If You Thought the Boat Work Was Over You Were Wrong
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- If there is one truth about boats it is, no matter what age a boat is things will always need to be added, changed, or fixed. Come with us as we drill our first holes, install our first addition, and spot something that is not quite right.
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It bothers me a fair amount that the manufacturer would put dissimilar metals next to each other. I would think that they would know better. It looks like the boat is coming along nicely and will feel like home shortly. Keep the good stuff coming.
It’s VIETNAM
Absolutely a no no to put dissimilar metals in a salt environment
@@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN , I currently own a Bertram yacht, where they used stainless steel screws to attach a stainless steel strip to the aluminum rub rail. Built in good old southern Florida. I also used to own a Catalina sailboat, also built in Florida, with stainless steel screws and bolts attaching aluminum hardware all over the place. Who knows why that happens?
What about the rest of the thru hulls?! Definitely alarming that they would let that go at the factory...good catch!
@@MrHAPPYHAWAIIANBut the Naval Architecture is not. They would deliver explicit plans and materials to use.
Hey, the damage is just one of those stories you get to tell as a boat owner- your positive attitude is great! I admit I'd be livid and losing my chit, but dang, you're on the water in your new boat! How awesome!
Exactly what I came here to comment.
GG j
Hopefully your buddy Nick (Ruby Rose 2) sees this video while at the factory and can get things corrected?😉
Your editing is spectacular. The voiceovers, the music, is all so appropriate and the perfect amount for the atmosphere you’re creating. I’m SO addicted to your channel. Well done, excellent job!!
Jetty looks so happy on her new home too!
My advice .on all my boats I never screw directly on fiberglass.i glue hdpe board or starboard and then I screw on it.use marine silicon to glue the board ..keep ur boat healthy holes free
You two have come so far over the years. This episode teared me up when you had your family board your new boat. Congratulations on your success and new boat. Todd
When you use marina water , be sure the hose you use is designed for drinking , especially if the hose is stored in the sun. Get the watermaker installed while out .
Glad to see you are realistic about a new boat. Sailboats are custom even though they come from a production line.
With Large powerboats customers expect even more perfection!
Cheers Warren
Shame on Seawinds! Yikes! A stainless steel ball valve on a bronze thru hull. Wow, just wow. How does a major boat manufacturer allow a brand new boat to leave the factory like this? I hope after watching this, they will take note. Thank you for sharing.
Quality control from SEAWIND fell through the floor after Shane left to build Makai power catamarans in Croatia..
@@thatwhit1 When was that?
Maybe 9 months…
That "bronze" thru hull looks a lot like brass to me. I dont think bronze goes pink even when encouraged to corode by dissimilar stainless. That could have failed really fast. Dont ask me how I know.
Seawind quality control…. They still in vacation. Shame.
Always love that you show both sides of boat ownership. The delivery damage sucks for sure. Hopefully the guy you've found will repair it without any drama and you guys can get on your way. If you didn't contact Seawind about the through-hull, you should. That's the kind of thing they should have known better and if they take any pride in their work at all they'll want to know. Its obvious if you do know, but it isn't if you don't, and can sink a boat in short order if the through hull fails while the owners are away from the boat.
The thru hull type you removed is specifically designed to be anti cavitation or reduce it to extreme minimal while on the way. So basically, dont use your watermaker while on the way cause now you'll stuff it with air and the unit will break or worse = blow up! You can use dissimilar metals BUT, the whole unit has to be grounded. My boat had all "metal" thru hulls grounded with a green wire...food for thought. Just be careful and happy sailing.
Thanks for this advise when I change my next through hull which is a deck wash = I will look for an anti cavitation type of through hull = all plastic if possible.
It really hurt me that the boat was damaged. Y’all have a great attitude about it though. I hope, when it’s fixed, you won’t be able to tell. As hard as y’all have worked, you both deserve something nice.
Safe travels.
Made the trip past NYC 5 times. Three times south and 2 times north. Approaching NYC from sea and seeing it all unfold is exhilarating. The Verrazzano Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and the Manhattan sky line. Its just not as good comming in from Long Island Sound. Glad you got to see it that way.
OMG You two (plus Jettie) are LIVING MY DREAM!!!! Congratulations!!!
As a fellow L.I boy loved it when Billy said he went to the city maybe once a year because I am the same way but it was cool when I took our boat through the city also. Sierra I like to color code the ends of the 3 strand line when splicing I feel it makes it easier.
Drilling holes in your boat is never a good feeling, especially when its new. But you guys do it right! Best wishes and fast sailing on your new boat!
It's drilling holes that makes it your boat.
If you are to trust your life to it, you must own it.
That's why it is in a way a good thing that it came damaged.
No room for false sacrecy, this thing can break.
You have got to love sailing into the great city of New York in your own boat. What a beautiful thing.
Hey guys, I’m so sorry about the damage in shipping. So disappointing. I’m more than a little disappointed that Seawind put that through hull set up in. Good job on replacing that.
It’s rewarding to see you finding things the manufacturer missed or did wrong. It points to your professionalism. Good job.
I was on a new SW 1170 in Friday Harbor last weekend. Maiden voyage after arriving in Seattle . Really appreciated the open feeling from the salon to the aft deck. You’ll get a lot of years ,miles and experiences on it. Cheers
Noticed you installed a thru-hull that is not the anti-cavitation type common to water makers. You can install a scoop or anti-cavitation cover over it.
Agree with everyone about through hull issues. Impeller also worries me about how much time that engine was run with no water. . .Seriously alarming as to quality control. I’d love to see a response from the manufacturer that made these choices. . .
Thank goodness for insurance! You have your act together and know what's what. That's so much more then I can say for a couple other boaters I watch regularly. Good going guys, I love your new cat. Be safe always from the Philippines 💞
Serious props to your positive attitudes with the glitches in the new boat. I wouldn't be able to stay as relaxed and definitely would be coming unhinged, especial with the through hole fiasco. Stay cool and smooth sailing.
CONGRATULATIONS! How special showing off the NEW BOAT to family. Been there, done that when we got our first cruiser years ago. Were special feeling. ❤
Hope you all get that repair taken care of quickly! That stinks that it was damaged and no one at the transporter owned up to it and already had the paperwork going on it.. But at least it is getting sorted out for you all! Stay safe and keep rolling Tula Team! 👍👍
Damn, that damage is quite large. At least you're positive about it. Disappointing huh. Bloody awesome boat non the less, proud of you both, and a little envious! Stay safe!
Yes the first scratch always hurts and yes glad it wasn’t your fault…beautiful boat & excited for u ❤🇨🇦
Great video guys. You have come a long way from when we met you in Bimini 7 yrs ago (when you had the trawler and whaler) aboard our boat Banana Split. Keep up the great work and enjoy your new home.
Sierra (sp), I can sympathize with your worries on shipping. I had a friend who bought a 57' ChrisCraft back in the 80's in Florida and had it shipped to San Francisco on a freighter. When the ship was off the Mexico coast a labor dispute resulted in the ship anchoring off the coast. It sat there for (I think) 9 months with no care or protection. It took the owner a year to fix all the damage. He hired a fellow to repair it who later became his captain. He had insurance.
Always find that when something new gets its first damage, wear and tear etc, its kind of a release in a way. I mean, when I got my first brand new truck, I was like a first time parent. Babying it, cleaning it almost to point of obsession. Then a couple drink spills, shopping cart dings and rock chips later, I was like the parent with a bunch of kids, aw, its not a big deal, it'll be fine.
It was a long road back but you did a great job and the boat is ready to cross oceans again!!well done
Fair winds ⛵️
I would check every thru hull fitting!!!!! Loving the new Boat!!!!!
Sorry about the ding, but it will be corrected. Your Captain has exemplary knowledge and skills. He's a good man. His ship vocabulary is spot-on. Makes your narratives interesting. Best of luck.
We’re going to double check our thru-hulls!! Such a shame about the damage during shipping. At least it was found right away and you guys have a great attitude!
Serious ouch on that damage! I think that would about kill me to get a brand new boat and have it damaged like that.
Glad to see you guys back on the water. What a gorgeous way to see the world. So jealous! Glad you are getting to do this while you are young. Living the adventure through your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your life with all of us. Fare winds and following seas.
Why are you not having Seawind do the 50 hour service…I’ve bought 8 new boats and that was always included. They should have replaced the seacock too! Im sure there are other things you are letting go! hold Seawind to the fire. That’s why you buy new boats, warranty, repair, punch list, etc
Wahhh, I'm so crushed that your boat got damaged!! The boat looks beautiful otherwise. I'm sure you both are still pinching yourselves to make sure you're in reality and not still dreaming of this life. I'm so envious and will keep watching your awesome adventures to come. Hugs from San Diego.
Hay guys love the new Cat... It's been a while for the Banks family, but we are always watching and praying 🙏 for your safe travels... This year, our oldest son Ronnie Jr. passed away he was only 31 years old from Epilepsy ... We spent many an hr watching your great travels as he dreamed of his own.. For the first time we just went shopping in your store for my wife Sandra she doesn't know. She is going to Topsail island 🏝 NC a place we go 2 a year for the last 20 years. We wanted her to have something she could pull over at night. THE BANKS FAMILY will continue to follow your great adventures as you start the next chapter in your lives/ start your own family... ❤
I’m from Long Island, ny as well. Moved to FL in ‘14 and love it. Happy you found the thru hull thing and corrected it ! 👍 I know how getting the first 50 hour service completed feels, after it’s done. 😎😊
I am so happy for you both! I have watched you over the years and I have to say you guys are not scared of hard work and you do a great job of everything you tackle. Enjoy your new home and please keep sharing your adventure with us. Watching you has me kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on a 60 foot ketch fixer upper decades ago. Our lives would have been so different if I had. 🤷🏻♂️
Billy sure is an amazingly handy guy to have around!
Great to see the next chapter in your travels, we love you guys, enjoy your new Catamaran and safe travels - Noosa Australia 🇦🇺- Hope to see you down under
Hope the fix goes all well. Boat looks great.
Congratulations on the new boat!!
Great update. Onward. Three weeks sitting around, yuk! But not like you don’t have the time. You have Been there, done that.
So happy for you three (of course I include Jetty!) Safe travels this summer. Maybe I'll see you someday in Bahamian waters
In addition to melting the ends of your dock lines you should end the rope with "stitched whipping" for extra protection from coming apart.
I really appreciated this vlog. The good the bad and the ugly or is why I like to refer to it realism. I’m just so tickled that you have your new boat. I’m sorry it’s got some new dings on it, but at least you didn’t do it you are right by that Sierra! Watching U2 work together is such a joy. You guys are such a great team. So once the boat is fixed, what is the next plan or adventure?super excited for that. Sending lots of love from California.💜🤗🫶😎⛵️
Your boat is more beautiful in person than the video shows. Boat work never ends as you exhibited by scrubbing the decks in Nantucket harbor. Enjoy sailing the waters of New England.
Glad you guys are back!! Love the boat!
polypro makes good anchor rode (with a short chain leader to weigh down the shank and prevent chafing as the line itself will float and naturally stay off the bottom) like if you are going to be riding it a storm because it's somewhat stretchy but you have to keep it out of the sun when storing it.
Another great video. The projects never end! 😂
Oh my gosh just realized you are in Northport Harbor. We're in Patchogue.
Love your channel, love you guys
Great post / episode along with some important tips !
Wow ! Seawind using dissimilar metals in situations where galvanic corrosion can occur - seems to me a Quality Assurance and staff training issue .
I like your very clever ending! Click, Click, Click, Click!
I have to tell on myself, My husband and I are chilling watching from our perspective mobile devices, pausing to talk about the different things you shared. Great Great video guys thank you. BTW on the damage I would just cry but as you said its a boat and it can be fixed. ❤Enjoy the Ride
I do look forward to hearing your daily adventures. Sorry to hear about the new boat being banged up. You two really have a great out look on things. 😊 As always thanks for sharing and letting us hang out with you.
Great episode, thanks!
2K+ subscriber LIKE; 14,194th view-from-a-desktop-studio about to happen... here we go. By now, you two are highly-skilled experts at custom upgrades;
making your boat a comfortable and safe home makes complete sense. Good onya. 19:38 - you would think the manufacturer would know that, eh? oops.
proper channels for repair less headaches!!
Brand new boat and already having to fix it. Enjoy your adventures
Super! Congratulations! Way to keep a cool head and get her setup right.
BOAT TOUR!!!
I do hope you are sealing ALL screws and holes put in your boat with the appropriate sealant of your choice. I have repaired rotted plywood, and foam cores that had suffered water ingress from poorly installed fittings. The worst was a transom in a 28 foot stern drive cruiser that some rabbit had installed a swim platform. The whole transom collapsed when launching the boat after a winter ashore! Lucky it was still on the trailer!
You know, I've been watching Ruby Rose 2 and the build series on their new SeaWind Cat and I find it almost inconceivable that they put that seacock with dissimilar metals into your boat. It's only a small thing, but it would really make me ask what other things they might have done that just are not right. Very glad you found it and got it corrected. I mean undetected, un-looked at, or simply being not as knowledgable as you two are and all it would take, I mean it was already starting to corrode, and that could sink your boat. She's a beautiful boat and I'm fairly sure there aren't other issues like that, but that was not a good look SeaWind. Not good at all.
I see a happy old sea dog sailing! Subscribed. ✊🏻🏴
I enjoyed seeing NYC from the water.
That is such a shame that you worked and waited a long time a new boat and home that it arrives damaged Im glad you have someone to repair so quickly good luck
I grew up on Long Island and left in 1973. If you can visit the mysteries of Plum Island, Gardener's Island, Fisher's Island, and Block Island, that would be interesting. Gardener's Island appears undeveloped while Plum Island has a mysterious "Building 101" -- sounds like James Bond stuff. The other two have communities.
If that crack isn't fixed, it will only grow.
Beautiful boat. You two really impress me. I freaked when you showed the damage.
Nice video again, thanks! Admiring your relaxed attitude about the shipping damage! But what else to do? 😊
If y’all stop in savannah GA I know a excellent and professional Fiberglass man. He does great work! And very awesome boat! Congratulations!
Since the 2 of you and your furry friend are up in the Northeast , you should consider checking out Provincetown at the end of Cape Cod . It’s a tourist trap but it’s a great place to visit .
I saw myself in the video at the boatyard. I’m famous now. lol 😂
Great filter used it for years
We've been seeing you work on boats for awhile, but can you sail that BAD BOY ???????
great video folks ... as usual .... keep 'em coming
Yall should sail to grand cayman its beautiful out here
I use cleaning vinager for cleaning water tanks. It's non toxic compared to bleach. Works great
Make your filter system for when you add water to your system it gets filtered first before going in the tank.
You guys are doing great sailing and handling all the issues that arise including that through hull for the water maker. The insurance claim is possible because you chose the right guy to commission the boat to begin with. Good job you should get many years of enjoyment.
The boat is still beautiful ..!! Don't worry you'll fix it and it will be custom :)
I absolutely love the music. 👍
Hey Billy... I think I might have seen you guys in the Sound. I was taking the Port Jeff ferry across to CT for work. If you're still around and want, we can meet up in Peconic Bay. I have a number of anchored mooringing on my oyster farm we were using for a seaweed study with Stony Brook. I'll bring the workboat out and you guys can grab some fresh oysters. Drop me a line if you're interested.
I just want to point out how the galley down makes so much more sense in any catamaran below 45 feet. You save so much space and are properly secured. If it's too warm to be cooking down there, you probably would prefer to be using the barbecue outside anyway. The outside barbecue also invalidates the "oh it's not as good for being with guests" argument.
Its funny most people fit filters to the drinking water and then add ice. The ice usually is not filtered water Its like buying a bottler of water in a café and asking for ice 🤮 the ice machine might not have been cleaned for months and the water is just the local tap water.. Great video 2x👍
Did I miss a video of your sail up to New York? Would have love to see some sailing up the east coast.
We put the same square pillows on our brand new FP Aura 51. 😎👍🏻
It's surprising to hear that you were at Crocker's Boatyard just a couple miles away from me! :)
That sail makes me think of Game Of Thrones, but with dogs.
So happy for y'all!!!
Hey guys I see your in Northport harbor! This is my home port. Hope you enjoyed your time there.
Great to see you outfitting your new boat. I'd love it if someone did a comprehensive catalogue of all the ways people have outfitted their boats. (& Seawind, stop it with the poly dock lines. I'll bet not even Beneteau does that. Poly is good for three uses: marking your chain, rope rode and chaffing the crap out of anything it touches. Of course I've seen Japanese fishing harbors where everything was poly. I don't understand how the boats don't get sawed in half.)
Same impeller problem with the new 1260. Either those engines sitting in the sun in Vietnam or Yanmar bought a bad batch. When our first impeller failed almost immediately, I asked if maybe we shouldn't replace both (they share the same lot #, same history....) It was carefully explained to me why this wasn't necessary. 50 hours of 'white smoke' (water vapor condensing) later that other impeller finally got replaced. I'd brought to Vietnam a lot of the spare parts including a pair of impellers. Our experience + your experience suggests having four spare impellers on board. Stored carefully (out of direct heat, chemicals) they should last years. So it's an extra $80 that might not get used for a couple of years.... My own Yanmar is 20 years old 2400 hours, runs like new. That's worth a few impellers.
When I hacksaw something with threads, if you have a thread die or even a bolt inboard from the cut, screwing these off really helps clean up the threads. I learned something important re: the through hulls. If that's on the boat I just sailed, I never noticed. I'll look for it now. Thanks Tulas!
Getting off and on those sugar scoops aren't as easy as one might think. Having done this now hundreds of times on the1280,a Fontaine Pajot and another 50' cat, I think there needs to be 'sockets' in the sugar scoops to insert a vertical pole that can be used for stepping off a dock or out of the dinghy. (I've yet to be on a cat that's backed up to a dock, except for fuel docks, my Hunter 456 has only backed up to a dock. Its sugar scoop works how everyone thinks all sugar scoops work. Cats are usually relegated to docking alongside,) Also there needs to be a tie point, or a line on the D ring, on the sides of the dinghy to hold it in a steady position relative to the sugar scoop. The 50 cat and the Fontaine Pajot the dinghy always seemed to be sliding under the bridge deck. And there never seemed to be a hand hold where you'd want it. (After 7000 nm, end of my trip, waiting for Canada border to show up, I remarked how amazing it was that we'd sailed for three months with no injuries. Then I stepped onto the dock, the boat moved and I 'folded' between the hull and the dock, feet on the dock, my hand sliding down the mooring line. I got a helping hand before my butt got wet. A pole would've kept this from happening. and made all those stepping around the side of the scoop a lot easier)
The water tanks. A few weeks into our sailing the new 1260, our water pump had a problem so we swapped it out. From the filters we pulled all manner of caulking bits, fiberglass/resin dirt... I couldn't help but wonder about a _new boat cancer cluster._ "Oh, you're supposed to fill and empty the tanks several times...." That didn't happen and I didn't hear about this for a few weeks. It also bothered me that there wasn't an easily accessible inspection port on the water tank that could be unscrewed for tank inspection, and pumping out any sediment from the bottom. And when the new pump wasn't working and the watermaker wouldn't work unless it could be first purged from that pump , we had almost a week with what was left in a 20L bottle of water, and no manual access to the water left in the tank.
Like your prototyping. Good practice. I've seen those complicated boat and bicycle pulley systems for garages. Every one of them, a single line snaking through all those pulleys, they all raised and lowered evenly. Course on a boat, salt build up corrosion. But I'm sure you've got that covered. Good episode.
it also would be a good idea to make a 100 foot towing rope for you or someone else who made need a tow somewhere. You bridal should be used to distribute the load.
congrats on the new adventures to come!
Looking good, really nice. Fair winds.
Last weeks video, I wondered what you're going to do with all the spare time with a new boat... Well, that question is answered... LOL... Nice catamaran...