Boat Restoration: Fresh Paint & Smart Tech Upgrades ⛵️ Ep29

[@davidnichols147]

Amazing!

[@HMS.96]

I'm following you from Saudi Arabia. Keep going, my friend. You are so wonderful!

[@hampelrutledge4624]

The conduits are a great idea but I advise to make them much larger than you think you need because you'll find you need more wires later and that they tangle in the conduit. Bigger conduits will make things easier in the future.

[@lahakai]

Fair point!! Good to have room for growth! Cheers!

[@dfhepner]

You should use split flexible conduit to run all of your wires. It will help to protect the wires and allow you to get to the wires. If there is an area the you want to keep water from the wires the just use flexible conduit without the split.

[@lahakai]

Love that idea! We have the closed flexible conduit but we will look into the split one as well. Cheers!!

[@MicBruise]

You have taken a very sensible approach to building out the interior. I can't wait to see what your final design looks like. Someone suggested you run extra wires to "future proof" your electrical installation. One alternative is to run "messengers" (strong twine) through each conduit and cable channel so that you could easily pull additional wires though in the future. That is very often done with conduit inside masts and should work fine in your interior. Love your channel!

[@TheModelShipwrightPaulLester]

Hi Guys, when you fit the conduit you should lay a draw string into it as well as the cables, this will let you pull more cables through should you forget something or want to add something later.

[@lahakai]

Great idea! Will do! Thanks for the tip, cheers

[@crowdfundcrew]

Being able to monitor the boat while away from it will be a great peace of mind. Do you have security cameras as well? I’d be careful leaving Alexa on, she sometimes hears things and translates - you may end up with your water running all night. Donate for a Dream

[@lahakai]

It's fantastic huh? There are other similar tech but this one is really simple to use and he's working on making it affordable for sailboat owners. We will have security cameras that we'll test out how they function with everything. We don't have an echo dot ourselves so that's good advice!!

[@Littleriverupthehill]

Have you got a link to your friends automation project

[@MrBobVick]

Looks good.

[@lahakai]

Thanks!!

[@CheersWarren]

Hi re: The wiring if you pass wires between the hull and the ribs you risk it getting getting pinched if you impact a dock hard or maybe pounding against the dock in the storm. I know your Hull is strong, but they all flex. Dedicated conduit is a better way to go like the type to you showed. Cheers Warren

[@lahakai]

We hear you! That is the better way to go. When we yanked out the original wires on the boat they were all loose and were pinched in misc places in the frame. Cheers!

[@MrRotske]

Just a little question: After fixing the welds did you put the boat back into the water to make sure all welds are 100% watertight ? Leaking welds are not always visible to the naked eye. Once the interior installed it will be hard to fix any problems....Keep up the good work ! Great channel.

[@sigaovento]

OMG! thank you so much, guys! You are amazing. We are very excited to have a SeaPro in the Lahakai 🤩

[@lahakai]

You guys are the amazing ones! We love how you are using this smart technology to make affordable and accessible tech for us sailboat lovers! Keep dreaming and creating!!! ❤️❤️

[@giovanniallegro3790]

Dar-lhe conselhos é impossível, você está pronto para um bom começo, basta ter cuidado onde você coloca os interruptores e as várias fontes (de alimentação), caso contrário você está indo bem por enquanto. Bem, o que seu amigo Dudu projetou é fantástico, também estou projetando algo assim em meu barco (se tudo correr bem em 3 anos estará pronto, estou trabalhando sozinho e não posso ir todos os dias porque vivo na Itália e meu barco está em Montenegro), Planejei que todos os guinchos fossem elétricos e controlados por computador e muitas outras coisas, como as velas de enrolar, na proa já planejo colocar 3 velas (bujarrona, genoa e a pequena vermelha para as velas) a vela principal enrolada no mastro, que espero fazer em carbono. Boa continuação Olá, pessoal

[@roytally8329]

I recommend that you document your work as you go from day to day. A brief log is probably enough to remind you of facts that you may need in the course of the refit. Account records, purchase receipts and phone logs are all helpful if you ever have to go back to retrieve key decisions and events. At my ripe old age (78) I can attest that this habit of documentation would have saved me a lot of money and grief had I been more consistent in following this advice. Cheers guys! You are doing a fantastic job!

[@lahakai]

Really good idea! We definitely could document things better and can see how this could improve our project a lot. Thanks for the tip! Cheers!

[@cartertanya1258]

They also do a full voice and app system to add to system, fully Bluetooth

[@kenutton992]

I am very interested in your build. Looking forward to following your successes. QUESTION are you going to spray foam your insulation? Keep on keeping on🥂

[@lahakai]

We are working in insulation now. We're looking into all of our options here. Will let you know what we decide upon!

[@sasalafamily9279]

hey guys i think what your doing is great i see that your going 100% electric. what happens if you get hit by lightning? and no other propulsion , ive just seen so many sail boats get struck . keep up the great work.

[@TheOldGuy]

Great Job! Walking thru your wiring placement is a great idea. Doing it before the interior install will help give you a better system in the long run! Just curios if you were going to do something similar for the plumbing?

[@lahakai]

Thanks!! Yes! We will do plumbing similarly. We will be laying down the pipes the same way and then working with Mobili Mare about where things will go.

[@donaldbarnes647]

With all the work your doing with the hull I’ll be willing to bet that it will be more protected than it was when she came out new:) just keep up the great work.👍

[@makeknowhow]

Hi guys, my guessing is that the work you've shown is just for gettin an idea where to put what and to create a starting point for the plannings Mobili Mare will do. I really hope that this is NOT the final installation . . . otherwise i will highly recomment some protection against shaving. You have a steelboat with is always moving, even at anchorage. Loose wires around sharp sheetmetal corners will be the worst case ! Remember: you will immediately find out that you will have a shortage but you will never know where it has occured along the way these cables are run behind all the profiles and the interior walls. On the other hand: a beautiful project in hands of skilled experts with the right tools. It's a joy to look at with best regards from Berlin, Germany

[@lahakai]

Definitely! This is just for measuring the wires and showing placement. Now we know where everything goes, we're going to find conduits that satisfy how many wires we have going in the same direction. And we will also talk with Mobili Mare about what options we have and how they can work with those conduits. They can make inspection hatches in the wood so we can access them at certain points. We have to do our equipment wires as well still and the wires from the mast will need to be considered. Thanks for looking out for us!! Cheers!

[@143tinaed]

Your boat is looking good 👍

[@JamesRook]

That's a really good idea laying out your wiring plan before the interior goes in. When you do your final loom, you might want to think about bundling the various component legs with zip ties or Velcro strips before installing them in the conduits. Meaning bundle all the lighting wires together, all the power leads together, etc. Good luck!

[@lahakai]

Great idea! That could reduce the chance of getting tangled in the conduit. We'll try to get it really organized! Cheers!!

[@JamesRook]

@@lahakai If you have to run a wire through a closed pipe or conduit for a long run and you have access to compressed air, cut a heavy piece of string longer than the pipe, push the end in a little ways and make sure the rest of the string is completely slack. Use a blow gun to squirt air into the end with the string, feed in the loose street (hold onto the end!) and it will come out the other end and you can then attach it to your wire and pull it through. It works around bends and even right angles.

[@lahakai]

How clever! We'll keep that one in the back pocket! We're going to try to get as many conduits as possible up. Even our test wire has gotten caught and pinched behind the frames making it hard to remove. So the conduit will be essential.

[@JamesRook]

@@lahakai Last tip and I'll go away. When you buy your crimp connectors - and you'll need a lot! - get the style with shrink tube on the ends. They help keep corrosion down and wires tight. A ring terminal crimped to a wire also is a good way to tie on a pull string.

[@lahakai]

This is good as well! Electrical tape can be a pain. Do you need to get a little heat gun to use the shrink tube?

[@josephdeak2257]

It looks amazing😊

[@SayWhatinAz]

Nice work, only thing i have to offer is make sure your grounds are prepped and clean, use star washer to ensure the best connection and protect it with dielectric grease to ensure corrosion is kept at bay....on metal boats I prefer welded in studs for grounding purposes

[@johndavidson6867]

It is far easier to do this work before you start doing interior bulkheads and other like structures, glad to see you thinking far ahead..Sooner than we realize, you will be out chasing waves, looking forward to that glorious day.

[@lahakai]

Oh! We hope you are right!! Can't wait! 🌊⛵️🙌🙏

[@jopac6614]

👏👏👏 it's going to be so great!!!

[@lahakai]

Thanks so much! She's coming along, slowly slowly 😁😁

[@Lana_Warwick]

Like the bronze grey/silver, what & why the white paint?

[@kevinmartin3859]

Loved the electrics Prestation was good and well thought in the uk we would the daz white nice and clean things are moving especially with the wiring well done

[@lahakai]

Thanks! The white really makes it a blank slate doesn't it?

[@kevinmartin3859]

White is clean

[@Racerman27410]

As much as i love the advantages technology can bring into our lives i am still a bit old school when it comes to relying on computers for everything. especially in a salt water environment. Computers will fail and i want you to at least have some mechanical redundancy for when that happens. Mechanical circuit breakers can easily be replaced. Virtual switches and breakers are expensive and not available everywhere .. especially in the places we want you to go and see. Happy Sunday Friends!

[@lahakai]

This is so true, and that's why it's nice that this is in tandem with the original switch board and fuse box and not as a replacement of it. The way the boat in the video was setup was so nice to because everything is so easily accessible. Say that you need to go old school, the switches are right there. It will be very interesting to see how he develops this technology and see the longevity and durability of it all. Cheers!!

[@tomhusted3304]

Hey ya'll try to run to separate fuse blocks around the boat that way you can add systems to your fuse block instead of having to fish lines. Just plug in to your fuse blocks.

[@MrToyorick]

I need that in my boat :-) so pleas ask your friend to put it up for sale :-)

[@lahakai]

Will do!!!

[@4englishlies875]

You might want to add grommets at the holes on the ribs so that the wires don't rub through and short out. Chasing down shorts really suck and is very time consuming.

[@B.u.b.u.r.u.z]

Очень красивая Яхта , и девушка тоже , молодец!!!! Жду следующих серий....

[@masewoods8337]

I am pretty sure this is the first time in media history someone said "I want to introduce you to my friend doo doo..." and then just kept on going like their name wasn't the third name of 3 triplites named "Sandrine, Mayline and Latrine" . That's awesome!

[@g9qtpi]

Low voltage or any voltage line against the hull will draw electrons away from the metal/surface and weaken it. Not recommended voltage line on the outside surface.

[@TKok-sk9se]

Be wise and put some extra wires as reserve. I see in other video's that your colleaque sailors has a lot of problems to get an extra wire behind the walls when they need it. Succes and i love your video's

[@lahakai]

You are so right about this! He didn't add conduit and regrets it. Some of his wires moved out of place too so they are difficult to adjust or move around. So we wanted to learn from this and be super organized. Love the idea of laying extra wire just incase and we will do this! Cheers!

[@johnsmith4066]

Have you calculated the voltage drop for each of the systems. The wire diameter you are using is not generous and this may be an issue.

[@lahakai]

These are just small wires so far for lighting and outlets and the living spaces really so that the wood interior can be planned. You are right for the equipment and we will be calculating these this week to see what we need to buy. Cheers!!

[@lenwhatever4187]

Having done remote product support.... I don't think I can comment ;) Really, no matter the length and amount of content in these videos, I can't mind read. Any comments I would make would be made on (probably incorrect) assumptions. I can't assert the wiring in my own boat is as good or better either. It does work though :)

[@wallywombat164]

Crikey Lori, you read that brilliantly. You are one smart lady.

[@SteifWood]

Dudu should contact Sail Life to install and test his SeaPro system. No better gadget nerd/"aficionado" universally known (112k subs) in the cruising community than Mads ...

[@lahakai]

That is an excellent idea!! We will pass him the info! Thanks so much

[@96311369]

why are de rafters not welded to the skin , they not even toutch

[@Nilsmartin1978]

I was tinking the same thing. Wont the skin flex and bang against the rafters going through the seas?

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😃😃😃😃

[@michaelchamberlain4618]

May God bless you all the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

[@joshmiddleton6338]

Mechanical is always better then electronics.

[@cartertanya1258]

I'm sorry ,but this is available from numerous manufacturers. ,victron , garman ,raymarine etc. Its called total management system. Also does light windlass ,water ect

[@lahakai]

We've seen some similar products as well. In the video he said he is using existing technology from smart homes and repurposing it for our boats. The great thing about Duda is that he is making something that is simplified, easy to use, not dependent on the app or online and working to make it affordable for us sailboat lovers and not just for people with big budges or expensive yachts. Plus, we love supporting small businesses and people like him who are getting started with their dream!!

[@rakoblackstar5294]

Probably it’s me, but I see too much of separation or gap between the ribs and hull panels.

[@bryanjones4094]

I find your wiring not protected

[@lahakai]

The wires were just being measured. Nothing has been installed yet.

[@bendaves77]

Thats a pretty cool idea... doodoo needs a better nickname though cause in English doodoo is slang for 💩

[@silvanocometta9760]

Have a look at the channel of sailing basik. He did it the right way. Any marine electrician will tell you that your approach, if I understood it correctly, is not the right way to proceed, among others because it is dangerous. Good luck.

[@lahakai]

The wires have just been measured. Nothing has been installed yet.

[@tonyaps8042]

É uma pena que vcs sendo Brasileiros não dão valor a sua lingua e ao povo do Brasil que é entusiasta na reforma de barcos, estou deixando de assistir seus vídeos por este motivo.

[@lahakai]

Ola Tony, é uma pena você deixar de assistir nossas vídeos por não ser no português. Vivemos no Brasil e adoramos o país e o povo mas não somos Brasileiros Lori é americana e Luke é grego e o inglês é um idioma que dominamos melhor e que atinge pessoas de várias nacionalidades inclusive Brasileiros. Nosso canal tem legendas em português, inglês, espanhol e francês, da muito trabalho mas optamos por fazer as legendas em algumas línguas para atingir o maior número de pessoas possível, divulgar a cultura náutica e contar um pouco da nossa história. Hoje nesse exato momento estamos terminando as legendas e logo estará disponível.

[@agip1787]

That not true mister.....I'm from Malaysia 🇲🇾 and I have been following,building the Lahakai from scratch....if its is spoken in Portuguese i might not be able to follow them .....