Sail Boat (DIY) Navigation Instrument Installation
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- We attempt a DIY installation of new navigation instruments for our 38 year old sail boat. We ended up trying to tackle a huge range of boat projects this winter and many of them 'evolved' into many more jobs than we expected, including this one. But, no one said owning and running a sailing boat was going to be easy.
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EDITED IN - Several people have asked about the insanely expensive iPad holder which Carly loves, which is a three part system for us to mount it on our hand rail, but for those who have money to burn, here are the details.
Part 1: amzn.to/368xrsS
Part 2: amzn.to/3xaYjnH
Part 3: www.amazon.co....
1) The cheap bracket we used to mount the instrument panel can be found here: amzn.to/2UHsRz4
2) If you'd like to support out film making efforts then be sure to check out our Patreon page here: / sailingcadoha
3) To learn more about us you can also head to our website which is www.cadoha.com
4) Carly has started an amazing online business selling up cycled products that she's made herself, if you like to see what's available from her shop then you can find everything here: www.cadoha.com...
5) If you'd like to check out the legend that is Mads and his channel, where he totally rebuilds the same make and model boat as we have, then be sure to check him out here: / madsdahlke
6) Lastly you can check out our Instagram page here: / sailingcadoha
Tie your tools to your bag!!!!! If you drop any of those on deck you’ll either bust up your deck or someone on it!
That actually makes a lot of sense, appreciate your input! 🍻
Hi guys
We've just stumbled across your channel
As two expats from Sussex living in NZ we have just had an offer accepted on our first keeler. Our plan is very similar to yours.
Boat work is the common denominator for all the channels we have seen.
Our boat is an 80s child too.
We are looking forward to starting our project if our survey comes back with no major issues.
Hopefully we will meet on the equator with us going up as you come down.
Love your work and style. Keep it up.
Cheers Nick n Deb.
The 80’s were a great vintage by all accounts. Good luck with the new boat! Hopefully the survey comes back with nothing too out of the ordinary 🙏😁⛵️⛵️
@@CadohaAdventures We are watching the Scilly Islands now. So so good eyes wide open.
As for you getting a bit better working up the mast.....necessity is the mother of invention. There will, no doubt, be lots of these experiences for you in the future. Thanks for the video.
the office is super pretty
I should say I watch you for the lighter side of life but I find you always use the kiss principle and bring me back to earth and reality. Keep up the great instructional bits I love them
As someone who did tower work for a while -- everything takes 2-3 times as long up there than it does on the ground. I'll second tying your tools to your bag. It lets you use one, then let it dangle while you move on to something else. The other thing I like doing is only taking the size wrenches, etc. that I needed. Anything you don't need in the tool bag just clutters it up so you can't find what you do need. And, have a light line trailing from you to the ground. That way when you realize you forgot something you really did need, the people on the ground can send it up.
I've been following Mads for years and found him to be brilliant and a great resource of knowledge
We 100% agree. He’s created an incredibly valuable resource plus Ava and Mads are both super lovely people, so it’s easy to follow their adventures 😁🙏⛵️
You two are doing top notch work. Carly clearly is more elegant going up the mast than you... dont take it to heart !
now... just a thought and I might get ripped by others for this suggestion... I did it on my mast and have found it to help when trying to get things sorted at or above the top of the mast.
I drilled two mast steps (one opposite the other) just below my knee level so that I can step onto them. Gives me better visibility and I am not wobbling around as I do when sitting in the chair/harness.
If anyone has done this would love the feedback.
Nice job! Very clean & smart, did a similar job a few years back & had the same rubbish over companionway bodge. Great idea using the windlass as an electric winch.
My only input would be to pleeease tie your tools on to yourself/bucket especially the drill. Learnt the hard way myself and luckily was only a window & not someone’s head.
Maybe see you in Falmouth if you pop one more port to the west! Kettles always boiled on the Pilot boat! Look forward to the next one!
Well done! Not being a big fan of heights and being a horrendous fumbler of tools I’m envious of your abilities at the top of the mast! I suspect when that time hopefully comes for me in the near feature I will be white knuckled and probably lose half my tools and screws into the the marina lol.
All I can say is that in November when I first started going up, I was close to useless and spent half the time clung on like a terrified koala.
After an entire winter going up over and over and over again, I’ve remarkably become less scared. Apparently it’s what psychologists call ‘exposure therapy’. I only hope that doesn’t wear back off as I’m really pleased that I’m somewhat capable of going up there and functioning now 😁😁
@@CadohaAdventures well however you got there you look like a pro now :)
Have i mentioned how much i LOVE your intro?!? So Fun!
Glad you enjoyed it, the guy who did the voice over is super talented 😁⛵️
@@CadohaAdventures *_ Now Now, "Blowing our own whistle" are we.....Like we never doubted it anyways!! Nice seeing Hank again. _*
💡 Bet Madds liked it 👍
Just a quik point on Wago connectors - brilliant as they are, ditch the old 222 style and go for the newer 221 style, smaller, neater and better.
Thanks, Alec, I'd never even come across then until a few months back and they seemed super handy. I'll be sure to look up the ones you suggest!
Mad as me to view your channel and I'm glad he did.
Ahh awesome, glad you enjoyed it, but I warn you, my sanding isn't anywhere near as meticulous 😁
I stopped mast climbing years ago when my rope slipped and luckily I landed in the water I was bruised but survived I pay someone to climb now FT I ,give you peeps credit for doing it yourself
Now we see why Carly likes you. It's your sense of humor! We're getting a kick out of witnessing your conversion into a sailor man who does his own DIY! We didn't get to see Hank this episode, so the next trip up the mast will have to be Hank! Great job on the wire hide but it was hard to tell if they were one and the same place!
I promise there is much more of Hank coming up 😬🙏😁🐕🐕
Top work guys. Also just wanted to say a big thanks to Carly for the fantastic 'orange' collar and lead, love them, top quality and recommend them to anyone.....
We’re so glad they turned up and you’re happy with them. So good to know that the old running rigging never went to waste 😁😁⛵️
Good work Chief Engineer! I'm sure Captain Carly is very pleased.
tip for caulking/ sealant tubes, a few folds of plastic food wrap and an elastic band, no plugging up for over a year. Also Morgan Freeman is a Yachtie just maybe he did the voice over....great job on the intro Dom
please use 2 lines to go up the mast. at sea 2 is one and 1 is none. Want you and Carlie to stay in one working piece. Enjoy you video.
We always do, we had an accident up the mast and two lines somehow got knitted up in the mast and so I actually had to undo both lines whilst up there and come down on a new line that was sent up. The jobs up the mast was actually about four trips up all stitched together.
Well spotted though, but I can assure you I’m certainly not brave (stupid) enough to only go up with one line 👍🏽👍🏽🙏⛵️
It's a boat. Every 15 minute job takes 2 weeks. That NASA gear looks a little big agricultural, however I wish I had it on my current boat. We installed it on our old one and it was great. The battery monitor was a bit in your face, but my new non NASA one needs special reading glasses to see. NASA stuff just tells you what you need and is big enough so I can see it when I can't find my specs, (or when I lost them overboard when the string wasn't around my neck).
Glad to hear it’s not just me then that starts a ten minute job and never gets it finished until several weeks have passed 😬
Love "The never-ending story" reference!
Loved that movie growing up!
Hate seeing wires, they are the bane of my nautical life!! Nice job Dom.
I’m all about the out of sight out of mind when it comes to the wires, and on this boat there has been plenty on my mind! 😳😳😳⛵️
Thanks!
Great work. So rewarding when a project turns out right.
Thanks, mate. Appreciate the videos.
Huh, I love hanging out with you guys, so it's not a problem! If I ever have the occasion to drill through my deck, I'll oversize it, fill with epoxy and re-drill for the right sized fitting. I've seen to many youTube videos. An old dog can learn new tricks!
Great find on the coax able, only concern is what caused that as that is not normal wear and tear for coax, something rubbed against it to cause that wear, may want to guesstimate how far up the mast that wear was and see if anyone installed some extra long screws that my be rubbing on the coax, being as you used the existing coax to pull the new through, the problem may still exist, and as Mr. Murphy was a sailor, it will go wrong and reappear when you need it most, you know at night in a storm making an approach to an unfamiliar port while in a shipping lane, with cargo ships laden with the latest stuff. Sorry for the length of the post, just struck me as you found the symptom of the problem not the problem, and as it is 4 times cheaper to fix things correctly the first time might as well do it right.
Please don't ever apologise for taking the time to leave such constructive feedback, we really do learn so much from people in the comments and I'll be sure to take another look up and down the mast again to see if I can find any obstruction that could cause this. 🍻
I really appreciate your skills and , you like me are not Mads so not everything ends up perfect. I think your channel is interesting and entertaining so thank you
Yes I want to improve the boat with every job I do, but I also really want to be out there enjoying time on it too and don't want to get myself married to the dock indefinitely.
But I have no doubt I'll have major boat envy whenI do finally get to see Athena! 😁😁😁
@@CadohaAdventures indeed Mads has yet to do much of the sailing part….
Thank you for this video. It was very helpful. Not surprised you were have issues with the radio after seeing how the whole ground shielding was basically worn through. More surprised that you heard anything. Congratulations on your new instrument installation. You did a very impressive job!!!!!
Thanks, Tim, just doing the best we can, whilst still realising that we have so much to still learn and work on 🙏🏻😁⛵️
Would love your videos even more if you had Hank on more frequently. I love watching him love you. Best you all, Jane, Philadelphia
It’s interesting to see how much more confident you have become working on the boat!
Admirable skills at the top of the mast!! .......... : )
I think we're due an instrument upgrade in the not too distant. New kit is always great but the bank account would disagree😂
Enjoyed this and pleased to see you have discovered Wago connectors, when it comes to really sorting out your wiring (one winter) have a look at the Wago ‘Din rail mounted solutions’. Wagos are a good solution for all but the VHF for your inboard mast wiring. Good work.👍
So satisfying to see that you do the jobs more than properly.
10/10 would buy CADOHA if you ever were to sell it..
Great 👍 job. BUT! You forgot ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING!
"Drill Fill Drill" when going though your decks.
But I loved the video. So you keep on making them and I will love watching them.
So until next Thursday Morning 🌄.
Aloha and Mahalo from the Big Island 🏝of Hawaii 🏝
Too right. Mads, have a word with them. The tubing put in like that won't protect the core.
I did also put a healthy serving of CT1 around the top of the hose and on the underside of there SS hand hold leg. I mean that surly will seal off the area?
@@CadohaAdventures No. It will give way over time. And water 💧will get to the core. Thats why "Drill Fill Drill" protects the core. Because the water 💧 over time will leak in. Mads on sail life does a great job on showing how and why "Drill Fill Drill" works on keeping your core dry. 😉
@@CadohaAdventures take a L shaped wire or Allen key in a drill and clean out the core then put a piece of tape underneath and fill the hole with epoxy and cabosil. Then re-drill the hole. This will also give it strength from crushing together if you are screening through the deck.
Great job, love the chart wallpaper above the nav station! I’m sure you’ve done so already, but you can get a surprising amount of money on eBay for even broken Raymarine instruments and mast head units.
New nav looks great, can’t wait to watch another summer of cruising. So much more relatable than other channels (promise us never to do a gender reveal video please!)
It’s 2021, I wouldn’t dare assume my unborn babies gender, we’d get strung up for hate crimes or something, I can’t keep up. 😬😬😬
Enjoying watching your channel. Your intro, music and content is great.
Thanks Richard, glad you enjoy the vlogs 😬😁
A few comments, Love your new intro ( meant to mention it last week ) Mads is awesome, had to rewind a just check, Male dipper, oh Mayo dipper. Great one guys. Yip we back to level 4 in RSA. Love your upgrades, well done.
You’re getting better at it all! Just hope your sailing experience is on the way up too 🍀⛵️🇬🇧🛠🔧🔨🪚
So do we, Trevor, so do we 🙏🙏⛵️
Great video guys, the nav station really looks good.
Thanks it now feels like a space you’re happy to spend some time in, we as before we only used it when we had to, which wasn’t actually that much, now we do all of our ‘work’ in there.
Thanks
Looks great!
Good instrument upgrade 👍 the damaged VHF cable in the mast is a common issue, had hours of fun pulling news cables 😒
well done , very professional
Thanks Mark, trying our best to make the boat just a little better with each job. 🤞🏼⛵️☺️
Omg your Morgan Freeman is on point ! Had me for a sec there. I honestly thought you were using a quote from one of his movies.
Ha ha, yes, Charlie is very talented!
Wago loves you…. Great kit!
Mate, find a friend who is into ham radio and get him to check the SWR on your radio/antenna setup. Should take about 30 seconds, and can really fine-tune performance.
You have put so much love into this boat, it really is in good order now so i hope you get much enjoyment from her. Great into by the way!
Love your videos! Just a comment on the hole in the deck. I am not so sure the hose will protect the core. May want to consider over size the hole, epoxy it over, then drill the smaller hole for your needs. Even better see if there is a place that won’t have standing water. Great job hiding the wires.
Love the intro. I have exactly the same setup on my 22ft yacht. Nasa Marine are excellent and will service equipment at a very reasonable price.
Ketchup or mayo for chips...?! You should ask Mads. He would tell you that the only decent condiment for chips is remoulade :D
Great jobs guys!!! You seem to have many blocks at the top of the mast. Hope we get to see lots of spinnaker sailing in the future!!!
I would suggest that your wind vane has as little wind shadow from the mast head nav lights as possible.
You know I can’t believe I didn’t even think about that! Looks like next winter may involve some more tweaking!
Thanks for the heads up! 👍🏽
Love watching your always very entertaining and informative 😃
Happy to hear they are entertaining at least, if they're informative to then that's a nice bonus 😁
Brilliant intro. You guys are doing top notch work there.
I hope that compass isn't too close to the electronics to function properly.
Other than that it looks very good.
I'm a long way from electronics on my project but ill watch this again when I get closer.
I think it is 😕
The compass is slightly off compared to three others I’ve checked now ☹️
@@CadohaAdventures Bummer,I was going to do the same thing. I was encouraged to keep the electronics on the companion way bulkhead where they were located originally. Because of the compass.
@@SalingSamantas yes, maybe hold off. I’ve since been looking into relocating the compass but it’s super annoying, I didn’t even think about that being an issue. You live and learn 😒
@@CadohaAdventures That's one of my favorite parts of sailing so many different things to learn, so many different skills to develop. You have to know a little bit about everything to live this life.
Wowsers! You 2 are stars!
AH a david bellamy moment great channel
Looks fancy!
4:53 The tines on those split pins should really be bent all the way back on themselves, not just spread apart.
Your getting really good at this people will be asking you for advice 😲
and I'd be hesitant to give any, but happy to point people in the direction of where I may have 'figured out' a particular job, which is mostly other CZcams channels 😬😬😬🙏🏻⛵️
I just did exactly that😊
Hi looking really good.
How many thingies did you have holding you up the mast? This will be our biggest scariest job aside from fixing the loo!!
Great video thank you for sharing 👍
Did you figure where in the mast the wire chaffed? Is there another chance it will chaff again on you new wire?
Wow 😬
Amazing intro!!
Thanks, Charlie is a talented guy (he did the voice over).
Sweet!
Very. How are things with you?
@@CadohaAdventures Trying to work my way to next level 😉
Great job Dom and Carly. Did you have to calibrate the wind instrument at all? The wired NASA one I have needs someone to hold the wind direction indicator in a certain position so it knows which direction it is heading. People knock NASA instruments but I have had no issue myself. Andy UK
Yes we did have to calibrate the direction of it. You can either get someone to hold it in the right direction (as we did too) or just motor somewhere at full speed when there’s no wind, or just point into the wind and set it, I guess?
how did you seal the hole in the tubing under the wind and depth gauges, and the hole thru the deck? the issue is preventing any rain or spray going down the SS tube and through the plastic tubing.....the likes of a silicone sealant wont maintain a seal on those wires for very long if that is what you did. Also, I'd have recommended painting some epoxy on the exposed deck core if the wires are left to go thru the deck there. My input would be to use a deck wire flange either inside the SS tubing if you can find one to fit or bring the wires out at the bottom of the tubing and go thru a flange between the tubing and the binnacle.
Hey thanks for the feedback. I actually chipped out the old cracks and used one of those 'gel coat repair kits' (colour didn't even nearly match, but it's covered. I hammered hose into there hole which was the entire length of the hole drilled and then used a sealant called CT1 all round the top of the hose and then under the leg of the handy holdy thing. There's a fairly generous amount of it applied.
I think if I did the job over again I'd drill a bigger hole, fill the entire thing with epoxy and then re drill a hoe through the epoxy, which would then protect the core and not use a hose, or add a hose too to go totally over kill, because,Iguesswhy not?
@@CadohaAdventures Drill fill drill as per Mads!
Excellent video. Loved it :-)
👍🏻
Woot! Woot! Great job! 🤩 But, um, hello? Hank? 😳😢 Btw... please, please, PLEASE... when you are up the mast all tools should really be tied off to something with a length of cord. Dropping a drill or hammer or something on the deck (or someone’s head) from that height can be rather devastating.
Please tie your tools with string when aloft. If they drop, this could cause major damage or injury!
It was 19:55 minutes. ;-)
The hole you drilled through the deck with the hose you might want to seal that hose with epoxy resin before inserting the hose
Props to ya. It’s hard working up there. I have rigged tools with small wire so they stay attached to my wrists or on my belt. Have been up there and had to come back down due to dropping my tool!
A question I have for ya mate… While doing your electrical… Is your boat bonded or not?
nice job. i'm always scared that when anyone is up the mast working, that they will drop something that will hurt someone or go through the deck :-((
have you thought of puting some kind of catch all around the mast?
Hey Dom, what happened at the end of the video, I kept watching hoping there was some kind of Avengers end credits scene but it was no teaser! 🤣
Great video. But chips without salt and vinegar?
A rare specimen, an Englishman who took his wife's advice.
How does the saying go, happy wife, happy life? 😬😬🙏
How happy are you with the NASA INSTRUMENTS? I live in the States and they are not well known or distributed here, and even the registered dealers say it’s a “special order” no returns. I think it’s because they are much cheaper than the big brands here so the dealers make less money. Are the compatible with NMEA 2000 GPS systems. Thank you
Het sailing soon
@Marc Lonte *_ Het as in GET? or is it HAT sailing soon :>) _*
Comments about La Vagabond made me 😂, you don’t even sail, the wife does though, could be interesting if ever you leave sight of land, you are no Robin Knox Johnson but the the wife without you has potential of leaving sight of land 😂
No argument from me there, certainly no Robin Knox Johnson. Just a couple, living on a boat, exploring good old Blighty.
Although, between you and I, we did lose sight of land in Lyme Bay last year 😏
what was the globe charts above the nav station wall paper? thanks for the upload
You are going to regret putting the instruments there. When you are cruising with the autohelm or windvane you don't sit at the wheel! They are by far best where they were!!! 😎😃😜
We tend to be laying down (lounging) with our backs against the most aft. part of the cockpit, so it seemed like a logical place to put them for us? I'm also thinking about setting everything up to be able to repeat onto tablets too, perhaps this winter.
@@CadohaAdventures *_ Clever answer and Idea! _*
I like salt and vinegar with my chips (fries in North America) please. 👍🙂
Could you please let us know what the ridiculous expensive contraption to hold the iPad is? I’ve been looking for one for ages! Thanks in advance
If you hate money that much 😬😬 then here are the details, it's a three part kit.
To be fair it looks like a solid bit of kit, just raised an eyebrow when Carly. told me how much an iPad holder cost, when in my mind I was expecting about £20-£25 for something like that. Perhaps I'm just out of touch.
Part 1: amzn.to/368xrsS
Part 2: amzn.to/3xaYjnH
Part 3: www.amazon.co.uk/ROKK-Adjustable-Universal-Tablet-System/dp/B01AB368CY/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=rokk+mini+fully+adjustable&qid=1625166667&sr=8-2
@@CadohaAdventures £74.73 cheap at half the price governor.
I really like your channel but please bin that 1-minute introduction…
Agreed. I know some like it, but I find it wearing at the start of every video. It's fine on the channel intro video, but it should be re-thought for every other occasion. What should be cut is that 1min 50 sec of a mistake at the end.
Boat jobs are exactly like this scene from Malcolm In The Middle: czcams.com/video/AbSehcT19u0/video.html
That does indeed perfectly capture working on a boat!! 😂
Do you have unlimited funds?
No, we worked all winter to save up more money, and like I said in our last video, we spent all of our upgrade money and haven’t finished all the jobs we wanted to, so we’ll get jobs again this coming winter, save more money and do more upgrades.
You reference Sail Life then you turn around and use hose instead of drill-fill-drill? For SHAME! 😂
I know, I feel so dirty!
Dude, can’t watch when the camera is all over the place, makes me dizzy. Please record your videos with a calm hand or we will have to unsubscribe😢🌹
I hear you Rose, it won’t show for a few videos time (because our footage runs behind a few weeks) but I have a new gimbal turning up today, for your smooth viewing pleasure 😬😁🙏⛵️
@@CadohaAdventures Thank you, looking forward to see you sailing again without the rocky motion, unless it’s from the seas🥰🌹