Pulling The Stick, Getting Rigged & A Fresh Bottom (Sailing Curiosity)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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What we thought was going to be a simple service stop is turning into pure craziness! Ya know, we think it's one month...but in hindsight what the heck were we thinking?
Service, maintenance and boat work is a big part of owning a sailboat which is why we try to share a little glimpse into each of big items we're tackling this time around. We're hoping to get everything complete soon so we can set sail to Panama before the hurricane season comes in full force. Please keep your fingers crossed for us...we'll share more in the next service video and hopefully we'll be gone soon so we can continue the adventure.
- Jason, Nikki, Cleo and Singa Wynn
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Loving the nitty-gritty service videos, it's one thing to sail and it's another to know all the details and the maintenance involved. Super interesting to see it all and watch how the process goes. Can't wait for more!
Wow, that is a TON of work.
Also loved the shot of Kent flying the drone!
Tyler Tillman He's a natural on that drone: perfect shots.
I could watch hours of this technical maintenance, far too short this episode. Guess im just a tech geek.
I Concur!!! Ü
Im geekin out as well. I can't wait to geek out on when they buy new nav equipment etc...
yup, me too, but didn't you want her to pull the WHOLE line out of the mast before she coiled it up?!
Yep really interesting stuff. I can't wait to see how the underwater lights look with it back in the water.
I agree... We are learning a lot of new sailing terms. Excited for you guys to be on the blue again but I am sure you are even more excited to shove off than we are.
Kents the man!
Yes he is!
and sexy too!😉
White and pink in the engine room -- a BOLD maneuver!
He's not the man ...they are paying him , you can bet your ass on that one ☝️
@@versatec1 As they should. Gettin paid doesn't disqualify him from being the man. Actually, ofcourse he's getting paid! He's the man, pay da man!!!!! Lol
Thanks for sharing!! That's lots of hard work. I don't think most people realize the amount of work it takes to keep up on a vessel like yours.
Seriously, who are the 8 people who "thumbs down'ed" this video? I vote we make them work on your "head" and scrape Curiosity's bottom ("scraping Curiosity's bottom" - feels somehow inappropriate just typing that phrase!). .
Whenever I see that you guys have posted a new video, I really do drop whatever I'm doing to watch it. After a few years of being on the road (and now the blue seas) with you guys . . . I kinda feel like I'm part of the family (or maybe a third cat). Safe sailing!
+John Williamson thanks for the love. Yes, there is something about dirty bottoms that just can't be discussed with a straight face. 😹
Nikki, I think you nailed it with the bottom color! When I first saw the gray finger paint I thought 'yuck'. When she was painted, it looked fabulous.!
+billyboyblue17 Glad you like it!
UNDERWATER LIGHTS! I'm jealous!
Oh how I love living vicariously through you two. Hard workers you both are. Be safe.
I think I know what it takes to run a yacht. Always something to do. Keep it up, I love watching you
“Woooo!” -Jason
“I’m probably gonna break that.” - Nikki
😂
To us its just amazing how much has been done in 31 days. Thats alot of work and alot of manpower behind all the repairs and upgrades. You have done an amazing job keeping your cool and cant wait to see all of the finished work. You are going to give us a tour and update on all the new gadgets arent you?
i know it must seem strange for you, but its facinating to see all this........its great to see Kent again too ..... Thank you so much for allowing us in..........hey be safe out there.
great to have you all back! since you two seems to have a great relationship with kent, you all should come up with some sort of business deal, if you haven't already. (you're doing coverage of the marina/services, my as well enter some sort of agreement) save saling!
Underwater lights sound totally cool. Can't wait to see them in action.
This why I love bare boating the larger boats which are in salt water....... Still, I do some of these "things" on my own boat in the Great Lakes. Good job. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see, I've got all that fun ahead of me over the next few months too in a 10.5 metre cat. Enjoy your show alot.
It was so great meeting you guys and all the other nice people, and the new crew, at the Fort Lauderdale meetup! We love following your adventures!!
So Exciting to see you going through the process. I'm sure it's pretty stressful during, especially with the heat and bugs. And Wow! I can't believe you are a year in. I guess we're 9 months into our own journey, so time flies. Thanks for sharing, as always.
-Henry
Kudos on doing a lot of this work yourselves. There is no better way to learn about how your sailboat is put together than doing much of the work yourself. When you get further out afield you are going to have a tougher time finding qualified marine services and you will need to know as much as you possibly can to not just keep from getting ripped off, but to keep from getting dangerous "repairs" done which could literally put your lives in jeopardy.
Good work guys. Bravo Zulu!
your sailboat is going too look just lovely when its all done guys .
i use to think about buying a boat every few years or so, until i started watching this sorta stuff. love the vids
If you can't set a good example, at least you can serve as a horrible warning. hahaha
I can't wait to see the new underwater hull lights in action in a nice dark anchorage.
Yep, Kent is great. Love watching boat repair vids. What a daunting bunch of tasks though.
I did a small gig at a rope manufacturer, the reason for the cost is apparently sourcing the natural and petro-chem materials needed to make the rope. Apparently natural tree sap is used somehow and that is expensive.
I like how you put Kent to work with the drone. 👍
Thanks for showing us the hard work and chaos with a purpose that is boat/RV/house maintenance and upgrades. Somehow it's a comfort that even the Mighty Wynns have stuff in boxes, on counters and anywhere possible when endeavoring these necessary tasks. 😉And here I thought it was just me. As usual, I am encouraged to press on and take one day at a time. Y'all are amazing! Cheers and best of luck with all the repairs.
P.s. - Kent could totally do a spin off You Tube channel. He is clearly a favorite guest star!
Wow, great video! Thank you for sharing!! You guys are smart doing as work yourselves; you're gaining experience, getting to know your boat better & reducing the cost of the repairs/upgrades. And benefits of being able to sail anywhere you want, plus sunsets/sunrises - priceless!
Yeah it's a little pricy, but over a 10-15 year period compared to owning a house & a car over the same period. I'll bet the boat isn't that much more...
awesome update guys. I really like the 'custom' bottom paint colour. Exciting to be finishing up the preparations to get onto your big sail. Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan
Wow lots of work. I concur Kent is great and good for you on the DYI. Waiting for the new adventure.
Gotta love those "care" packages. Keeps life more interesting. Although the prices for the rigging seem like they would choke a horse when the payment comes due, at least the maintenance is good for another 10 - 15 years. When you look at it cost out for 10 - 15 years, the annual cost is easier to take. Especially if you aren't planning on owning this boat for more than 10 years.
I’m loving the maintenance videos, well all videos, but the technical stuff rocks. It’s like shopping with someone else’s money. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through you, I’m still trying to figure out how to afford your life style.
There's a whole section of the blog devoted to how the Wynns and other nomads make money while traveling. Maybe it'll give you some inspiration! www.gonewiththewynns.com/make-money-travel
Curious Minion
I love Jason's reaction to tying the bitter end with the bowline at 16:01. Those kind of wins are few and far between.
WOW - that is quite an overhaul! a lot of work! thank for sharing! safe travels to you two 🙋
Jason, Just a wayward comment or two:-
@ 13:55 you are installing a diaphragm pump. While they can be mounted anywhere, when mounting vertical, ALL the manufacturers recommend mounting with the pump head down to avoid water ingress to the motor if there is ever a leak. And having over 30 years experience with that type of pump, they WILL leak and you probably won't notice until the motor stops. Also have a couple of service kits on board for every model. Make sure the kit includes a Diaphragm, Valve block, wobble plate AND a shaft seal. A spare pressure switch is also good to have in the spare parts box.
Good effort showing all the little jobs that need attending to while doing a minor refit of systems. Looking forward to further adventures...maybe a Panama transit and off to the big water heading west???
Cheers Brad
We are heading down there at the end of this month to catch some lobstahs. I'm sure you'll be half way to Panama by then. Good luck. We are all sailing with you (in spirit).
I haven't said it, via comments, but, *EVERY* video, I say out to the computer "those two are amazing!!!".
B.O.A.T. stands for break out another thousand. Good luck with the service.
Money well spent!! That "Just Catamarans" seems to be an excellent dealership.
Great video, this is the side of sailing that I have never seen. Can't wait to get out there!
Wow! That's pretty intense! Love the color, Nikki. Excited to learn more about the updates!
Hey guys, great work. Just have one small point. Fresh water pumps should be mounted with the pump head down and the motor up in case the pump head leaks it doesn't run down into the motor and cause problems. Glad to see all the work being completed.
Wonderful Video, Thank you. You two are hard workers and it all helps when you do some of the work. Blessings to you and safe voyage when you again dunk "Curiosity" in the water.
It seems like a lot, and I am sure it is but it is all worth it!! So excited to see how the next few weeks go for you guys. Thank you for sharing your travels with those of us who don't fully want to hit the road (waves) like you do but like to day dream of it every once in a while.
Jason you're a sailor not a trucker.....ditch that high rise truckers hat that says curiosity.....a softer rise embroidered would look much better
Much needed work! Looks like you got a good relationship at that marina.
This was totally fascinating. I really enjoyed it.
Congratulations on getting so much work done on the boat. Underwater lights? I can't wait to see that!
Kent is truly the coolest. What a great and resourceful friend he has become for you two.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Land Ho!
Nice. Greetings from Iceland
This is cool you guys are living the dream. I hope to do something similar in the not so distant future.
Man!! I'm exhausted just from watching!! LOL!!
I have a three blade feathering prop just like the ones you installed. It makes one heck of a difference in speed and it also works well in reverse. You will love them! I would like to know how the yellowish coating works out keeping the barnacles off.
looking forward to meet the crew. been waiting weekly for that video to drop.
JASON, would have never imagined you hanging up in the air. Great 👍
So cool have been waiting to see what you guys were doing,,,, So glad to see the feathering props!! And as always truly love your channel and can't wait to see what your adventures lead you!! Thanks again for sharing!!
I can't wait to see how those underwater lights look in the dark. Your boat will be like brand new when all this work is done.
Great video - really interesting to watch all the work. Also, its nice to know you will be safer with your upgrades! Safe travels.....
You guys are fantastic this channel gets better every video!!
Wait, it's all going too fast! Thanks for sharing guys, appreciate all the improvements your making. It's only money. She'll sail a lot better with her hull cleaned and painted. Have a buddy who does that for a living. Those feathering props are cool.
Woot woot!! I've been waiting since SUNDAY!!!
me too! was about to send out a search party.
14:58 through 15:03 Looking at the coax cables you had vs what you get I am astunned if what you had is the original coax for your VHF antenna. If so, it really speaks of how little the OEM of the boat knows about the things they install.
The white original coax cable looks to be RG58, or should be. Since it is white it could even be RG59 which is regular 75 Ohm tv cable. It should be 50 Ohm as that is the Ohmnage of your radio and your antenna.
Now, if it is RG-58 cable it is a really really lossy cable for VHF, well really anything with longer runs above the HF (Shortwave bands) and even there one should be carefull of using it with longer runs unless you are down on say below 4MHz as it will not take so much power.
Now with 25 Watts only it is no problem to take the power.
I dont know how long run you have from the antenna, through the mast, into the boat, over and under and inside any cuboards and floorings but let us just imagine you have 30 meters or 100 feet of coax.......
The Marine VHF band is starting at 155MHz and goes up, the higher the frequency the more the loss in the cable.
A RG-58 has a loss of about 6.2 db at 150MHz and the higher you go - the more the loss.
So what is 6.2db equal to? Well, the db loss is logaritmic and in short one can say that 3db represents a halfation of power. This means transmitting 25W into the coax towards the antenna would give you only 12.5w that radiates from the antenna and that is if you have a good effective antenna (Marine VHF antennas are very broadbanded to cover all the channels and hence not very effective). On the receiving end the 3db loss would represent 1 unit on the S-meter or half the strenght or your reception - this could be the difference between hearing that Mayday of a neighbouring boat, or not at all.
Now, the RG-58 has a loss of 6.2 db at 150MHz on 100 feed / 30m which represents a loss of about 75%of your transmitted power - 25 Watts becomes 6,25 Watts only and your reception is equally as poor.
Now, your new cable could be a veriety of different cables but the most likely is that it is RG-213 as it looks very similar to it.
If this is RG-213 it has a loss at 150MHz of 2.8db on a 30m / 100 feet run. This means you will have a transmit power out of the antenna of about 13 Watts our of your 25 instead of 6,25. You will also hear opposite stations far better.
I know it is too late but if I were you I would had gone for something even better or even roof mount the antenna instead of mast mount it as the loss you get by the long run is sometimes worse than the height you get from having the not so effective marine broadbanded vertical in the mast top.
Another advice - try run the cable as short as possible, if you have an extra length over by the radio then dont wind it up in a coil but cut it and solder (always solder coax and other electrical connectors) a new connector. If you dont want to do that then have the extra lenght by the antenna and wind it up in a coil just befor the connector to the antenna - this would act as a RF-choke, a form of a balun which will help to prevent the power which is not effectivly transmitting from your antenna to walk back to your radio (Standing Waves). This is common on non-effective antennas which all broadband antennas are. And this reflected power can cause problem with your other electronic equipment and in worst case even damage them. Perhaps you have heard from folks who have problem watching TV when their neighbour has been using their CB or Ham-station? This is one problem that can cause just that.
Fair winds and thank you for giving us pleasure to watch another great episode.
Cheers from SWEDEN
took the words right out of my mouth
Jason is always learning...love the enthusiasm!
I bet all the new lines feel really nice.
Awesome video guys! Curiosity is shaping up just fine!
Forget the mast and rigging...NICE docking job Niki:) As for insurance coverage paying a claim, it's always a negotiation based on what "is is"....lol. You guys have really learned and done a lot in a year:) Keep it up! Still waiting for you to dock up at Montauk Long Island New York:)
Great video. Love your smiles through all the work. Really impressive
Love Just Catamaran they do all of our work!
So fun seeing all the progress on your boat!
Holly Crap! You guys have been busy! The alcohol will take care of that! That was almost a complete do over of the boat! I'm sure your glad that's over! Wish I were going with you! Never been in the pacific! 'NAVY' Atlantic side and med 3 trips! Loved it!
This was an exceptionally interesting and informative video.....I'll be watching it several more times. You two are so good at filming and explaining what is happening, then editing it all into a cohesive story.....thank you!
All so great update. Be well, and thank you .
Wow that was a lot done in a month! Great vid guys as usual.
Holy smokes! I can't even imagine how much it's going to cost! YIKES!
Wow thats one hellava tune up job. The boat looks great, I cant wait to see the underwater lights in action. The new rigging is expensive but what a great way to spend your money, the piece of mind you'll have with all new rigging is worth the cost alone, not to mention the insurance deal that Nikki talked about. Cant believe how many bottles of booze was in that box LOL.
I have been 3 weeks pretty much across the canal from you at Playboy Marine on the hard. Splashing back in today at 3pm finally and then up to Lake Sylvia to test out the new stuff.
I love everything you both do. Beautiful videos, beautiful boat! I just don't think I will ever want a boat. It's too much work for me! Please keep the adventures coming! I may not want a boat but love watching you two!
Underwater lighting = party boat! Loving the adventure guys :)
Just found your channel. Love your style.
So cool hearing a fellow South African on your vlog! You can't miss the South African accent!
I watched an extremely sad sailing video last night. Please keep your cats safe ! !
for $2K you going to STILL do it yourself. there's something to be gained with the experience, but there also something to be gained knowing it's done right by someone who's done it probably dozens or hundreds of times. you need more patrons haha
Nice to see the two of you back on land!
I'm officially hooked/addicted... like, as in having withdrawals....
tried watching other sailing folks... just not the same....
Kents a gem! Yeah Kent!
Cruising: the activity of performing boat work in exotic places.
:55 that talking head on the ceiling made me lmao
CLEO!!!!! Hello you cute shy kitty.
You guys have to plan for the unplanned FL rain. Buffer a few days JIC so the delay doesn't mess with your budget.
Great informative video to educate those who want to get a boat. 😃
Great video! Loved the details in both video and typed commentary. Pretty impressive scope of work. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. That's a lot of work.
Great video, it's nice to see others throwing money into the hole too! 🙂
Ok I take back all the bad things I was saying about you guys for not posting a video sooner! LOL! Damn you guys have been busy! Fingers crossed you guys get out of there soon! Looking forward to the new adventures of Curiosity! 🤗🤗
This is going to be expensive. You will love the feathering props. I put them on my current cat and they give an extra 1-2 knots when sailing and the same thrust when reversing as going forward.
You 2 are so enjoyable to watch.
That was great! Could almost smell the new rope. Best wishes and thanks for great vid! - J&D
Those underwater lights are going to look SOOO GOOD in drone footage!
As long as the "disco lights" don't leak.
Kudos to your broker, Kent. Wow, all of that work looked very expensive. At least you guys are getting a lot of stuff done for your "around the world voyage". :) Do catamarans / sailboats have some type of "home owner's warranty" that covers the cost of the radar, etc.? Because, it seems like replacing just that one item would take up a lot of your maintenance budget. Anyways, I hope everything works out. You guys are awesome. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
I imagine that if you wanted to pay enough for the coverage you could get that, just like you'd pay a bunch more for homeowner's insurance if you wanted them to replace appliances that just fail due to old age. Probably cheaper to replace the item than to pay for the coverage.
Thanks for the reply. I was think more along the lines of, "Is the radar covered in any type of warranty when purchasing a boat?" Just wondering. Thanks.
Radar really isn't all that expensive these days in the greater scheme of things. It's mass-produced and today's high-tech electronics have really come down in price, even marine electronics.
Paradigm2012Shift The electronics will come with a separate warranty, the spars with their own warranty, engines with their own warranty, etc. Yes there is warranty, sails…lines…etc but each one is specific to its own component, so in the end you have a binder full of warranties. The hull manufacturer knows how to install these things but not how to diagnose/repair/determine cause of failure, other than the hull obviously, so really it's of benefit to you to deal directly anyways.
Good job on upgrading the comms coax. However, Thicker coax does not equal better signals. It prevents the losses (assuming its the right coax).
Half way thru this G.R.E.A.T. video and I was hoping you had a plan to feed new line inside the mast for the new running rigging as usually, we leave the old stuff in, tie on the new stuff and pull it thru. But, hey, you knew all that I am sure and you have Kent around to make sure. Now to finish the video as we soooo enjoy your vlog. 😊💖👍👌⚓️
I love the look of underwater lights but couldn't bring myself to put ONE MORE HOLE in the boat. I have seen some that you can hang by their cord over the side. Love you guys.
BTW, we are on our way to Florida, starting a snailboat journey! In VA now. Hope to catch you one day!
You can use some brands of Navy Strength Gin for rocket fuel! (My Nephew who is a former Australian Naval Officer educated me.)
You can keep your Gin in the freezer because it will not freeze at standard domestic freezer temperatures.
I think it is delightful stuff with angostura bitters but, just barely, a drop large enough to make a very thin film on the interior of a glass fresh out of the freezer. (Hence Pink Gin)
Then add good quality Gin to preference, top with Tonic Water and a slice of lime mm-m.
I also like to make my ice cubes out of tonic water so they don't dilute the Jungle Juice if they melt should you (shudder) happen to take that long to drink it!
You both do such a great job of informative sharing....great and fun teachers.
Love the new bottom color, blue is boring. My favorite is white though , it makes it so much easier to see any growth or build up on my little race boat! And I'm vain! Cheers Warren.