54ft SailBoat REFIT: FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- This is a full length documentary on the total refit of my sailboat.
This is 6 months work, not all of it, probably 40% of it, but it shows a bulk of the work I had to do to get this boat which had been left for 4 years back into working shape and ready to cruise oceans.
It is a Jeanneau 54ds that we purchased for 130k as it was in pretty rough shape, I saved about 70 to 100k by doing all the work myself.
Feel free to ask any questions
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Visit / oceancruisers if you would like to support our work and receive some refit advice and help with boat purchases
If you would like to come sailing with Glenn and Marcos for a week in Greece then check out the Odyssey Sailing Festival.
Odyssey Sailing Festival
14th September 2024
Visit www.theoceancruisers.com/odyssey to register for tickets
Our skippers for 2024 are:
Glenn Shephard - Below Deck Yacht
Laura Dekker - Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation
Brady & Blue - Cruisers Academy
Erik Aanderaa - No Bullshit Just Sailing
Dan & Kika - Sailing Uma
Erica & Warren - Weasail
Nikki Henderson - Ocean Racing Skipper
Dustin Reynolds - The Single Handed Sailor
Tripp & Kiera - Apparent Winds
Lauren Landers - Soul de la Mar
#sailing #boatrefit #boatrepairs
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:13 Finding The Boat
00:10:13 Service Windlass and New Ground Tackle
00:17:55 Interior Refit
00:29:33 New Navigation Lights
00:32:35 New Water Heater
00:37:52 Odyssey Sailing Festival
00:39:03 Head Refit
00:51:27 Stern Gland Replacement
00:56:15 New Bilge Pumps
01:00:59 Rudder Rebuild
01:11:37 Install MPPT's and Charger
01:15:31 Install Lithium Batteries
01:29:32 Install Solar Panels
01:31:28 Paint Job
01:59:52 Bottom Job
02:02:48 New Navigation Panel
02:05:37 Renovate Fresh Water System
02:09:13 Splash the Beast
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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
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 👍
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
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 👍
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 to see the journey buddy, thanks for sharing! still looking for ours!
it takes time mate, it will pop up soon
Loved the video! Great work!
Thanks so much!
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 👍
I’ve spent the last 3 years watching CZcams 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 👍
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.
"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!
Nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
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!
@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 👍😂
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.
awesome jobbie
thanks mate 👍
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@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.
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.
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!
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 👍
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
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👍
@11:59 I don't know why all cars don't use Rocna anchors instead of air bags...
😂
The port a starboard lights are halogen.
changed them to LED 👍
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.
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 👍
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) 😂
found you via teulu tribe, great video, helped pass a 3hr airport wait. loved the humour
Thanks mate. They are a great couple eh 👍
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
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!
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
Stern gland or flesh light?
😂
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 😂
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.
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.
No water maker?
yes, but it was buggered, getting it rebuilt next week
😊❤👍
cheers
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
👏👍🙏
cheers dude!
@@OceanCruisers Thanks Andy !
Also thanks for sharing your technical knowledge and making me laugh !
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! 😂
Ok, 130,000 € ? That’s almost for free , jeess
USD
The French did not invent French fries. There are not many American that know they came from Belgium.
very interesting!
Nice that your doing it out of your own, without all those me and my girlfriend Restorations
i would have appreciated the help though!
3:24
I chuckled at the fact they basically disregarded her input and went straight into the more important issues on their mind. 🤭
😂 bless us
$200 For an Injection molded plastic case and a bulb that probably costs 0.80c to produce. Greed abounds.
yep, thats how it goes!
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
admirable, but did not see the value in her to begin with...
thanks mate 👍