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Do it before you start 😂!

The sentiments at the end of the video are a mirror of my mind 😁 I have high topsides and with an aft cabin the cleats are very high from the pontoons so there are some sharp angles and.........lots of creeeaaakkkkiiinnng! Little drives you mad more than getting everything set, jumping into bed when it's freezing outside and after 10 mins.....ccrrrreeeaaakkk!! Absolute insanity 😂 I find rags,especially if its raining, move pretty quickly and the hose needs to be big enough for the dockline to move freely inside it or i've found the hose gradually moves and creak-mania returns.. But when it all goes quiet.....Magic!! Keep up the good videos..😎

Two suggestions guys. When I was doing a lot of diving, I had a moustache. I found that a razor trim under the nose - not noticeable visually - stopped the leaking. Also, a quick breath in through the nose sucks the mask on really tight. If you get a good vacuum, it shouldn’t leak. I never had a beard though… As for steaming up, wash the mask in the sea before using it and then spit in it, a good dollop. Work the spit around the lenses with your fingers and then was the mask in the sea again. It works! But don’t ask me why!

Can we please allow for " downloading" ????

Thanks for the great information. Really enjoyed the first and now this second part to the costs associated with buying your beautiful sailboat. I'm curious, but how do you both earn an income? I know you stated, Ben, that you're a carpenter by trade so do you drive to work each day from the marina where you live? Do you work for someone or are you self employed? Does Carlee (sp?) work and if so, what does she do? I'm asking because I see different sailing channels and I wonder what do all these folks do to earn a living while living on a sailboat? I'm a professional chef and my wife and I own a catering business for over 33 years now. I have always wanted to learn to sail but I'm stuck in my kitchen all the time. I cannot work from a computer. I need my kitchen to earn a living. I would love to do what you guys do but I just don't know how we would make a living. Can you make enough off of UA-cam to earn all the money you need? I'm guessing not unless you have hundreds of thousands of followers. Just curious but do you have a place to go to if the weather gets really bad while you're living aboard? What books would you recommend for sailing beginners? Perhaps you could do a video on books you've used to learn to sail. You have a beautiful old sailboat. I love the older boats with all the wood and brass/bronze. Plus they're generally cheaper than the new ones. The new boats seem like something Ikea made! How could you guys afford to just work on your boat for the first 6 months you had her without working a job? Isn't that what you stated in the video? Is there an online marketplace/website you'd recommend to find a cheap older boat to restore? We'd be in the same budget area as you guys. I was hoping to get a 40' boat for under 30k USD. I'm pretty handy with wood, electrical and plumbing so I'm thinking I could save us money by doing a lot of the work myself too. I would have to because we're not rich! Anyway, thanks for your answers in advance and sorry for so many questions but I really want to do what you guys do but not sure how to make a living while on the boat. Take care and God bless you both!

I would keep standing rigging on the list to come back to when you can. Need the mast unstepped to really know what's going on, and typically want to replace everything from pin to pin no more than about every 10 years.

Could you maybe give a more detailed accounting of 4000 on docklines? That seems excessive. Extremely.

So the line that is too big is not as elastic? Is it just a different material and composition? Or is it all about the size? If you had that 3 strand in a larger size would it have more stretch? Are they both nylon?

Well I will spend more on the boat ,so I have to do less work on it. However I absolutely agree that you should do as much as you can yourself because this saves astonishing amounts of money. I am in a position to weigh my time vs paying someone doing the work, that does not mean I just throw out money every time 😊 Thanks for sharing your experience ❤❤❤

$100 per week on food??? That’s $7 per person per day???

Excellent video! THANKS SO MUCH for the time you put into this production!

Thank you for taking the time to put this together. A lot of good info

Thanks for answering my questions 👍 How have you found the transition from life on land to life on water? Most people are used to having a fixed base (house) to move outwards from where life on the water means you're much more mobile, I guess a water-based version of a campervan / mobile home. Considering you've gone from vanlife to boatlife you've only had to deal with seasickness lol Do you think that the £2k - £4k is a fair expectation of running costs for regular maintenance? Obviously it will vary from boat to boat based on the condition it was in when you got it, but is that something you have found from talking to other sailors? Or is the regular maintenance costs a hush hush topic for them? 😁😝 I guess the key thing with owning a boat is that you have to mentally treat it like a van / mobile home regarding your expectations on depreciation. There will always be repair costs, servicing, maintenance etc, and long-term the value will drop but overall you have the same ability to be free from the rat race and are free to go anywhere (so long as your passport is valid and you don't need to pre-apply for any visa!) apart from up Everest 😁

Your book upside down 😂

My 4.5ton boat lives on a mooring buoy, attached by chain to the front cleat ( because warps will wear through ) and it takes a hell of battering. Next year I'll be on a pontoon and be using regular warps. I'll then put much less strain on the boat but I won't bother with shock adsorbers. Warp chafe on a pontoon is a bigger worry and worth a video.

Sciencey!

Hmmmm… Google auto correct!🤬 (“PROS and cons!”)

Hi guys! Thanks for your thought-provoking episode! I agree with almost all of the points raised - except for the after-most of the two hatches opening ‘Forwards’ (i.e. hinges at the rear) I used to follow your methodology, thinking that it would be a more efficient means of ventilation, but I now realise that in the worst-case scenario, if the hatch latch broke on a forward facing hatch, due to shipping a wave over the bow, then the hatch would most likely be ripped off completely by subsequent waves, whereas an aft opening (Forward hinged) hatch would at least stand a chance of surviving. Aft opening hatches still work well enough due to any ‘fluids’ (Including airs’) tendency to create vortices and eddies. (Google “Wagon-back effect”) The air-flow on a yacht with a conventional companionway set-up will tend to be sucked forward from cockpit to forward hatch (On an aft opening hatch) due to the venturi effect of airflow moving aft, over the inclined hatch cover. I certainly hope I haven’t mis-interpreted the orientation of your hatch set-up from the footage posted. I’m perfectly willing to discuss the prose and cons of the orientation of hatches with you on a slightly more immediate form of media (WhatsApp video call, or mobile phone) Thanks for your content. I enjoy your intellectual, no-nonsense approach to seamanship and safety! Cheers, Mike (Sydney, Australia)

Docking in offshore wind: Fasten a middle spring (unfortunately not all boats, at least not on both sides, have a hawsehole in that position), bring it forward to the shore. Inching in forward until the spring is directing to the aft will pull the boat automatically towards the pier.

Good video. This should be standard practice. I always seem to be the only guy onboard every boat I sail on who has an extra line ready to be used for things like this. Just because the boat company didn't install a preventer doesn't mean they aren't needed. Sailing on a cat this was a much simpler problem, because we had all that extra room. Barber Hauler with a carabiner on an Alpine Butterfly, just tighten it down on the side you need to prevent but leave it loosely cleated on the other side. (Now when you jibed or tacked you had the other side already in place.) Once we started doing this we always did it. The owners eventually replaced the climbing carabiner with a stainless steel one.. (other things like the jib they used a Dyneema soft shackle) Carabiners are very handy but they get stiff from salt crust. They can be lubed and cleaned. Very handy but if they get a full time function it's best to replace them with something that won't have this problem.

Look into installing a "boom brake". A preventer is nice if you know you will be on that point of sail for a while. A boom brake is nice if you know you will be gybing some. It keeps the boom from slamming, damaging your rig, or taking someone's head off. Nice easy controlled gybe

Much better to only knot one side of the top side of the boards and let it fold vertically when the weights try to pull it back down , bcos the way you have it on yours you will need a huge weight attached to the bottom of the last board to make the still horizontal boards sink fast enough . Much better to make 4 or 5 thinner longer boards with the weights pulling down on ONE side of the boards only so they fold and slice vertically through the water on their down stroke and then come back horizontal on their up "dampening stroke'

Looks like you paid 5,999. pounds too much...

Propeller walk is a directional tendency for a single screwed vessel to move toward the direction of the propeller’s rotation. Prop wash is turbulence caused by a propeller moving through the water

I have a M/V but yes! This is the number one thing I can't stand about my S/V neighbors.

I would think cones would well, like the thingy for heavy weather sailing

I used to tie off others boat’s halyards a couple of times then I’d put them in the cockpit for them. Mine were always tied off or fitted with a bungee to prevent noise. The hardest to deal with and silence were in mast runs. Common curtesy to quite nice for all.

never film anything with your dude lol.

Love it. I will share this video - what would be your take on going on your absent neighbour's boat to tie off the halyards if they are frapping and making a racket?

Thanks for sharing.

Don't be mean. They just wanted to hold hands.

at 77 health food authority ,listen. that broccoli stalk is the most healthy part of the plant ,simply slice thin and include in your food. DONT THROW IT AWAY.

your going to open your hand up using fingers as vise jaws.do you know wear the first aid is??

you dont appear to eat anough dark leafy greens, you tube search for healthy cruciferous vegi, too much starchy processed food is unhealthy and give a big belly'

how do we qualify normal?

save dollars for self furling genno and foresail. best thing since sliced bread.

Have a feeling starlink gonna find reason to ban cheapest set because of moving or other sheit

great work at the chart station, well done ,many can only rely on instruments that make you lazy. salute you.

this brings up the issue of life jackets always worn when on deck. there is super non bulky designs available you should get 6 for discount.

you seem to use a lot of diesel motoring!!

your right on the money.

Thanks for sharing! She's definitely worth saving.👍👍

Important video. Thanks. When I bought my boat the dinghy sat, upright, right on top of the escape hatch over the forward head. You might be able to force the V bow out of the way to get out.... I piled up and tied down all the foam pieces that used to keep it nice and flat on the fore deck. Now the bow points up allowing the head hatch to open enough to climb out. I hadn't even thought about it until I happened to see another documentary on the tragic dive boat fire off near by Santa Cruz Island. Coming back in earlier I saw both local BoatUS boats towing in some boats. I then saw those same two boats in the documentary. This is why I lifted my dinghy bow. Another thought I had. Well two. First, almost every manual I have on my boat including the one I have for the boat are vague and useless. (B&G flies this flag to this day. I figured it was part of their business model. You know sell you the kit, and then sell you actual instructions... Nope. They just DGAS.) The layouts of fire extinguishers, thru hulls, tank positions, etc.. for my boat are these schematic diagrams that are so terrible none are even complete. At a glance you can't even be sure which diagram you are looking at. They show two water tanks and two fuel tanks. Which is the main diesel isn't even labeled. So my second thought is: I really need to make my own layouts, make them bold, clear, colorful - print them and laminate them. Give my friends something to look through while I'm burning breakfast.

Is your boat interiors always so neat. I suspect it is..

your humility will guarantee success in the long run of life

praise is due to you both, as a youtuber sailor follower in my 77 yrs, many off your tips and practices have been inspirational to me ,GOOD JOB WELL DONE.

hi am new follower, john from UK poole harbor. now retired in australia, in beautiful encounter bay, south australia, visit the area on google earth perhaps. am sure will enjoy your content and vicariously travel with you.

Thanks for the tour!

Nice boat!

Joli bateau, belles navigations!