So happy to see so many of you enjoyed the experience as much as we did. The whole factory tour was a lot more in-depth than we ever anticipated. We feel like we have a from-the-ground-up understanding of the day-to-day equipment we will trust to take us around the world on our sailboat safely. Hopefully, you do too! If you find yourselves in Havant, England stop into the Lewmar showroom and tell them we said hi. Or, if you can’t make it there and have questions or feedback on anything Lewmar, they want to hear from you! You can find all their contact and product information on their website here: lci.ink/Wynn
The proud dedication expressed by the three members of the Lwmar crew was stunning, glad to hear you have a pretty good Cat in the works... Goodspeed dear Wynns!
You probably noticed the age of some of the employees, there was a time in America when lifetime employees had great pride in their work and company, however when you fire or retire people early, the younger generation no longer has the devotion to a company nor expects to retire there.
"Anything won't go through unless it is perfect." 👍Thank you, Lewmar, for permitting and welcoming a tour of your facility. Kudos for coloring the visitor vests a different color than your employees. Excellent safety practice. 👏 Thanks, Jason and Niki, for a thoroughly interesting and informative video.
More of these type of videos please. Technology has moved along where we only see the finished product without seeing the fascinating production techniques adopted by manufacturers. Such a huge leap forward from the introduction of fibreglass in the 1950's by the boat building and automotive industries.
I think the thing you guys do better than any other cruiser out there is inform. I’m not surprised that they wanted to know your opinion specifically. You are both so careful in communicating and informing. Great vid.
If you want to buy a boat let these guys do the hard lifting and buy a HH. The amount of effort they have put into doing their homework is quite incredible, HH has their best sales team with these guys.
I'm truly astonished you kids are not getting 1 million views on each and every video you produce!! My wife and I been following your journey since the early RV days trip across the North American Continent!! Outstanding memories and each and every show gets better and better!! Stay safe guys!
While I can’t imagine your excitement surrounding the commissioning of your new boat, this type of video is so very informative for those of us cruisers who will never get an inside look at the very products we rely on. Thank you for taking the time and the opportunity to share this tour with us. It takes being sold to the level of awareness.
I love all of your videos ! Not only do you create interesting content but your personalities are the best . You are the perfect couple ! You both compliment each other . Watching your videos is like hanging out with you . Thanks for everything. !
I know England and Italy are famous for their glass ( and stained glass) and of course steel, by setting the standard for how products are produced and implemented aboard catamarans and shows by the pride and the work-person ship and the highest quality of standards ever aboard on your catamaran. Thanks for the tour of the Lewmar was very informative.
I follow 12 of the most popular sailing channels, but when it comes to the best vídeo, you two leave everybody else in the dust! The interaction between you two, the depth of storys you tell, the editing, explanations etc. In short you guys are a powerhouse!!
That was a great video. I used to work for Lewmar. I ran the Lewmar Marine division that operated in Canada. Our office/warehouse/rigging shop facility was just west of Toronto. Our neighbours were C&C Yachts and host of others. Lewmar owned Navtec (rod rigging and hydraulics) in those days (mid 1980s to early 1990s). We built rigs, repaired and serviced Navtec Hydraulics. I built some rigs for very large boats - 12m Class etc. I also sold and serviced Lewmar products to some very large catamarans such as TAG (became ENZA). TAG was almost 100ft and was sailed solo. It was built by Bombardier in Montreal. I used to travel to Havant several times a year. The winch factory was the first fully automated sailboat hardware facility in the world. Lots of great products were designed there and and manufactured by a staff who were (and still are) totally focussed on the best possible products and service for their clients. I’m glad you’ve chosen Lewmar as a supplier for your new boat. You will not be disappointed!!
Glass windows are the way to go. I have been involved with a couple of 1980s Ericsons with glass portlights. They are still perfectly clear after four decades.
As a retired purchasing manager at several fortune 500 companies, I have been on many factory tours. This video was one of the best I have seen of catching the process and flow of products through the build cycle! Good job!
The original castle was built in the 11th century, however during the two centuries after, Henry III built a luxurious royal palace within the castle during the middle of the century, and Edward III went further, rebuilding the palace to make an even grander set of buildings in what would become "the most expensive secular building project of the entire Middle Ages in England. After surviving the English civil war period, Charles II rebuilt much of Windsor Castle with the help of the architect Hugh May. After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George III and George IV renovated and rebuilt Charles II's palace at colossal expense, producing the current design of the state apartments.
I love when Nikki talks to Jason like I do to my German Shepard! "Leave it! Leave it!" Jason has that well you're the one who said hand job look on his face! So funny!
That was actually a ton more interesting than I expected! Thanks for including us in your tour. I watch a few narrowboat channels as well, and just tonight I watched one from a bit over a year ago and have to post a note for you to be on the lookout for a bit of kitchen equipment. I've never heard of it before, but it must be a thing in UK as she talked about it like it was a normal thing. Something called a Thermal cooker? you heat it up on the stove top with your food in and then seal it up and it cooks on retained heat on the countertop. She did a curry and rice and it cooked the rice on top of the curry, sat aside in their boat all day using no power. Coolest thing ever and handy not to use too much power but with the ease of a slow cooker. They are vegetarian. Anyways - it is Fran and Rich on Floating our Boat. This is the link for the episode I watched and the cooker was somewhere around 8:40. Just something to maybe look at while in the UK and see if you may want one. czcams.com/video/zcXjOugkyAc/video.html I've seen her use it in an earlier episode, but it wasn't really explained, just referred to and I hadn't realized it wasn't plugged in at all.
I worked factory for 26 years and could follow along with most of what you were showing us. I was really impressed with their recycling of the metal shavings. And doing parts "in house" is such a smart thing to do. I'm glad you enjoyed your factory tour.
You two are masters at product reports. I found this one to be not only informative but quite enjoyable too. I am looking forward to your shakedown cruise report, I am quite confident that it will be just as enjoyable as this one was.
Best Factory Tour of boat accessories in England I've seen all week (don't worry other aquatic tubers, it's only Tuesday). Thanks for doing this, I see it's clearly another Wynn
Love watching factory tours. The workers at Lewmar really made it easy to understand how and why they build the way they do. Nice to see that on this boat there will be a record of exactly how the windows are built.
Who knew? Your elegant side is emerging publicly, even if it's been there all along, waiting. We're blessed! This boat stuff is just part of your disguise, right? Thanks for letting us in on your little secret...
Driven past that Lewmar factory(s) literally 1000”s of times on the way to work over that last 30 years, great to actually see what’s inside the very very unassuming “being kind” exteriors, can’t believe you were there!!!
Wow, Jason and Nikki, that was super interesting. I am like Jason, just love a factory tour especially when it involves super interesting things like this. Would be nice to see a factory tour of the HH boats and get a progress tour of you new boat. Man that boat is really going to be awesome and should give you two a lifetime of sailing around the world. I'm so happy for you two. Have a great day. Jay from Pa.
Woo Hoo, it sounds like NARROW BOAT cruising is FINALLY upon us!!!!! You will fall in love with England and her stunning canals very shortly!!!! (and don't let the locks scare you, they are fun too!) I've been waiting with baited breath for this adventure of yours, narrow boating in England is my favorite thing to do!!!! Enjoy the English countryside and all her beauty and keep an eye out for those darling little kingfishers!!!! Happy cruising you two!!!! Greetings from North Carolina!
When you mention Jetlag, old story from parents. They were in London on vacation in the 1970's, rain for next 2 weeks expected. Changed tickets to Hawaii. Flew over... laid down for a nap before lunch. Got up for lunch the NEXT DAY. Slept the clock round for them both.
No time to read all the comments but that they surrounded your with their best workers, and management was following you around, they clearly understand the power of CZcams folks like you as a PRIMARY info source. Love it.
I'm heading to England from Australia in a few weeks so it will be an 11-hour time difference for me. I allow 3 full days to get over jet lag before I even think about organising anytime by time. With sailing, you gently slip by time zones an hour at a time over several days so you hardly notice. Great to see the factory tour & how much care & thought they put into their products.
Us CZcams watches are sooo lucky, We get to watch the construction of so many and varied yachts, be it yours, the trimaran of SLV, Ruby Rose 2. This together with MJ and their self build from a kit effectively and from the ground up with Ross and 'Life on the Hulls' (absloutely amazing and I could never do it but worth checking out) and not to be forgotten the 'Duracel Project' another one you all need to check out! The list goes on with Colin and Parlay and Nanji's new reno on their new/old boat, Melody and finally good old Mark of Wildlings (will he ever get back cruising?). Oh and I almost forgot Sailing GBU and Odd who are reno'd and back out cruising. We live in amazing times and for me being only a 'short trip' sailor this is so entertaining. I have a condition that prevents me from travelling due to drugs I need that are only available in specialized places and if I was anywhere but Australia would cost over $25,000 a month! So you guys along with the aforementioned people are an absolute lifeline for me and I wish I could support you all financially. Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see you in your new boat.
I agree with Jason, always ready for a good factory tour. This tour was especially interesting to me; I am a retired engineer with 30 years working in automotive glass manufacturing. While the quantity of parts produced for boats is much less than manufacturing for automobiles, the processes were all the same.
Many years ago Lewmar were a client of mine (we supplied their manufacturing control systems) - in those days they were a great company and everything your saw confirmed that is still very true. Your factory tour brought back many happy memories.
You're virtually on my doorstep. If you'd stayed on the bus beyond Windsor you'd have gone just half a mile from my house. But admit the error in your intro! "we're in London" sounded much better than "we're in Slough"! but Slough is much more famous on the world scale. Nobody has heard of London but everyone knows about Slough.
Steel toes will protect your toes up till their bend weight at which point they will cut your toes off instead of crushing them. Fork lift trucks vary in weight, the ones we used (which are relatively small) were 8 tons gross weight I seem to remember. You do not want your toes run over with or without steel toes. 48V is generally the highest safe voltage for DC (so good choice). If a boat owner adds bits made for AC or 12V DC they will generally work safely up to about 48V. Above 48V, AC switches or low voltage switches may arc when turned off and cause a fire (and effectively not turn off as well). It is of course possible to make DC switches for higher voltages but they do start to cost a lot more. Solar panels are often run at a higher voltage and have longer fuses and bigger cutoff switches for that reason. The highest voltage is always the best for efficiency all the way through and up to a point, generally cheaper as well. The most dangerous voltage? For people, the most dangerous voltage (AC or DC) is 70ish volts which can stop a human heart. I am told that by the time the resistance of the body is taken into consideration, 70v ends up at just the right voltage across the heart to try to control it... higher voltages more often cause injury because of falls or if it's really high (think 1000v) and has lots of current behind it, will burn through. 120/240 are actually pretty safe as these things go. I think I have personally tested this as a child ;)
It was definitely eye opening to how things are manufactured. The glass was especially good. I like they way they design their glass. great tour all in all. Thanks
i just love your videos: informative , humorous, honest, and brilliantly put together! Please don't ever stop doing these "expose's" Since you disclose your sponsorships you allow us to decide for ourselves . Thank you !
Another video that exemplifies your theme Curiosity. Well-done and thank you. Imagine making a winch with lathe, mill, and drill by hand instead of CNC!
Worst jet lag I ever had was travelling from Australia to the United States and then 4 days later, on to London. I had only just adjusted to US time, and spent time out with friends etc when I had to leave again for the UK. I swear I was kind of loopy for what felt like a whole week. Blah, just remembering that feeling makes me tired. 🙂🐿🌈❤️
Yay ! An episode where you're dealing with "Your" boat ! 👍Don't give a rat's meow what you do on other people's boats. 🥱I'm so excited to see how "Your" boat is coming along. 👌It looks really beautiful. Excellent choice of colour scheme folks. Way to go. P.S. In regards to the English Factory Tour, really amazing engineering ! One of the things which really jumped out at me from the factory tour is the degree to which advanced engineering (especially with composite materials) is being employed to solve many of the stress points on sea faring craft to make them lighter, stronger, and safer. 👍
As an avid watcher of your channel, and always enjoy your content, I would have never imagined you being only 10 miles from where I live with you both visiting Havent in the UK. Portsmouth, Havent and most of the south coast has a long history in and connection to all aspects to the boating industry including Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. Love the content, and like many of us, cant wait to see you both in your new boat.
What, you're in England! Wow, you're so close! My Tongan Husband, Peter, and I (from Chicago) have been watching since you had to stay in Vava'u, and we live next to Heathrow (a very short drive from Windsor). I would have loved to buy you two a coffee in Windsor LOL! We love your videos, and love living vicariously through you on the water. I've never sailed, but my island hubby would love to one day (it's a dream to own one someday). Enjoy your time here (still watching the video), and hope you love your time in the UK❤
For brevity's sake...WICKED COOL !!!! Although all of the people sharing their knowledge on the various products were intriguing and obviously knew their craft thoroughly, I sensed that one could have a discussion with Gabriella (the electrical engineer) for several days and only be scratching the surface. Thanks for an interesting and entertaining video. Sundays are always fun days with the #Wynns !!!
I’m loving this, their is more to just full time sailing, fortunately you take us to all parts of the globe due to where and whom are behind the scenes working in the sailing industry! Wow have had lewmar winches and parts for years on our vessels, never knew this great history! Great stuff as usual.
The winches seem really cool. Real skill making them . Glad the UK got it's act together again and now makes high quality products. In the past getting something like an electric or electronic item from the UK was just asking for trouble
So nice to know that the project is going well guys! I’m thrilled for you! If you need anything in the UK please give a shout. Will be happy to help if I can!
So Windsor Castle was Elizabeth II's main residence from 2011 to her death in 2022. The royal family actually weren't called the House of Windsor until 1917! The house's historic name is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a house that started ruling the UK with Edward VII in 1901). When the First World War came around, there was a lot of sentiment against Germans, and the British public thought a house with a German name ruling the country wasn't patriotic. Even worse that a German Air Force plane named Gotha G. IV was bombing London. So King George V ended up changing it to Windsor after the famous castle.
I am loving that you are looking at performance quality hardware. Heavy custom gear is the fallacy of safety for ‘blue water’ cruising. Please. There is a reason why race boats can do what they do now days. Unfortunately cruising people think racers are crazy or something and never learn from the cutting edge. Light is safe.
Watched an episode of Matt and Jessica sailing today where they said HH boats are by far some the best quality finished boats available... Excited to see you cast off. Cheers
My community was the world wide HQ for Taylor Made for nearly 100 years. We still manufacture boat parts and accessories. It was only a couple of months ago that the Lippert logo replace Taylor Made the side of Plant 115.
It's always amazing to see how much actually goes into the products we buy for our boats. These guys look like they are top-notch in what we watched on this tour, and that probably carries over to their other lines as well.
Great tour. The engineering and automation is great for the quality. It’s cold in Florida too as we spread my moms ashes on her favorite beach. Can’t wait to see all these parts on your new boat…on the water! Donate for a Dream
Excellent episode. Being an engineer I like this stuff. At one time I was making many trips to the UK for business. I really enjoyed my trips and I usually had to go many different places in the UK. I think it is smart what you are doing.
Not sure you’ll see this, but there are some hidden potential defects with tempered glass. One is the growth NiS particles from the heat treat. It is nearly impossible to prevent. The particles are the size of a grain of sand or even smaller. There aren’t many. However it can vary by batch. The particle of nickel sulfide can grow at room temperature, but more slowly than at elevated temperature. If the particle grows enough, the window cracks. It could happen in the middle of an ocean 20 years from now or never. If the tempered window is laminated, you can safely use it until it can be replaced as the glass fragments are glued to the laminate. There is a small chance any good window can fail for this defect (probability is like 1m^2 / 20000m^2.). It varies with glass provider’s effort. No one is immune. There are alternatives to tempered glass. Tempered is still used a lot.
So happy to see so many of you enjoyed the experience as much as we did. The whole factory tour was a lot more in-depth than we ever anticipated. We feel like we have a from-the-ground-up understanding of the day-to-day equipment we will trust to take us around the world on our sailboat safely. Hopefully, you do too!
If you find yourselves in Havant, England stop into the Lewmar showroom and tell them we said hi. Or, if you can’t make it there and have questions or feedback on anything Lewmar, they want to hear from you! You can find all their contact and product information on their website here: lci.ink/Wynn
Great video
My late sister worked for Lumar a few years ago
BTW, I'm a retired manager of engineering. I would have been proud to have their electrical engineer on my staff.
The proud dedication expressed by the three members of the Lwmar crew was stunning, glad to hear you have a pretty good Cat in the works... Goodspeed dear Wynns!
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Nikki was out here asking real questions. My engineer brain was grateful.
You can really see the pride in all those folks at Lewmar in the quality of products they are producing- very nice to see. Great tour Nikki and Jason.
That's what struck me the most as well, while watching the video.
It really shines through.
You probably noticed the age of some of the employees, there was a time in America when lifetime employees had great pride in their work and company, however when you fire or retire people early, the younger generation no longer has the devotion to a company nor expects to retire there.
Enjoy... The two best days in a sailors life... the day you buy the boat and the day you sell it. So enjoy buying your boat.
An unexpected great video - very informative - and Nikki knows the right questions to ask - while she charms the people she interacts with.
Great to see some quality engineering and manufacture remains in the UK. Nikki so great at presenting and interviewing people. Great vid 👌
"Anything won't go through unless it is perfect." 👍Thank you, Lewmar, for permitting and welcoming a tour of your facility. Kudos for coloring the visitor vests a different color than your employees. Excellent safety practice. 👏 Thanks, Jason and Niki, for a thoroughly interesting and informative video.
More of these type of videos please. Technology has moved along where we only see the finished product without seeing the fascinating production techniques adopted by manufacturers. Such a huge leap forward from the introduction of fibreglass in the 1950's by the boat building and automotive industries.
manufacturing does not get enough press, hail the engineers and makers.
I think the thing you guys do better than any other cruiser out there is inform. I’m not surprised that they wanted to know your opinion specifically. You are both so careful in communicating and informing. Great vid.
She doesn't interrupt the expert like a certain other couple has trouble with.
Never thought I would see the Wynn’s fifteen miles from my house, welcome to the chilly uk where we are still awaiting Spring, enjoy your visit
Impatiently waiting on y’all to have your own boat again and show us your sailing and living life to the fullest skills.
It is fantastic to see the lesser spotted Wynn In the UK. Way off its usual migration route and still wearing its winter plumage.
I think The Colour is Perfect, just as I imagined.
If you want to buy a boat let these guys do the hard lifting and buy a HH. The amount of effort they have put into doing their homework is quite incredible, HH has their best sales team with these guys.
I'm truly astonished you kids are not getting 1 million views on each and every video you produce!! My wife and I been following your journey since the early RV days trip across the North American Continent!! Outstanding memories and each and every show gets better and better!! Stay safe guys!
You guys are setting the standards for this genre of lifestyle video production. Nicely done.
While I can’t imagine your excitement surrounding the commissioning of your new boat, this type of video is so very informative for those of us cruisers who will never get an inside look at the very products we rely on.
Thank you for taking the time and the opportunity to share this tour with us. It takes being sold to the level of awareness.
I love all of your videos !
Not only do you create interesting content but your personalities are the best .
You are the perfect couple !
You both compliment each other . Watching your videos is like hanging out with you .
Thanks for everything. !
48 Volts truly is the way to go. Car industry is also moving to that voltage. Fantastic video!
I know England and Italy are famous for their glass ( and stained glass) and of course steel, by setting the standard for how products are produced and implemented aboard catamarans and shows by the pride and the work-person ship and the highest quality of standards ever aboard on your catamaran. Thanks for the tour of the Lewmar was very informative.
Gabriella was very impressive and knowledgable!
I follow 12 of the most popular sailing channels, but when it comes to the best vídeo, you two leave everybody else in the dust!
The interaction between you two, the depth of storys you tell, the editing, explanations etc.
In short you guys are a powerhouse!!
Ups!!! stories
That was a great video. I used to work for Lewmar. I ran the Lewmar Marine division that operated in Canada. Our office/warehouse/rigging shop facility was just west of Toronto. Our neighbours were C&C Yachts and host of others. Lewmar owned Navtec (rod rigging and hydraulics) in those days (mid 1980s to early 1990s). We built rigs, repaired and serviced Navtec Hydraulics. I built some rigs for very large boats - 12m Class etc. I also sold and serviced Lewmar products to some very large catamarans such as TAG (became ENZA). TAG was almost 100ft and was sailed solo. It was built by Bombardier in Montreal. I used to travel to Havant several times a year. The winch factory was the first fully automated sailboat hardware facility in the world. Lots of great products were designed there and and manufactured by a staff who were (and still are) totally focussed on the best possible products and service for their clients. I’m glad you’ve chosen Lewmar as a supplier for your new boat. You will not be disappointed!!
Wow, To all of the engineers, technicians, and support staff at Lewmar thank you for your dedication to keeping sailors safe like Nikki & Jason safe.
Glass windows are the way to go.
I have been involved with a couple of 1980s Ericsons with glass portlights.
They are still perfectly clear after four decades.
As a retired purchasing manager at several fortune 500 companies, I have been on many factory tours. This video was one of the best I have seen of catching the process and flow of products through the build cycle! Good job!
Wow, thank you!
So excited for your amazing HH boat! And no buffing and a clear coat hand job. All in one video 😂❤
The original castle was built in the 11th century, however during the two centuries after, Henry III built a luxurious royal palace within the castle during the middle of the century, and Edward III went further, rebuilding the palace to make an even grander set of buildings in what would become "the most expensive secular building project of the entire Middle Ages in England. After surviving the English civil war period, Charles II rebuilt much of Windsor Castle with the help of the architect Hugh May. After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George III and George IV renovated and rebuilt Charles II's palace at colossal expense, producing the current design of the state apartments.
So happy for you both❤😂
I like seeing how the parts of your future boat are made. The people in the video appear to take pride in their work. Great job keeping us informed.🙂
I love when Nikki talks to Jason like I do to my German Shepard! "Leave it! Leave it!" Jason has that well you're the one who said hand job look on his face! So funny!
That was actually a ton more interesting than I expected! Thanks for including us in your tour. I watch a few narrowboat channels as well, and just tonight I watched one from a bit over a year ago and have to post a note for you to be on the lookout for a bit of kitchen equipment. I've never heard of it before, but it must be a thing in UK as she talked about it like it was a normal thing. Something called a Thermal cooker? you heat it up on the stove top with your food in and then seal it up and it cooks on retained heat on the countertop. She did a curry and rice and it cooked the rice on top of the curry, sat aside in their boat all day using no power. Coolest thing ever and handy not to use too much power but with the ease of a slow cooker. They are vegetarian. Anyways - it is Fran and Rich on Floating our Boat. This is the link for the episode I watched and the cooker was somewhere around 8:40. Just something to maybe look at while in the UK and see if you may want one.
czcams.com/video/zcXjOugkyAc/video.html
I've seen her use it in an earlier episode, but it wasn't really explained, just referred to and I hadn't realized it wasn't plugged in at all.
I worked factory for 26 years and could follow along with most of what you were showing us. I was really impressed with their recycling of the metal shavings. And doing parts "in house" is such a smart thing to do. I'm glad you enjoyed your factory tour.
You two are masters at product reports. I found this one to be not only informative but quite enjoyable too. I am looking forward to your shakedown cruise report, I am quite confident that it will be just as enjoyable as this one was.
Best Factory Tour of boat accessories in England I've seen all week (don't worry other aquatic tubers, it's only Tuesday). Thanks for doing this, I see it's clearly another Wynn
What a gift to be able to tour the factory...and for us to follow along. Thanks you, it was a spectacular tour!
It’s the Wynns! It’s a good day already. 😊
I love the hull colour.
Love watching factory tours. The workers at Lewmar really made it easy to understand how and why they build the way they do. Nice to see that on this boat there will be a record of exactly how the windows are built.
Who knew? Your elegant side is emerging publicly, even if it's been there all along, waiting. We're blessed! This boat stuff is just part of your disguise, right? Thanks for letting us in on your little secret...
Driven past that Lewmar factory(s) literally 1000”s of times on the way to work over that last 30 years, great to actually see what’s inside the very very unassuming “being kind” exteriors, can’t believe you were there!!!
Nikki is an expert narrator.
Great tour of the lewmar factory.
Wow, Jason and Nikki, that was super interesting. I am like Jason, just love a factory tour especially when it involves super interesting things like this. Would be nice to see a factory tour of the HH boats and get a progress tour of you new boat. Man that boat is really going to be awesome and should give you two a lifetime of sailing around the world. I'm so happy for you two. Have a great day. Jay from Pa.
Woo Hoo, it sounds like NARROW BOAT cruising is FINALLY upon us!!!!! You will fall in love with England and her stunning canals very shortly!!!! (and don't let the locks scare you, they are fun too!) I've been waiting with baited breath for this adventure of yours, narrow boating in England is my favorite thing to do!!!! Enjoy the English countryside and all her beauty and keep an eye out for those darling little kingfishers!!!! Happy cruising you two!!!! Greetings from North Carolina!
It is a great pleasure to follow your enthusiastic and enlightened visit of this modern high tech artisans.
Thank you for the journey.
So cool, love the factory tours and getting to see how things are made.
When you mention Jetlag, old story from parents. They were in London on vacation in the 1970's, rain for next 2 weeks expected. Changed tickets to Hawaii. Flew over... laid down for a nap before lunch. Got up for lunch the NEXT DAY. Slept the clock round for them both.
All I can say is technology is great! Thanks for sharing this.
So happy for these two, living the dream!
No time to read all the comments but that they surrounded your with their best workers, and management was following you around, they clearly understand the power of CZcams folks like you as a PRIMARY info source. Love it.
I'm heading to England from Australia in a few weeks so it will be an 11-hour time difference for me. I allow 3 full days to get over jet lag before I even think about organising anytime by time. With sailing, you gently slip by time zones an hour at a time over several days so you hardly notice. Great to see the factory tour & how much care & thought they put into their products.
i just bought two new lewmar winches for my boat! THANKS TOMMY!!!!
Us CZcams watches are sooo lucky, We get to watch the construction of so many and varied yachts, be it yours, the trimaran of SLV, Ruby Rose 2. This together with MJ and their self build from a kit effectively and from the ground up with Ross and 'Life on the Hulls' (absloutely amazing and I could never do it but worth checking out) and not to be forgotten the 'Duracel Project' another one you all need to check out! The list goes on with Colin and Parlay and Nanji's new reno on their new/old boat, Melody and finally good old Mark of Wildlings (will he ever get back cruising?). Oh and I almost forgot Sailing GBU and Odd who are reno'd and back out cruising.
We live in amazing times and for me being only a 'short trip' sailor this is so entertaining. I have a condition that prevents me from travelling due to drugs I need that are only available in specialized places and if I was anywhere but Australia would cost over $25,000 a month!
So you guys along with the aforementioned people are an absolute lifeline for me and I wish I could support you all financially.
Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see you in your new boat.
I agree with Jason, always ready for a good factory tour. This tour was especially interesting to me; I am a retired engineer with 30 years working in automotive glass manufacturing. While the quantity of parts produced for boats is much less than manufacturing for automobiles, the processes were all the same.
Lippert.
From my days in the RV industry, they had some of the highest quality parts of any.
You will be happy....
Lewmar sounds like such a phenomenal company - excited for u both!
Many years ago Lewmar were a client of mine (we supplied their manufacturing control systems) - in those days they were a great company and everything your saw confirmed that is still very true. Your factory tour brought back many happy memories.
You're virtually on my doorstep. If you'd stayed on the bus beyond Windsor you'd have gone just half a mile from my house. But admit the error in your intro! "we're in London" sounded much better than "we're in Slough"! but Slough is much more famous on the world scale. Nobody has heard of London but everyone knows about Slough.
@@grahamtaylor8678 I wonder how many people have heard of Slough Grammar?
The coldest I have ever been was a week i spent in London in February of 2013. There is nothing like it!
Thank you for the tour!! You two always do such great work creating quality content.
Steel toes will protect your toes up till their bend weight at which point they will cut your toes off instead of crushing them. Fork lift trucks vary in weight, the ones we used (which are relatively small) were 8 tons gross weight I seem to remember. You do not want your toes run over with or without steel toes.
48V is generally the highest safe voltage for DC (so good choice). If a boat owner adds bits made for AC or 12V DC they will generally work safely up to about 48V. Above 48V, AC switches or low voltage switches may arc when turned off and cause a fire (and effectively not turn off as well). It is of course possible to make DC switches for higher voltages but they do start to cost a lot more. Solar panels are often run at a higher voltage and have longer fuses and bigger cutoff switches for that reason. The highest voltage is always the best for efficiency all the way through and up to a point, generally cheaper as well.
The most dangerous voltage? For people, the most dangerous voltage (AC or DC) is 70ish volts which can stop a human heart. I am told that by the time the resistance of the body is taken into consideration, 70v ends up at just the right voltage across the heart to try to control it... higher voltages more often cause injury because of falls or if it's really high (think 1000v) and has lots of current behind it, will burn through. 120/240 are actually pretty safe as these things go. I think I have personally tested this as a child ;)
You two kept my attention at 100% for the whole video. Quite a unique learning experience, thanks for that.
Fascinating!
It was definitely eye opening to how things are manufactured. The glass was especially good. I like they way they design their glass. great tour all in all. Thanks
love the colour😊😊.....pliz sail back to tonga
Awesome video, I love seeing how things are made behind the scenes, thanks for sharing!
You guys are legends amongst the cruising you-tubers for windows. 😂 Unfortunately, your knowledge has been through a trial of fire!
That color is gorgeous. Will look magnificent during all those voyages and sun rises and sunsets. ❤
i just love your videos: informative , humorous, honest, and brilliantly put together! Please don't ever stop doing these "expose's" Since you disclose your sponsorships you allow us to decide for ourselves . Thank you !
Welcome to the UK, hope yr having a wonderful time despite the cold weather.
Another video that exemplifies your theme Curiosity. Well-done and thank you.
Imagine making a winch with lathe, mill, and drill by hand instead of CNC!
So interesting to see inside the factory, as I normally only get as far as the car park. Glad you enjoyed the visit.
The tour was Great.
Love all of that, love seeing Windsor Castle again ! Thanks ❤️😊
Worst jet lag I ever had was travelling from Australia to the United States and then 4 days later, on to London.
I had only just adjusted to US time, and spent time out with friends etc when I had to leave again for the UK. I swear I was kind of loopy for what felt like a whole week.
Blah, just remembering that feeling makes me tired.
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So missing your boat adventures ❤
Yay ! An episode where you're dealing with "Your" boat ! 👍Don't give a rat's meow what you do on other people's boats. 🥱I'm so excited to see how "Your" boat is coming along. 👌It looks really beautiful. Excellent choice of colour scheme folks. Way to go. P.S. In regards to the English Factory Tour, really amazing engineering ! One of the things which really jumped out at me from the factory tour is the degree to which advanced engineering (especially with composite materials) is being employed to solve many of the stress points on sea faring craft to make them lighter, stronger, and safer. 👍
As an avid watcher of your channel, and always enjoy your content, I would have never imagined you being only 10 miles from where I live with you both visiting Havent in the UK. Portsmouth, Havent and most of the south coast has a long history in and connection to all aspects to the boating industry including Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. Love the content, and like many of us, cant wait to see you both in your new boat.
What, you're in England! Wow, you're so close! My Tongan Husband, Peter, and I (from Chicago) have been watching since you had to stay in Vava'u, and we live next to Heathrow (a very short drive from Windsor). I would have loved to buy you two a coffee in Windsor LOL! We love your videos, and love living vicariously through you on the water. I've never sailed, but my island hubby would love to one day (it's a dream to own one someday).
Enjoy your time here (still watching the video), and hope you love your time in the UK❤
Your new boat looks amazing, great colour. I hope you enjoyed your stay over here 🇬🇧
Always a sucker for a good factory tour!
Welcome to uk. Sorry about the weather I hope you enjoyed yourselves and your tour. Looking forward to see more progress on your boat.
For brevity's sake...WICKED COOL !!!!
Although all of the people sharing their knowledge on the various products were intriguing and obviously knew their craft thoroughly, I sensed that one could have a discussion with Gabriella (the electrical engineer) for several days and only be scratching the surface. Thanks for an interesting and entertaining video. Sundays are always fun days with the #Wynns !!!
I’m loving this, their is more to just full time sailing, fortunately you take us to all parts of the globe due to where and whom are behind the scenes working in the sailing industry! Wow have had lewmar winches and parts for years on our vessels, never knew this great history! Great stuff as usual.
LOVE the COLOR!
Extremely informative video. Huge thanks to the folks at Lewmar for the attention to detail and for sacrificing some product to hammer time 😂
The winches seem really cool. Real skill making them . Glad the UK got it's act together again and now makes high quality products. In the past getting something like an electric or electronic item from the UK was just asking for trouble
So nice to know that the project is going well guys! I’m thrilled for you!
If you need anything in the UK please give a shout. Will be happy to help if I can!
So Windsor Castle was Elizabeth II's main residence from 2011 to her death in 2022. The royal family actually weren't called the House of Windsor until 1917! The house's historic name is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a house that started ruling the UK with Edward VII in 1901). When the First World War came around, there was a lot of sentiment against Germans, and the British public thought a house with a German name ruling the country wasn't patriotic. Even worse that a German Air Force plane named Gotha G. IV was bombing London. So King George V ended up changing it to Windsor after the famous castle.
I am loving that you are looking at performance quality hardware. Heavy custom gear is the fallacy of safety for ‘blue water’ cruising. Please. There is a reason why race boats can do what they do now days. Unfortunately cruising people think racers are crazy or something and never learn from the cutting edge. Light is safe.
It was a pleasure to meet you guys. Great video.... Hope you enjoy your visit with us and hope see you soon...😊😊😊
Watched an episode of Matt and Jessica sailing today where they said HH boats are by far some the best quality finished boats available... Excited to see you cast off. Cheers
Very interesting. Thanks for taking us on the tour.
My community was the world wide HQ for Taylor Made for nearly 100 years. We still manufacture boat parts and accessories. It was only a couple of months ago that the Lippert logo replace Taylor Made the side of Plant 115.
It's always amazing to see how much actually goes into the products we buy for our boats. These guys look like they are top-notch in what we watched on this tour, and that probably carries over to their other lines as well.
Great tour. The engineering and automation is great for the quality. It’s cold in Florida too as we spread my moms ashes on her favorite beach. Can’t wait to see all these parts on your new boat…on the water!
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Wow. Its a BEAUTIFUL color!! Love it!!
Excellent episode. Being an engineer I like this stuff. At one time I was making many trips to the UK for business. I really enjoyed my trips and I usually had to go many different places in the UK. I think it is smart what you are doing.
Not sure you’ll see this, but there are some hidden potential defects with tempered glass. One is the growth NiS particles from the heat treat. It is nearly impossible to prevent. The particles are the size of a grain of sand or even smaller. There aren’t many. However it can vary by batch. The particle of nickel sulfide can grow at room temperature, but more slowly than at elevated temperature. If the particle grows enough, the window cracks. It could happen in the middle of an ocean 20 years from now or never. If the tempered window is laminated, you can safely use it until it can be replaced as the glass fragments are glued to the laminate. There is a small chance any good window can fail for this defect (probability is like 1m^2 / 20000m^2.). It varies with glass provider’s effort. No one is immune. There are alternatives to tempered glass. Tempered is still used a lot.
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