Sailors in Mexico Prep for Pacific Crossing: Stack Pack DIY and Electronics OVERHAUL
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2024
- Join Ben and Alie, 2 sailors as they gear up for a Pacific Ocean Crossing! Learn how to make your own stack pack for cheap, troubleshoot electronic glitches, and see first hand how much work goes into preparing a boat to sail across the Pacific Ocean! Sail with us on this off-grid odyssey! ⚓️🔧✨ #SailingAdventure #DIY #OffGridLiving #Howtomakeastackpack
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Your sewing got better as you did more. By the end it looked great.
Awesome work sewing , electronics , what a team !
I never thought I would experience a sewing emotional rollercoaster. What an odd feeling. That said, I am enormously proud of Alie for tackling, and conquering, such a daunting project! Well done, to the both of you!!
Thank you! The whole time I was so sure something would go wrong or not turn out. It was a roller coaster for me too 😂
Well done guys following from Australia cheers
Ha ha. You can hear how please Alie is with herself at the end of the video after completing the stack pack. Good job Alie - it's always great to see someone tackle something they admit is not their forté and then pull it off. Nobody cares if it's perfect of not anyway.
It's amazing the response you get when you touch the right buttons Ben.
Great work sewing!
Great job on the stack pack Alie…
Thank you!!
Your "Yeah, I did it" dances were well worth it! Keep on a'stitchin!
Yes! Thank you!
The excitement builds. I went over and watched the Spreadsheet video. It was great to see you, and today a video. Be still my heart. A sailors work is never done. It's great to see you back on the water and getting ready to go. Stack pack. ✅AIS ✅ I'm really glad you are getting close. Stay safe.❤🙏
Thank you! Ah yes was cool to be on the spreadsheet with chase and #delos!
Hey guys , great episode on the prep.
Always good feeling with new/ fresh canvas on board. Well done Alie.
Hey just a heads up on electrical fittings, seal them with Vaseline / petroleum jelly, .
Cheap and easy ,
I use it on the solar plugs and all electrical fittings and seals.
It works. 🤙
Good tip thanks :)
Congratulations on all of the PROGRESS that you have made! Also, thank you, thank you, thank you for showing all of the trials, tribulations, and frustrations of boat work! I feel your pain. It helps me feel a little better about all of my set backs and frustrations on all of our boat projects. Until next time, fair winds my new UA-cam friends 😃😎
Thank you so much!
Double check your vhf antenna, cables and its connections. You send and receive AIS through them. Thanks again for sharing!
I think he's on the right track as Ben seems to have the network running. A lot of older installs combined VHF and AIS antennas. For most people this has worked fine....for coastal day cruising. It seems the more connections in coax cables the greater chance salt water intrusion. To start on the antenna troubleshooting, you know the receive function has problems. What about the transmit? Energize the system, and go to a neighbor boat and check their list. Wait 15 minutes for it to populate, The data sentences are long and slow, especially in populated marinas. Also, get a handle for the Tigress; much easier and safer to control the drop AND, Alie can pull it back up with one hand/arm WHEN the switches dump on you again. Kiana - A great boat, finally going to do what it's the designer intended. We have the Sceptre's cousin, a Nordic. Started our voyage in 2020 from PNW. Currently lying Kona, HI. Fair winds.
Ok thanks!
Think sowing is like welding in doors with no smoke ( hopefully none from the machine or you). .. Its all about tension. Only thing that got ya - is tension as I see it. And that comes with use so you nailed it running it for just one day! Mom should be proud.
Thank you 🥰 I did have a hard time with tension for sure. That and the eye of the needle was a tad too small for the UV proof thread, so it kept shredding it which was infinitely annoying
Hats off Alie. Have quilted since young but bought a vintage Brother machine to do upholstery. Much harder than it looks sewing multi layers, especially heavy cloth, and you slayed it. Cool you are there with Calico and hoping you'all can cross together.
We are gonna race!
That round disk needs to turn (1/8-1/4) each time the button is pressed. This is called wipe, and is important to keep electrical contacts clean.
That's interesting, I didn't see any mechanism that would cause it to turn
I love your attitude, I am doing sewing projects for our boat and proud when I am done but not having a pattern makes getting there is frustrating. Fantastic episode
Thank you!
Way to go guys!! Crushing it!
Hiiii Kay!
Cool
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What an amazing job on the stack pack!! Really impressive!!
Thank you!
Love your energy Alie .. Great progress
Thank you!!
Great video, I could watch you two do about anything. Really enjoy your videos.
Careful! I might make a video of us eating cereal for you 😂
Great video guys! Thank you! Thank you! ⛵️🎣⚓️🍻
Our pleasure!
Another way to keep track of how much chain out is to put a colored wire tie on the chain every 5 fathoms (~ 10 metres).
We have that! Great idea! I sewed coloured webbing along every 20 ft and 100. The hard part though is when I drop it all at once it goes so fast I can’t see the webbing. But yea it’s smart to have it for sure!
Awesome Video, Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great job on the stack pack. If person is willing to learn how to sew they will save themselves some serious money in the long run when it comes to upgrades on a boat. Looks like your were getting the hang of it. Wish I had a heavy duty sewing machine.
So true!
Crunching it keep up the good work cheers guys
Almost done!
Great job on stick pack. nailing the editing also
Thank you!
I feel your pain! I have done some sewing, I'm not great at it, especially when the thread or machine don't cooperate. You're doing great!
Ugh #sewing is so hard aha
You probably already figured this out, but when you are taking thread off the large spool on to the bobbin or small spool, it's important how you do it. The thread needs to unwind off the large spool and not feed off the top of the large spool. If the thread feeds off the top, it will get a twist to it. You can see the line twisting up at 9:45. That will cause jams and may be why the bobbin broke?
Yep I think you are right! This machine is actually missing a spool holder which doesn't help ahah.
Great job!! Now I am just wondering how Bills surf session went! ha
He's...dedicated.
What do you do with all your free time Alie (LOL). That's the tricky part of electronics Ben, the actual fault can show up a long way from the problem causer. Hope the repairs go well and you can start chasing, instead of breaking, waves as you head west.
Hhaha clever John! We hope so toooooo
Nice stack!....pack. Lol. Blessings.
I think every sailboat should have a HandiBen stowed in the chain locker to fix things.
Hahahaha favourite comment
way to stack it
Could stack it right in my pack😜
Lol, so that’s were i went wrong 😂😂😂
😂😂
♥️♥️🥰🥰
Ok Ive given sewing a shot. What does it mean when you have that knotted birds nest on the bottom? Is that a thread tension issue or feeding too fast?
Your tension is too loose!
You guys have been hard at work……..nothing new there though ?! 😊👍
So much #boatwork all the time 😂
*promo sm*
This should be a train wreck crossing!
A train wreck that you can’t look away from eh skyhawk 😜
Hey great to see you back and loved the vidio .We sail on the Dash 34 Balderdash on the highest tide in March to get out in a narrow spot at Sooke Marine going to Maple Bay . Do you still use your Instagram ? If so i could send pictures or vidio in a message . You to take care and enjoy .
We sure do! Sounds like a fun winter sail!