What you needed was a paper disposable coverall £2.99 A pair of clear plastic glasses £3 A respirator £20 Great video , we need you safe and healthy brother , then we can all enjoy many more videos . Happy Cruising ⛴️
I’ve never found a prop antifoul that actually works waste of money really,nice to see the owner doing his own boat and getting on with it, and yes polishing is hard work especially the bow section your lucky your boats not bigger 👍👍👍
Good job. Whilst very hard work, you have the knowledge that its all been done properly and at the same time saved you a fortune in labour costs. Enjoyed the video.👏👏👏
Its a nice feeling when you have successfully completed all the work and know that everything has been done satisfactorily. I always enjoyed doing all my boat work myself. I agree with the disposable coveralls and also does not look like you were wearing a mask with an appropriate lifter the dust from antifouling is not conducive to good health. I always used both as well as attaching a vacuum to my sander to catch the dust etc as well as to satisfy the pollution regulations as at my boat yards it was illegal to sand without gathering the residue which caused land pollution. Enjoy the boat she looks very good.
Great insight into true boat ownership showing it’s not all sunkissed Mediterranean bays sipping Gin and Tonics, but sometimes it’s hard dirty graft. Wanderlust looked incredible if you haven’t been lifted out in four years.
Hi not long joined your channel but have watched all your films you are in my dream world ....look forward to your next one ...keep up the good work Many thanks...
When you do it yourself, you know that it's been done right, and no corners are cut about doing it. That's because you aren't being paid by the hour, and care about what you're working on.
Again a great video and indeed, boat ownership is not just enjoying a calm ride accompanied by dolphins. Many times you have to get down and dirty to keep it affordable and to make sure it was done OK. But just as a tip, anti-fouling is not exactly free of health risks, so perhaps next time when you are busy with sanding, painting etc, make sure to wear protection. You are indeed needed in good health to be able to make these videos. 😀 Good to see that ultrasonic does indeed work and after 4 years I am impressed. Wonder how it will work in the warmer waters of the Med ? Any plans to go there in the future ?
Well done you, but please, please wear a mask COPD will shorten your life big time. Even if you live long, it will not be a comfortable life. Love following you.
Four years ago a full set of anodes cost me about £550. The smallest one cost about £25 and the most expensive was the prop anode which was around £150. They are all made of zinc, apart from the thrusters which are aluminium.
Awesome thanks. I know it is a lot of time to do these but they sure are appreciated. Is there a reason you did not choose Speed Prop for your prop coating? Also, have you done a video of your ultrasonic system? Thanks from the west coast of Canada
Hi, I looked at Propspeed but it says on the tin that it needs to be professionally applied and it still only lasts a year… on top of that the cost was more than three times that of Hempel Silic One. I was going to make this video more about the ultrasonic antifouling but the manufacturer could t make it on the day of the lift out so I couldn’t get their comments in time. I might add a bit about the system in a later video.
Help with antifouling, use a 10-12" roller with an extension pole. You'll do the job in 1/4 of the time and save your back. By all means keep the 4" roller for trickier areas but you'll never look back at the speed you can cover those large areas! (why would you paint a bedroom with a 1" brush?)
I’ve tried every way. The mid sized roller I find best. The 9” size required too much pressure and after prolonged use was too much strain on the wrists. The 4” size is a little small. The second coat only took an hour or so which I though was fairly fast. The limiting factor isn’t the amount of paint that you can get on the roller - it is your own fatigue.
The noise level varies greatly depending on sea conditions and wind. I have measured the levels on numerous occasions and when underway the very lowest I have recorded is 60.4dB. This would be on a flat sea cruising at 7kts. However you only have to change the rpm slightly and the dB level can increase significantly as some item resonates at that certain frequency. On the whole I would categorise the sound level as pretty quiet - that is quiet enough so that it doesn’t matter. It’s certainly below the threshold that bothers you.
I love maintenance videos :D Thanks for sharing. Could you explain how ultrasonic antifouling works? I never heard about it before. Also when you say your cost is less then 10% of the value - could you - very roughly off course - say what is the cost per year? Maybe split in maintenance, marina and diesel!? Thank you!
The ultrasonic system is a bit of a mystery and I was sceptical of it until now. I think it disrupts the cell membranes of the living organisms trying to attach to the hull (either that or they emit warp plasma), it’s all science - but it does seem to work. I try to spend £10k - £20k a year on my boating depending on how much time we spend cruising. This is likely to increase as my wife wants to do more with the boat. Some costs are known, home marina mooring fees are around £6k, insurance is £2k, fuel varies but we get around 1000nm for £1k of diesel. Visiting marinas costs extra and then there’s all the maintenance and upgrades!
@@Bloater Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. It's good to know that there is boating below the 10% mark. I support your wife's wish for more boating (and more videos, I hope)!
@Bloater - you don't happen to be on the other side of the pond, in Wanderlust, do you? I'm in the "caribbean," and there's a wanderlust anchored out on the west side of the island since yesterday.
Have you ever considered having your bow/stern thruster propellers laser engraved with BP, BS, SP, SS so that you don't ever have to worry about getting them mixed up? Clean them all at the same time...?
Hi, thanks for your comment. In short - no, I have never heard of doing this. Would it help? I don’t know. I think the paint would just cover any engraving. The easiest way would be to just write down the positions - the bow/starboard and the stern/port are the ‘normal’ rotation and the others reversed.
Yes I think so. The props and exposed metalwork were badly fouled though. The ultrasonic system does not help those areas - and they had just recently been cleaned by diving under the boat.
This was the third time I have lifted this boat in my ownership. The previous occasions the period was one year - and the wing prop was fouled badly the first time so I fitted the ultrasonic antifouling shortly after that. As with all ‘tests’ it is difficult without a second identical test vessel as a gauge.
Hi Bloater. I recently started a search to find a trawler that fit the formula charter/live on board. I found the best characteristics thought of in the N47, which perhaps even balance the cost/benefit. What do you say? I very much appreciated your comments and questions raised during the maintenance of the antifoulig and etc, and I did the same with my whaleboat. My question is, how is the policy for managing waste and gray water regulated? Grateful
Nordhavns are great as liveaboards, perhaps not so good as charters due to the fewer number of cabins. Charter boats usually seek as many cabins as possible. For instance the standard 47 only has 2 cabins. All waste water is held in tanks. The heads either go overboard or into a 'black' tank. The sinks and showers go into a 'grey water' tank. All water tanks can be pumped overboard where allowable. All tanks (fuel, water, waste) are made of grp and moulded as part of the boat.
So aren't you glad you didn't go with either a 55 or 65 foot yacht imagine the work in the time will it take to get that ready specially if it's a twin-screw
Never found the 10% rule to be accurate either. Maybe you could get close to that if you're the owner who just shows up to use the boat but hires out everything else. $300K boat and not even close to $30K per year even if you count fuel.
Hi, that is one of the most difficult questions to answer. The actual answer might not sound very helpful but is true. The answer is ‘what ever you want it to be’. Some years you can get away without spending anything, other years you might plan an upgrade or a maintenance job that has been on the back burner. In my case I don’t lift out every year so on the years that I don’t lift out my maintenance costs can be very low, only a few percent if at all. This year my maintenance cost was 50% of my total spend as I have lifted out and did some one-off engine related tasks. My most helpful answer I can give is that I budget between £10k and £20k per year on boating.
There was no requirement for a second pair of hands other than the fact that I think it is unwise to do any trip without some help. It’s possible to single hand this vessel until something goes wrong (provided there’s someone to take a rope on arrival).
It would be great if yo could improve the audio...every time to turn away from the camera to look at the boat, your voice volume drops. Ad some wind noise to that and it gets really frustrating trying to listen to your commentary. The boat looks great!!
You really should use coveralls, eye protection, mask... Costs about 50€ total.. Its just stupid to get that antifouling paint dust I your lungs, eyes and skin..
What you needed was a paper disposable coverall £2.99
A pair of clear plastic glasses £3
A respirator £20
Great video , we need you safe and healthy brother , then we can all enjoy many more videos . Happy Cruising ⛴️
What he needs is a tripod for that camera!!!!
I’ve never found a prop antifoul that actually works waste of money really,nice to see the owner doing his own boat and getting on with it, and yes polishing is hard work especially the bow section your lucky your boats not bigger 👍👍👍
She looks beautiful, always nice to watch someone else work and learn while you watch.👏
Good job. Whilst very hard work, you have the knowledge that its all been done properly and at the same time saved you a fortune in labour costs. Enjoyed the video.👏👏👏
Thanks 👍
Its a nice feeling when you have successfully completed all the work and know that everything has been done satisfactorily. I always enjoyed doing all my boat work myself.
I agree with the disposable coveralls and also does not look like you were wearing a mask with an appropriate lifter the dust from antifouling is not conducive to good health. I always used both as well as attaching a vacuum to my sander to catch the dust etc as well as to satisfy the pollution regulations as at my boat yards it was illegal to sand without gathering the residue which caused land pollution.
Enjoy the boat she looks very good.
Great insight into true boat ownership showing it’s not all sunkissed Mediterranean bays sipping Gin and Tonics, but sometimes it’s hard dirty graft. Wanderlust looked incredible if you haven’t been lifted out in four years.
Stunning boat, great work !
To long since we last heard from you
Magnificent work and thanks for the video, great to see your Nordhaven again.Looking out for you passing my bay in S Cornwall.
Beautiful boat mate.
Thanks 👍
Nice job I love Nordhavens ❤️ maybe someday...
Good to see you back , boat is looking good , very satisfying if hard work doing it yourself, look forward to the adventure this year
congrats on a job well done, or lots of jobs well done really
Hi not long joined your channel but have watched all your films you are in my dream world ....look forward to your next one ...keep up the good work
Many thanks...
Excellent work mate
Job well done. Congratulations!
When you do it yourself, you know that it's been done right, and no corners are cut about doing it. That's because you aren't being paid by the hour, and care about what you're working on.
lovely boats Nordhavn.
Mate, brilliant work!
Glad you enjoyed watching it
Beautiful Boat
Again a great video and indeed, boat ownership is not just enjoying a calm ride accompanied by dolphins. Many times you have to get down and dirty to keep it affordable and to make sure it was done OK.
But just as a tip, anti-fouling is not exactly free of health risks, so perhaps next time when you are busy with sanding, painting etc, make sure to wear protection. You are indeed needed in good health to be able to make these videos. 😀
Good to see that ultrasonic does indeed work and after 4 years I am impressed. Wonder how it will work in the warmer waters of the Med ? Any plans to go there in the future ?
Our plans are just to explore the UK waters at the moment
Well done , great job.
Great vid very interesting well done.👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺
im surprised the haul is so gritty, i figured it would be smooth for reducing drag in the water.
What an amazing boat. Just wish I could afford one mind 😢 I'm in Cardiff and retired, so if you ever need a deck hand, just let me know 🤣🤣
Well done you, but please, please wear a mask COPD will shorten your life big time. Even if you live long, it will not be a comfortable life. Love following you.
Excelente
Dream boat
Whats the average cost of the anodes and what are they made of. Thanks for a great video very interesting to watch. Beautiful boat
Four years ago a full set of anodes cost me about £550. The smallest one cost about £25 and the most expensive was the prop anode which was around £150. They are all made of zinc, apart from the thrusters which are aluminium.
Thankyou enjoying your videos catching up with the old ones. Safe journeys and happy voyages
U could have ran a wire thru those propellers with a paper tag & wrote which was which
Awesome thanks. I know it is a lot of time to do these but they sure are appreciated. Is there a reason you did not choose Speed Prop for your prop coating? Also, have you done a video of your ultrasonic system? Thanks from the west coast of Canada
Hi, I looked at Propspeed but it says on the tin that it needs to be professionally applied and it still only lasts a year… on top of that the cost was more than three times that of Hempel Silic One.
I was going to make this video more about the ultrasonic antifouling but the manufacturer could t make it on the day of the lift out so I couldn’t get their comments in time. I might add a bit about the system in a later video.
Help with antifouling, use a 10-12" roller with an extension pole. You'll do the job in 1/4 of the time and save your back. By all means keep the 4" roller for trickier areas but you'll never look back at the speed you can cover those large areas! (why would you paint a bedroom with a 1" brush?)
I’ve tried every way. The mid sized roller I find best. The 9” size required too much pressure and after prolonged use was too much strain on the wrists. The 4” size is a little small.
The second coat only took an hour or so which I though was fairly fast. The limiting factor isn’t the amount of paint that you can get on the roller - it is your own fatigue.
Respect ⚓
Appreciate your channel and the attention to detail. Curious...have you ever measured the noise level underway to see what the db level is?
The noise level varies greatly depending on sea conditions and wind. I have measured the levels on numerous occasions and when underway the very lowest I have recorded is 60.4dB. This would be on a flat sea cruising at 7kts. However you only have to change the rpm slightly and the dB level can increase significantly as some item resonates at that certain frequency.
On the whole I would categorise the sound level as pretty quiet - that is quiet enough so that it doesn’t matter. It’s certainly below the threshold that bothers you.
Hi bloater can you post some new videos
I love maintenance videos :D Thanks for sharing. Could you explain how ultrasonic antifouling works? I never heard about it before. Also when you say your cost is less then 10% of the value - could you - very roughly off course - say what is the cost per year? Maybe split in maintenance, marina and diesel!? Thank you!
I, too, wasn't aware of ultrasonic anti-fouling. So I googled it. An incredible amount of information.
The ultrasonic system is a bit of a mystery and I was sceptical of it until now. I think it disrupts the cell membranes of the living organisms trying to attach to the hull (either that or they emit warp plasma), it’s all science - but it does seem to work.
I try to spend £10k - £20k a year on my boating depending on how much time we spend cruising. This is likely to increase as my wife wants to do more with the boat.
Some costs are known, home marina mooring fees are around £6k, insurance is £2k, fuel varies but we get around 1000nm for £1k of diesel. Visiting marinas costs extra and then there’s all the maintenance and upgrades!
@@Bloater Thanks a lot for the detailed answer. It's good to know that there is boating below the 10% mark. I support your wife's wish for more boating (and more videos, I hope)!
@@michaelfrankel8082 yep, will research as well
@Bloater - you don't happen to be on the other side of the pond, in Wanderlust, do you? I'm in the "caribbean," and there's a wanderlust anchored out on the west side of the island since yesterday.
Sorry for the late reply, no I’m currently in Portland, UK
Have you ever considered having your bow/stern thruster propellers laser engraved with BP, BS, SP, SS so that you don't ever have to worry about getting them mixed up? Clean them all at the same time...?
Hi, thanks for your comment. In short - no, I have never heard of doing this. Would it help? I don’t know. I think the paint would just cover any engraving. The easiest way would be to just write down the positions - the bow/starboard and the stern/port are the ‘normal’ rotation and the others reversed.
Nice.
❤❤❤
Brilliant video. Will you be heading back to Portishead?
Eventually (at the end of the summer).
That's a lot of corrosion for 4 years on the anode but it's better to be on the anode then on any of the other portions of the yacht
The anode is supposed to break down to protect the main metal/bronze parts 👍
Well since the original antifouling was read I would probably stick that color
I purposefully went for a different colour. The idea was that I could tell if it has eroded away. Besides I do prefer the blue.
@@Bloater that makes a lot sense. Have an excellent day
0:23 not many in new brunswick
amazingly clean for 4 years in the water, I assume thats primarily due to the ultrasonic ?
Yes I think so. The props and exposed metalwork were badly fouled though. The ultrasonic system does not help those areas - and they had just recently been cleaned by diving under the boat.
Have you considered media blasting the hull and running gear? Save your lungs and back!
PAPA SMURF!!!!
What was the hull like before using ultrasonic transducers in that time span. Also glad I'm not the only one that has to do all the work ourselves.
This was the third time I have lifted this boat in my ownership. The previous occasions the period was one year - and the wing prop was fouled badly the first time so I fitted the ultrasonic antifouling shortly after that. As with all ‘tests’ it is difficult without a second identical test vessel as a gauge.
Hi Bloater. I recently started a search to find a trawler that fit the formula charter/live on board. I found the best characteristics thought of in the N47, which perhaps even balance the cost/benefit. What do you say? I very much appreciated your comments and questions raised during the maintenance of the antifoulig and etc, and I did the same with my whaleboat. My question is, how is the policy for managing waste and gray water regulated? Grateful
Nordhavns are great as liveaboards, perhaps not so good as charters due to the fewer number of cabins. Charter boats usually seek as many cabins as possible. For instance the standard 47 only has 2 cabins.
All waste water is held in tanks. The heads either go overboard or into a 'black' tank. The sinks and showers go into a 'grey water' tank. All water tanks can be pumped overboard where allowable. All tanks (fuel, water, waste) are made of grp and moulded as part of the boat.
👍👍👍
is it not possible to single crew a nordhaven 47?
So aren't you glad you didn't go with either a 55 or 65 foot yacht imagine the work in the time will it take to get that ready specially if it's a twin-screw
Never found the 10% rule to be accurate either. Maybe you could get close to that if you're the owner who just shows up to use the boat but hires out everything else. $300K boat and not even close to $30K per year even if you count fuel.
Your wife is going to kill you when you track that stuff into the house
How much of DIY maintenance cost you in a year "percentage" ?
Hi, that is one of the most difficult questions to answer. The actual answer might not sound very helpful but is true. The answer is ‘what ever you want it to be’. Some years you can get away without spending anything, other years you might plan an upgrade or a maintenance job that has been on the back burner. In my case I don’t lift out every year so on the years that I don’t lift out my maintenance costs can be very low, only a few percent if at all. This year my maintenance cost was 50% of my total spend as I have lifted out and did some one-off engine related tasks. My most helpful answer I can give is that I budget between £10k and £20k per year on boating.
Nice work...but you aren't going to be able to use your boat if you don't put a respirator on. One place not to cut costs
Were you required to hire a deck hand or did you want a second set of hands for the trip?
There was no requirement for a second pair of hands other than the fact that I think it is unwise to do any trip without some help. It’s possible to single hand this vessel until something goes wrong (provided there’s someone to take a rope on arrival).
@@Bloater Ahh, got ya! Makes sense.
Can we see the inside please :)
Yes, I have already done a walkthrough tour on my channel.
It would be great if yo could improve the audio...every time to turn away from the camera to look at the boat, your voice volume drops. Ad some wind noise to that and it gets really frustrating trying to listen to your commentary. The boat looks great!!
Noted! Thank you for your comment. I do really need to improve that aspect.
Surprised they don't require a drop cloth
I’m not sure what you mean by a ‘drop cloth’?
@@Bloater A cloth orc canvas put down on the ground to catch all the tailings, paint chips or drops so as not to mar the concrete.
OK got it. There was no such rule. They didn’t seem to mind having their nice block paving covered with paint etc. I did my best not to make a mess.
You really should use coveralls, eye protection, mask... Costs about 50€ total.. Its just stupid to get that antifouling paint dust I your lungs, eyes and skin..
После нормального аппарата не надо ничего чистить,да и помыли так себе.