@@marialuzyung9945 we have the boat listed at $750k, I’d love to send more info to you if your interested.

@sailinginourfifties7036 sweet,

@TammyWalker we enjoyed our time in Puerto Rico, loved the south coast. We'll be crossing from Curacao back to PR this November and we hope to visit Caja De Muertos again. there were lots of boats there in 2022.

@EastboundandUp yeah the footage is from Nov 2022, we're playing catchup hard to find time to edit these days.

@SVAcadian dude I'm still on April 2023 so I hear ya!!

@georgemouliere8151 that’s awesome and good luck

@helomech197 hey thanks, we have some big trips comming up!

@@SVAcadian awesome looking forward to watching them

@SergioGomez-tu8vw Oh hell yeah! hope you guys are enjoying the Med

@duaneandkimguillot4267 I know right! next one is Martinique and sailing to the USVI!

@svsalserenity4375 Its painted with Awlgrip, Flag Blue.

@EastboundandUp as i’m sure you know it’s best to haul the boat to replace the lower seal. We had no choice with this replacement… it was done during the remnants of COVID restrictions and no haulout facility in st thomas, plus the boat had a busy charter schedule. Replacing the seal with the boat in the water was our best option.

@@SVAcadian well, if anyone can do it, master tech J - man can:)

@yachticus agree nickel based never seize is a good product but i wouldn’t use it on every single bolt on my yacht. I do use it on certain things though.

@MondoRockable I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s a shitty product… Although i’d agree, Beneteau needs to redesign their rudders with the addition of an internal structure. These boats are marketed as Racer/Cruiser yachts, which they do very well, just look at the yacht lineup in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, The Beneteau First is a very popular model. Our boat is a Beneteau First 42s7, We’re very satisfied with the boats performance, the boats ability to point and ease of cruising at hull speed in light air and heavy weather sets it apart from most cruising sailboats.

@helomech1973 busy times, we both hold down full time jobs… we are editing the next three episodes, plus are heading down island next week to get Acadian out of Hurricane storage. we would love to be full time KZbinrs but it just doesn’t pay… traveling is expensive

@@SVAcadian yes it is

@bensteel3944 all four bolts have big washers installed… same install as the original from factory, we’ve had no issues with it.

@intothemystic2025 hey thanks guys

@coljhall yes i can see your confusion, no we did not contaminate the sea or the new oil… the urgency comes because of the boats intended purpose, this is not a cruising boat but a charter vessel with many upcoming bookings at the time. Not to mention there are no facilities in the USVI to haul catamarans. on top of that during this time period neighboring islands with adequate haul out facilities were difficult to access due to the lingering government COVID policies.

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 I purchased the lower bushing from Murray Yacht Sales located in Florida. Beneteau is using there dealers for parts sales these days. locate the closest beneteau dealer to your location, likely in Martinique, they should be able to source parts for you.

@@SVAcadian thank you 👍

Is that rudder stock fibreglass?

@bkguy4 No problem

@jameslarkin4067 this drive already had water in it… it’s the reason we replaced the seal.

@@SVAcadian ya i hear ur point on that, this method was deep man very deep, super on point and super sketch at the same time lol

@christopherkohel8555 Hey thanks man, we also love Grenada, boatyards not so much… Beam winds and safe sailing to you as well!

@helomech1973 hey thanks and good question, this is something we discuss a lot. The boats that come to mind Amel Super Maramu, Hans Christian, an older Morgan (not the out island), Southern Ocean Gallant 53… I’m sure you see where i’m going with this, a heavy ocean cruiser, preferably with a center cockpit, aft deck space and a ketch rig. oh yeah Vagabond 42 would be on the list too. side note, you couldn’t give me a catamaran…

@@SVAcadian Really you don't like Cats?

@helomech1973 I really do not, over the last year and a half I've worked on countless boats 99% cats all above 42' in length. Lagoon, FP, Bali, Sun Reef, Privilege, Outreamer... The build quality is horrible on most of these boats, Bali being the worst, lagoon and FP next... Sun Reef builds a solid hull but its not a good sail boat. The Outreamer and Privilege cats actually sail really good and have decent build quality. I guess the main issue I have with catamarans is the intensive upkeep. Onboard systems are more complex, multiple AC units, some have chiller systems, all Cats require generators to run the onboard systems while at anchor, multiple heads, complex lighting, Large battery banks....... the list goes on. And on top of all that the boats do not sail very well, they do good from the beam aft... close reach, forget it. So yeah, i'm not a catamaran fan, the performance just isn't there and the cost is astronomical.

@@SVAcadian I fell in love with the maverick 440. Looks to be a very solid built boat. I only plan on using the A/C in the bedroom, and it will be a 12 volt system.

@helomech1973 looks like we'll be in the Caribbean for a bit, we've got a few more big jobs to complete on this old ship then it's game on!

@@SVAcadian Awesome. I am still at least 5 years away from the Caribbean.

@addevice-dd6nj most important part?

@@SVAcadian replacing seal itself

@ThatSandersboy LOL, yeah man Arno Bernard makes a good knife, thanks for the sub! we’re from Louisiana

Tallman what’s up, really good to hear from you, thanks again for all the hard work the bottom job is holding up really well.

@RobHealey hey man thanks for the comment! Our Rudder had an impact event which caused some damage… water ingress… which is what led me to opening it up. I’d agree pressure on the rudder will likely cause stress cracks but not bad after 28years of use. I’m interested to understand what you mean by strong clothe wrapped around all edges? cheers

@@SVAcadian I'm not a pro, just an interested amateur who built his own rudder for a 33ft Adams ten after seeing several rudders break along the edge cracks that I saw in your vid. From building a rudder I learned a few things. I began with a flat bottom edge, but that cavitated when running shy with a spinnaker, sometimes a sharp pull or two would break the cavitation but generally we had to let fly the spinnaker sheet or round up. I put an elliptical edge on the bottom and the problem completely disappeared. My boatbuilder friend and i looked at several broken rudders. One was an aluminium shell and it was obvious that a bending/twisting force had caused fatigue along the edge, The crack along the leading edge then allowed water to be forced in under pressure from moving forward and opened the rudder up like a butterflied prawn. On my rudder I made the rear edge only 1mm thick and the last 4cm was pure glass and cloth, not wrapped around. I never had any problems with it and it made for a very good release of water flowing past. The front and bottom edges had glass cloth wrapped around from one side to the other. It makes sense to reinforce where the cracks occur. If I was doing it now I'd probably put a layer of kevlar or similar, covered with glass cloth. My comment was mainly to point out that the leading edge needs that kind of wrap around support, so strong cloth and epoxy is recommended because it has strength. HTH

@RobHealey really cool you had the opportunity to look at several failures first. We’re seven months in and all good so far.

@@SVAcadian This was in the 90's, I was racing an Adams ten in mixed fleets. My boatbuilder mate and I would walk around the boatyard looking at yachts when they were hauled out in the boatyard. We knew the characteristics of many of the boats - whether they rounded up a lot, were hard to steer, didn't point well etc and our discussions lead to several conclusions. When I built the new rudder which had about 5ft underwater and was transom hung, I was able to make it perfectly balanced so that I could steer with my finger nail! That was too balanced and I changed it so that it was light but gave me some feel. There were 2 other identical Adams Tens and our yacht always had the edge on them despite us having tired old sails. I always put that down to the rudder being more efficient and that I tried not to move it too much, preferring to ease the main in strong gusts rather than fight with the rudder. I learned so much from racing that made coastal cruising better. Good luck to you.

@intothemystic2025 Hey thanks and cheers to you as well!

@steve-cockneyrebel8614 hey thanks

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