UPDATE**** We've been using this system since mid-December 2021 and it's now June 2022. So we're 6 months in and it's worked well. The ability to pump in so much power to our battery bank while simply arriving at and leaving an anchorage is fantastic! We think high output alternators will be the norm vs a generator in the future. It's already becoming an option with some boat manufacturers. Our new CURIOSITY 2 hybrid-electric system is set up with high output alternators as a part of the eco-drive package. Different alternator manufacture, but same idea. FYI, we were warned by friends with high output alternators that we would notice a slight drop in our overall speed. That's because power is being diverted to the batteries. For our setup, it seems to be about half a knot or so. For instance, if we motored with one engine at 1800 RPMs before we would travel at about 5 knots, now it's 4.5 knots. We've also worked out a couple of bugs that we talk about over on our blog. So if you are considering purchasing high-output alternators, make sure to click over and read our latest update first: www.gonewiththewynns.com/this-changes-everything
How is the speed affected after the batteries have been fully charged? Then the power output and, accordingly, the generator resistance should have decreased significantly.
I am going through my dad's old accounts due to his passing last month after a long fight with stage 4 cancer, and he was a big fan of yours. when he was doing well, we would all sit around watching youtube with him. Thank you for your content, and keep it up. This channel and your projects were often the best part of my dad's day as he was going through a rough time.
Watching Jayson extract himself from that small hatch made me laugh out loud. You two are my favorite channel for to many reasons to list. Keep being you I enjoy my Sunday mornings more because of you.
Am I mistaken it is this the same Jason that was a bit in over his head installing the composting toilet in the RV years ago? Now look at you go. You are a proper DIY handyman. Not much you can’t do when you put your mind to it. Pretty awesome.
Pffft, when I started watching Jason really struggled to change his motor home tire somewhere in Alaska! Both Jason and Nikki are just amazing people who smile and laugh often.
6 months since you sailed into NZ. Wow. I know for you it probably seems not so long ago but for me, sitting here in Manhattan Beach, Ca, it seems like just a few minutes ago I was watching you sail from Tonga. Its been a crap couple of years for all of us but as others have told you, Sunday morning with the Wynn's has helped take our minds off of our struggles and helped the time go by in a classy, fun glimpse of your lives. Almost always positive, even during the most difficult of times, almost always a laugh about something, even chaotic uncertainty and always, such beautiful scenery. Please know that the few minutes we get to share with you each week has helped make all the tough stuff much easier to live with. Thanks, as always, for sharing your great adventure.
I missed the spinnaker SO MUCH! When you unfurled it, bright yellow magic! Congrats on the upgrade as well. So happy to see you two sailing again. Shotgun mic sounds better to me. Just my opinion.
LMAO. The ending, watching Jason trying to get out of the compartment and Nikki just standing there filming him instead of helping him....Classic!!!! 😂😅😂
Suggestion first hand experience ; bring in fresh cold air in front of alternator , have your exhaust hose behind alternator and cables . This will bring ambient air to the alternator to cool whenever motors are running. I can turn my exhaust fans on from the helm, have idiot lights to let me know when they are on. This way it exhaust the heat out when shout down and you can turn off when cooled. I also have digital thermostats in engine compartments to monitor the temp down there. Love your videos! Please excuse my spelling .
That's a lot of electrical components that should make your lives a whole lot better over time. I didn't realize how much difference an alternator could make until watching your videos on the topic. I recycle electronics, all types of stuff, and the most I make is from recycling copper wire. I can only imagine how heavy that wire was, but it was a bunch. The bloopers were just as much fun to watch as some of the other segments you do.
Maybe your second trip around you can pick and choose places and stay as long as you like! Would love to hear a composting toilet update! I hear so much work on conventional cruiser toilet systems. Seems composting would be the way to go on any mobile platform. This might be good fill in material on a rainy vlog week!
Aside from adding a few shims to the forward (if I recall correctly) head composting toilet to account for curvature of the wall, they have had zero issues with the Nature's Head composters and have had no trouble finding coconut coir for them. On the other hand, Jason hates working on the remaining marine toilet and has threatened to replace it too with a composting toilet. They had sound reasoning to keep one marine head, but I think Jason often regrets it! 😜 Curious Minion
you guys are so cute, been watching for years way back when! I don't comment on your videos but wanted to say I look forward to Sunday mornings! Also I think its Nikki who does the editing? amazing! you always do such a great job !!
I just love the excitement of the spiniker and its a beauty... 👍💞 its like I can hear the sound of angels singing as I watch it.... and to see your smiles is just the bomb... xx ( thats a good thing like humungus)
I could never get my 6'4" 230 lbs. Bulk into that locker space unless I broke my back and legs first! Man that boatwork is a killer! Luv you guys, your vids a some of my favorites. Long time viewer!
I love your videos too. Found you at the beginning of Covid and you have taken me away to better times and places. I’m an old lady, but if I could live another life I would wish to follow in your steps and see the world by boat. Your adventures are grand, but your humor and love for each other make your vlogs a joy to watch. You could read the phone book and make it fun. God bless you both, and your Curiosity. (Bonnie)
Jason I would mix the two mics together - you need the ambient noise for context, but the lapel will improve vocal clarity and cut through. That’s a pretty standard audio production technique, plus you have redundancy if one mic goes down. This assumes you have two audio channels on the camera of course.
Hi, welcome to our harbour. We used to live 3 minutes from the boat ramp. Now we have shifted down to the Waikato. But we still regard Gulf Harbour as our home place. Not sure about you taking a dinghy to the Supermarket. Might need to attach some wheels to it. Welcome guys. If we still lived at Gulf Harbour we would have come down and met you up with you.
Please forgive me when I offer the first of 2 suggestions regarding your spinnaker; likely you’ve been asked about it and answered a lot - but maybe you haven’t. So: 1. There could be a particular reason for it , that I’m not aware of, but I think you’re losing so much by having the tack so far off the deck. So much air is going underneath and the luff is bobbling and losing lift as well. I would shorten the tackline and use the sheet more actively. As well, I’d consider having 2 tack lines at once, the second coming the bow of the windward hull so you can swing the sail more to windward allowing for effective drive deeper downwind and that stabilises the tack even more. If you look at the Sailing Florence spinnaker video, they use a pole on their asym to do same thing. I think can you easily gain maybe 2 knots with no more stress and loads. 2. I never douse my spinnaker the way you do and I sail nearly always single-handed so I want NOOOO complications. I didn’t fly mine Portugal-Curacao or Curacao-Panama because my boat rolls too much in the 5 metre seas and there was also too much wind with me single-handing. But next leg is Panama-Brisbane (again solo and not-stopping) and I will for sure - but I am choosy about when. That thing that I do that you don’t is that I bring the sail in by releasing the tack (snap shackle), let the sail float out(away from the shrouds) and bring the sock down just ahead of the shrouds. This way, the clew goes into the turtle bag first (feed it in using the sheet and then untie it). The tack is the last thing into the sock, is easily attached to the other end of the bag - and I feed the rest in as I lower the halyard- AND I’ve never had a twist this way and raising the sail is therefore less scary. I’ve seen many videos on the 2 different ways but this works out the less-stress option from my experience. Again, apologies as you’re possibly heard this before and thought this through too - and you rarely seem to have sail handling trouble, only I’m sure you could get much more from your spinnaker and have fewer handling problems.
Oh my Nauticals, that was hilarious at the end. I always get awestruck from the locations you visit and a good laugh out of all your episodes, especially the innuendos that get snuck in here and there. I gotta go back and find the episode and comment, were the tightening of one of the lines made such a hilarious sound. It was funny to me, I kept repeating watching/listening to it giggling. Thanks for sharing your humor and adventures.
I am not a sailor like you guys (Even though I did a career in the US Navy), but I love watching your videos. I love all the mechanics that go into this lifestyle, I love your boat, I love the enthusiasm you two bring into these videos, and I love your spirit and how you are hacking your way through this lifestyle. So much to learn through your videos and your presentation is most awesome! I always feel better after viewing one of your videos, even through the ups and downs that you encounter in your sailing lifestyle. The manner in which you approach all of your endeavors is always backed by sound logic and usually ends with success. Most of all I love your kind, gentle, and generous traits.......a good example to emulate. TY for your videos. Can't wait till the next one!
Love your channel and followed you sins you bought the boat. I just have one little tip to you guys, pull down the spinnaker closer to the boat when using it? You lose so much effect when you have it flying way up in the sky. Need to be 4-8 f closer to the beam. Could also be that you have a to small spinnaker? It's obvious when it vobling back and forth sideways. Cheers to your great journey.
JASON, Your Hi Output alternator reminds me that Ford offers a 2nd alternator option on their HD Superduty pickup line. This alternator makes 120vac. The idea is when a contractor pulls onto a construction job the 2nd alternator will power a corded drill or saw or whatever while the engine idles. Pretty neat. !
now that you are gonna have all that extra room...maybe consider stowing a replacement alternator or two..good ones though not the old ones. Or have the old ones rebuilt and put them someplace safe and dry for the day when you find you've lost an alternator. You cant do this with everything of course, but as you have engaged a higher level of reliance on those alternators it might be a good idea to carry spares. You guys are awesome!!
The bloopers! OH MY! 😆😂 Jason, do you ever get claustrophobic in those spaces?! WOW! I love all the techie terms too. I should be taking notes and jotting them down but I am so in awe of the idea of all electrical solar power, that I forget to take notes. Awesome you all! Just awesome!
Hey team Wynn, you have to run a much tighter luff on your assy spinnaker. You will get much more power out of it. More tack line on will do it. Like much more. Ex sailmaker here.
Racing is a teaching experience and I got taught quite loudly at times. Of all the experiences I’ve had given instructions is more fun. All on San Francisco Bay in the winter.
Hi nicky and Jason 👋 just us2 saying thanks again for sharing this video update. 🤔 looking forward to seeing your next update 😀 den and sue 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
I used to think tech was my favourite thing, but no! Jason installing and talking about tech is my favourite thing! Mr Muscles is soooo strong and manly! I felt faint. OK, he isn't and he knows it, but he is so very amusing! I love his 10:45 moment, and the following demonstration of everyone's reaction. Mind you, that did mentally merge with 19:07. "Smells like man! Man work in tiny spaces" and the other bloopers may be some of the best on UA-cam 20:43 and the following 10s or so should be UA-cam's Top 10 Trending List
Jason, I could never do this, it's all just too complicated for us. We are close to being off grid and just our array is too complicated or seems so. But solar independence is awesome. We are only land based but we do water collection, no well either. But what you do, you have become a jack and jill of all trades! So impressive.
Another great video and I am finally caught up. Found you guys on FB, got interested, and started at the beginning of the boat adventures. I look forward to the weekly updates going forward and will now have to go back to the very beginning and watch all of the RV adventures. I told our son, who lives in Charleston (where we are originally from and where I learned to sail), to keep an eye out for Jacob and his girlfriend.
I preferred the mic with the background noise from waves myself! Gives me the sensory of everything going on and more natural and I kinda get the feel what might be like to be there with you. Sometimes over technical takes away from that. But as always you guys are true professionals and I admire that as well!
Wow! Loving the look of the boat and windows after all of your hard work renovating. OK. That's all. I'll stop talking about boat repairs. Back to sailing.
It is so great when I see the transom on the boat and it says Dallas TX. Watching from Dallas area now. Your videos are the best produced you tubes out there. Keep it up I love living through yours travels.
Motor yachting is sooo much easier, turn the key to (lift anchor) go, turn the key to (drop anchor) stop! Come to the light...lol.... Great video love that you took the time to show us the electrical system, well done indeed. BTW: I do love Cats... Have a great week u2!
Those big alternators are a stroke of genious. Giving up the generator and gaining all that space is a very good solution for most boats, because of the huge loss of weight and the gain of storage. A set of bigger cables and some other mounting details is just peanuts compared to what you gain by changing the hardware. Although you take away a little of the power from the motors by mounting larger alternators, it is not really significant and you will rarely notice it.
@@philipmackin1025 but most of the time they are running the motors to move the boat .. The other point is those alternators are designed to run from tick over revs and produce @70% output even before the engine starts producing useful drive power...plus Cat owners tend to alternate run and rest times. Only alternator requirement is to keep them cool.
On headphones it makes a big difference but on speakers the waves were nice. But all in all the background noise was greatly reduced!! Amazing product!
!2v 4" inline duct exhaust fans are a boaters and RVers best friend. For exhausting heat in small spaces or to bring cooler air from out side fast. I have 3 in my RV. 1 in my tractor trailer cab and 2 in the engine compartment of my speed boat one in other out. Both turn on with the engine.
That’s what I call, Jasons exit from tiny locker, watching all four limbs do nothing but grab edges and play like an ameba trying to run the calypso line!!! Loved it. Am so impressed that you can do so much with only a ‘few’ working body joints 🎰 almost gave myself claustrophobia watching for any forward meaningful motion. Lovely limbs btw.
I think I prefer the audio from the Sony shotgun mic. I don't mind the extra noise, especially when you are underway. You definitely get the feeling that curiosity is sailing at a good clip.
For some reason this felt like a pre pandemic video. Things seemed 'normal' And I couldn't help but notice how fantastic those new windows looked. WOW! All that hard work on those babies! Your sweet home is looking so good! Saaaalute!
OMG! you two are lucky that you're both so tiny! Those little spaces that Jason gets into are amazing....wrapped around the table post and inside a hatch all at the same time. Great video once again.
Re Microphones… while the dgi lav mic does get rid of the background noise I prefer the shotgun mic sound. I wait with anticipation every week to watch you two sail, and what parts of your life you choose to share with us. The whole experience I believe is enhanced by the ambience and real life noise, and struggles.. thank you for making my Sundays here in Wet west Wales
Loved this vid ! I’m an electrical engineer as well so I love these technical vids. I live in Texas so you two are sort of family and I get to live a life I could never do vicariously through you. Looking forward to more repairs and upgrades. Sailing Project Atticus and you guys are my fave sailing channels. Be safe and have fun.
I have been watching Jason squeeze in and out of those tight quarters .... Well, being that I am 6'3" and 300+ pounds, its going to be a Cruise ship for me!!
Yesssssssss Nikki, if you ever decide to upgrade your blower......... wink 😉 !! I caught that even tho your voice was not projecting! Lol I love you two and this channel 🥰 Much love and care and blessings to you two. Stay safe, free, happy and healthy ⛵🌴🌞
I worked on boats for over twenty years as a marine electrician and the last scene in the bloopers just reinforced my decision to stop doing that for a living. Thankyou. Whenever I think to myself that it wasn't such a bad job, I'll just think of that scene and realize I am so much better off doing what I do now.
Congrats , I heard that you won top sailing channel . From David Shih . You do deserve it . Your energy and bubbly personalities make all of your visits and work projects so entertaining . Yeah... no.1 ... fur sure !
DJI mic 🎤 ❤ I ❤ the stern view of water ! Beautiful blues , good feeling of the speed and it captures the waves chasing the boat . It's a rush ! So fun watching Jason trying to get out of a tight spot while Nikki adds her comments . 😄 I love your videos . You two really do everything great !
I always save watching these vids fullscreen on my laptop or Tv rather than my phone :) Gotttttta love the full experience of the waves, islands and boat time.
Jason & Nikki, I love your enthusiasm, setting the spinnaker, installing the alternator especially when things either go wrong or there is an added level of complexity. You never flag rather you add a new and stronger level of determination. Your curiosity, shows in all areas of efficiency, electronics, video editing/effects and music. Next time, new solar panels, dropping the old generator overboard and lots of other fun stuff. Un abbraccio forte a due.
Well it's about time ! Yea ! More Power ! You have been needing that. Even if you kept the generator you needed those high amp alts. You were running the engine anyway. Good deal !
I so look forward to Sunday!! Tell me is Grant’s John Deere hat his or is that Jason’s Deere hat?? Love catching up with all the boat projects and upgrades.
I look forward to seeing an update video on the performance of the alternators, and charging system in general, after about a year. I know that some manufacturers tend to embellish the actual charging rates while the practical usage is, in actuality, different and less than advertised. All this firsthand knowledge of catamaran systems and upgrades from full time cruisers is a tremendous help to folks like me who plan on retiring as a cruiser. It also lets me pre-plan what to change on my boat when I finally get one. You two are the best!
UPDATE****
We've been using this system since mid-December 2021 and it's now June 2022. So we're 6 months in and it's worked well. The ability to pump in so much power to our battery bank while simply arriving at and leaving an anchorage is fantastic! We think high output alternators will be the norm vs a generator in the future. It's already becoming an option with some boat manufacturers. Our new CURIOSITY 2 hybrid-electric system is set up with high output alternators as a part of the eco-drive package. Different alternator manufacture, but same idea.
FYI, we were warned by friends with high output alternators that we would notice a slight drop in our overall speed. That's because power is being diverted to the batteries. For our setup, it seems to be about half a knot or so. For instance, if we motored with one engine at 1800 RPMs before we would travel at about 5 knots, now it's 4.5 knots.
We've also worked out a couple of bugs that we talk about over on our blog. So if you are considering purchasing high-output alternators, make sure to click over and read our latest update first: www.gonewiththewynns.com/this-changes-everything
Cost for the conversion?
How is the speed affected after the batteries have been fully charged?
Then the power output and, accordingly, the generator resistance should have decreased significantly.
I am going through my dad's old accounts due to his passing last month after a long fight with stage 4 cancer, and he was a big fan of yours. when he was doing well, we would all sit around watching youtube with him. Thank you for your content, and keep it up. This channel and your projects were often the best part of my dad's day as he was going through a rough time.
We're so sorry for your loss. 💙💛💙
@@gonewiththewynns thanks I Wanted to reach out to all the people he watched it was like he was checking up on family members.
Watching Jayson extract himself from that small hatch made me laugh out loud. You two are my favorite channel for to many reasons to list. Keep being you I enjoy my Sunday mornings more because of you.
That extraction is enough to convince me I’m no boater. 😆
Me too, I actually snorted. I was expecting a bit of cursing to go with that shot, remarkable restraint on Jason's part.
@@betsyc5123 Right?! I'd be stuck good and need the "jaws of life" to get me out!
The new Houdini!!!
the new sailboat yoga move
You can't do it all but you both give it all and live life to the fullest. We get to watch and learn.
Mansplain what you're doing? lol
👍🤩⭐️Fantastic upgrade. Thanks for showing is how. It’s a good thing that Jason isn’t overweight. I loved the bloopers at the end too.😂😆💝
Am I mistaken it is this the same Jason that was a bit in over his head installing the composting toilet in the RV years ago? Now look at you go. You are a proper DIY handyman. Not much you can’t do when you put your mind to it. Pretty awesome.
Pffft, when I started watching Jason really struggled to change his motor home tire somewhere in Alaska! Both Jason and Nikki are just amazing people who smile and laugh often.
@@dansbrown1313 totally agree. It’s been fun following their journey of personal growth and travel.
Yeah… but he’s ALSO the same Jason who just recently learned about oscillating multi-tools. So in the spirit of David Attenborough, “Let’s watch.”
@ dflinn1100 😜👍😂💙💛💙
6 months since you sailed into NZ. Wow. I know for you it probably seems not so long ago but for me, sitting here in Manhattan Beach, Ca, it seems like just a few minutes ago I was watching you sail from Tonga. Its been a crap couple of years for all of us but as others have told you, Sunday morning with the Wynn's has helped take our minds off of our struggles and helped the time go by in a classy, fun glimpse of your lives. Almost always positive, even during the most difficult of times, almost always a laugh about something, even chaotic uncertainty and always, such beautiful scenery. Please know that the few minutes we get to share with you each week has helped make all the tough stuff much easier to live with. Thanks, as always, for sharing your great adventure.
The ‘boat yoga in tight spaces’ is amazing! 😊
Jason: It's been a beautiful sail, no issues at all
The full SD card: *It's showtime*
That Judge Judy GIF at 10:50 is a mood
every boater has a story of "almost" stuck! you guys are soooo entertaining! thku....Goodonyas!!!!
Jason is sooo handy! You two are in good hands with each other.
The color of the water is so deep blue, but different than around Fiji and Tonga! So beautiful!
I missed the spinnaker SO MUCH! When you unfurled it, bright yellow magic! Congrats on the upgrade as well. So happy to see you two sailing again. Shotgun mic sounds better to me. Just my opinion.
LMAO. The ending, watching Jason trying to get out of the compartment and Nikki just standing there filming him instead of helping him....Classic!!!! 😂😅😂
1st job: get the shot! 😝😎
@@gonewiththewynns just like Gumby….perfection!
Man I can relate to that, lol!
@@gonewiththewynns Nikki: Get the shot. Jason: I need a shot. Bonus situation, college kid: I had to get a shot.
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Suggestion first hand experience ; bring in fresh cold air in front of alternator , have your exhaust hose behind alternator and cables . This will bring ambient air to the alternator to cool whenever motors are running. I can turn my exhaust fans on from the helm, have idiot lights to let me know when they are on. This way it exhaust the heat out when shout down and you can turn off when cooled. I also have digital thermostats in engine compartments to monitor the temp down there. Love your videos! Please excuse my spelling .
That's a lot of electrical components that should make your lives a whole lot better over time. I didn't realize how much difference an alternator could make until watching your videos on the topic. I recycle electronics, all types of stuff, and the most I make is from recycling copper wire. I can only imagine how heavy that wire was, but it was a bunch. The bloopers were just as much fun to watch as some of the other segments you do.
You guys do have the best editing out of all the tubers we watch👍not to mention the best content…..you guys are #1..🥰🇨🇦🇨🇦
GH is my back yard. Seems strange to have watched you sail across the world to be within 100m of my yacht. Welcome team.. GH is great.
Sorta the opposite. I am in Dallas.
Kia Ora from another GH local :)
This video is what all UA-camr’s strive for - quality content and fantastic editing. You guys are pro’s!
Maybe your second trip around you can pick and choose places and stay as long as you like!
Would love to hear a composting toilet update! I hear so much work on conventional cruiser toilet systems. Seems composting would be the way to go on any mobile platform. This might be good fill in material on a rainy vlog week!
Aside from adding a few shims to the forward (if I recall correctly) head composting toilet to account for curvature of the wall, they have had zero issues with the Nature's Head composters and have had no trouble finding coconut coir for them. On the other hand, Jason hates working on the remaining marine toilet and has threatened to replace it too with a composting toilet. They had sound reasoning to keep one marine head, but I think Jason often regrets it! 😜
Curious Minion
Love the sound of the water!!! Love the Sony mic!!!💯💯💯
Curiosity looks so good after all of the hard work you guys put into her. So glad to see you guys back on the water, laughing and enjoying your life..
you guys are so cute, been watching for years way back when! I don't comment on your videos but wanted to say I look forward to Sunday mornings! Also I think its Nikki who does the editing? amazing! you always do such a great job !!
💙💛💙
No Jason does the editing….. they did a whole video on this about month ago.
@@joepetroni1674, as in the video, Jason does the first Edit, then Nikki checks the colors for true and adds comments-dialog.
You guys are so awesome been marching you for a long time thank you God-bless stay safe really You guys are so much fun to watch thank you
I just love the excitement of the spiniker and its a beauty... 👍💞
its like I can hear the sound of angels singing as I watch it.... and to see your smiles is just the bomb... xx ( thats a good thing like humungus)
I could never get my 6'4" 230 lbs. Bulk into that locker space unless I broke my back and legs first! Man that boatwork is a killer! Luv you guys, your vids a some of my favorites. Long time viewer!
Keep on.
Keeping on
I love your videos too. Found you at the beginning of Covid and you have taken me away to better times and places. I’m an old lady, but if I could live another life I would wish to follow in your steps and see the world by boat. Your adventures are grand, but your humor and love for each other make your vlogs a joy to watch. You could read the phone book and make it fun. God bless you both, and your Curiosity. (Bonnie)
Jason I would mix the two mics together - you need the ambient noise for context, but the lapel will improve vocal clarity and cut through. That’s a pretty standard audio production technique, plus you have redundancy if one mic goes down. This assumes you have two audio channels on the camera of course.
Just want to send you both lots of love and peace.
Hi, welcome to our harbour. We used to live 3 minutes from the boat ramp. Now we have shifted down to the Waikato. But we still regard Gulf Harbour as our home place. Not sure about you taking a dinghy to the Supermarket. Might need to attach some wheels to it. Welcome guys. If we still lived at Gulf Harbour we would have come down and met you up with you.
Please forgive me when I offer the first of 2 suggestions regarding your spinnaker; likely you’ve been asked about it and answered a lot - but maybe you haven’t. So:
1. There could be a particular reason for it , that I’m not aware of, but I think you’re losing so much by having the tack so far off the deck. So much air is going underneath and the luff is bobbling and losing lift as well. I would shorten the tackline and use the sheet more actively. As well, I’d consider having 2 tack lines at once, the second coming the bow of the windward hull so you can swing the sail more to windward allowing for effective drive deeper downwind and that stabilises the tack even more. If you look at the Sailing Florence spinnaker video, they use a pole on their asym to do same thing. I think can you easily gain maybe 2 knots with no more stress and loads.
2. I never douse my spinnaker the way you do and I sail nearly always single-handed so I want NOOOO complications. I didn’t fly mine Portugal-Curacao or Curacao-Panama because my boat rolls too much in the 5 metre seas and there was also too much wind with me single-handing. But next leg is Panama-Brisbane (again solo and not-stopping) and I will for sure - but I am choosy about when. That thing that I do that you don’t is that I bring the sail in by releasing the tack (snap shackle), let the sail float out(away from the shrouds) and bring the sock down just ahead of the shrouds. This way, the clew goes into the turtle bag first (feed it in using the sheet and then untie it). The tack is the last thing into the sock, is easily attached to the other end of the bag - and I feed the rest in as I lower the halyard- AND I’ve never had a twist this way and raising the sail is therefore less scary. I’ve seen many videos on the 2 different ways but this works out the less-stress option from my experience.
Again, apologies as you’re possibly heard this before and thought this through too - and you rarely seem to have sail handling trouble, only I’m sure you could get much more from your spinnaker and have fewer handling problems.
You two are the best couple on the high seas. Reminds me of the Zatara crew enjoying the Maldives. Enjoy the ride till it lasts!!
Your videos never disappoint. I just purchased Motion Array through your link. Can't wait to try it! Happy sailing!
Oh my Nauticals, that was hilarious at the end.
I always get awestruck from the locations you visit and a good laugh out of all your episodes, especially the innuendos that get snuck in here and there.
I gotta go back and find the episode and comment, were the tightening of one of the lines made such a hilarious sound. It was funny to me, I kept repeating watching/listening to it giggling.
Thanks for sharing your humor and adventures.
I am not a sailor like you guys (Even though I did a career in the US Navy), but I love watching your videos. I love all the mechanics that go into this lifestyle, I love your boat, I love the enthusiasm you two bring into these videos, and I love your spirit and how you are hacking your way through this lifestyle. So much to learn through your videos and your presentation is most awesome! I always feel better after viewing one of your videos, even through the ups and downs that you encounter in your sailing lifestyle. The manner in which you approach all of your endeavors is always backed by sound logic and usually ends with success. Most of all I love your kind, gentle, and generous traits.......a good example to emulate. TY for your videos. Can't wait till the next one!
Love your channel and followed you sins you bought the boat. I just have one little tip to you guys, pull down the spinnaker closer to the boat when using it? You lose so much effect when you have it flying way up in the sky. Need to be 4-8 f closer to the beam. Could also be that you have a to small spinnaker? It's obvious when it vobling back and forth sideways. Cheers to your great journey.
Beautiful day for a sail! Enjoy Auckland and Stay Blessed! 😁🙏🏼💖
ABSOLUTELY GREAT 👍 AND PROFESSIONAL VIDEO.....!!!!!!!!
My new boat will be electrically THIS WAY! THANK YOU GUYS 😎❤️
JASON,
Your Hi Output alternator reminds me that Ford
offers a 2nd alternator option on their HD
Superduty pickup line. This alternator makes
120vac. The idea is when a contractor pulls onto
a construction job the 2nd alternator will power
a corded drill or saw or whatever while the engine
idles. Pretty neat.
!
You two crack me up! Nice job helping him out at the end of the video 😂🤣😂🤣😂😍🤣😂🤣😂
now that you are gonna have all that extra room...maybe consider stowing a replacement alternator or two..good ones though not the old ones. Or have the old ones rebuilt and put them someplace safe and dry for the day when you find you've lost an alternator. You cant do this with everything of course, but as you have engaged a higher level of reliance on those alternators it might be a good idea to carry spares. You guys are awesome!!
New Sails!!!!!!! Yay!
Can't wait to see those installed 😁😁
The bloopers! OH MY! 😆😂 Jason, do you ever get claustrophobic in those spaces?! WOW!
I love all the techie terms too. I should be taking notes and jotting them down but I am so in awe of the idea of all electrical solar power, that I forget to take notes. Awesome you all! Just awesome!
Love seeing you each week. Could watch you longer
Ahh boat yoga in lockers. Always fun.
Hey team Wynn, you have to run a much tighter luff on your assy spinnaker. You will get much more power out of it. More tack line on will do it. Like much more. Ex sailmaker here.
WOW! was that real life "Stop motion animation" at 5mins and 45 secs? that was AWSOME!
Liking the Sony Mic better. The DJI mic sounds muted. The sounds of the waves and the waves hitting the keel of the boat are actually relaxing to me.
Racing is a teaching experience and I got taught quite loudly at times. Of all the experiences I’ve had given instructions is more fun. All on San Francisco Bay in the winter.
Hi nicky and Jason 👋 just us2 saying thanks again for sharing this video update. 🤔 looking forward to seeing your next update 😀 den and sue 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
I used to think tech was my favourite thing, but no! Jason installing and talking about tech is my favourite thing! Mr Muscles is soooo strong and manly! I felt faint. OK, he isn't and he knows it, but he is so very amusing! I love his 10:45 moment, and the following demonstration of everyone's reaction. Mind you, that did mentally merge with 19:07.
"Smells like man! Man work in tiny spaces" and the other bloopers may be some of the best on UA-cam
20:43 and the following 10s or so should be UA-cam's Top 10 Trending List
Jason, I could never do this, it's all just too complicated for us. We are close to being off grid and just our array is too complicated or seems so. But solar independence is awesome. We are only land based but we do water collection, no well either. But what you do, you have become a jack and jill of all trades! So impressive.
Maybe North sails can do your sales! Looks like the best! Love to see how much faster you go!
Another great video and I am finally caught up. Found you guys on FB, got interested, and started at the beginning of the boat adventures. I look forward to the weekly updates going forward and will now have to go back to the very beginning and watch all of the RV adventures. I told our son, who lives in Charleston (where we are originally from and where I learned to sail), to keep an eye out for Jacob and his girlfriend.
500K subscribers !!! Whoop whoop. Congratulations Nikki and Jason
I preferred the mic with the background noise from waves myself! Gives me the sensory of everything going on and more natural and I kinda get the feel what might be like to be there with you. Sometimes over technical takes away from that. But as always you guys are true professionals and I admire that as well!
Wow! Loving the look of the boat and windows after all of your hard work renovating. OK. That's all. I'll stop talking about boat repairs. Back to sailing.
With everything going on, stay there!
It is so great when I see the transom on the boat and it says Dallas TX. Watching from Dallas area now. Your videos are the best produced you tubes out there. Keep it up I love living through yours travels.
Motor yachting is sooo much easier, turn the key to (lift anchor) go, turn the key to (drop anchor) stop! Come to the light...lol.... Great video love that you took the time to show us the electrical system, well done indeed. BTW: I do love Cats... Have a great week u2!
Warm winds and safe travels from Florida 😎🏝️😷
Those big alternators are a stroke of genious. Giving up the generator and gaining all that space is a very good solution for most boats, because of the huge loss of weight and the gain of storage. A set of bigger cables and some other mounting details is just peanuts compared to what you gain by changing the hardware. Although you take away a little of the power from the motors by mounting larger alternators, it is not really significant and you will rarely notice it.
More hours on main engines
And diesels like to run under load.
@@philipmackin1025
but most of the time they are running the motors to move the boat ..
The other point is those alternators are designed to run from tick over revs and produce @70% output even before the engine starts producing useful drive power...plus Cat owners tend to alternate run and rest times.
Only alternator requirement is to keep them cool.
@@philipmackin1025 As they run their engines anyway, this is not an issue that will make more hours.
@@sherrycoady2491 They run engines to move the boat anyway, so there will be some load periodically.
Jason has learned so much from the early RV videos.
And Nikki just keeps getting prettier.
Always a like before the video starts 👍
On headphones it makes a big difference but on speakers the waves were nice. But all in all the background noise was greatly reduced!! Amazing product!
!2v 4" inline duct exhaust fans are a boaters and RVers best friend. For exhausting heat in small spaces or to bring cooler air from out side fast. I have 3 in my RV. 1 in my tractor trailer cab and 2 in the engine compartment of my speed boat one in other out. Both turn on with the engine.
Nice docking job! You made it look as easy as parking a car.
That’s what I call, Jasons exit from tiny locker, watching all four limbs do nothing but grab edges and play like an ameba trying to run the calypso line!!! Loved it. Am so impressed that you can do so much with only a ‘few’ working body joints 🎰 almost gave myself claustrophobia watching for any forward meaningful motion. Lovely limbs btw.
I think I prefer the audio from the Sony shotgun mic. I don't mind the extra noise, especially when you are underway. You definitely get the feeling that curiosity is sailing at a good clip.
For some reason this felt like a pre pandemic video. Things seemed 'normal' And I couldn't help but notice how fantastic those new windows looked. WOW! All that hard work on those babies! Your sweet home is looking so good! Saaaalute!
Super interesting power transformation. Enjoy your gentle humor, as usual.
I'm waiting for your next video!!!!!!
OMG! you two are lucky that you're both so tiny! Those little spaces that Jason gets into are amazing....wrapped around the table post and inside a hatch all at the same time. Great video once again.
Re Microphones… while the dgi lav mic does get rid of the background noise I prefer the shotgun mic sound. I wait with anticipation every week to watch you two sail, and what parts of your life you choose to share with us. The whole experience I believe is enhanced by the ambience and real life noise, and struggles.. thank you for making my Sundays here in Wet west Wales
Loved this vid ! I’m an electrical engineer as well so I love these technical vids. I live in Texas so you two are sort of family and I get to live a life I could never do vicariously through you. Looking forward to more repairs and upgrades. Sailing Project Atticus and you guys are my fave sailing channels. Be safe and have fun.
Good thing you’re still fit and flexible. I might get in but wouldn’t get out of those compartments!
My bilge rat days are hopefully past!
I have been watching Jason squeeze in and out of those tight quarters .... Well, being that I am 6'3" and 300+ pounds, its going to be a Cruise ship for me!!
Yes like a spider monkey
I love the technical tour. Thanks for another great video!!!!
Wow you guys are only just down the road from me. Been binge watching your videos from rv until now. Surreal 😊
Nothing like a spinnaker fully inflating - not that I've ever done that but looking forward to that oneday - must be an awesome feeling.
happy for you. good job all. glad the sails arrived.
Yesssssssss Nikki, if you ever decide to upgrade your blower......... wink 😉 !! I caught that even tho your voice was not projecting! Lol
I love you two and this channel 🥰 Much love and care and blessings to you two. Stay safe, free, happy and healthy ⛵🌴🌞
Nikki must have known you were going to fly the spinnaker when she got dressed that morning. Perfectly coordinated. 😁
Thanks for the Info on the new Alternators and Charging stuff
I worked on boats for over twenty years as a marine electrician and the last scene in the bloopers just reinforced my decision to stop doing that for a living. Thankyou. Whenever I think to myself that it wasn't such a bad job, I'll just think of that scene and realize I am so much better off doing what I do now.
Love how you both still smile even when it is tough. Keep smiling.
Woohoo new sails! I was wondering about those.
Awesome guys, I love seeing the spinnaker flying.
Congrats , I heard that you won top sailing channel . From David Shih . You do deserve it . Your energy and bubbly personalities make all of your visits and work projects so entertaining .
Yeah... no.1 ... fur sure !
DJI mic 🎤 ❤
I ❤ the stern view of water !
Beautiful blues , good feeling of the speed and it captures the waves chasing the boat . It's a rush !
So fun watching Jason trying to get out of a tight spot while Nikki adds her comments . 😄
I love your videos . You two really do everything great !
Jason was def making man sounds as he worked...and man drilling holes in small places....def Wynn double entendre worthy! 😉😁😘💚
You guys, I literally squealed OUT LOUD when you said you were getting your new SAILS! YUS!!!!
I always save watching these vids fullscreen on my laptop or Tv rather than my phone :) Gotttttta love the full experience of the waves, islands and boat time.
You guys are really smart. Congratulations to both of you. I absolutely had no idea what he was talking about Go sail!
Wow! You guys must have taken your Wheaties today. What an Amped-Up video! Awesome work!!
I really love u 2. Just flat out Adorable and super best of luck to the new sailing rockors.
Jason & Nikki, I love your enthusiasm, setting the spinnaker, installing the alternator especially when things either go wrong or there is an added level of complexity. You never flag rather you add a new and stronger level of determination. Your curiosity, shows in all areas of efficiency, electronics, video editing/effects and music. Next time, new solar panels, dropping the old generator overboard and lots of other fun stuff. Un abbraccio forte a due.
Well it's about time ! Yea ! More Power ! You have been needing that. Even if you kept the generator you needed those high amp alts. You were running the engine anyway. Good deal !
I so look forward to Sunday!! Tell me is Grant’s John Deere hat his or is that Jason’s Deere hat?? Love catching up with all the boat projects and upgrades.
I look forward to seeing an update video on the performance of the alternators, and charging system in general, after about a year. I know that some manufacturers tend to embellish the actual charging rates while the practical usage is, in actuality, different and less than advertised. All this firsthand knowledge of catamaran systems and upgrades from full time cruisers is a tremendous help to folks like me who plan on retiring as a cruiser. It also lets me pre-plan what to change on my boat when I finally get one. You two are the best!