We installed the Raymarine X 5 wheel pilot in 2014. Very happy with it. Other than 2 motor failure due to worn motor brushes ,eBay $10 replacement motor, and 2 damaged drive belts, Amazon $20, no trouble. Sailed 46 000 miles. In 2017 I bought as a spare the complete Evolution wheel pilot and installed it on our crossing from St Martin to the Azores I expected a big improvement with the Giro compass. Half way across the Atlantic I changed back to the old X5. The new pilot had only 4 response settings, the old 9. Could not de-tune the response to stabilise the boat with the new Evolution! The course computer on the evolution is useless!; No problem with the X5.
@@walterlehnert5381 yes I agree Walter... I had the x 5 on a previous boat... No probs... The evo tuning isn't great... But my main issue was breaking belts.... And when it is working... the NOISE! I'm really please with the upgrade to thrle rotary drive with chain and sprocket.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter Jamie, I broke a belt because I overtighten it after it started slipping surfing down at 23 kn huge swells on our way to Capetown. The load on the rudder was huge, lucky the steering cable didn't brake. Also we found the autopilot motor gets noise when the carbon brushes wear.
on catamarans I install hydraulic rams and pump, less noisy more powerful, no strap, I went to 23 knots easily on a outremer 55 light the evolution worked ok. on faster cats ex; gunboat or ts5 margaudons I prefer BG or nke,
I have 2x EVO200 autopilots, one on each rudder quadrant with both sharing the same Gyroscope. I shut one down to turn the other on. So far it has worked great.
Wow...under 10 knots :) Your slow is our raging fast! 17 or 18 knots... 20 knots. Your high performance catamaran sure is high performance! You must have crossed the Indian Ocean must very quick! -Rebecca
I just discovered your channel and really love it. Such great content. Hard to know what i like more, the tech tip info or just the sailing life. Thanks so much for sharing your insights with us.
Yes, when we got our Raymarine autopilot...we got it oversized. If it doesn’t have to work hard steering, ie your boat is much lighter than it’s used to steering, it uses much less power. We have no trouble with it. It’s been installed for 13 years. We just got a new type 2 linear drive and installed it even though nothing was wrong just because how long can an autopilot keep going? We kept the old as a spare...same kind...and have it all wrapped up just in case. Always buy oversized, so that you never have a problem. Your old autopilot will always steer in easy conditions...but buy it for the difficult conditions and you will always be OK... Great video, and I like that $2 solution! -Rebecca
Excellent sharing, Jamie. Thank you so much. I must say the tech wizard in you shines through brilliantly and how calmly it seemed you problem solve on your feet without a sweat. Truly truly impressive.
Hi Jamie great video! I love your tech tips. Could you describe the steering system of Jupiter in detail? No quadrant, no rod, no linear drive autopilot possible? This lifting rudder system is an amazing safety feature not to mention the ease to inspect and repair the rudders. All boats should have one.
Sure... It's just a sprocket on the wheel shaft. Then a chain dropping down evenly off this sprocket where it then connects to the pull cables that are routed to the tiller bar. Very simple. You could possibly use a linear drive, but the rotary makes more sense... Ya, the pop up rudders are great. I've cleared fishing nets off these, without getting wet in the Malacca Strait more than once!
Jamie and Princess, I just found your channel a couple of days ago and am enjoying binge watching trying to catch up n your videos. Enjoying the technical tips, etc. and learning about the Mumby Catamarans although I favor Puffin monohulls. From previous investigations I was leaning towards HH, Outremere and Privilege Catamarans, but starting to having a more favorable outlook on the Mumby Catamarans thanks to you and your channel. I may never have one, but if I did, I would take a hard look at the Mumby, but don’t know if I have 4 or 5 years left to wait for one to be built. Take care and stay safe. Fair winds and smooth sailing.
Cheers Gerald…let me know if you are serious….they are going into production soon and we will be selling them within the next year. Svjupiter2@gmail.com
I know exactly what your saying about strange sensations, either in your sleep or even awake....AND the strange voices and words you think your hearing...especially when you swear you heard someone call your name!! I have recently discovered your channel, but remember seeing your boat anchored off yacht haven marina in Phuket. I went East and am now in the Philippines 🇵🇭.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter we are spending time between El Nido and Coron. Can still sail around, but going ashore due to covid cases increasing becomes more difficult. However, we are happy to be locked down in this part of the world.
Thank you for all your great videos! For those seas your cat has such a smooth motion. And such a beautiful boat. I'm less than a year from retiring (I hope) and the Mumby 48 is definitely on my shortlist. I wouldn't mind spending some time in the Philippines during the build. Any suggestions for that process would be hugely appreciated!
Man, you guys got so lucky by stopping for a beer in Rodriguez .. you would have potentially lost your mast to the Indian Ocean ... great sailing tho !!
I'm late to the show, love you two you'd be great to have a beer with ,life and soul of any party. Anything you'd change on the design of the boat .You can see it's a flier but Is it solid for them speeds or does some of the hardware need upgrading you can see how you could easily modify the interior .Love to see it really take on some tough sailing👍
Hi JJ... Welcome... would have a brewski or 7 with you anytime. The Indian crossing was the roughest we've had on Jupiter... But we weren't focused on making vids back then, and when you need to hold on with 2 hands... the camera gets put away.... I found no issues with gear sizing... Only that the loss of a split pin nearly caused us to lose the rig... but that has just trained me jump up the mast to inspect more often. The only thing i wouldn't mind is a more comfy cockpit layout.... But because the massive rear crossbeam runs the full width, you cannot have walkthru transoms.. and you would lose the room inside the 2 queen aft quarter berths.... Everything is a compromise.
That's a good point EN. However, Jupiter2 is insulated with an inch of foam through out (except bilges) to reduce the water noise and temperature variations. I've made passages on timber and glass boats... they're noisy as well... It's more, the roar of the ocean than the boat itself, which is fatiguing.
This is my 2nd time watching one of your shows. The wave action was amazing. Was wondering if a wave big enough could break over the stern? I guess that's silly. Just thought of it as I watched. In Sailing Uma I watched them cross the North Atlantic and some wave broke over their stern. I guess it's less on a cat. Happy Trails
So the Axiom internal antenna or external antenna failed? We have a newish Raymarine Axiom...about 6 or 8 months old, and it always does well, but we have always had the external antenna...actually used the one from our old Raymarine... but what a bummer. Raymarine always so good about warranty stuff. -Rebecca on SV Brick House
Ya Rebecca, i never previously needed an external antenna. But this new model certainly needs it.... Funny, i assumed the newer model would perform better than the older one!
Hi Ian. We did want to, but decided against. Already in Capetown, about to start across the Sth Atlantic to Brazil. Are you sailing? Where abouts are you?
@@SailingLifeonJupiter Am interested how to set up a cat for long offshore passages single handed, clearly if a windvane would work that is at least one part of redundancy that would still hopefully be working after say a lightening strike or other power outage ? thoughts / video topic ?
When (month) did you leave Sumatra for Mauritius/Rodrigues? Would you do that route again? I have a Mumby and am thinking about it but maybe it's easier to go up higher to Seychelles or even the Red Sea. If I remember right, Jimmy Cornell says earlier in the season the winds are lighter. Is that a better time? Also, I added a CPT autopilot. Any opinion on those? It's sure a lot quieter!
@@SailingLifeonJupiter It used to be Zarquon. (Now "Dilly Dally") I bought it 2 years ago and am in Malaysia, where I've met several other Mumby 14mt. The problem I have is with the closed borders I've only done coastal cruising with it. So I don't have experience with big ocean swell/waves. I think to do the trip you did, which I'm looking at, I'd want a Jordan Series Drogue. Or I may go up the Red Sea. I just discovered your channel. You do a great job! One thing I'd like to see, if you get a chance, is how to reef the huge main while going downwind. It came with the Raymarine Smartpilot X-5. It was SO noisy I never wanted to use it. Plus the belt was chewed up. I keep it as a spare. The CPT is really quiet but without ocean testing I don't know if it's responsive enough. Thanks
Ahh.. Neds boat... Cool...yeah the main I'd a little daunting... I would round up to get the wind forward of the beam, de power the mainsheet and then throw in the reefs or drop it completely... We had 25-40kts for 5 or 6 days crossing the IO.. So we ran just on storm jib alone, still surfing.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter Tiny but not so and, what matters most, is that the owners of the system could introduce errors (like it was in the ninenties) or worse.
Hiya Crew... who else has a raymarine autopilot....what's your opinion?
We installed the Raymarine X 5 wheel pilot in 2014. Very happy with it. Other than 2 motor failure due to worn motor brushes ,eBay $10 replacement motor, and 2 damaged drive belts, Amazon $20, no trouble. Sailed 46 000 miles.
In 2017 I bought as a spare the complete Evolution wheel pilot and installed it on our crossing from St Martin to the Azores I expected a big improvement with the Giro compass.
Half way across the Atlantic I changed back to the old X5.
The new pilot had only 4 response settings, the old 9. Could not de-tune the response to stabilise the boat with the new Evolution!
The course computer on the evolution is useless!;
No problem with the X5.
@@walterlehnert5381 yes I agree Walter... I had the x 5 on a previous boat... No probs... The evo tuning isn't great... But my main issue was breaking belts.... And when it is working... the NOISE!
I'm really please with the upgrade to thrle rotary drive with chain and sprocket.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter Jamie, I broke a belt because I overtighten it after it started slipping surfing down at 23 kn huge swells on our way to Capetown. The load on the rudder was huge, lucky the steering cable didn't brake. Also we found the autopilot motor gets noise when the carbon brushes wear.
on catamarans I install hydraulic rams and pump, less noisy more powerful, no strap, I went to 23 knots easily on a outremer 55 light the evolution worked ok. on faster cats ex; gunboat or ts5 margaudons I prefer BG or nke,
I have 2x EVO200 autopilots, one on each rudder quadrant with both sharing the same Gyroscope. I shut one down to turn the other on. So far it has worked great.
I like the straight-forwardness of your videos. Kind of raw, very real, very calm. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Cheers Jay...thanks for that
Wow...under 10 knots :) Your slow is our raging fast! 17 or 18 knots... 20 knots. Your high performance catamaran sure is high performance! You must have crossed the Indian Ocean must very quick! -Rebecca
We get along pretty good Rebecca.... Jupes is a performance catamaran!
Gotta love a well built aluminium cat. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers!
I just discovered your channel and really love it. Such great content. Hard to know what i like more, the tech tip info or just the sailing life. Thanks so much for sharing your insights with us.
Appreciate you comments MN Dad... Cheers
Yes, when we got our Raymarine autopilot...we got it oversized. If it doesn’t have to work hard steering, ie your boat is much lighter than it’s used to steering, it uses much less power. We have no trouble with it. It’s been installed for 13 years. We just got a new type 2 linear drive and installed it even though nothing was wrong just because how long can an autopilot keep going? We kept the old as a spare...same kind...and have it all wrapped up just in case. Always buy oversized, so that you never have a problem. Your old autopilot will always steer in easy conditions...but buy it for the difficult conditions and you will always be OK...
Great video, and I like that $2 solution! -Rebecca
Thanks Rebecca. Yes, i'm glad ive got the new Raymarine autopilot installed... Just gotta give it a good test now....
Excellent sharing, Jamie. Thank you so much. I must say the tech wizard in you shines through brilliantly and how calmly it seemed you problem solve on your feet without a sweat. Truly truly impressive.
Appreciated. Cheers Joseph
Aye m8’s, another great one. Keep it coming!
Cheers man thanks
Awesome video guys, so inspirational!! Also great tips and lessons for other sailors out there.
Thanks Poo....we try!
Hi Jamie great video! I love your tech tips. Could you describe the steering system of Jupiter in detail? No quadrant, no rod, no linear drive autopilot possible?
This lifting rudder system is an amazing safety feature not to mention the ease to inspect and repair the rudders. All boats should have one.
Sure... It's just a sprocket on the wheel shaft. Then a chain dropping down evenly off this sprocket where it then connects to the pull cables that are routed to the tiller bar. Very simple. You could possibly use a linear drive, but the rotary makes more sense... Ya, the pop up rudders are great. I've cleared fishing nets off these, without getting wet in the Malacca Strait more than once!
Jamie and Princess, I just found your channel a couple of days ago and am enjoying binge watching trying to catch up n your videos. Enjoying the technical tips, etc. and learning about the Mumby Catamarans although I favor Puffin monohulls. From previous investigations I was leaning towards HH, Outremere and Privilege Catamarans, but starting to having a more favorable outlook on the Mumby Catamarans thanks to you and your channel. I may never have one, but if I did, I would take a hard look at the Mumby, but don’t know if I have 4 or 5 years left to wait for one to be built. Take care and stay safe. Fair winds and smooth sailing.
Cheers Gerald…let me know if you are serious….they are going into production soon and we will be selling them within the next year. Svjupiter2@gmail.com
Good hard lessons to hear...
Your videos are fantastic. Thank you
Wow.... cheers Don.. appreciated
This looks so fun!
Thank you bunso... please keep on watching and follow our voyage ⛵️😊🌎
Nice videos I watch all your videos I plan to get me a new sailboat Catalina 30 I used to sell with my ex-wife had a lot of fun 😊
Glad you liked it ☺️
Love your tech tips...informative.
Thanks Latitude!
the best tip that I saw for autopilots!! thanks!
Glad you found it useful.. Cheers RF
Thank you for the explanation.
Thanks for watching Sail across an ocean vid.
Such a cool boat. I can see why you went with it. Those seas really got big.
Ya, the IO was pretty knarly.
I know exactly what your saying about strange sensations, either in your sleep or even awake....AND the strange voices and words you think your hearing...especially when you swear you heard someone call your name!!
I have recently discovered your channel, but remember seeing your boat anchored off yacht haven marina in Phuket. I went East and am now in the Philippines 🇵🇭.
Ah cool... We will end up back there in PI... Where are you hangin out?
@@SailingLifeonJupiter we are spending time between El Nido and Coron. Can still sail around, but going ashore due to covid cases increasing becomes more difficult. However, we are happy to be locked down in this part of the world.
Thank you for all your great videos! For those seas your cat has such a smooth motion. And such a beautiful boat. I'm less than a year from retiring (I hope) and the Mumby 48 is definitely on my shortlist. I wouldn't mind spending some time in the Philippines during the build. Any suggestions for that process would be hugely appreciated!
Heya Thomas.. There is rumour they will start the yard up again early next year in Cebu PI... Contact Cyberyachts@gmail.com
cool video ,, thanks for the tips
Glad you like the Tech tips Roderick.... Cheers!
KooL Channel!🌞😎👍
Tks Chris
Man, you guys got so lucky by stopping for a beer in Rodriguez .. you would have potentially lost your mast to the Indian Ocean ... great sailing tho !!
Tell me bout it!... scary shiiiiiit.. .cheers PO
I think we can call you MacGyver :)
Hehe... Ill take that as a compliment.
I'm late to the show, love you two you'd be great to have a beer with ,life and soul of any party.
Anything you'd change on the design of the boat .You can see it's a flier but Is it solid for them speeds or does some of the hardware need upgrading you can see how you could easily modify the interior .Love to see it really take on some tough sailing👍
Hi JJ... Welcome... would have a brewski or 7 with you anytime.
The Indian crossing was the roughest we've had on Jupiter... But we weren't focused on making vids back then, and when you need to hold on with 2 hands... the camera gets put away.... I found no issues with gear sizing... Only that the loss of a split pin nearly caused us to lose the rig... but that has just trained me jump up the mast to inspect more often.
The only thing i wouldn't mind is a more comfy cockpit layout.... But because the massive rear crossbeam runs the full width, you cannot have walkthru transoms.. and you would lose the room inside the 2 queen aft quarter berths....
Everything is a compromise.
Nice video- thanks! Do you think a fiberglass cat would have been less noisy than your metal hull?
That's a good point EN. However, Jupiter2 is insulated with an inch of foam through out (except bilges) to reduce the water noise and temperature variations.
I've made passages on timber and glass boats... they're noisy as well... It's more, the roar of the ocean than the boat itself, which is fatiguing.
This is my 2nd time watching one of your shows. The wave action was amazing. Was wondering if a wave big enough could break over the stern? I guess that's silly. Just thought of it as I watched. In Sailing Uma I watched them cross the North Atlantic and some wave broke over their stern. I guess it's less on a cat. Happy Trails
Tks for watching Mr Buzz... We had a cross swell break into the cockpit on that crossing... Luckily door was closed!
Good episode! Tech tip++! Taking it all in over a waking coffee. So, Jupiter? Are you Sagittarius or fond of planet's?
Tks Jason..nope, pisces... And a fan of "lost in space" TV show from the 70's.
So the Axiom internal antenna or external antenna failed? We have a newish Raymarine Axiom...about 6 or 8 months old, and it always does well, but we have always had the external antenna...actually used the one from our old Raymarine... but what a bummer. Raymarine always so good about warranty stuff. -Rebecca on SV Brick House
Ya Rebecca, i never previously needed an external antenna. But this new model certainly needs it.... Funny, i assumed the newer model would perform better than the older one!
couldn't you 2 into 1 for the motor controls, and just put a switch in to designate who's in control?
Is a Windvane possible on your cat? André
Probably could but would need modification to mount I would imagine......
you going to seycheles?
Hi Ian. We did want to, but decided against. Already in Capetown, about to start across the Sth Atlantic to Brazil. Are you sailing? Where abouts are you?
Have you considered a wind vain auto pilot? For such hard conditions it is good
yeah i agree.... i'm pretty happy with the new one now tho.
We mist you while you were here in South Africa.
Ah.. We loved our time there... Specially the western Cape.
Would it be worth installing a windvane self steering system as an `additional crew member'?
Sure.. Could do... But the new autopilot rocks.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter Am interested how to set up a cat for long offshore passages single handed, clearly if a windvane would work that is at least one part of redundancy that would still hopefully be working after say a lightening strike or other power outage ? thoughts / video topic ?
When (month) did you leave Sumatra for Mauritius/Rodrigues? Would you do that route again? I have a Mumby and am thinking about it but maybe it's easier to go up higher to Seychelles or even the Red Sea. If I remember right, Jimmy Cornell says earlier in the season the winds are lighter. Is that a better time? Also, I added a CPT autopilot. Any opinion on those? It's sure a lot quieter!
We crossed in May... Pretty blowy... CPT? No. Id be keen to hear about it. Which Mumby? Where are you?
@@SailingLifeonJupiter It used to be Zarquon. (Now "Dilly Dally") I bought it 2 years ago and am in Malaysia, where I've met several other Mumby 14mt. The problem I have is with the closed borders I've only done coastal cruising with it. So I don't have experience with big ocean swell/waves. I think to do the trip you did, which I'm looking at, I'd want a Jordan Series Drogue. Or I may go up the Red Sea. I just discovered your channel. You do a great job! One thing I'd like to see, if you get a chance, is how to reef the huge main while going downwind. It came with the Raymarine Smartpilot X-5. It was SO noisy I never wanted to use it. Plus the belt was chewed up. I keep it as a spare. The CPT is really quiet but without ocean testing I don't know if it's responsive enough. Thanks
Ahh.. Neds boat... Cool...yeah the main I'd a little daunting... I would round up to get the wind forward of the beam, de power the mainsheet and then throw in the reefs or drop it completely... We had 25-40kts for 5 or 6 days crossing the IO.. So we ran just on storm jib alone, still surfing.
Nice video very interesting except for the music which was quite distracting otherwise spot on stuff, thanks 🙃🇦🇺
Wow.. That was like one of our first ever vids... Thanks for watching
How would one go about contacting the builder you used?
Hey David email me on Svjupiter2@gmail.com and I'll hook you up.
👍🏽
Hi guys I think you were surrounded by mermaids 😉
I wish!... Tks for watching
$250 dollars bed $4. That's crazy, how do the companies get away charging so much money?
They set the price...people pay!... I love to "hack" the system.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter great hack 👍🏽
Your lady is very sweet. She’s beautiful but she’s got a real personality that appeals very sweet
Correct Brother Bryan... she's adorable
Need some arm wrestling training to build them arms up bruv 😝
Sure bro, hook me up!
Life on Jupiter just remember “ no pain, no gain” hahah
2:26 They probably wanted to stay as far away as possible from the Japanese.
Yeah true dat.
This is when electronics all fail and no one knows how to navigate the centuties old reliable, ways.......
Tiny probability... but still worth knowing the ways of the sextant.
@@SailingLifeonJupiter Tiny but not so and, what matters most, is that the owners of the system could introduce errors (like it was in the ninenties) or worse.
sorry maybe too far
Hehe…tks Viliame…she’s a bit shy on camera….even now.