2 hours 20 minutes of boat work, bloody hell I thought bugger that for a joke, but I sat though the whole rebuild, I think it was the humour that kept me going, well done and happy sailing, I actually found Chris a couple of weeks ago and watch him as well, by the way I'm a Kiwi watching from China, who would have thought 🙏🙏🙏
I don’t sail but came across this video, wow what an eye opener, watched the whole video in one sitting, really enjoyed every bit of it, great sense of humour and hard work, very well done, your boat is looking fantastic. 👌👌👌
I got into sailing in New Zealand as crew. I had a horrible experience on a delivery voyage and left the boat after the captain finally gave up and returned to port. I and one other crew member quit the boat and it sailed again 2 days later, never to be seen again. I dodged a bullet and since then only done Hoby Catting on lakes and on the North Sea. But I'm still fascinated by all things nautical. I'm far too old to go to sea again ( chicken ) but to watch refits videos like this gives me an insight on how boats should be fitted out. Thank you so much for the fun. You did a lovely job.
Followed from the start. Rehabbed a 40’ Legend full interior and exterior. This is my 5th sailboat to rebuild. Thanks for being just YOU, makes a huge difference from other channels. Now watching Wesail- wish I would have documents out refit with video- have tons of photos. 45+ years sailing.
Holy shit that was awesome! I'm looking at buying my first piece of shit boat soon and that was a brilliant reminder in how much it will cost me! Thanks for putting in the time and filming it all. Great insight!
Classic refit video, well done, can't believe the insane amount of work you crammed into it. I bet your mate Chris has booked you in for a big stint refitting his boat.
Holy cow! I really enjoyed this video. Fast Andy, you’re a hoot and if I can figure out a way to hang out with a bunch of avid sailing folks for a week, that would truly be a highlight on my bucket list. I love watching several sailing channels as I live in the Midwest of USA, so I am living vicariously through your channel and others. My very first experience of the ocean was at Cocoa Beach Florida and I was hooked. I was 15 and now I’m 67. Maybe just maybe…
I Really loved this presentation mate, doing up a boat myself, sure helps to keep me motivated, my project is on the water and I'm either working on it, or thinking of what I need to do, I do get to go sailing in the interim, love your work 🍻
🤣We germans are/were proud of our bodies. Built like the bodies of old german gods of the past. Unfortunately an austrian named Arnold Schwarzenegger had a better one than us now. LOL 🤣
Hi Andy. Great refit video thank you very much. Soon I will have to start my own boat refit, too. Your video helps a lot. After I installed the LED striplight, you are invited to sing Black Sabbatth again 😆at my boat to check if the installation nd configuration is well done. LOL. Cheers from the boat yard at Port Saint Lous du Rhone while searching an abandoned sailboat. Juergen
great to hear from you mate! thats exciting you are about to start the project. and of course, if i can hear Sabbath, i will follow the Siren! Good luck Mate 👍
That top rudder housing frame is prone to rust. We had to replace ours on our 1999SO 45.2. Keep eye on it and paint it with red oxide etc. the main cause is the emergency rudder cover letting water through. Add silicon sealer to the cover for the emergency tiller cover. 👍⛵️
Hi guys, just great respect for your works. I am doing this on a much smaller scale on a 28 ft. Daysailer bought for 150 € . Nom almost ready 22000 euro tot.spent and tot.renewed. Keep up the good works ❤
I’ve spent the last 3 years watching RUclips sailing videos. This one hands down the most valuable insight to a great sailing vessel!! Why?????? We purchased the same yacht 6 weeks ago in Sicily!! And while she needs no work, you’ve shown me so many tips tricks and new holes (no pun intended😂😂) Thanks for sharing and hope paths cross somewhere in the med and I will gladly by you a beer 🙏🏻 Mark & Leigh
Interesting, especially when experience teaches that more videos of the boat and less of the commentator will produce great videos. Looking forward to seeing more.
@5:32 Only you and David Attenborough call it a tack-o-meter Mate! Its a tach-alh-mitter because it, like most things that still work, isn't metric. :)
I stumbled across this 2 hour 20min episode at midnight thought I would give it a go as i just binge watched 260 episodes of parlay … Really enjoyed it kebabs ciggy breaks funny scify jokes great company straight forward costs & Germans 😂 thank you 🙏 for sharing 👍👍🙏 from Yorkshire 🇬🇧
Great video! At one point in my life I might do something of this magnitude and it's great to see how challenging and fulfilling it can be. One thing caught my eye - when installing the batteries you mentioned "same length cables" but I think you mis-applied that concept. I've never installed batteries on a boat but from an electrical engineering perspective, the only reason you'd want same length cables is to have the same voltage on every battery, as with different length cables you'd get different voltage drops across the cable length. This only applies if you run each cable from the bus bar directly to the battery. With the way you installed them, the last battery (furthest from the bus bar) actually has effectively 3x longer cable than the first battery on that shelf.
@@OceanCruisers Ahh, fair point - I just looked at the instructions, surprisingly that's what they recommend. I would have thought with the diagram from the manual, the middle battery would still work less than the other two, but probably the voltage drops aren't significant enough to really make a difference, especially with short cables.
@@ivank6707 nah they are all the same length dude, thats why the middle ones are twisted. i doubt i would notice the difference either way to be honest, but warranties etc, i had to follow instructions, especially as i was putting it online! cheers mate!
@1:22:21 That's incredible that Chris said "Starship Enterprise" because at that exact second I was thinking "shields". How weird that sci-fi permeates people's thoughts like that!
Small correction: the Austrians in the 19th century baked “Schokoladencroissants” and “Kipferl” with brioche dough. French pastry chefs, a few years after the opening of the first Viennese bakery in Paris in 1830 by August Zang, were inspired by the recipe, and started a new recipe with a base of puff pastry. The croissants we know today are indeed a French recipe inspired by an Austrian one. And last but not least, Corsica is France even if France is not Corsica (Salute à tutta a mo famiglia in Corsica 😉)
@@OceanCruisersNot any glory for me mate, all my knowledge came from my pastry Chef wife. Will be a pleasure to send you cookies or whatever you want, tell us on private message. To help making your choice, visit gourmandisesdupalais.com. Your videos are inspiring, keep it that way bro. Happy sailing.
Stern Gland Replacement - FYI the item joining the prop shaft to the gearbox is a “Coupling” - not a cup-link. If this was deliberate then forgive me, I’ll put my brown corduroy jacket with the leather elbow patches back on, and leave you in peace. Enjoying the refit video, apart from the obvious! 😂
Hello! Looking to do something similar one day if I don't buy outright. Thanks for such a well done video, watching through it right now. Do you two work day jobs? How do you fund it?
hi mate. i saved like crazy from being 18. flipped houses, worked overseas so i had savings. i also run that sail festival now and my wife works for rolls royce engines remotely also. thats how we fund it. if you want any advice message me on instagram 👍
@@OceanCruisers in the immortal words of Quagmire: Giggidy 🤭Giggidy 😉 Before reading the Bible and studying its message I basically got my worldview from a heap of 20-40 year old dudes in the 60s, 70s and 80s. It's not surprising that at times they were spot on in their musical poetry. War Pigs Hammer to fall The Times They Are A Changin' Saint of Me The list goes on ... This was an entertaining resto to watch. 👍🏽
I really wanted to watch the process but found the camera work a bit iffy, didn't actually see much of what you were doing? Great project though and good luck with your beautiful boat. Sorry for being a bit critical ❤
@@OceanCruisers I will stick with AGM. Mine have lasted me ten years so far. What people don't realize is Lithium is no different to any fossil fuels but actually mined in a worse way. I won't support it. But it is light. Keep up the good work though.
@@SimonElenor yep, i know all about it. per usable watt its about a quarter of the weight and half the space. a good AGM treated well will last 5 years of heavy usage for a cruiser. perhaps less if you are using heavy draw inverters etc. depends on usage if its worth it for the individual. regards the mining, i cant hold this on my conscience. our regulators decide what options we have.
40:40 Funny, you're unpleasantly surprised by the costs of that 3m hose, but pay easily $210 on plastic navigation lights that should not costs more than $40 I'm realdy used to the fact when you go into a marine-shop everything is all of a sudden quadrupled in price...
Great video, but one question. A matter of safety concern. Why use lithium batteries? And on a sailboat. Hope that battery compartment has a atmospheric vent and is waterproof. We all know what happens when lithium batteries get wet. Expensive and to me, yes, I have worked this end of the field, not worth the risk. Just my opinion. But again, thanks for the upload.
Hey Andy, now you have had the boat back in the water for a while, how have you found the performance and short or single handed sailing. There are a couple 54 ds's in Auss that are on the market, pretty keen to get back on the water. Cheers.
They are brilliant to sail mate. very sturdy and also responsive. singlehanded i would definitely recommend a furling main. i have a traditional and it is difficult by yourself with such a big boat👍
its a true story. i think it had bush growing on it too. but when it is finished it will be supreme. the type of boat Kim Jon Un would cruise in. A beast.
Which marina was the boat in? Where do you recommend I look in Greece for a smaller boat with potential that needs some work, but not too much. €50-60k budget.
Solar regulator to the bus bar not a great idea. If you turn the batteries off and there is nowhere for the solar power to go it can damage the solar regulator. Always wire solar panels to the battery side of the main battery switch.
@OceanCruisers great so have we dipole DC breakers, still good practice to connect the panels battery side of the switch. 1 to protect the regulators if the battery isolator switch is turned off. 2 if you isolate the batteries there is no power then coming into the boat. Safercway all round.
Great job An🎉dy! ! çan't believe that I sat through 2hrs. of boat repairs but then I can ɓareĺy believe that ÿou got through all of this work in 6 months! ! have just one question àboùt all this and it concerns the safe storage of those lithium batteries. I have read that lithiums need to be contained within a steel box for obvious reasons and so I am worried about the fire safety of the wooden box that you have stored them inside at the moment. Fortunately I'm pretty sure that you could quite easily ìnsulate the existing box with sheet steel plates. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Thanks mate. A steel box wouldnt do much, its the gases that stream out of them if they explode thats the problem. unless the box is air tight to high high pressure it wouldnt serve any purpose really
@@OceanCruisers Thanks Andy. FWIW may I refer you to Project Brupeg Pt.1 Ep. 365 just out. I notice that they have made allowances for ventilation, although I certainly wouldn't like to anywhere near burning batteries.
@@Davidcallard yeah, they beed insulation from the cold more than anything. As long as they are ventilated and dont get wet, to me that seems reasonable.
Ja the English don’t have it with no clothes, and in mai they run around here in Swansea in shorts and Ts. Probably body temperature of 50C . So in in the tropics the UKers would be the ones in the birthday suit 😅😂
the boat cost USD 130, i spent 40k in total, including flights and food and car rental, yard time etc for the refit. A few of the items were sponsored, batteries, solar system, sails, lines, highfield etc which had a value of around 45k. in total transparency the sponsored items were not necessary to get out on the water
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2 hours 20 minutes of boat work, bloody hell I thought bugger that for a joke, but I sat though the whole rebuild, I think it was the humour that kept me going, well done and happy sailing, I actually found Chris a couple of weeks ago and watch him as well, by the way I'm a Kiwi watching from China, who would have thought 🙏🙏🙏
im surprised anyone sat through it, you deserve a medal Sir. Chris is a legend mate, he knows everything about boat building 👍 thanks for watching
I don’t sail but came across this video, wow what an eye opener, watched the whole video in one sitting, really enjoyed every bit of it, great sense of humour and hard work, very well done, your boat is looking fantastic. 👌👌👌
thanks Anthony, all the best to you!
I got into sailing in New Zealand as crew. I had a horrible experience on a delivery voyage and left the boat after the captain finally gave up and returned to port. I and one other crew member quit the boat and it sailed again 2 days later, never to be seen again. I dodged a bullet and since then only done Hoby Catting on lakes and on the North Sea. But I'm still fascinated by all things nautical. I'm far too old to go to sea again ( chicken ) but to watch refits videos like this gives me an insight on how boats should be fitted out. Thank you so much for the fun. You did a lovely job.
thanks Louisa, much appreciated and best of luck with your journey ✌️
Followed from the start. Rehabbed a 40’ Legend full interior and exterior. This is my 5th sailboat to rebuild. Thanks for being just YOU, makes a huge difference from other channels. Now watching Wesail- wish I would have documents out refit with video- have tons of photos. 45+ years sailing.
cheers dude! Erica and Warren are skippers for the Odyssey Festival, they are awesome people 👍
Really enjoyed this refit and great humour too! I will be watching more! subbed!
cheers Rob!
that was the funniest refit ive ever seen, ive been laughing non stop.
Watching simple people do simple things 👍
Andy has the humour, which makes me burst out laughing, brilliant.
Holy shit that was awesome! I'm looking at buying my first piece of shit boat soon and that was a brilliant reminder in how much it will cost me! Thanks for putting in the time and filming it all. Great insight!
Classic refit video, well done, can't believe the insane amount of work you crammed into it. I bet your mate Chris has booked you in for a big stint refitting his boat.
yes mate. he will be calling upon my services to help out with his boat. probably to stand around and roll him cigs 👍
Thats like my dream sailboat
go get one dude, you wont regret it
Holy cow! I really enjoyed this video. Fast Andy, you’re a hoot and if I can figure out a way to hang out with a bunch of avid sailing folks for a week, that would truly be a highlight on my bucket list. I love watching several sailing channels as I live in the Midwest of USA, so I am living vicariously through your channel and others.
My very first experience of the ocean was at Cocoa Beach Florida and I was hooked. I was 15 and now I’m 67. Maybe just maybe…
That the Odyssey Sailing Festival!
What a beautiful ship
cheers Dustin 👍
Very lucky man enjoy her
Loved the video! Great work!
Thanks so much!
Fast Andy , that’s what she said . A Rodney Dangerfield moment
😂😂😂 a compliment of the highest order!
I Really loved this presentation mate, doing up a boat myself, sure helps to keep me motivated, my project is on the water and I'm either working on it, or thinking of what I need to do, I do get to go sailing in the interim, love your work 🍻
awesome mate, best of luck with your project too!
@@OceanCruisers Thankyou 🙏
"Naked Germans" 😂😂😂😂 That will forever be my thought when meeting a German from this point forward. Great job on the boat, mates 🎉🎉🎉 Inspiring!
you know when a German is proud. it will be naked 👍
🤣We germans are/were proud of our bodies. Built like the bodies of old german gods of the past. Unfortunately an austrian named Arnold Schwarzenegger had a better one than us now. LOL 🤣
@@sailingpilots So you should be! A nation that prides itself on its sausage should always be prepared to show their own.
@@OceanCruisers Right!
@@OceanCruisers 🤣😂
Great to see the journey buddy, thanks for sharing! still looking for ours!
it takes time mate, it will pop up soon
So great to see new content from you Andy!
I did a similar refit on a smaller, older boat and I’m diggin your choices!
Cheers!
cheers Christian 👍 thanks mate
Great job. Looks amazing!
cheers dude 👍
Hi Andy. Great refit video thank you very much. Soon I will have to start my own boat refit, too. Your video helps a lot. After I installed the LED striplight, you are invited to sing Black Sabbatth again 😆at my boat to check if the installation nd configuration is well done. LOL. Cheers from the boat yard at Port Saint Lous du Rhone while searching an abandoned sailboat. Juergen
great to hear from you mate! thats exciting you are about to start the project. and of course, if i can hear Sabbath, i will follow the Siren! Good luck Mate 👍
@@OceanCruisers Thank you very much and see you on the oceans out there.
Looks beautiful ❤
cheers Rob 👍
That top rudder housing frame is prone to rust. We had to replace ours on our 1999SO 45.2. Keep eye on it and paint it with red oxide etc. the main cause is the emergency rudder cover letting water through. Add silicon sealer to the cover for the emergency tiller cover. 👍⛵️
very very nice information. i will check this when im next in the hole! thanks mate!
Hi guys, just great respect for your works. I am doing this on a much smaller scale on a 28 ft. Daysailer bought for 150 € . Nom almost ready 22000 euro tot.spent and tot.renewed. Keep up the good works ❤
oh thats sounds awesome mate! the more size just means more time needed, the complications are the same. good luck with your project mate 👍
great video, thanks!
Thanks Kylie 👍
I’ve spent the last 3 years watching RUclips sailing videos. This one hands down the most valuable insight to a great sailing vessel!!
Why??????
We purchased the same yacht 6 weeks ago in Sicily!!
And while she needs no work, you’ve shown me so many tips tricks and new holes (no pun intended😂😂)
Thanks for sharing and hope paths cross somewhere in the med and I will gladly by you a beer 🙏🏻
Mark & Leigh
cheers mark. send me a message on instagram @oceancruiserspodcast if you need to know anything about the boat 👍
@@OceanCruisers you might just regret that comment!! 😎
@@sailingcalmedbythesea7495 not at all. ask me anything whenever you need. thats what this community is about 👍
Interesting, especially when experience teaches that more videos of the boat and less of the commentator will produce great videos. Looking forward to seeing more.
i dont think ill do many more like this mate, it was just a talk to the camera experiment. might do some updates on the systems
Nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
@5:32 Only you and David Attenborough call it a tack-o-meter Mate! Its a tach-alh-mitter because it, like most things that still work, isn't metric. :)
Joe Biden ain't my President. I win 👍😂
Killer time keeper you got there 🤙
thanks mate. its actually a batgirl with a oyster bracelet i bought afterwards
@@OceanCruisers great mod, love my Kermit. Sold everything under the sun to get it. 🤙 glad I found your channel you doing a great job.
Good job guys, that was left on a watch❤😊
thanks mate 👍
found you via teulu tribe, great video, helped pass a 3hr airport wait. loved the humour
Thanks mate. They are a great couple eh 👍
I stumbled across this 2 hour 20min episode at midnight thought I would give it a go as i just binge watched 260 episodes of parlay …
Really enjoyed it kebabs ciggy breaks funny scify jokes great company straight forward costs & Germans 😂 thank you 🙏 for sharing 👍👍🙏 from Yorkshire 🇬🇧
hello my northern friend, glad you enjoyed it! Colin was a skipper at my sailing festival last year, nice lad 👍
awesome jobbie
thanks mate 👍
👍
24:12 Antirust for woods!! hahaha!!!
a product of glory 👍
Absolutely brilliant vid. Many thanks Andy. Just subscribed and very much look forward to watching your future vids.
All the best.
Justin
Cheers Justin 👍
Great video! At one point in my life I might do something of this magnitude and it's great to see how challenging and fulfilling it can be.
One thing caught my eye - when installing the batteries you mentioned "same length cables" but I think you mis-applied that concept. I've never installed batteries on a boat but from an electrical engineering perspective, the only reason you'd want same length cables is to have the same voltage on every battery, as with different length cables you'd get different voltage drops across the cable length. This only applies if you run each cable from the bus bar directly to the battery. With the way you installed them, the last battery (furthest from the bus bar) actually has effectively 3x longer cable than the first battery on that shelf.
actually the last battery has the same length as the negative bus bar is on the below shelf! SuperB's instructions, i hate those battery cables 😂
@@OceanCruisers Ahh, fair point - I just looked at the instructions, surprisingly that's what they recommend. I would have thought with the diagram from the manual, the middle battery would still work less than the other two, but probably the voltage drops aren't significant enough to really make a difference, especially with short cables.
@@ivank6707 nah they are all the same length dude, thats why the middle ones are twisted. i doubt i would notice the difference either way to be honest, but warranties etc, i had to follow instructions, especially as i was putting it online! cheers mate!
died at the "rough night of Curry"... 🤣
its the truth bro
@1:22:21 That's incredible that Chris said "Starship Enterprise" because at that exact second I was thinking "shields". How weird that sci-fi permeates people's thoughts like that!
its a sign bro. you need to give come sailing
@@OceanCruisers Odyssey is in 80 days... Can't wait...
Small correction: the Austrians in the 19th century baked “Schokoladencroissants” and “Kipferl” with brioche dough. French pastry chefs, a few years after the opening of the first Viennese bakery in Paris in 1830 by August Zang, were inspired by the recipe, and started a new recipe with a base of puff pastry. The croissants we know today are indeed a French recipe inspired by an Austrian one. And last but not least, Corsica is France even if France is not Corsica (Salute à tutta a mo famiglia in Corsica 😉)
Bro your knowledge of Historical European Pastries is sublime. Maybe we can share one someday, in this life or the next
@@OceanCruisersNot any glory for me mate, all my knowledge came from my pastry Chef wife. Will be a pleasure to send you cookies or whatever you want, tell us on private message. To help making your choice, visit gourmandisesdupalais.com. Your videos are inspiring, keep it that way bro. Happy sailing.
Think the turks may disagree😅😅
Could you not have acid bathed the old chain and anchor to save £1000?
Thank you for posting this, its fun, and I learned a lot.
nah, it was very old and i didnt have confidence in it
Stern Gland Replacement - FYI the item joining the prop shaft to the gearbox is a “Coupling” - not a cup-link. If this was deliberate then forgive me, I’ll put my brown corduroy jacket with the leather elbow patches back on, and leave you in peace. Enjoying the refit video, apart from the obvious! 😂
😂 my accent is not the best is it
@@OceanCruisersDon't worry about the pedants Andy, you actually have a very mild accent.
Hello! Looking to do something similar one day if I don't buy outright. Thanks for such a well done video, watching through it right now. Do you two work day jobs? How do you fund it?
hi mate. i saved like crazy from being 18. flipped houses, worked overseas so i had savings. i also run that sail festival now and my wife works for rolls royce engines remotely also. thats how we fund it. if you want any advice message me on instagram 👍
@@OceanCruisers Wow well done!
£1000 for a chain, $1200 for paint, $560 for a toilet, $170 for a mini sander, $80 for flexible wastepipe! You were robbed.
EU taxes mate 👍
That will happen if yer don't know how to repair yer boats. Relyin for somebody for repair cost ye moony.
A hose at a normal store 10 euro a hose at the boat store 120 euro 😂😂
@maxroessink6004 True👍🏼all marina boat shops charge rinse prices. Their overheads are high but majority of the clientele are embarrassingly rich. 🫡👍🏼
@@fraserconnell21 yep, or contractors who just buy at whatever price and whack 20% on
I wouldn´t buy a boat from such careless people. but it looks like you had luck and a ton of work. Must have felt great to launch it.
yeah i wouldn't recommend it. unless someone can perform their own survey and can fix stuff themselves. otherwise it could cost a fortune
@11:59 I don't know why all cars don't use Rocna anchors instead of air bags...
😂
I don't get it. That boat is a 2007? How can it have multiple layers of paint? Your energy is inspiring. Thank you for posting.
2004. 20 years if anti foul!
27:50
War Pigs
Classic Sabbath 🤘🏽😡
However, although they indeed "have themselves to blame." The lyric is: "hide themselves away". 👍🏽
shit, ive even gigged that and sung the wrong lyrics then 😂
@@OceanCruisers in the immortal words of Quagmire:
Giggidy 🤭Giggidy 😉
Before reading the Bible and studying its message I basically got my worldview from a heap of 20-40 year old dudes in the 60s, 70s and 80s. It's not surprising that at times they were spot on in their musical poetry.
War Pigs
Hammer to fall
The Times They Are A Changin'
Saint of Me
The list goes on ...
This was an entertaining resto to watch. 👍🏽
@@Finn-McCool literally sounds like my life! with the occasional word or two from a greek here and there 👍
What a wallly
👍
I really wanted to watch the process but found the camera work a bit iffy, didn't actually see much of what you were doing? Great project though and good luck with your beautiful boat. Sorry for being a bit critical ❤
thanks mate! im not trying to be a processional at this, it was just a first person account 👍
Yeah Lithium mixes so well with water.
not a great combo is it
@@OceanCruisers I will stick with AGM. Mine have lasted me ten years so far. What people don't realize is Lithium is no different to any fossil fuels but actually mined in a worse way. I won't support it. But it is light. Keep up the good work though.
@@SimonElenor yep, i know all about it. per usable watt its about a quarter of the weight and half the space. a good AGM treated well will last 5 years of heavy usage for a cruiser. perhaps less if you are using heavy draw inverters etc. depends on usage if its worth it for the individual. regards the mining, i cant hold this on my conscience. our regulators decide what options we have.
@@SimonElenorall battery metals are mined. The things to think about are how long does a specific battery last and can it be effectively recycled
Wonder if a reverse osmosis filter would fit the rest of the fresh water system? Just a thought for a higher level of purity.
yes definately. but RO wastes about x4 the amount of water to work than it creates. not worth it for drinking water.
The port a starboard lights are halogen.
changed them to LED 👍
40:40 Funny, you're unpleasantly surprised by the costs of that 3m hose, but pay easily $210 on plastic navigation lights that should not costs more than $40 I'm realdy used to the fact when you go into a marine-shop everything is all of a sudden quadrupled in price...
yeah, the prices are wierd in europe. anything in from the states costs a lot more. usually local stuff is cheap, except in that case.
Great video, but one question. A matter of safety concern. Why use lithium batteries? And on a sailboat. Hope that battery compartment has a atmospheric vent and is waterproof. We all know what happens when lithium batteries get wet. Expensive and to me, yes, I have worked this end of the field, not worth the risk. Just my opinion. But again, thanks for the upload.
Lithium batteries are perfectly safe mate 👍
The toilet seat and the curtains she said..the saiks only would cost over 10k the engine even more...
I spent more on toilets than i did the engine
Hey Andy, now you have had the boat back in the water for a while, how have you found the performance and short or single handed sailing. There are a couple 54 ds's in Auss that are on the market, pretty keen to get back on the water. Cheers.
They are brilliant to sail mate. very sturdy and also responsive. singlehanded i would definitely recommend a furling main. i have a traditional and it is difficult by yourself with such a big boat👍
Like your shanigans-dont like fiber glass worx
neither do i, always get itchy afterwards
Chris found an 40' alu boat in a bush....only in Switzerland
its a true story. i think it had bush growing on it too. but when it is finished it will be supreme. the type of boat Kim Jon Un would cruise in. A beast.
Nice that your doing it out of your own, without all those me and my girlfriend Restorations
i would have appreciated the help though!
1:22:28 what on earth were y'all saying? Had to be a different language.
I think we are talking about pork kebabs. but i cant be be sure 😁
Chris is way to lazy, tell him that next time he needs to work harder! 😂
😂😂😂 i need to test your skills too mate. come sailing dude
So where was it found ? And I didn’t hear what it went for? Just a house number for an impression
i paid 130 usd for it, found it in Kilada in Greece 👍
Which marina was the boat in? Where do you recommend I look in Greece for a smaller boat with potential that needs some work, but not too much. €50-60k budget.
in europe most boats are on yachtmarket.com
Solar regulator to the bus bar not a great idea. If you turn the batteries off and there is nowhere for the solar power to go it can damage the solar regulator. Always wire solar panels to the battery side of the main battery switch.
got breakers on the panels mate 👍
@OceanCruisers great so have we dipole DC breakers, still good practice to connect the panels battery side of the switch. 1 to protect the regulators if the battery isolator switch is turned off. 2 if you isolate the batteries there is no power then coming into the boat. Safercway all round.
Great job An🎉dy! ! çan't believe that I sat through 2hrs. of boat repairs but then I can ɓareĺy believe that ÿou got through all of this work in 6 months! ! have just one question àboùt all this and it concerns the safe storage of those lithium batteries. I have read that lithiums need to be contained within a steel box for obvious reasons and so I am worried about the fire safety of the wooden box that you have stored them inside at the moment. Fortunately I'm pretty sure that you could quite easily ìnsulate the existing box with sheet steel plates. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Thanks mate. A steel box wouldnt do much, its the gases that stream out of them if they explode thats the problem. unless the box is air tight to high high pressure it wouldnt serve any purpose really
@@OceanCruisers Thanks Andy. FWIW may I refer you to Project Brupeg Pt.1 Ep. 365 just out. I notice that they have made allowances for ventilation, although I certainly wouldn't like to anywhere near burning batteries.
@@Davidcallard yeah, they beed insulation from the cold more than anything. As long as they are ventilated and dont get wet, to me that seems reasonable.
Great Black Sabbath cover. 😂
😂 i was sober. sounds a lot better when im smashed
Just a question Andy. You are from the UK (pound sterling), your in Greece (euro), yet you price everything I’d dollars?
only 30% of the audience is based in Europe/UK and USD is the defacto world currency. (for now) 😂
LOVE TO SEE YA DO A HURACAINE LAGOONA 620 odd ? I think they call it but the big one 620 ??? common iv THOWEN THE CHALLENGE IF YOU EXCEPT ??
you buy the boat and ill do it 😂
You lost me when you couldt recognise the generator fuel filter...
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😅as very nice marina home
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Ok, 130,000 € ? That’s almost for free , jeess
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No water maker?
yes, but it was buggered, getting it rebuilt next week
Stern gland or flesh light?
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The French did not invent French fries. There are not many American that know they came from Belgium.
very interesting!
@@OceanCruisers ..touchy subject for Belgians.
chain plates , keel bolts ?
keel bolts ill do over the winter i think. they are fine but i want to change then
@@OceanCruisers yeah even just to have a look see , did you do the chain plates ? Maybe I missed that part
@@svsalserenity4375 no mate, i very much doubt the chain plates will ever need doing on this boat, they are so oversized its ridiculous
@@OceanCruiserssize is not the issue - cavity corrosion is the issue.
@@stevenschapera2888 yes i know 👍
That was fun. I want to drive it
😂 engine mounts need replacing first
@@OceanCruisers ..nothing a bit of No. 8 wire wont fix. Yes, I'm a Kiwi.
Second best day of your life is the day you buy your boat, the best day of your life is the day you sell it.
yeah a lot of folks say that, if you go into it knowing its work and money then it doesnt disappoint you 😂
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I chuckled at the fact they basically disregarded her input and went straight into the more important issues on their mind. 🤭
😂 bless us
the smurfs.......🤣🤣🤣🤣
boat smurfs
Ja the English don’t have it with no clothes, and in mai they run around here in Swansea in shorts and Ts. Probably body temperature of 50C . So in in the tropics the UKers would be the ones in the birthday suit 😅😂
i will never expose my ballsack to an unamusing passer by! 😂
You don't understand. Unless exposed to the sun, the English are actually blue. They turn white after 2 weeks and brown after 6 months.
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cheers
$200 For an Injection molded plastic case and a bulb that probably costs 0.80c to produce. Greed abounds.
yep, thats how it goes!
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cheers dude!
@@OceanCruisers Thanks Andy !
Also thanks for sharing your technical knowledge and making me laugh !
Next time, lose the unneeded "music" that's making it harder to hear what you're saying.
wont be a next time mate, i aint making a 2 hour video again 😂
Gees what extortion hardware prices! Are you buying from marine stores? 😮 You are getting royally rodgered.
Europe prices dude. The commies rape us with taxes! 30% minimum on top of the US
Great video but why on earth would you carpet over that beautiful wooden flooring....aesthetic self harming
cheers dude. its actually laminate plastic and had a few bangs. we like the carpet
admirable, but did not see the value in her to begin with...
thanks mate 👍
Commercial every five minutes what the heck I’m out
i have no control over that, but thank you for the effort
You may have already answered this somewhere, but what was the total for the entire refit excluding your time of course. Just materials?
the boat cost USD 130, i spent 40k in total, including flights and food and car rental, yard time etc for the refit. A few of the items were sponsored, batteries, solar system, sails, lines, highfield etc which had a value of around 45k. in total transparency the sponsored items were not necessary to get out on the water