at best and you should start thinking about plan B if you haven't already
Wait until the monsoon's. It will get cooler then.
You’ll have to add a couple baby hammocks so the babies can rock to sleep.
Great idea!
Just saying no baby maker's on my boat's
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Baby steps
No offense, but why would you let your bow looking like that?
Working progress. Have to get the boat functional and then in the coming years we can work on the look of her
Its not at all complicated you blank off the lines to the engine. Simples silly!
DITTO @dianne.murielrobidoux ….. and let me add, patience. It will all come together in time. 😊 See you next time. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨☑️
Cheers legend 🙌🏼 we’re getting there