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3 жыл бұрын
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@JustYourRegularNoah5973 25 күн бұрын
Wow! You are so privileged to experience that! I. So happy that you documented it! :)
@Camarasailing 25 күн бұрын
@@JustYourRegularNoah5973 thank you for coming along on the adventure ☺️
@JustYourRegularNoah5973 25 күн бұрын
@@Camarasailing youre welcome!
@beebee766 26 күн бұрын
Having lived in the Virgin Islands for 20+ years, I was much inspired by the designs of Dick Newick and good friend Roger Hatfield. Have sailed on quite a few and eventually decided to build a Lock Crowther Twiggy Mk IIB up in the hills of Tortola. Couldn't do that with Roger or Dick's designs, cos "Wingover" was built in separate units and assembled on the beach. (Now that Launch Party was a PARTY !!) She took me 4 years to build, she sailed beautifully and was very easy on the eye, with wingmast, mast lowering struts, water ballasting, spade rudder assy., whipstaff steering, etc. I sold her some time ago and since she like us, has sailed to Europe and completed many of the intensely gruelling Round Britain and Ireland Race, winning her class in one. She was last seen in Isle de Oleron (near La Rochelle) in France. Roger Hatfield was incredibly helpful and I do miss that 'island style' way of life. Fair winds and broad reaches to y'all ! Bill
@sueakauola1753 Ай бұрын
Thank you for this lovely video of Minerva! Definitely on my bucket list! Sailed from Vava'u to NZ a few years back but the weather was bad and we had to sail past Minerva! I was heart broken! Hope you get to visit our little island in Vava'u, Taunga. It's beautiful! Enjoy!
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@sueakauola1753 I totally understand. We missed out on Minerva so many times because the weather window never allowed a pit stop so we were behind stoked when the stars aligned!!!
@trumpetmano Ай бұрын
Sailing Zatara hauled out there as well.
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@trumpetmano and so did gonewiththewynns I believe!
@MrJoelfaith Ай бұрын
Is the young fella sailing the tri cant find much about it
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@MrJoelfaith he’s working on a 74ft sunreef catamaran as the first mate. He’s sailing in French Polynesia at the moment 😉
@rmarsh3309 Ай бұрын
What a great video about a very special place. This is the best Minerva video I've seen. Thanks so much.
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@rmarsh3309 thank you so much ☺️
@sailinggreenpearl2571 Ай бұрын
Fabulous, great to see you guys back! Would love to visit minerva one day....
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@sailinggreenpearl2571 thank you ☺️
@Dusty10 Ай бұрын
Nice dive
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@Dusty10 thank you
@raymaynard4364 Ай бұрын
Vanua Balavu so beautiful great video 💯
@Mr1982shawn Ай бұрын
That hull looks great for 3.5 years!
@Arcangel99997 Ай бұрын
Amazing place...Monuriki island...Cast Away, i like that movie since i was a kid...Some day i'll travel to there...Greetings from Venezuela!
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@Arcangel99997 Fiji has so much to offer - you’ll love it!
@Arcangel99997 Ай бұрын
Beautiful islands, Matuku and Kadavu...How long is from Viti Lebu by boat??? Greetings from Venezuela!
@Camarasailing Ай бұрын
@@Arcangel99997 depends on the route you take as it’s against the trades so you want to time the passage accordingly. Many beautiful places along the way to day hop or do just overnights 😉
@kendalllucas7197 2 ай бұрын
You guys are Legends one of the best re-fits more than that is was total Re-Build….. Congratulations Bon-Voyage ….
@Camarasailing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😊
@fw1421 2 ай бұрын
Such an enormous boat and that tiny propeller!🙀🙀😆😆😆. Beautiful job,my compliments to both of you.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@Camarasailing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! We know, it seems crazy but the prop pushes her just fine. Though our 185hp is quite thirsty so we only motor if we have to, we try and sail as much as we can! Luckily she doesn’t need much wind to slip through the water. Thanks for watching!
@richardwallinger1683 2 ай бұрын
a real labour of love . enjoy ..
@Camarasailing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Maloy7800 2 ай бұрын
This is a really nice boat. Not "good for a scrappy conversion" but just properly nice. It's simple. pretty cramped for an 80-footer, but four cabins, three bathrooms, all well done and properly holding... what more does one want? Will you ever reveal how much you spent on all this beauty including the conversion? I wonder how it looked in its time. I also wonder how fast it goes? I follow another family here on youtube who did a racer conversion. But they chose an IMOCA-60 (66?) boat for conversion. Very different boat, and a different result. Craaaazy!!!! 🙂 But it flies 20 knots on just a main and a jib... and chews through sails like cheese. I wonder how racy your racer is. How deep is your keel, by the way? Yes, I watched the resoration slideshow, might have missed it. Anyway, cool boat. Good job! Kudos.
@Camarasailing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. She’s actually got 5 cabins and an additional 3 open berths. We’ve had our family come cruise with us for a few weeks and it’s nice not being crammed in even when there were 9 of us on the boat. The reason we haven’t revealed the final cost is because it is hard to put a number to it considering we did all the work ourselves and got a lot of materials at really good prices. We spent about NZ$300k excluding our time etc. The other boat you are following is probably our friends on NV. Very different kind of boats and very different kind of refits. She’s faster than our boat but in terms of a conversion to a comfortable cruiser I think ours is more practical with a 2.7m draft, a dry inside of the boat when sailing and most importantly privacy. Something that was important for us cruising as a family for over 20 years and especially once the kids were teenagers! We usually cruise at a speed of 8-10kts without pushing which is fast enough for us. The fastest we’ve sailed her is at 15kts. Previous owners have sailed at speeds above 20kts but like I said we don’t push her like that. Her racing days are over and we try and make the gear last and avoid breakage and stressing out the rig… Thanks for following along :-)
@nathanieldalton-wilson9889 2 ай бұрын
quality work mate was this the boast that was at smoke house bay on kings birthday weekend
@Camarasailing 2 ай бұрын
Yes it was! Our friends now own it and we were there on our boat as well!
@nathanieldalton-wilson9889 2 ай бұрын
@@Camarasailing well it looks great 👍🏻
@rikkvd1958 2 ай бұрын
This is my first comment ever on you tube. :👍👍👍👍👍👍
@Camarasailing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - makes it even more special to receive it 😉
@WhitemountainWhite-ps6dd 3 ай бұрын
Can you please help me by telling that I have to go from Fiji to New Zealand. I only want a cruise ship from Fiji to Samoa and Auckland. Please note that Apia Samoa (Not American Samoa) . Fiji, Suva, Apia Samoa and finished Auckland New Zealand. Please reply me. Thanks for your video ☺️❤
@Camarasailing 3 ай бұрын
Not sure which routes you can take on cruiseships in this area but you won’t regret it. The South Pacific islands are all amazing! Personally I would prefer a sailboat to a cruiseship but if that’s what you enjoy then go for it!
@WhitemountainWhite-ps6dd 3 ай бұрын
thank you very much.
@tn1844 3 ай бұрын
well done
@jamiemorgan4146 3 ай бұрын
You mean, that you actually had to pay for this boat yourself?????
@Camarasailing 3 ай бұрын
What it means is that unlike most of the yachts from this era that have sponsors, we didn’t and Yes - we paid for the boat and the entire rebuild ourselves and did the work ourselves.
@bos6782 3 ай бұрын
Question: is it only two of you living on this 80foot sailing Yacht ? Such a beautiful boat and the work you’ve put into it is astounding.
@Camarasailing 3 ай бұрын
It has been four of us (the two of us and our two children) until January this year but our son is now working as a deckhand on a 74ft Sunreef catamaran so now it’s just the three of us 😉
@bos6782 3 ай бұрын
Impressive, what a build, thank you for the tour
@Camarasailing 3 ай бұрын
Thank you ☺️
@michel4765 3 ай бұрын
Hello, what a wonderful rebuild. Little Wing is a beauty. Can you remember the material thicknesses of Hull, Wingdeck (bottom and top) and the Bulkheads? I'am thinking of designing a replica. Many thanks, Michel
@Camarasailing 3 ай бұрын
Thank you. We can’t quite remember but tend to think it was two layers of 6mm and the bulkheads were also 12mm. There is a website about dick newick’s designs and if I remember correctly there were plans to purchase as well. Perhaps Google search and you may find a big step towards building your dream boat 😉 Good luck with the project - exciting!
@pkpwnerful 4 ай бұрын
That first clip at the bow looking out under sail, man i felt that emotion for you! What an insane effort, to be heeled over and charging along finally must be an indescribable feeling
@Camarasailing 4 ай бұрын
It was!!!! Hard to describe that feeling!
@spassimirvassilev5172 4 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@alansmith2203 4 ай бұрын
One of the best trimaran designs ever. love newick's simplicity and sweet lines. She moves through the water so unruffled. Great job on the paint and restoration. I own a 30 foot condor trimaran that is trailerable. But what a job to take her apart and put her together. Wishing you all the best from us Yanks.
@Camarasailing 4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much ☺️
@assafjacob5762 5 ай бұрын
Good job mate🎉 question: at 11:00 where those pistons+rings not stored in the freezer before attempting the shuv? Just wondering..
@Camarasailing 5 ай бұрын
No they weren’t 😉
@2wheelsondirt766 5 ай бұрын
heading to lau in 1 month, can't wait!
@Camarasailing 5 ай бұрын
You’ll love it - no doubts! So many magical places!!! We are hauled out atm getting her ready for another season in the islands once cyclone season is over! Enjoy the Lau ⛵️
@billhanna8838 5 ай бұрын
Now a squier top main & a screatcher > Take no prisoners .
@Camarasailing 5 ай бұрын
Exactly 👌
@blagger42 5 ай бұрын
I was on this in 1989 Gibraltar and met John Chittenden, I have some old slides I can try and send
@Camarasailing 5 ай бұрын
Oh that would be awesome! Also have a look through some of the comments on this video. Heaps of previous crew have commented and you may come across a couple of familiar names!
@SVSeaChange 5 ай бұрын
I saw this video shortly after you loaded it and decided I had to visit both places on my way back from Tonga to Fiji and had both of them to myself. The turtles at Duff Reef were amazing, and I had some good kitesurfing there too. Thanks!
@williamwaits 6 ай бұрын
Wow, what an undertaking. Amazing work guys.
@triopraise2172 6 ай бұрын
My husband and I crewed on tis boat in the Fastnet Race in 1995. It was a super experience. Now it's quite wonderful to see the incredible transformation you've made. Well done!
@Camarasailing 6 ай бұрын
Oh wow, we’ve just had someone comment who was crew on the 1995 Fastnet race as well - crazy!!! Thank you so much for the lovely comment!
@MondoRockable 6 ай бұрын
Any details on the cost of purchase and refit?
@Camarasailing 6 ай бұрын
If you read through the comments this has been asked quite a bit. It’s a tricky one to answer because this project would cost someone else potentially a whole lot more than what it cost us. We only took her on as a project because we knew we could do all the work ourselves, had no hardstand costs and access to great prices on materials. Between purchase and what we’ve spent we are at around $300-$350k NZD but like I said, that’s with free hardstand, not employing anyone etc.
@paulgalpin3676 6 ай бұрын
I sailed on Creighton's Naturally in the 1995 Fastnet during which we anchored as a racing tactic! Absolutely fabulous to see her restored and back where she belongs. Truly well done a magnificent achievement.
@Matty21stead 7 ай бұрын
Great team effort. Clear explanations. Well done.
@stuartrobertson6882 7 ай бұрын
Great review.
@BarryAnderson-fi8sv 7 ай бұрын
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@RachaelSA 7 ай бұрын
When you hone barrels you are not polishing them and making them shiny, you trying to make a "plateau", so it has an XX pattern at a 45° angle to hold/direct the oil to where its needed and to wear the rings in. You are trying to cut the glaze off and if you just polishing it, or making your hone lines all haphazard at the wrong angles, you just wasting a set of rings and could be damaging the cylinders and then you need to re-bore and go oversize pistons and rings to fix it. And it might look like its working at first but if you don't remove the glaze or you polishing it, the rings wont bite and you'll still get blow back and your lubrication wont be optimal.
@Camarasailing 7 ай бұрын
Yes, good point, that is why we are moving the drill up and down to cross hatchet. We’ve done this engine rebuild a year ago and the motor is running sweet and the back pressure is gone so we are stoked 😉
@-TruthHurts 7 ай бұрын
nice rebuild, very useful that you're able to drop the oil pan in mounted condition and you didn't have to replace the cylinder sleeves... i asume you overhauled the injectors as well and checked the oil pump for wear.
@Camarasailing 7 ай бұрын
We actually had the injectors tested 😉(pressure tested)
@-TruthHurts 7 ай бұрын
i found it very funny when you mentioned "and just like that the engine rebuild is done and dusted..."from my experience, given all the tools & parts needed are provided, it would take two skilled mechanics around 4-5 full working days to do the job...@@Camarasailing
@ryanwalsh7491 7 ай бұрын
Wow! Very thorough and very clean when all said and done. Were you able to hire a machine shop locally to dress the head, or did you have to send it back to AU or UK or the like? How long in total were without an engine?
@ianfirth-clark5975 7 ай бұрын
Impressive stuff and made easier with a family of engineers well done all.
@paulsinclair3401 7 ай бұрын
Love those old straight six marinised truck engines! They're great for working on and seem to last forever!
@Camarasailing 7 ай бұрын
@@paulsinclair3401 thank you 😊
@billhanna8838 7 ай бұрын
Great axess , Did you bother doing the Hoses & Belts , You could eat off that bilge
@Camarasailing 7 ай бұрын
We did replace the belts and hoses as needed.
@vaidotasratkus7619 7 ай бұрын
standing headroom?
@vaidotasratkus7619 7 ай бұрын
What a beauty!
@montebarnhart2098 8 ай бұрын
Wow, you made it look so easy!
@user-wb2kc6qh1s 8 ай бұрын
We went onboard in 1990 when she called into Ascension Island for repairs to the borgwarner gearbox.