How fast is our Open 60? | Extreme sailboat refit END | Ep.61
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- How fast is our Open 60? | Extreme sailboat refit END
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After destroying multiple phones in a short space of time during the refit, Timo has finally found his perfect indestructible phone. It not only has a 100 lumens torch, a 3.5 watt speaker, is drop and dust proof and can survive half an hour underwater, but the coolest thing is the infrared night vision and thermal camera which we’ll surely be showing you more of in future videos. Thanks to this phone we managed to find where we lost 1 volt in heat resistance
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Finally after a 2 year refit turning our Open 60 into a fast family cruiser - it’s time to head outside of the reef here in Fiji and test her in some big waves.
Fiji is surrounded by the largest coral reef system in the south pacific, which as well as providing some great diving, snorkelling and some of the world’s most famous surf breaks - also offers more sailors some more protection from waves and some smooth sailing in a giant lagoon. Especially on the western side of the main island of Viti Levu around the Mamanuca and Yasawa islands which is where we’ve been since we re-launched as this western side of Fiji is also protected from the easterly trade winds. So this trip out of the reef to sail along Fiji’s southern coastline was an important test sail for NV after our big refit before embarking upon our first ocean passage.
But our smiles were short lived - as before we’d made it out of the reef pass, our engine died.
Our engine is an old Volvo which we’d overhauled during our refit- taking it out of the boat, and after a bad compression test, opened up and replaced valves and seals, sandblasting and repainting. However since being back in the water, other parts had been playing up and in particular we’d been leaking a lot of oil.
So after all this hassle with the engine over the last few weeks, you can imagine our disappointment when it died on us - luckily this was short lived as it was a broken fuel pipe which Timo cut and re-attached.
We made it out through the reef pass in darkness and after a successful first night at sea and we arrived at our destination shortly before lunch - a bay called Natandola - well known for it’s Surf breaks - which we witnessed crashing on either side of us as we entered... a little bit nerve wrecking given the recent reliability of our engine…
But it was on the way home that the real fun started...
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Caio! We are Timo and Jo, an Italian and English couple with countless ocean miles under our belts. We're refitting an ex Vendée Globe Open 60 race boat originally designed & built & raced by famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa. He competed in her in the 1992 Vendée Globe (round the world single handed race known as “the Everest of the seas”), finishing 5th, becoming the first non-frenchman to finish.
We are currently in Fiji giving this old gladiator a new lease on life, transforming her from an ex race boat to a performance family cruiser, which we'll need to make both dog and baby proof! We’re planning to set sail again in Oct 2022, so with limited time&money we have plenty of challenges ahead to turn our dreams into reality&get back on the water!
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Feckin mental! Subbed. Don't let me down. Damage, but nothing permanent. Fierce, but don't frighten the horses. It's a fecking racer, don't expect much sleep.
Haha well said cheers Charlie 🍻
Capt Temo is pretty fit climbing up the mast with his toes ........ DONT LET HIM NEAR ANY PHONES ANYMORE !!!!! ha , ha , ha
Hahaha yeah he’s a master of rig climbing but a total disaster with phones 😉
ah you put a smile on my face this morning..delighted for you all
Cheers Sean :)
14.7 is INSANE. And with your delivery main! So good to see you all in your natural habitat (under sail).
Haha cheers Michael yeah what fun! 🥳
You guys and your boat need a new main. I suggest a square top. Then you can do 18 knots upwind. And.....sailing without crew? Views on that?
Hey Gert yes we’d love a square top - we need the water ballast installed to go really well upwind ideally. For sailing without crew for sure we’d push less and be more careful. We’ve got a good small Dacron staysail
Smiles everywhere - so good to see - be safe and healthy! PS: Supernice speed for the old Lady.
Thank you!!! 🙏😊
Wow that’s bloody real fast take care and enjoy
Thanks Chante 😊
Ciao Timoteo sempre attento ai tuoi filmati. Come vedo purtroppo inconvenienti a bordo c'è n'è sempre, ed anche sulla mia barchetta non mancano😢. Un caro saluto da Giovanni Italy
Grazie Giovanni
A calm captain and the repairs are in beautiful scenery, what more can you ask for.
Cheers 🍻
I could feel the excitement, it was epic. So happy for you guys.
Thanks for the great comment :) glad you enjoyed
All that work was worth the sailing, wow what an amazing video and wonderful editing. Sometimes wild horses just need to run, You have got one hell of a ship. Fair winds to you and your familys, the Patrons, and down to the $5 dollar members. All videos should be this exciting.
Haha well said thank you! Yeah so worth all the blood and sweat 🥳😊
All of blood sweat and tears is paying off. So much fun to see you guys enjoying the boat in the way she is meant.
Cheers Steve yeah makes it all worth it 💪🏻🥳
Hello my friends. I have missed your videos of late. So pleased to see you all again.
Cheers Joss 😊🙏
Finally. Some big boat cruising ....
Yeeeeaaaah 🥳🤙
que bella faste maquina, mamma mia, i hope no more breake !!
Sarebbe Bello grazie
That look on Timos face when the engine failed says it all, then the smile under sail making it all worth while, excellent. Great shots of the surf break, how wet will that cockpit be with a full main? Great video guys fair winds.
Cheers Hedley - yeah haha his face says it well ;) yes I guess things will only get wetter with bigger sails 🙃
Peak speeds are fun, and I guess with more wind she would be in the 20's. I've sailed a similar boat (with water balast) under white sails at a steady 20 knots in the Solent. The question is can she sail and track comfortably on auto pilot under reduced sail. For passage making, that's what you want, crew don't need to be at the helm, more comfortable, less wear and tear and, much reduced risk of breakages. More time to do maintenance, look for chafe as you go.
Yes agreed! Also with a full main and water ballast installed. But yes she sails very well with the autopilot - tho we still often prefer to steer for the hell of it - plus power is more the issue for the autopilot atm, we have to run the generator, so we usually do a mix
A big boat with, it must be very pleasant when it all comes together.
It sure is :)
eyyyy congrates!! good luck with final preparations, best wishes from Western Australia \o/
Woohoo thank you 🙏 much
Hope you replied the entire fuel hose with a high quality one. Cheers André
Not yet ;)
Hi guys. Love from Portugal!
Hey Nuno 👋🏼
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Thumbs UP?? YES !!!
Woohoo 🥳 cheers David 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😁😁
Yeah man.
Cheers Mosca 🍻
Amazing sail! Best with your passage.
Cheers David 🍻
Timo is looking like il pirata!
Like usual ;)
I have been looking at agm phones for a while. The current trend of making the thinnest lightest phone is completely backwards since the first thing everyone does is find a giant case to put the phone in.
Hey awesome! Yeah Timo is loving his 👍🏻
Glorious sailing!! Congratulations🎉, I'm so happy for all of you!!🎉😊
Cheers Steve 😊🍻
Ciao Timo, per quanto riguarda le vele, contatta Andrea Mura che dovrebbe avere quelle usate di "vento di Sardegna".. chissà se vanno bene anche per NV !
Si hai propio ragione e Devo dire che è Una Bella persona mi ha rispoto a messaggi qualche anno fa con modestia e simpatia..
Perö non posso disturbarlo ora per ché anche la avesse non potremo affrontare le spese per spedirla qui
Great!!
Cheers Johan 🍻
Love your boat! But every diesel engine is just problems waiting to happen. I got so feed up with mine I got a brand new one. The problems didn’t go away. Yes you may run down your batteries with an electric motor but you can always recharge your batteries. In addition if you have a sailboat you only need a motor for a few minutes at a time. Good luck!
Cheers Dan yeah we’d really like an electric one in the future!… hoping we might find a sponsor ;)
Tener un amigo como Pello vale una flota entera!. Yo tambien quiero un aplasta-latas!
Bravo frero...from Vanuatu Santo.
Woop woop that was cool!
Cheers Matt 🍻
Wauw! Great sppeed. How are you managing to balance the weight, these boats used crews of 20 to counterbalznce the weight when sailing at full power?
Love your boat.
Would love to join a leg of your tour back home 😊
Thanks come join us :) I guess we’re not sailing at the same full power as they would have when racing with a crew of 20. We’re in cruising mode at the moment, which is still pretty fast hey 💨🤙
@@SailingNV
You bet I I would love to join your crew. ☀️🤙
Hells bells, she’s going to smoke uphill with a full sized main!
Great to see you finally able to sea-trial and start to see the fruits of your labours, she’s going to be an absolute blast in the right conditions.
Is it spectacularly noisy down below when underway, or reasonably ok?
Cheers guys, hope you drop by the Fal on your way by, there’s some of our homegrown lamb and some decent pasties’n’pints waiting here if you do.
Stay safe, R 😎👍🍻
Haha yeah we hope so! Need to get the water ballast installed too. Yeah so good to be able to enjoy some sailing after all the work! Nah not particularly noisy down below at all - no more so than other boats (so far). Is Fal Falmouth? We’d love to call in there on our way back! Depends a bit which way home we go I guess… we’ve still not 100% decided…
@@SailingNV That was without the water ballast system? Oh boy, so she’s probably still only able to get powered up about 70% at the moment!?
I’m glad to hear that she’s not madly noisy, much less wearing on you lot than if she were.
Yes, Falmouth, the Fal river estuary, Cornwall. Good protected deep draught moorings and pretty much everything you’d need if anything’s broken on the way.
If you do come by here just send me a Hi 👋 message reply to one of my posts here, it should come up in my notifications. I’m only a short hop from overlooking the water on the St Just/ St Mawes side. Your mast will be tough to miss if I’m looking out for it, it’s definitely a shade taller than the average visitor has.
Cheers, R. 😎👍🍻
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Congratulations, that totally awesome 😊
Thanks Genie 😊
Si nota un leggero accento genovese 😂 buon viaggio
Sensational guys....great achievement!
Thanks Paul 🙏
Oh no, now we have the Mac Gyver family of the seas even flying through the water.
Your boat is a beast.
Save travels.
Haha cheers Tyman - great to hear from you as always ;)
14.7!!! How much faster can you go? Does NV have a maximum, safe threshold? What speed could you reach with a new mainsail? What was NV's top speed when she was a racing boat?
I think we’re hoping we’ll get her in the 20s and I think we heard she even hit the 30s surfing down a wave in her racing days - but we don’t expect to see this!!!
@@SailingNV Wow! I had a ski boat that easily reached 60--necessary for barefoot skiing. I can hardly imagine 20 to 30, wind driven in blue water. Your extra deep keel is a nuisance...until you need it at those speeds! I love the channel! Thanks for sharing your extraordinary life.
@@drjmedders7095 yeah it’s pretty nuts to imagine! We’ll let you know what it’s like if we get there ;)
Alla grande 👍🏼
Si a gonfie Velez ,grazie
ah, come fila elegante e veloce! Già una soddisfazione vederla, portarla dev'essere davvero emozionante. E può andare anche più veloce
Si ora non possiamo spingere piu di tanto ma lei vuole correre settimana scorsa ci Siamo tolti la soddiasfazione di fare 150 miglia in Una giornata di sole e pioggia con medie alte e planted a 17,5
@@SailingNV che spada! è davvero un bello scafo: filante di bolina e planante di poppa, stabile e veloce in entrambe
Joyful chaos ❤
Thanks 🙏😊
Do you have a video of the interior of the boat already finished?
Sorry not yet, we’ve been meaning to do this for aaaaages but still not got round to it… it will come…
What make/mode is your dinghy? Would be good to see you guys playing around on it. Unless you have showed this already?
I've been catching episodes, but you never covered your anchor set up. You have me eyeing a retired racing Trimaran, but the bow isn't well suited to a anchor. How did you over come the problem?
Heyhey we made 2 episodes recently about our bowsprit&anchor set up (czcams.com/video/CK0a5JqOiDI/video.html and czcams.com/video/IqTzclpZaBo/video.html), and also made one a while ago about how we made our chain locker czcams.com/video/AnSu87VOvIw/video.html, maybe they’re helpful? If not feel free to ask some more :)
grandi! saluti dall'Italia
Grazie salutoni da NV
Where is “home”, your ultimate destination?
Italy 🍝
Bravi 👏
Cheers Dinko 🍻
Bloody Norah a new mainsail will be close to 40% bigger than a TP52😅😅
14.7 ahahhahah :D
Yeeeeeaaaooow 🥳
I told my friend to post on this channel and you might help promote his new sailing channel but you didn't even publish his comment. That's mean.
Heyhey we didn’t get any post about advertising a sailing channel? Where did he post it? We don’t publish the comments, CZcams does, so maybe he didn’t send it?
irPD3ategdluohsmoorehtevahuoyfi , Next job while out of water is to clean the hull of the Dingy
🤣🤣😅 well spotted
14.7 knots isn't fast. I'm sure it feels fast cause you're leaning over 30 degrees. Not fast though.
We know but at that moment it was the fastest we’d been in the boat so far… we’ve still only got our small Dacron mainsail so can’t expect too high speeds at the moment tho we’ve managed a few 18s and 19s recently 🥳
🤩 promo sm
What does that mean?
Race boat does not equal cruising boat. If you want a fast expensive cruiser get a cat. This just seems like such a bad choice for a cruising boat. 5m keel...shaking my head.
sure not for everyone - we don't have the budget for a cat