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GO for you're dreams n forget the negative comments from the zealous group
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$250 with 50A on the hard... Per month? Per week? Per day?
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If you can manage sea sickness, that is half the battle. I didn't watch the whole thing, but it's pretty clear basic maintenance was not done on this boat. A fuel filter swap before leaving shore, along with removing and inspecting the water pump impellers is pretty important, as are having spares of these, and knowing how to bleed the system. A good trick is to install an outboard motor squeeze bulb to help prime ore purge fuel lines--in each engine bay.
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I am a trivia fiend and did a search for Catamaran Indigo based in St. Augustine. It recently went on the block and sold for $215,000. My guess is that it needed refurbishing and the charter company that owned it decided to unload it.
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I even felt a little nausus my self.
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Sorry for the bummer first trip, but you're still here good, nice excitement transfer
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Awww Pubix! How I miss them :-) I think they stock tubes of Ginger paste that is great for motion sickness. If not Wally World has it too.
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At least you will eat good. The life aboard a boat is a bit different.
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what do u 2 do for money?
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God I hate sea-sickness... it can just floor you and make you useless. A lesson here, do your sea-trials very close to land... don't leave harbour without everything in top condition. I was once fortunate enough to be on a 90ft luxury vessel on sea-trials after fixing the main computer, and reconnecting the sensors.
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If your RV fails on the open road, usually you won't die. if your boat fails on the open ocean, it's quite possible to die. Understand the risks and prepare for them responsibly. I agree with your lessons learned that this boat should not have left the dock until its problems were fixed, and that it was under-maintained. Also starting with day sails then working up to longer trips would be better, as you mention. As others have mentioned, you need a lot more experience sailing. Build it up gradually. Don't exceed your skills and experience too much each time. Take your time and build up experience.
By the way, one advantage of charter boats is that they are actively used and (in principle) maintained. Problems can accumulate on private boats that aren't actively used, like the fuel system problems in this boat that stopped the engines. Some of the electrical problems may also have been from lack of use (like the corrosion on the battery switch contacts), or may have been more apparent if the boat had been more actively used. -
love the videos thanks for taking us along your Journey.
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Good God! Do you guys realize how lucky you are? You and your captain take off out in to the open ocean in a boat that no one seems to know anything about. I don't blame you...you''re green and don't know enough to be aware of the dangers. I do, however, blame your captain. He's obviously not a captain but someone who has been in boats before and had access to a strange boat. Did he just buy this boat? Did he have it surveyed? When you guys introduced this guy as your captain I assumed he was a professional who knew something venturing into the open ocean in a boat he was familiar with. This guy is anything but. Electrical failure at the dock should have been enough of a warning to tell anyone who knows something that this boat should have never left the Intracoastal Waterway. If you were out far enough to get into the Gulf Stream and if your radio had failed like everything else on this boat, you all could have died...like others before you have. The Gulf Stream would have taken you toward Europe and you didn't have enough provisions for that.
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What an excellent learning experience! I'm sure it was frustrating and scary, but you handled it very well. You also learned all about the Laguna 410 that you had on your list. All invaluable. Good going! You've earned my respect, well,... you already had my respect.
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Seriously, a captain that gets that sick?? I know everyone gets sick, but that did not look that bad. How are ye going to manage when you're getting the end of an atlantic storm or a hurricane? Time to rethink.
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I sailed with Shel once out of Ft Lauderdale to Bimini and he didn't get sick then, guess it happens to everyone at some point.
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I have done a fair amount of sailing on my buddy's 46 Maine Cat, pretty similar to your boat and can only tell you it gets easier, in no time you will have all of the tools you need and a spare part for everything. I was sad not to see the cats take the maiden voyage but in the end it looks like a wise decision, that would have been chaos amplified with everything else going on. Wave from Fort Lauderdale btw!
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I love this, the "real" Wynns in the early early AM
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these videos feel less fun and more like paramilitary operations. The boats you're using are massive for beginning sailors. I'm not sure why you started off with a $350k boat. As you can see it isn't going to keep you safer.
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At 11:24 look at all the strips in the sky
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