54ft SailBoat REFIT: FULL DOCUMENTARY

This is a full length documentary on the total refit of my sailboat.
This is 6 months work, not all of it, probably 40% of it, but it shows a bulk of the work I had to do to get this boat which had been left for 4 years back into working shape and ready to cruise oceans.
It is a Jeanneau 54ds that we purchased for 130k as it was in pretty rough shape, I saved about 70 to 100k by doing all the work myself.
Feel free to ask any questions
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Visit / oceancruisers if you would like to support our work and receive some refit advice and help with boat purchases
If you would like to come sailing with Glenn and Marcos for a week in Greece then check out the Odyssey Sailing Festival.
Odyssey Sailing Festival
14th September 2024
Visit www.theoceancruisers.com/odyssey to register for tickets
Our skippers for 2024 are:
Glenn Shephard - Below Deck Yacht
Laura Dekker - Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation
Brady & Blue - Cruisers Academy
Erik Aanderaa - No Bullshit Just Sailing
Dan & Kika - Sailing Uma
Erica & Warren - Weasail
Nikki Henderson - Ocean Racing Skipper
Dustin Reynolds - The Single Handed Sailor
Tripp & Kiera - Apparent Winds
Lauren Landers - Soul de la Mar
#sailing #boatrefit #boatrepairs
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:13 Finding The Boat
00:10:13 Service Windlass and New Ground Tackle
00:17:55 Interior Refit
00:29:33 New Navigation Lights
00:32:35 New Water Heater
00:37:52 Odyssey Sailing Festival
00:39:03 Head Refit
00:51:27 Stern Gland Replacement
00:56:15 New Bilge Pumps
01:00:59 Rudder Rebuild
01:11:37 Install MPPT's and Charger
01:15:31 Install Lithium Batteries
01:29:32 Install Solar Panels
01:31:28 Paint Job
01:59:52 Bottom Job
02:02:48 New Navigation Panel
02:05:37 Renovate Fresh Water System
02:09:13 Splash the Beast

[@Tewbum]

2 hours 20 minutes of boat work, bloody hell I thought bugger that for a joke, but I sat though the whole rebuild, I think it was the humour that kept me going, well done and happy sailing, I actually found Chris a couple of weeks ago and watch him as well, by the way I'm a Kiwi watching from China, who would have thought 🙏🙏🙏

[@OceanCruisers]

im surprised anyone sat through it, you deserve a medal Sir. Chris is a legend mate, he knows everything about boat building 👍 thanks for watching

[@ianrusso8790]

that was the funniest refit ive ever seen, ive been laughing non stop.

[@OceanCruisers]

Watching simple people do simple things 👍

[@1425race]

Classic refit video, well done, can't believe the insane amount of work you crammed into it. I bet your mate Chris has booked you in for a big stint refitting his boat.

[@OceanCruisers]

yes mate. he will be calling upon my services to help out with his boat. probably to stand around and roll him cigs 👍

[@Goonman77]

"Naked Germans" 😂😂😂😂 That will forever be my thought when meeting a German from this point forward. Great job on the boat, mates 🎉🎉🎉 Inspiring!

[@OceanCruisers]

you know when a German is proud. it will be naked 👍

[@chrismckillip1292]

Followed from the start. Rehabbed a 40’ Legend full interior and exterior. This is my 5th sailboat to rebuild. Thanks for being just YOU, makes a huge difference from other channels. Now watching Wesail- wish I would have documents out refit with video- have tons of photos. 45+ years sailing.

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers dude! Erica and Warren are skippers for the Odyssey Festival, they are awesome people 👍

[@craigmurphy6651]

Loved the video! Great work!

[@OceanCruisers]

Thanks so much!

[@iainforward9]

found you via teulu tribe, great video, helped pass a 3hr airport wait. loved the humour

[@OceanCruisers]

Thanks mate. They are a great couple eh 👍

[@christianstevens9804]

So great to see new content from you Andy! I did a similar refit on a smaller, older boat and I’m diggin your choices! Cheers!

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers Christian 👍 thanks mate

[@stevebibby1378]

Great to see the journey buddy, thanks for sharing! still looking for ours!

[@OceanCruisers]

it takes time mate, it will pop up soon

[@peterahlberg6825]

Fast Andy get's things done 😂

[@OceanCruisers]

very fast andy gets more things done 👍

[@gsh341]

Nice work!

[@OceanCruisers]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@5:32 Only you and David Attenborough call it a tack-o-meter Mate! Its a tach-alh-mitter because it, like most things that still work, isn't metric. :)

[@OceanCruisers]

Joe Biden ain't my President. I win 👍😂

[@JayPerrypersonal]

That top rudder housing frame is prone to rust. We had to replace ours on our 1999SO 45.2. Keep eye on it and paint it with red oxide etc. the main cause is the emergency rudder cover letting water through. Add silicon sealer to the cover for the emergency tiller cover. 👍⛵️

[@OceanCruisers]

very very nice information. i will check this when im next in the hole! thanks mate!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@1:22:21 That's incredible that Chris said "Starship Enterprise" because at that exact second I was thinking "shields". How weird that sci-fi permeates people's thoughts like that!

[@OceanCruisers]

its a sign bro. you need to give come sailing

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@@OceanCruisers Odyssey is in 80 days... Can't wait...

[@berenddiderich9826]

awesome jobbie

[@OceanCruisers]

thanks mate 👍

[@OceanCruisers]

👍

[@95lovi]

Nice that your doing it out of your own, without all those me and my girlfriend Restorations

[@OceanCruisers]

i would have appreciated the help though!

[@Finn-McCool]

27:50 War Pigs Classic Sabbath 🤘🏽😡 However, although they indeed "have themselves to blame." The lyric is: "hide themselves away". 👍🏽

[@OceanCruisers]

shit, ive even gigged that and sung the wrong lyrics then 😂

[@Finn-McCool]

@@OceanCruisers in the immortal words of Quagmire: Giggidy 🤭Giggidy 😉 Before reading the Bible and studying its message I basically got my worldview from a heap of 20-40 year old dudes in the 60s, 70s and 80s. It's not surprising that at times they were spot on in their musical poetry. War Pigs Hammer to fall The Times They Are A Changin' Saint of Me The list goes on ... This was an entertaining resto to watch. 👍🏽

[@OceanCruisers]

@@Finn-McCool literally sounds like my life! with the occasional word or two from a greek here and there 👍

[@Finn-McCool]

3:24 I chuckled at the fact they basically disregarded her input and went straight into the more important issues on their mind. 🤭

[@OceanCruisers]

😂 bless us

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@11:59 I don't know why all cars don't use Rocna anchors instead of air bags...

[@OceanCruisers]

😂

[@SimonElenor]

Yeah Lithium mixes so well with water.

[@OceanCruisers]

not a great combo is it

[@SimonElenor]

@@OceanCruisers I will stick with AGM. Mine have lasted me ten years so far. What people don't realize is Lithium is no different to any fossil fuels but actually mined in a worse way. I won't support it. But it is light. Keep up the good work though.

[@OceanCruisers]

@@SimonElenor yep, i know all about it. per usable watt its about a quarter of the weight and half the space. a good AGM treated well will last 5 years of heavy usage for a cruiser. perhaps less if you are using heavy draw inverters etc. depends on usage if its worth it for the individual. regards the mining, i cant hold this on my conscience. our regulators decide what options we have.

[@jeffreyoconnor6994]

Hey Andy, now you have had the boat back in the water for a while, how have you found the performance and short or single handed sailing. There are a couple 54 ds's in Auss that are on the market, pretty keen to get back on the water. Cheers.

[@OceanCruisers]

They are brilliant to sail mate. very sturdy and also responsive. singlehanded i would definitely recommend a furling main. i have a traditional and it is difficult by yourself with such a big boat👍

[@wardism74]

Chris found an 40' alu boat in a bush....only in Switzerland

[@OceanCruisers]

its a true story. i think it had bush growing on it too. but when it is finished it will be supreme. the type of boat Kim Jon Un would cruise in. A beast.

[@JayPerrypersonal]

Solar regulator to the bus bar not a great idea. If you turn the batteries off and there is nowhere for the solar power to go it can damage the solar regulator. Always wire solar panels to the battery side of the main battery switch.

[@OceanCruisers]

got breakers on the panels mate 👍

[@JayPerrypersonal]

@OceanCruisers great so have we dipole DC breakers, still good practice to connect the panels battery side of the switch. 1 to protect the regulators if the battery isolator switch is turned off. 2 if you isolate the batteries there is no power then coming into the boat. Safercway all round.

[@user-us9ms7eq8j]

😊❤👍

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers

[@OddLifeCrafting]

Chris is way to lazy, tell him that next time he needs to work harder! 😂

[@OceanCruisers]

😂😂😂 i need to test your skills too mate. come sailing dude

[@95lovi]

So where was it found ? And I didn’t hear what it went for? Just a house number for an impression

[@OceanCruisers]

i paid 130 usd for it, found it in Kilada in Greece 👍

[@95lovi]

Ok, 130,000 € ? That’s almost for free , jeess

[@OceanCruisers]

USD

[@JayPerrypersonal]

Just a question Andy. You are from the UK (pound sterling), your in Greece (euro), yet you price everything I’d dollars?

[@OceanCruisers]

only 30% of the audience is based in Europe/UK and USD is the defacto world currency. (for now) 😂

[@95lovi]

Ja the English don’t have it with no clothes, and in mai they run around here in Swansea in shorts and Ts. Probably body temperature of 50C . So in in the tropics the UKers would be the ones in the birthday suit 😅😂

[@OceanCruisers]

i will never expose my ballsack to an unamusing passer by! 😂

[@jamesbodie617]

No water maker?

[@OceanCruisers]

yes, but it was buggered, getting it rebuilt next week

[@jackdbur]

Gees what extortion hardware prices! Are you buying from marine stores? 😮 You are getting royally rodgered.

[@OceanCruisers]

Europe prices dude. The commies rape us with taxes! 30% minimum on top of the US

[@luigipod]

admirable, but did not see the value in her to begin with...

[@OceanCruisers]

thanks mate 👍

[@jeb533]

That was fun. I want to drive it

[@OceanCruisers]

😂 engine mounts need replacing first