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Darla Jean
United States
Приєднався 19 лют 2020
My husband and I spent two years building our 34ft motor Catamaran the Darla Jean from scratch, now we are sharing our adventures out on the water with all our friends and family. Join us for all our crazy adventures!
Why we’re getting Rid of our Composting Toilet on the Boat 😩
In this video I will talk about the reasons why we are getting rid of our C-Head composting toilet and installing a marine head with a holding tank
Get ready for some great laughs at my expense as I talk about the pros and cons (but mainly the cons) of having a composting toilet on your boat!
#boats #catamarans #toilet #composting #compostingtoilet #cruising #cruiser #fail #fails #failure #offgrid #offgridliving #tinyhouse #liveaboardlife #saltlife #review #firstmate
Get ready for some great laughs at my expense as I talk about the pros and cons (but mainly the cons) of having a composting toilet on your boat!
#boats #catamarans #toilet #composting #compostingtoilet #cruising #cruiser #fail #fails #failure #offgrid #offgridliving #tinyhouse #liveaboardlife #saltlife #review #firstmate
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Riding out Hurricane Ian’s eye wall on our boat
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Riding out Hurricane Ian’s eye wall on our boat
Home built Catamaran 1st trip to the Bahamas
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Home built Catamaran 1st trip to the Bahamas
One Month of Exploring the Florida Keys!
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One Month of Exploring the Florida Keys!
Nom nom nom!!!😆
@@kirasalter3020 this tortoise walks around like he owns the neighborhood 🤣 he's a boss!
@@darlajean1045 he knows where to get the good lettuce..the devil's lettuce! 😄👹
@@kirasalter3020 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing this experience, the behind the scenes of a hurricane and being on a boat, something I probably wouldn’t do but admire the courage
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s something I won’t ever do again 🤣
Oh, you haven't heard
They are so little, compared to modern machines.
Wheeew holy wind girl
@darlajean1045 that’s some experience! How strong were the winds for you? When it came through NC we had 80 mph winds and it almost blew me off the dock here when I went to check our boat with my hubby.
About 3 miles away from us at a marina they had a top wind speed record at 203mph 😣 I was to busy crying to record the bad stuff lol plus everything was just white with rain around us. thanks for watching!
Can’t imagine what that sounded like! You would have been blown off the boat if you were out in that! 80-90 was all I could stand.
I've followed your videos under my other moniker (Fred Flintstone). I've just bought a partially completed Skoota 36 (adapted to be a 40ft boat). It is about 70% completed. It needs a full fit out of electrics, plumbing, the transom needs completing, the propulsion system and navigational stuff. Are the walls and ceilings in your hulls finished fibreglass? My cat is plywood with fibreglass sheathing. I think the original builder was going to line the wall and ceilings with vinyl panels. I'm planning on trying to kit the cat out as an electric boat, using possibly Aquamot Trend 15.0 electric outboards or if I can afford them, the new Epropulsion X20 outboards.
Thanks for the comment..our whole interior is somewhat faired fiberglass painted with rust oleum topside paint..no additional covering. ..sounds like a fun project…put as many solar panels on it as possible..we are using glass solar panels..we have not found any reasonably priced flexible panels that last more then a few months in tropical sun..wish you the best..Mike
So it’s basically just cheap thin wood covered in fiberglass and foam to float? How strong are these things then are they capable of hitting offshore big waves high winds without tearing apart
No wood = No rot There is no wood on this boat. If you watch the first video of the build you’ll get a better understanding. We’ve crossed the gulf stream with her 6 times and ran into 6ft to 8ft waves during a squall and handled it just fine but personally I wouldn’t want to be out in anything bigger than 4 footers with this boat.
That looks terrifying! I'm in the UK and hopefully buying a partially completed Richard Woods Skoota. Was there an alternative choice you could have made, or did you have to just sit it out? In the UK, I've never known wind to be so strong as to take paint off of metal. Crazy!
If I could go back and do it over I would NOT have stayed on the boat! We would have had a lot more damage because we wouldn’t have been there when that sailboat dragged into us in the middle of the night but I still don’t care. In Florida we like to have hurricane parties but this one sucked lol
WOW! What a build. Where did you learn to do the foam injection? Those engines look lie real beasts. Did you ever consider an electric solution and a solar canopy? I'm guessing not, as it looks like Mike likes speed.
Believe it or not my husband learned the majority of stuff for the build from UA-cam and his own independent research. We also would need a bigger boat for all the solar panels to get the power Mike would want 😆. Plus people don’t think about all the overcast days. Thank you for your comment!
In my campervan, I installed a composting toilet and had the urine diverter outlet go into the grey tank. Since urine is sterile, the action of it mixing with waste shower water and sink water removed the smell even if it wasn't dumped for a few days or a week. Composting toilets are never 'composted' though. The action of this takes at least three to six months minimum. Great explanation of a sensitive subject. I would have thought a marine toilet and holding tank is the only way to go at sea. Any smells can surely be mitigated with the introduction of 'nice smellies' such as lavender or similar?
You've lost your mast!
Oh crap 😅
Thank u for sharing.
Appreciate your candid thoughts , many issues I did not think of!, In a sailing catamaran I sail on there are 2 heads in each stern, the waste always goes into the tank. No Y valve. The tank is above waterline. When traveling or at sea we leave the valve open and dump ‘continuously’, In Harbor we close valve. A simple setup. Uses salt water flush. But no smell (waste is rarely in tank for long! ) Cheers Warren
Thanks for your comment Warren, we hope you're doing well! We're actually going to do the same setup you have but with a freshwater flush. I can't wait 😅
Scrolling through looking for something to watch and was completely surprised to see my sisters first & middle names !!! Darla Jean 😊
Why is this done exactly??
Just to get the calcification of the shells and make them look better before I use them for crafting.
More like a category 2 impact
They said Ian was a Cat 4 but our local marinas clocked wind speeds of up to 204 mph. It should have been called a cat 5!
Working those little 60s hard pretty big boat I think you would have got better fuel efficiency going bigger
The designer of the boat specified 40 to 60 hp……we are using high thrust motors which are designed for the purpose of pushing heavy loads. It exceeds predicted efficiency numbers. Bigger motors use more gas and are less efficient if you don’t need the extra power.
Retitle. Idiots with a death wish
Stupid.. All I can say
Little sketchy, hope youre safe. Got the nose pointed in to the wind?
Why not just glue 2 sail boats together ?
we couldn’t find glue that was strong enough 🤭
If he is go give him a kiss and cuddles he might be lonely to
If he is Go pet his face and mouth
Let's see how vegetarian he is a boop the snoot
I wouldn't want to be there in our 20 foot long and 7 foot wide sailboat
A lot of uneducated people that don’t know boats and hurricanes
........... considering that we built that catamaran and it survived 210 mph winds I'd say we know a little about boats 🤔
God bless John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Unusual beach front road
what beach is this?
Blind Pass Beach in Englewood Florida
Haven't seen this since 1966
Kinda glad I live in Michigan. Those who live in Florida if you guys can figure out when and where a sinkhole will form and have hurricane warnings can yall do a northerner a favor? If you know its going to happen could you guys please build something that can withstand multiple hurricanes and a gigantic sinkhole? If you can do this I'll be more tempted to come back and spend some money
I think I can help! Buy yourself one of these 😂 ua-cam.com/video/p7RgLmSV7QI/v-deo.htmlsi=5b3AYvVcaw-WPZ5z
I'm gonna miss these sunsets ☹️
Im gonna miss you 😭 ❤️
Tortoise surely 😉👍🏼Turtles and Terrapins are aquatic...🏝️😎
Very true……..I once saw a video of someone “releasing” a tortoise in to a lake 😖 thanks for the correction!
@@darlajean1045 Im not sure if or how well tortoises can swim .... I think some of the giants can but the little chaps 🤔😬
That’s so cool!!!
So pretty❤
Thank you so much for this. Absolutely AMAZING!!!
Great trip! Thanks for showing Sanibel island , hoping to get back there next year!
Another great video . I know most catamarans using outboards have them on the transoms but do the props come out of the water when it's rough ?
We've never had them pop out of the water but we have had some slight cavitation at times. Thanks for watching!
@@darlajean1045 Thanks for the reply . I was considering a single in a pod under the bridge deck but two on the transoms is easier .
@@mikemckelvey7144 lift up pods on each inside of the hull is an option done on sailing catamarans
Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for following along with us John 🙂 we hope you and your family are doing well!
dumb
Not really when it’s yours 😂😂😂
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Where is it. I'll go get it
Give some real content people
I do......not a huge fan of shorts but people prefer them because they have a short attention span. I hope you check out some of my full videos ⚓
Someone knows somerhing. ❤
You found some secluded areas rarely visited! Really cool catamaran! Cheers Warren
Thank you Warren!
Enjoyed the video,,,, missing the water right now,,I had 2 sell my boat to help pay for medical bills due from cancer,, but all is good,,, had surgery in April recovery is going well,,,, maybe one day soon.
Im so happy you enjoyed the video and I wish you a speedy recovery! Staying positive can be so difficult when dealing with cancer……. I hope you get back on the water soon ❤️
what are those? 😮
I think they’re maggots ☠️☠️☠️
@@shovelknight6106 👁️👄👁️ ok 😔✌🏻
@@shovelknight6106 thank you
Not maggots......more like very tiny little shrimp that cover the bottom of boats. When you scrape them off the bottom they grab onto anything they can including us 😩
@@darlajean1045 ooohhhh thank you!! 🙏🏻
Florida is such a gross place
What's the saying ? t's better in the Bahamas . Great job on the boat
It’s always better in the Bahamas for sure! Thank you so much