Anne's Tour of Our New Boat "Vestri" - Vintage 1976 CHB 34' Tri-Cabin Trawler

In this video, my lovely wife Anne ‪@annemckinnell‬ shows you around our newly acquired 1976 vintage CHB trawler. She leads us through "Vestri" from the outside decks and into each of the 3 inside cabins.
Anne is the captain and chief navigator, so she details various tools she uses to pilot Vestri and safely route us between destinations. Along the way, she also highlights her favorite liveaboard lifestyle features.
Stay tuned for a future video where I will do my tour with a detailed look at the boat's plumbing, electrical, engine, mechanical systems, etc.
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[@BobKeefe]

It was nice to meet Anne after all the years we’ve been following your channel. She was a natural on camera, and we enjoyed the tour. It seems like usually she’s off in the distance with her camera taking amazing wildlife photos, but rarely on screen herself. Hope to see more of her as she captains the new boat.

[@mrc1539]

Don’t think I ever saw Ann looking so happy. Beautiful boat and I’m sure you guys are really going to enjoy her . looking forward to a tour on the innards and working parts .Thanks for the look around

[@vintageaudioreview]

Thanks for taking the time to take us on a tour of your water-based abode- it was very interesting, particularly for someone like me who has never seen the inside of a Cabin trawler!

[@littlejohnny4470]

Captain Anne and her trusty First Mate, Lieutenant Ray! Arrr! She's a beauty! Happy Voyages!

[@mimbrava]

How lovely to see you (and hear Ray). Thanks so much for the tour of your beautiful "Vestri". I wish you much joy throughout the years you'll be traveling in her.

[@weschilton]

Ah Anne is such a proud captain. What a lovely boat for the two of you! Thanks for the tour, Anne!

[@bobhobart3613]

Absolutely Beautiful!!! And the boat also. Don’t think I’ve ever seen more than 10-15 seconds of Anna just totally cool boat. So much room. You guys are great, looking forward to Ray’s your. God Bless Stay safe.

[@justsomeguy6474]

Thanks for tour. She's a beaut!

[@JJs-ClassC-Adventures]

Anne, it was so lovely to see you give us all a tour. It is a wonderful boat, and you are doing a great job driving the boat. Hope to see more of you on camera.

[@deborahlh7747]

Thank you for the tour Anne. Of course we had to have the girls version of the tour 🙂

[@timf6916]

WOW, Nice. GREAT JOB Ann & Ray. A Beautiful boat, for a Beautiful Captain.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thank you very much!

[@cjmenagh882]

Nice boat and glad to see Anne looking so well.

[@jmubreader]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

[@marciatesch3951]

Wow, that is beautiful! And how fun to be on the water and have the RV. You’re living life.

[@randyshay7280]

Ann looks so happy!!!

[@daviscrt]

Great tour of the boat captain Annie. Fyi you went down the stairs the right way. Should never go down facing away from the steps. That's how people slip and fall. Thanks Don

[@hotelboz]

Thank you for the tour. What a pleasant surprise after watching your videos for many years. We are full time RV for 2 years. Wish we could follow you into boating. But one never knows what the future holds.

[@DC-gy3wj]

Nice! Looking forward to the nuts and bolts portion!

[@explor794]

Good for yoy guys. The best videos to watch are people who make the own repairs.

[@ytubechannel997]

The boat is really roomy. Thanks for the tour.

[@oysterjohn5669]

Great tour. There is some very fine craftsmanship in that boat. Lots more room in it than I thought there would be.

[@douglasolsen1208]

Thank you for that tour! What a nice floating RV!

[@pooh4519]

Full steam ahead Anne. A great tour, extremely interesting. Can't wait for the round the world cruise!

[@michaelgriffiths797]

She’s a beauty. Love the tour.

[@JoelWelter]

This has so much storage space!! Love it!

[@Robert-jm1kk]

Very nice Ray/Anne. Love the boat. What a beauty. Rich wood interior. Looking forward to seeing all the new adventures.

[@laurieberg2880]

Vestri is really nice. Thanks for the tour Anne.

[@swansodi]

Wow, hard to believe it is a 1976!!! Very nice tour, I enjoyed seeing your boat.

[@douglastong3208]

The boat seems to be a place to relax and enjoy the water. Great find!Looking forward to some whale-spotting videos, perhaps? Thanks for sharing!!

[@douglastong3208]

@@LoveYourRV Thank you!

[@questionmark4348]

Anne looks very happy (as she should be) with her new boat, Thanks for the tour!

[@DennisWintjes2]

Thanks Ray for sharing. Thanks Anne for the tour. Great boat! Like #112

[@lauria5040]

I enjoyed seeing your new to you boat. I can tell Anne is really a sea gal. Thanks for the tour.

[@tmorton922]

I really enjoyed the tour and captainAnne.

[@PentaxLife]

Yeah, nice boat haven't seen Ann that happy. For a long time. Full-time in A Boat, Ray That will be some fun adventures.

[@jameshamm7911]

Captain Anne...ahoy mate!

[@debmarie55]

Love your boat! Very spacious with so much storage!

[@nathanurick8320]

What a great life you two have, you have a lot great adventure stories.

[@timclosson7166]

Great tour! Thanks so much!

[@bimodal7195]

We consider our travel trailer an rv: recreational vehicle. Our 9M aft-cabin fly- bridge is also an rv: recreational vessel. Nuts about both! Solar installations for both. Regards, Prowess

[@timalmich1964]

Very nice looking boat. thanks for the tour.

[@bertkelly7650]

Very nice guys! No stopping for border crossings, no getting stuck in traffic or looking for dump stations, but no air con. Nice you have "Ray" Marine nauticals.

[@bimodal7195]

Boat has a black water holding tank like trailers and such, that must be emptied at a properly equipped shore station. Overboard waste discharge in territorial waters of Canada and USA is strictly prohibited; indeed it must be impossible to do so. Pump-outs here in Ontario cost 30-50 dollars a tank. Ours is 40 Imp gallons. It accommodates 10 days use +/- by 2 adults. Gray water can be sent directly overboard. Regards, Prowess.

[@bertkelly7650]

@@bimodal7195 Good to know, thanks!

[@emersonkk33]

Very nice! And great to see Ann in another vid. My sister and her husband live on their boat, about the same size. Amazing how much better boats are built than RV's. My only complaint is that Ann forgot to mention the best attribute of the boat...that it came with the best first mate!😆

[@VentoRacing1]

Great Tour, Love your boat.

[@larrythompson3645]

Wow that is a nice boat. I really like all the wood, wow. I have never heard so many words from Anne. The boat will be soooo much fun for you guys. Enjoy!

[@garryhammond3117]

Thanks guys! - Great video from both of you. Ann is a natural on camera, even if she feels a little nervous. Amazing space and storage for a 34 footer! - Thanks! - Cheers!

[@robertburgess6100]

That's a beautiful old. And great shape from what I see in the video. Thanks for the tour, Ray and Anne. Enjoy.

[@korean_foot_traveler8655]

It looks like a really great boat. I enjoyed watching a variety of the nice scenes in this video.😄👍👍

[@G_RAThbun]

Your videos are so excellent that Vicki and I have been watching them on the big screen so I can't ever comment. But we are watching them no worries about that. The orcas were spectacular never seen those before

[@jlkelly304]

That thing is in great shape. You guys seem to be enjoying the new rig! Cheers

[@tommackay7433]

Sure is a pretty boat. The boat will be a great buy for anybody who buys it after him.

[@bounderchris]

Wow I was just wondering what it looked like inside after seeing the video on the bottom paint and this just popped up on my feed…

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

Nice tour Anne. All the captains I worked with (Caribbean) steered using their feet. They found it more comfortable being able to sit back. Always used the fly bridge except in bad weather (tropical storm). Look forward to seeing what Ray has to show.

[@Pack.Leader]

Vestri is such a beauty. It's amazing to me that something built in the '70s can be in such great shape. I don't know how long you were shopping for her but man, did you find a good vessel. Thanks so much for the tour, Anne (and Ray). Anne has got a full head of hair. Lucky woman. Did I hear her right when she said, "... when we are fulltime"?

[@LoveYourRV]

She meant living in the boat full-time in the summers. Right now, we are still in the RV park until the end of the month, and the boat is in a marina 5 minutes away. We needed time to make sure the boat was ready to go long stretches and see if anything needed to be fixed or upgraded while we still had the RV to live in. In August, we store the RV and go full-time on the boat then, when the weather gets crappy come October, we will switch to full-time in the RV again and go south till spring and then switch again. :)

[@Pack.Leader]

@@LoveYourRV Oh, ok. Thanks for explaining that. I thought maybe you had a much longer voyage planned. You guys have the best of both worlds.

[@bradplueger7951]

What does a Raymarine display do/show? Yes, I'm a boating novice! Enjoyed the tour!

[@LoveYourRV]

Its like a GPS for the boat showing our position and speed on a nautical map chart. It also has radar and a depth sounder and can used to plot courses.

[@mr.chisels729]

Anne is really in her element!! I am really looking forward to seeing the "guts" of the boat. I am very curious as to the the holding tanks and and how much fresh you can carry... Any thoughts about a desalination system? There are quite a few decent ones and they are all coming down in pricing. so happy for you guys!!

[@LoveYourRV]

It has a 25 gallon black water holding tank and 120 gallons fresh water. I don't see a desalination system in the near future as we will mainly be exploring the area between Vancouver Island and mainland BC so not long voyages without access to any water refills. I also have a 60 gallon water bladder that I use when boondocking with the RV. So that could be filled add put on deck, so could 180 gallons if needed + I have 9 galloons of drinking water jugs and that is a lot on a boat since the toilets use sea water. We could go for weeks. Cheers, Ray

[@mr.chisels729]

@@LoveYourRV - wow, great amount of fresh water. I presume that your gray water is dumped direct?

[@LoveYourRV]

@@mr.chisels729 Showers drain into a bilge and then can be pumped overboard by the bilge pump. The kitchen and bathroom sinks drain straight overboard.

[@BillDeertz]

You might want to rethink that propane tank in the flybridge storage. From a safety perspective shouldn’t be stored with other equipment and vented near the bottom (propane is heavier than air).

[@LoveYourRV]

The tank location and propane systems passed a recent survey used for insurance purposes and when the Dickenson propane heater was professionally installed. The only thing the owner was recommended to add after the survey was level indicator valves which he did. The locker has vent holes in the very bottom. Cheers, Ray

[@BillDeertz]

Maybe the standards are different in Canada. Per ABYC standard A-1 1.4.5 LPG locker should only be lpg bottles, regulators, hoses and associated equipment, no other equipment should be in the locker. Also per 1.8.1.4 should only open from the top with a gasketed cover (yours looked like a door in the video). Good to hear it’s at least vented at the bottom. If you’d like I can send you the pertinent standard.

[@LoveYourRV]

I think the difference is the LP gas cylinders are on the flybridge, which is considered a cabin top, so it is basically outside storage on deck where vapors go overboard versus into the hull. Having stuff in the same enclosure is not recommended, but with a little common sense based on what is in there and the boat's motions, I think it's OK. We have a bucket, water filter, and a couple lifejackets. Tanks are secured and turned off while underway, and we have an electric on/off solenoid valve in line with the tank regulator output, and that breaker gets switched off when underway or the propane is not being used. On a side note, the USA ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria has never asked me about the RV propane or gas, whereas the BC ferries to Vancouver Island regulated by Transport Canada make us shut off the tanks and place a sticker around the valves stating they are off. We can also only take one jerry can of gas on board. Often in the lineup, people ask others to take one for them.

[@BillDeertz]

@@LoveYourRV ABYC compliance is voluntary and the standards are subject to interpretation. On a prior boat I had propane storage under a flybridge seat with a gasketed opening on top and vents down low and got dinged for having a few minor safety equipment in the same locker. I would agree your back tank supplying the grill is outside storage but hard to argue the enclosed cabinet on the forward flybridge is outside storage. On smaller boats it’s often difficult to comply with the standards explicitly so compromises need to be made. Shutting off the tanks while underway definitely mitigates the risks.

[@stinker43]

I have a 79 CHB34 and am wondering about your propane heater. I have installed a diesel heater which hasn't worked too well. What do you need to get that done?

[@LoveYourRV]

Here is where I talked about the heater install kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmrcfJqkbLOhetE and another taking about using it on a cool September morning kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqK0hGRno9RsmZY Cheers, Ray

[@kimcrawford1082]

Anne, I’m interested in what tablet you are considering for the Navionics app at the helm… can you let me know what you settle on?

[@LoveYourRV]

She just bought the Tripltek 9 Pro www.tripltek.com/product-page/tripltek9 It should work well for her drone as well. She'll likely do a review after using it a bit. She used an Apple iPad for years to compare. Cheers, Ray

[@peach_25]

Why toilets on boats called heads?

[@LoveYourRV]

From what I gather in the olden sailing days the toilet was located at the head of the boat and was a hole in the bow to the sea, the waves would help rinse. It was called the head of the boat since they often had a carved head on the point of the bow at the front. Guess the name head stuck.

[@juliohur4001]

Wonderful! Thank you both.

[@SpykersB]

The storage in there is phenomenal! Love that. You know i betya a new boat wouldn’t have half the storage compartments, I’m sure just like the new rv’s, storage sucks in comparison to the old built (surviving 😆) RV’s. And fat people probably wouldn’t enjoy that boat much 🤣 🫢.🍻