First, Timo is an animal! What can’t he do without your help and support Jo! Timo just climbs the mast then you just cinch the halyards. This project parallels Project Duracell in so many ways. Two couples pooling their knowledge and skills to take a tired global racer from the hard to the sea again. Two great stories! Second, Jo, when I saw you go down that hatch while, what 9 months pregnant, my heart stopped for a second. You are a strong woman to do that work and tame Timo! Be safe.
LOL, yeah, let's see that "tired global cruiser" park at Tuamotu atolls and Caribbean islands with 5 meter keel. Crazy they sure ARE. Let's see how it works out. There's a reason people don't buy Ferraris to make them into campers. 🙂
This is a match racing boat and the kiel or the knive(also known) stays there no BUT.. You only have an advanced variation of the knive that lets you set the angle so you do not need pips to hang on the edge of the craft when tileing at speed..
You are amazing, genius....from wreck to master piece.....from mechanical to electrical to boat builders.....i've been following mostly all the sailors video....but you are true amazing....💚👍
Great video. Love these refit videos. First one that i have seen where there is a whole lot of boat without a whole lot of interior! I guess this boat is for the joy of sailing. Beautiful artwork!
Haha yes very well spotted! Was planning to make a separate one about the interior as was such a big job, we cut out ballast tanks to expand the interior etc, but haven’t had time to make it yet, but it will come! Thanks for commenting :)
When drilling new deck hardware you should do the "drill fill drill" method. Drill over sized holes through the deck and fill with expoxy resin cotton flock mix. Once set drill the correct size holes. This will stop water from rotting your deck core.
Yes you are very right but only had time for a “quick fix” for now. We did a thorough fix for the thru hulls EP 28 ruclips.net/video/3e5l2YTBx8k/видео.html
You’re to be commended on the undertaking of such a monster project. I’m sure you’re going to have years of self-satisfied pride and enjoyment of the boat. Have you thought of doing any follow-up videos on your travels?
Thanks Michael :) yep we plan to keep making the videos, and the last couple, show what we've been upto recently, and we've got another one coming out in a few hours - hope you enjoy :)
Wow! I had no idea that the keel can not be removed. That kind of draft is a real problem, I was amazed at the excavation needed to get the boat down to a workable altitude. Seeing how often you people don't wear eye protection makes me cringe.
Congratulations to you both for what you have achieved over the past three years. it has been a pleasure to watch the amount of time and effort you have both put in to converting a tired race boat into a fast family cruising yacht so far considering where it is all happening, a new arrival along the way, overcoming major issues like the rudder bearings and a lack of funds to do the things that needed doing like replacing sails. Then there was the shout out for new subscribers and you are almost to 8000 now which is fantastic! Looking forward to what happens next in this amazing adventure of yours. Cheers from Newcastle Australia
Hey Tony, such a nice comment thank you! It’s very motivating for us to hear comments like this and we really appreciate you taking the time to write it :) 🍻 to the future!!!
I'm so happy and excited that i found your videos about building a Viking Style boat!!!! They are very informative and fun to watch since you're not a professional master boat builder i can relate to them much better than other videos 8 have found on the subject!!! So i want to say thank you for sharing your journey with the rest of us! My dream since i was a child was to build a Viking Longship and you have given me the motivation i needed to start the planning and researching process!!! Again thank you very much for sharing your journey with the rest of us!!! If you ever make an epic journey with your vessel please make a video diary so wan all see what a single determined man and wife can do together!!! Who knows maybe you will help to bring back a small piece of the Viking heritage much of which was lost due to other religions trying to either completely destroyand or erase the existencec of the,viking culture in its entiretyIMHO, they were and should still be considered the worlds only TRULY free peoples!!
It's nice and all, and a quite challenging project but putting so much work in it you should also consider modifying the keel to reduce the draft and make the boat more practical.
Amazing video showing in only a few minutes the hours and hours of work that went into making her look so special! I was secretly hoping this video was some good news about the gearbox issue. Fingers crossed all is well! thank you for the awesome video, love following your adventure. As a french I did miss not hearing Timo's amazing Italian accent ;p Much love to all of you
You have done an amazing job of refitting that sleek racer, my biggest concern was that I saw no one wearing a face mask while working with and sanding the fiberglass. Maybe you did and I just didn't see it. She is going to give you many years of fun ocean sailing. God job to all who helped bring her back to life! ⛵️✌️
Thank you! We did usually wear masks when doing big jobs but you're right there may have been the odd day when we didn't and we should have been better... thanks for the nice comment :)
Awesome work! That boat is so lucky that you guys adopted her and gave her a spa day...year..two year spa treatment. I'm going to have dreams of surfing that boat down a wave, just on the wrong side of the hairy edge of control while screaming yeeeeehaw like I was on a 100' tall windsurfer! I have the harness, where's the foot straps?? Excellent video, and honestly, capturing the refurb process I think can add to the resale price of a boat. Prospective buyers can see exactly what materials you used, what process you used to apply or whatever, how long you let things dry in between coats, etc. But the best part is your RUclips fans can watch in 22 minutes what took you two years:) Thank you for posting!
One might assume that you are following a similar project in Port Townsend WA, on the former Duracell racing boat that is being converted to a cruising yacht.
Hey Russell, we started our project around the same time as Duracell so didn’t hear about them until a bit later but up you are very right in that they are similar projects in many ways, although they are changing their boat in a more major way than we are - very cool project 👍🏻
Looks like a great job on the refit but having sailed on one of these beasts I dont know if I would want to convert one into a "family cruiser". They are a boat that is AWESOMELY fast..... but also AWESOMELY uncomfortable in how they deal with sea state. Unless you are blasting along at full tilt boogie the ride will pound you to pieces. And at full tilt boogie you do nothing but hang on for dear life.
Hey Rage nice to hear from you, yes you might be right, but so far the cruising we've experienced has been remarkably comfortable, and feels very safe for the conditions we expect to be in... stay tuned to see how we go in the future!
Hahaha nice comment - I guess the videos make it look appealing because they show in a short time what has been achieved, which maybe seems satisfying? And it is satisfying once it’s done, but you probably wouldn’t have felt jealous having been there watching the long be version ;)
Is that hull shape good for a family cruising boat, it looks real flat and pounding would have to be an issue, also keel depth limits you as well. I suppose boats are always a compromise, but for me this boat doesn't seem conducive to a comfortable and practical world cruising boat. But each to their own and I suppose if I was 40 years younger I'd feel differently about such a hull shape for cruising. Either way good luck and hope you're happy with her
We understand your worries - so far she’s been very comfortable (on the sail up from nz), let’s see how the rest of the trip goes, but overall she’s been so much fun to sail and the giant cockpit has been great environment to live in and the fast passages, we hope we continue to enjoy like this :)
Hi Andrew, we're interested to do this one day, but would need to involve a naval architect and probably buy more lead - both of which are out of our budget for the moment
Probably all ready been asked but now it’s nearly a bare shell why do you not have them dipped or blasted to get all the crap off and save a lot of time. There’s blasting available which is gentle on the metal.
She was designed built and raced by famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa and competed in a few vendée globes, the first of which was in 1992 when Nándor raced her coming 5th, becoming the first non Frenchman to finish the race. We plan to make a full history episode soon :) and you can read more on our website sailingnv.com
@@SailingNV I also have an Open 60. First generation. She was abandoned in France and we gave her a new life. I love what you did with your boat. Well done.
OH MY GOODNESS!!! You want to transform THIS into a "family cruiser"!?!? It's like buying a Lamborghini to pop to a grocery store. :-)) And I'm SO gonna watch how it goes. I hope there is a boat tour on the way, will check the channel. WOW!
Wouldn't you want to shorten the keel and add on a larger bulb for cruising? Seems like y'all would be really limited exploring having that deep of a draft?
We did think about it when we originally bought the boat but it wasn’t in our budget this time, maybe one day… but we’ve Kim do if grown to love the keel - it takes our breath away every time we see it 😍 and makes us super stable at anchor
Playing on amd especially under a crane is just straight nomination for the darwin-award. Im sorry for the hard words, but i saw someone die because some straps snapped, and seeimg people do this makes me want to throw up.
A great job, but the cold rolling of the boom is not ideal, it should be put in the oven to have the necessary mechanical resistance, that boom at the point of the new rolling is fragile, it is better to go out only in good weather and avoid strong winds, they are of the opinion that some structural work should be carried out by specialized companies. to be safe, the sea is very dangerous, otherwise a great job.
Would've been interesting, how you modified the interior to make it usable as a family boat. I don't see any difference in terms of usability as a family boat on the outside, too...
You obviously know a lot about boats, so I'm sure you have considered this already, but how confident are you in how the bulb is attached to the bottom of the keel? My understanding is the high performance racing boats are designed for performance and push the limits of design in this regard... perhaps sacrificing some safety and durability in return for speed. For open ocean sailing, a durable keel is of course critical. There have been infamous cases where the bulb has pop off these keels (see the Mike Plant story). Don't want to be a downer as you start your journey, just hope you are considering possible issues with this keep type. Best of luck and safe travels. Enjoyed watching you guys work. Inspiring.
Hey Bill, thanks so much for your comment, it is indeed not something to be taken lightly, timo did do an inspection of the bulb and it’s attachment, removing all filler to see the boat attachment and he considers it safe for another 5-10 years but does anticipate to rebuild when we reach the med! :) thanks again, we really appreciate to have comments like this 👍🏻
Nice refit! But at 0:45 you gave me serious cringe. If a crane operator allowed someone standing under a moving load in my marina they would have got fired. I've seen my good share of boats slip out of the slings for alot of crazy of reasons, including a sling brake. Please dont do that again and be safe!
Hi, kind of stumbled on your channel after watching an episode on another channel. Interesting content and a great project - but can I offer one piece of advice? Please turn down the volume of the royalty free music. It grates on you after a while and turning the volume down also turns down the volume of the commentary. Cheers
Hey sure thanks yeah def always appreciate the tips! our video editing def needs some fine tuning! I do now try to always make the music a lot lower than how it comes because as you’ve noticed it’s a lot louder than the other stuff…. But I can’t remember if I started doing this before or after this vid… do you know if you find the same thing with the last couple of vids we’ve made for example or is it better now?
You reinforced a bunch of places. Was there any calculation done for this? Open-60 aren't exactly known for their overprovisioning, imho, so reinforcing certain parts has a good chance of just moving the overload elsewhere?
We reinforced by the deck fittings because they were old and starting to leak. Our boat was built in 1990 so it was overbuilt and we’ve chatted to Nándor Fa who designed and built it, about any major alterations 👍🏻
I don't know if its Nico's accent or something in the way you've made the video's or something more fundamental in your personalities and relationship, but on screen Nico has always rather given me the feeling less that he's fixing the boat and more that he's loving it and your future into being. Really quite wonderful to watch. Thank you for sharing what's interesting but actually quite an intimate process referring to both the life building and the boat building. It would be great to see a bit more of the inside of the boat now your on the water and have it lived in a little. I found the inside slightly difficult to get my head round without soft furnishings and the detritus of domestication to dress it. (apologies if i have missed a video somewhere)
Hey thanks for the lovely comment! Timo does indeed LOVE the boat haha. Yes we are well overdue to do a video of the Interior, we’ve just been trying to perfect the inside still a bit first haha, it’s coming soon…
Holy sh*t... an open stern... In a big sea with following waves it could swamp the entire deck! I don't even want to think of what could happen in a storm. The only hope is that the boat will be faster than the waves but I doubt it.
These boats are raced in round-the-world events in some truly crazy weather. The decks do sometimes get swamped - but they're designed to drain just as fast as they flood. Also, it's a planing hull, so if you're in a following sea, you're really moving. My bigger concern would be how two people would handle a boat like this in heavy conditions without working themselves to exhaustion - although this class of boat has been raced solo in trans-ocean races. There's not a big margin for error on these kinds of boats though, they'll bite you *hard* if you let the boat get out of control.
Racing boats have a really thin hull, be very aware of stress cracks, these boats are made for a few years of racing, not much tought is given when designing for real world yachting and lifetime of the boat, keep this al in mind and youll have the best (and probely most expensive to keep up) cruizing yacht on the 7 seas
Hey Ben - this might be true of more modern race boats, however ours was built more than 30 years ago to do the Vendee Globe, by Nandor Fa (who we've chatted to about the boat and the construction), and the boat was overbuilt and also exteneded and reinforced in Australia in 2008 for racing in tough offshore conditions - hence why it was overbuilt again
Omg... your husband is like mine... probably just washes the epoxy off his hands with acetone when he's done. 😆I don't know about those guys! ;). This is a great project. Thanks for sharing!
Nice interior doesn't make a family cruiser, seaworthiness, low acceleration and stable, not nervous behaviour does. Nice boat, nice job for what it was designed to do
Nice fast sailing boat, but I doubt you will get into many many marina's with such a draught ! LOL. (Or close enough to shore for safe anchoring). Amazing to see people start over again and again what people have done for decades (centuries) ? Recoup an 'old' racing hull and make a fast cruiser out of it only to learn that the beauty of sailing isn't speed ...
Thanks for the comment, but we’ve both been cruising for a long time and we chose this boat for what we’re interested in doing at the moment - fast offshore cruising. You’re right about us being restricted to the yards and marinas but we are aware of this and ideally prefer not to use them if we can and prefer to be self sufficient (watch out for our next vid - it’s going to be on this topic). As for anchorages, so far (in nz and Fiji), we’ve had plenty of choice (and our draft means we’re extra stable) and enjoy having such a huge cockpit (especially with a baby and dog!)
@@SailingNV Famous last words - I won't be checking out your next videos. Been there - Done that ! Check out this made from scratch world cruiser which is also fast but practical. Happy travels and enjoy. ruclips.net/video/BeEx8NL6Y1M/видео.html
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First, Timo is an animal! What can’t he do without your help and support Jo! Timo just climbs the mast then you just cinch the halyards. This project parallels Project Duracell in so many ways. Two couples pooling their knowledge and skills to take a tired global racer from the hard to the sea again. Two great stories! Second, Jo, when I saw you go down that hatch while, what 9 months pregnant, my heart stopped for a second. You are a strong woman to do that work and tame Timo! Be safe.
Haha thanks James, what a great comment, yeah Duracell is a great project, we hope to meet them on the water one day ⛵️
Hope you make a few videos of the boat sailing ⛵️
LOL, yeah, let's see that "tired global cruiser" park at Tuamotu atolls and Caribbean islands with 5 meter keel. Crazy they sure ARE. Let's see how it works out. There's a reason people don't buy Ferraris to make them into campers. 🙂
Gréât job congratulations. I'm currious about the budget?
This is a match racing boat and the kiel or the knive(also known) stays there no BUT.. You only have an advanced variation of the knive that lets you set the angle so you do not need pips to hang on the edge of the craft when tileing at speed..
Alongside the Duracell Project this is a phenomenal rebuild, total respect for taking on and making it back in the water, she looks amazing. Andy UK
Cheers Andy 🍻
Taking performance cruising yacht to a hole new level , absolutely stunning
Cheers Mark 🍻
You've got me on this one! from New Hampshire
Hey Steve 🤗 great to hear :)
You are amazing, genius....from wreck to master piece.....from mechanical to electrical to boat builders.....i've been following mostly all the sailors video....but you are true amazing....💚👍
Hey wow thanks for the awesome comment 🙏
Great video. Love these refit videos.
First one that i have seen where there is a whole lot of boat without a whole lot of interior! I guess this boat is for the joy of sailing. Beautiful artwork!
Haha yes very well spotted! Was planning to make a separate one about the interior as was such a big job, we cut out ballast tanks to expand the interior etc, but haven’t had time to make it yet, but it will come! Thanks for commenting :)
When drilling new deck hardware you should do the "drill fill drill" method. Drill over sized holes through the deck and fill with expoxy resin cotton flock mix. Once set drill the correct size holes. This will stop water from rotting your deck core.
Yes you are very right but only had time for a “quick fix” for now. We did a thorough fix for the thru hulls EP 28 ruclips.net/video/3e5l2YTBx8k/видео.html
Beauty. Love the colors and design. 💯
Cheers Art 🍻🙏
You’re to be commended on the undertaking of such a monster project. I’m sure you’re going to have years of self-satisfied pride and enjoyment of the boat. Have you thought of doing any follow-up videos on your travels?
Thanks Michael :) yep we plan to keep making the videos, and the last couple, show what we've been upto recently, and we've got another one coming out in a few hours - hope you enjoy :)
OMG JO I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD A RUclips CHANNEL THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER OMG
Also, hi!
*You and Timo. 👍 Hi! 😁
Hahaha we do indeed! Sorry who is this?
Wow! I had no idea that the keel can not be removed. That kind of draft is a real problem, I was amazed at the excavation needed to get the boat down to a workable altitude. Seeing how often you people don't wear eye protection makes me cringe.
It will definitely be a challenge! Yes you are right we should be better with our safety protection
I replyed to jameskihem something I wanted to say to you..
Love the eclectic mix of musical styles in this episode, but especially digging the bass-heavy reggae near the beginning!
Haha cheers Michael yeah I had fun picking the tunes for this one (always my favourite bit 😉)
Congratulations to you both for what you have achieved over the past three years. it has been a pleasure to watch the amount of time and effort you have both put in to converting a tired race boat into a fast family cruising yacht so far considering where it is all happening, a new arrival along the way, overcoming major issues like the rudder bearings and a lack of funds to do the things that needed doing like replacing sails. Then there was the shout out for new subscribers and you are almost to 8000 now which is fantastic! Looking forward to what happens next in this amazing adventure of yours. Cheers from Newcastle Australia
Hey Tony, such a nice comment thank you! It’s very motivating for us to hear comments like this and we really appreciate you taking the time to write it :) 🍻 to the future!!!
I'm so happy and excited that i found your videos about building a Viking Style boat!!!! They are very informative and fun to watch since you're not a professional master boat builder i can relate to them much better than other videos 8 have found on the subject!!! So i want to say thank you for sharing your journey with the rest of us! My dream since i was a child was to build a Viking Longship and you have given me the motivation i needed to start the planning and researching process!!! Again thank you very much for sharing your journey with the rest of us!!! If you ever make an epic journey with your vessel please make a video diary so wan all see what a single determined man and wife can do together!!! Who knows maybe you will help to bring back a small piece of the Viking heritage much of which was lost due to other religions trying to either completely destroyand or erase the existencec of the,viking culture in its entiretyIMHO, they were and should still be considered the worlds only TRULY free peoples!!
I hope you are installing a kelp cutter on that keel. It looks like a kelp collection maching.
What a transformation... and a heap of long, hard work!
Cheers Billy 🍻
Can't wait to see her back in action ! Good luck with the rest of the project ! 😉
Cheers 🍻 and thanks for watching :)
You two are true craftsmen. What a beautiful endeavor.
Much success! 🍻
Cheers Art 🍻 good to hear from you :)
Wow, I understand fully the amount of work you 2 did.
Thanks Alan, great to hear from you :)
Terrific video & thanks for sharing it!Be Well ! John E
Cheers John thanks for the nice comment 🙏😊
Wow, you both are quick workers, I need to hire you both 😂🤣
Haha we are available ;)
good vid keep up good work yous are going to be really good sailors
Cheer Ghetto 🙏
Well done , good job , just respect. ❤
Thank you 🙏 and thanks for watching 🍻
How are you going to sail an open 60 that is designed mechanically to be crewed? Do you have grinders lined up to trim the sheets?
It's nice and all, and a quite challenging project but putting so much work in it you should also consider modifying the keel to reduce the draft and make the boat more practical.
Thanks yeah we have thought about it, and will think about it for the future, but it wasn;t in the budget for this time around, but maybe one day!
Wow, you two work fast!
Haha thanks Brian ;)
You have so so many skills of which i have never seen :) are you a boatbuilder or a sailor?
both :) thanks
Really cool project. Amazing job on the video for us RUclipsrs
Cheers Eric great to hear from you :)
I wonder how many marinas and bays that keel will go in with out damages?
Haha hopefully many 🙃🙃🙃
What a beauty
Cheers Jean 🍻
Amazing video showing in only a few minutes the hours and hours of work that went into making her look so special! I was secretly hoping this video was some good news about the gearbox issue. Fingers crossed all is well! thank you for the awesome video, love following your adventure. As a french I did miss not hearing Timo's amazing Italian accent ;p Much love to all of you
Haha great comment thanks Christopher!!! Timo’s accent will be back soon ;) along with some gearbox news!
You have done an amazing job of refitting that sleek racer, my biggest concern was that I saw no one wearing a face mask while working with and sanding the fiberglass. Maybe you did and I just didn't see it. She is going to give you many years of fun ocean sailing. God job to all who helped bring her back to life! ⛵️✌️
Thank you! We did usually wear masks when doing big jobs but you're right there may have been the odd day when we didn't and we should have been better... thanks for the nice comment :)
Porca miseria che lavoro! Bellissima adesso!
Grazie mille
Amazing boat
Cheers Stan 🍻
What a job well done. I'm in on your travels.
Cheers DD, great to have you onboard 🤙
Awesome work! That boat is so lucky that you guys adopted her and gave her a spa day...year..two year spa treatment. I'm going to have dreams of surfing that boat down a wave, just on the wrong side of the hairy edge of control while screaming yeeeeehaw like I was on a 100' tall windsurfer! I have the harness, where's the foot straps??
Excellent video, and honestly, capturing the refurb process I think can add to the resale price of a boat. Prospective buyers can see exactly what materials you used, what process you used to apply or whatever, how long you let things dry in between coats, etc. But the best part is your RUclips fans can watch in 22 minutes what took you two years:) Thank you for posting!
Hey Mike thanks a lot for taking the time to write such a nice comment :) it really motivates to hear stuff like this 👍🏻
What a beautiful beast
Thank you 😍🙏
One might assume that you are following a similar project in Port Townsend WA, on the former Duracell racing boat that is being converted to a cruising yacht.
Hey Russell, we started our project around the same time as Duracell so didn’t hear about them until a bit later but up you are very right in that they are similar projects in many ways, although they are changing their boat in a more major way than we are - very cool project 👍🏻
Beautiful work!!
Cheers Karl 🍻
Congrats!!!
Thank you 🙏
Hello from Detroit this is great, a fast ship ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks! Great to hear from you :)
Nice Work 🎉
Thank you :)
Go Midas Touch... YOU are doing good work... Calling out these local BS affiliate news stations doing D-T puff messaging...
I always wonder how do you sand and paint the spots where the stands are?
Often you ask to be put in the straps/slings of the travel lift over night so you can paint those spots then
Great video Jo!
Cheers John 🍻😊
This is impressive
Cheers Nicholas :)
In fact, it is a very excellent and creative work, but it is very tiring.👍🌺
Thank you! it sure is ;)
This is beyond amazing! I subbed and liked I'm so glad to find this channel
Thank you - yes you're right Timo needs to be more careful!!! I will keep nagging him...
Hopefully you have good sailing skills cuz that draft is a nightmare good luck😎
Haha cheers ;)
Wow! What a totally amazing job you guys did. :)
Thanks 🙏😊
It's a beautiful boat.. Does it have a Aluminum hull? What's the beam? Thanks.
Hey Thomas no she’s composite and beam is 4.8m
Love to see sailors starting sailing channels :-)
Cheers and thanks for watching :)
😆😆that lifting up the boat with an inflatable is an Awesome Hornblower move👍🏻
Hehe cheers 🍻
USS Texas type gangsta.
Looks like a great job on the refit but having sailed on one of these beasts I dont know if I would want to convert one into a "family cruiser". They are a boat that is AWESOMELY fast..... but also AWESOMELY uncomfortable in how they deal with sea state. Unless you are blasting along at full tilt boogie the ride will pound you to pieces. And at full tilt boogie you do nothing but hang on for dear life.
Hey Rage nice to hear from you, yes you might be right, but so far the cruising we've experienced has been remarkably comfortable, and feels very safe for the conditions we expect to be in... stay tuned to see how we go in the future!
@@SailingNV I will stay tuned for sure.
Nice work guys!
Cheers guys! Hope all is good with you!
Awesomeness and beautiful
Grazie 🙏😊
wow that keel!
;)
is it strange i'm kinda jealous watching folks doing all this work for refitting their boats?
Hahaha nice comment - I guess the videos make it look appealing because they show in a short time what has been achieved, which maybe seems satisfying? And it is satisfying once it’s done, but you probably wouldn’t have felt jealous having been there watching the long be version ;)
Nice work. Enjoy
Cheers Mark 🍻
Much better than letting these vessels go to scrap yards.
For sure!
God bless you 🙌🏽
Thanks Frederico 🙏
Well done 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Muhammad!
Complimenti!
Cheers Nemo 🍻😊
Che bel nome
Awesome!!!
Cheers Sonny :)
Isn't the rudder on the small side for such a big boat?? Have you thought about adding a trim tab to the rudder?
The rudder is 3.5m so it’s pretty big!!
great vid
Thanks Matthew!!
Is that hull shape good for a family cruising boat, it looks real flat and pounding would have to be an issue, also keel depth limits you as well. I suppose boats are always a compromise, but for me this boat doesn't seem conducive to a comfortable and practical world cruising boat. But each to their own and I suppose if I was 40 years younger I'd feel differently about such a hull shape for cruising. Either way good luck and hope you're happy with her
We understand your worries - so far she’s been very comfortable (on the sail up from nz), let’s see how the rest of the trip goes, but overall she’s been so much fun to sail and the giant cockpit has been great environment to live in and the fast passages, we hope we continue to enjoy like this :)
@@SailingNV what about the deep draft and sailing around reefs and getting in close to anchorages?
I'm not a sailor but she looks stunning best wishes
Cheers Howard 🍻😊
5m! Wow, would it be possible to shorten the keel and increase the counter weight?
Hi Andrew, we're interested to do this one day, but would need to involve a naval architect and probably buy more lead - both of which are out of our budget for the moment
Was this the old “City Of Prague”? Maybe extended and fitted with the carbon rig in Aus, then half converted in Auckland?
Probably all ready been asked but now it’s nearly a bare shell why do you not have them dipped or blasted to get all the crap off and save a lot of time. There’s blasting available which is gentle on the metal.
It's a fibreglass hull
Well done! Which Open 60 is she?
She was designed built and raced by famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa and competed in a few vendée globes, the first of which was in 1992 when Nándor raced her coming 5th, becoming the first non Frenchman to finish the race. We plan to make a full history episode soon :) and you can read more on our website sailingnv.com
@@SailingNV I also have an Open 60. First generation. She was abandoned in France and we gave her a new life. I love what you did with your boat. Well done.
OK just a Question new to carbon fiber? Can you bond carbon fiber to fiberglass?
yes
High what did you pain the stern and deck with ?
We used the cheap brand in Fiji - Apco - and kind of regretting it now, but it was all our budget could afford
OH MY GOODNESS!!! You want to transform THIS into a "family cruiser"!?!? It's like buying a Lamborghini to pop to a grocery store. :-)) And I'm SO gonna watch how it goes. I hope there is a boat tour on the way, will check the channel. WOW!
Haha thanks Maloy - yep boat tour coming soon!
Wouldn't you want to shorten the keel and add on a larger bulb for cruising? Seems like y'all would be really limited exploring having that deep of a draft?
We did think about it when we originally bought the boat but it wasn’t in our budget this time, maybe one day… but we’ve Kim do if grown to love the keel - it takes our breath away every time we see it 😍 and makes us super stable at anchor
Playing on amd especially under a crane is just straight nomination for the darwin-award.
Im sorry for the hard words, but i saw someone die because some straps snapped, and seeimg people do this makes me want to throw up.
Yes you are right of course
красота -=прямо по ржавчине шпаклевкой:)
Heyhey not sure exactly what you mean, but thanks for watching :)
Did they say how long the boat is because for a monohull to be that wide it would need to be extremely long
It’s 66 feet long with 4.8m beam
A great job, but the cold rolling of the boom is not ideal, it should be put in the oven to have the necessary mechanical resistance, that boom at the point of the new rolling is fragile, it is better to go out only in good weather and avoid strong winds, they are of the opinion that some structural work should be carried out by specialized companies. to be safe, the sea is very dangerous, otherwise a great job.
Would've been interesting, how you modified the interior to make it usable as a family boat. I don't see any difference in terms of usability as a family boat on the outside, too...
Right - this would be a great video!! Will bear this in mind for a future episode 👍🏻👍🏻
why painted 2 waterlines?
You obviously know a lot about boats, so I'm sure you have considered this already, but how confident are you in how the bulb is attached to the bottom of the keel? My understanding is the high performance racing boats are designed for performance and push the limits of design in this regard... perhaps sacrificing some safety and durability in return for speed. For open ocean sailing, a durable keel is of course critical. There have been infamous cases where the bulb has pop off these keels (see the Mike Plant story). Don't want to be a downer as you start your journey, just hope you are considering possible issues with this keep type. Best of luck and safe travels. Enjoyed watching you guys work. Inspiring.
Hey Bill, thanks so much for your comment, it is indeed not something to be taken lightly, timo did do an inspection of the bulb and it’s attachment, removing all filler to see the boat attachment and he considers it safe for another 5-10 years but does anticipate to rebuild when we reach the med! :) thanks again, we really appreciate to have comments like this 👍🏻
Does the boat have an inside all I saw was deck.
Haha yep will make a vid of the interior mods soon - we kind of completely rebuild the interior so we’ve got a lot of material to sort through
Nice refit! But at 0:45 you gave me serious cringe. If a crane operator allowed someone standing under a moving load in my marina they would have got fired. I've seen my good share of boats slip out of the slings for alot of crazy of reasons, including a sling brake. Please dont do that again and be safe!
yes you are totally right, we were caught up in the moment!
I would use a respirator next time ya spray paint. Im sure you got a headache. 🥴 Ok Ok I seen ya use it later in the vid hahah
8:56 he’s making a new boat out of 5400 or a big mess. I laughed.
Have you ever sealed a hatch on a boat before?
@@SailingNV no, but I have sealed lots of other things. How was the squeeze out?
@@alexnelson8 it was good thanks 👍🏻 and no leaks yet :)
1:23 - and i think to myself it will be a loooooong story
Haha yeah… that bit took a while ;)
i wrote a comment and REINFORCED IT!
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Hi, kind of stumbled on your channel after watching an episode on another channel. Interesting content and a great project - but can I offer one piece of advice? Please turn down the volume of the royalty free music. It grates on you after a while and turning the volume down also turns down the volume of the commentary. Cheers
Hey sure thanks yeah def always appreciate the tips! our video editing def needs some fine tuning! I do now try to always make the music a lot lower than how it comes because as you’ve noticed it’s a lot louder than the other stuff…. But I can’t remember if I started doing this before or after this vid… do you know if you find the same thing with the last couple of vids we’ve made for example or is it better now?
Looks fast 👍⛵️
Yeeeeeah 💨🤙
You reinforced a bunch of places. Was there any calculation done for this? Open-60 aren't exactly known for their overprovisioning, imho, so reinforcing certain parts has a good chance of just moving the overload elsewhere?
We reinforced by the deck fittings because they were old and starting to leak. Our boat was built in 1990 so it was overbuilt and we’ve chatted to Nándor Fa who designed and built it, about any major alterations 👍🏻
I don't know if its Nico's accent or something in the way you've made the video's or something more fundamental in your personalities and relationship, but on screen Nico has always rather given me the feeling less that he's fixing the boat and more that he's loving it and your future into being. Really quite wonderful to watch. Thank you for sharing what's interesting but actually quite an intimate process referring to both the life building and the boat building. It would be great to see a bit more of the inside of the boat now your on the water and have it lived in a little. I found the inside slightly difficult to get my head round without soft furnishings and the detritus of domestication to dress it. (apologies if i have missed a video somewhere)
Hey thanks for the lovely comment! Timo does indeed LOVE the boat haha. Yes we are well overdue to do a video of the Interior, we’ve just been trying to perfect the inside still a bit first haha, it’s coming soon…
Holy sh*t... an open stern...
In a big sea with following waves it could swamp the entire deck!
I don't even want to think of what could happen in a storm.
The only hope is that the boat will be faster than the waves but I doubt it.
If the storm is so big that doesn’t manage to push this boat faster than the wave, there’s no closed stern that could protect us
@@SailingNV
WRONG: you are dreaming. I have lost all respect for you as a sailor.
Goodbye.
These boats are raced in round-the-world events in some truly crazy weather. The decks do sometimes get swamped - but they're designed to drain just as fast as they flood. Also, it's a planing hull, so if you're in a following sea, you're really moving. My bigger concern would be how two people would handle a boat like this in heavy conditions without working themselves to exhaustion - although this class of boat has been raced solo in trans-ocean races. There's not a big margin for error on these kinds of boats though, they'll bite you *hard* if you let the boat get out of control.
Racing boats have a really thin hull, be very aware of stress cracks, these boats are made for a few years of racing, not much tought is given when designing for real world yachting and lifetime of the boat, keep this al in mind and youll have the best (and probely most expensive to keep up) cruizing yacht on the 7 seas
Hey Ben - this might be true of more modern race boats, however ours was built more than 30 years ago to do the Vendee Globe, by Nandor Fa (who we've chatted to about the boat and the construction), and the boat was overbuilt and also exteneded and reinforced in Australia in 2008 for racing in tough offshore conditions - hence why it was overbuilt again
One more question? How much did you spend for this project?
We'll make a video about this sooner or later so stay tuned :) but by doing a lot of the work ourselves, we were able to keep the costs down
Omg... your husband is like mine... probably just washes the epoxy off his hands with acetone when he's done. 😆I don't know about those guys! ;). This is a great project. Thanks for sharing!
Haha yes exactly, I’m forever moaning at him to wear gloves and a mask 🤦♀️😬 thanks for watching and nice to hear from you :)
Wow!
Thanks 🤩
Family boat? Race surf board with a tent.
hahaha kinda... check out our interior tour, maybe you'll change your mind ;)
Nice interior doesn't make a family cruiser, seaworthiness, low acceleration and stable, not nervous behaviour does. Nice boat, nice job for what it was designed to do
Nice fast sailing boat, but I doubt you will get into many many marina's with such a draught ! LOL. (Or close enough to shore for safe anchoring).
Amazing to see people start over again and again what people have done for decades (centuries) ? Recoup an 'old' racing hull and make a fast cruiser out of it only to learn that the beauty of sailing isn't speed ...
Thanks for the comment, but we’ve both been cruising for a long time and we chose this boat for what we’re interested in doing at the moment - fast offshore cruising. You’re right about us being restricted to the yards and marinas but we are aware of this and ideally prefer not to use them if we can and prefer to be self sufficient (watch out for our next vid - it’s going to be on this topic). As for anchorages, so far (in nz and Fiji), we’ve had plenty of choice (and our draft means we’re extra stable) and enjoy having such a huge cockpit (especially with a baby and dog!)
@@SailingNV Famous last words - I won't be checking out your next videos.
Been there - Done that !
Check out this made from scratch world cruiser which is also fast but practical.
Happy travels and enjoy.
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