Ep 224 | We Need New Sails. Time to Measure Up. Sailing Nutshell, Australia

[@shanesooth6267]

The KZbin sailing community is awesome 👏 👏👏 I’m happy you guys found a company with stellar customer service.

[@jayfitmob8645]

@precisionsails thank you for supporting our community so much.

[@kaakeith3772]

way to go Precision Sails! fitted to another of my favorite channels boats , keep representing our canuck can do. love it!

[@jayfitmob8645]

It's funny that I was yelling precision when you first starting the video. I'm glad you guys got hooked up with them they're incredible.

[@billhanna8838]

I got so mush sticky back on my sails i couldnt see the sail - I ended up going with 'Far eastern sails' , HK > 46 foot 2001 Benetuae , Genoa - Main , 3 reefs , Foam luff , Standard sail cloth , Sun block - 7300$ Kiwi , Now the interesting thing is they posted it as a repair Job 550$ so no GST or duty . Fitted great , Windward is now a real pleasure .

[@PrecisionSailLoftVictoria]

Great Video Magnus. The whole team has loved working with you on your project. We can't wait to see the new sails up in the wind...

[@LifeinaNutshell]

Thank you so much for your kind words. We’re so excited that our sails are arriving this week! Cheers Magnus and Wendy.

[@AdventuresandLifestyle]

Excellent outcome Capts. 👏 👍 👌 👊 😊 🇬🇧

[@johnleigh349]

😫stag sealing compound that should be in a museum and the smell 😲 you could always smells it when you had the lid off used it years ago on steam pipe intulation 😊happy days

[@maobfh]

I worked in a new car sales lot after graduating high school. It was a Chrysler, Jeep, Pontiac, Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealer. Every salesman on the lot wanted to take a customer out in a Camaro and sell it to them. But they didn't turn away the little old lady who wanted to replace her older Pontiac sedan and wanted zero options. They didn't yawn in her face, either. I don't know how long the sail sales have been in operation in Australia, but i wouldn't invest any of my money who didn't really know where their bread and butter funds came from. But i am really glad you found someone who will give you what you need at an incredible price! YOU can't beat a good deal OR a good and honest company. Isn't Nutsell beautiful! And don't i want to jump to the head of the line if and when you decide to let her go! Great video! Whomever decided to film the trip out to NutShell on the dinghy was really thinking! The mirrored sea, the clouds and Nutshell were a perfect combination for some beautiful pictures! Thanks for some beautiful shots?

[@JCrook1028]

Precision sails main customer base is cruisers. That's their target customer base.

[@cnc75adventures49]

How exciting for nutshell like it’s birthday 👍👍

[@craighooper3127]

It saddens me that there are companies within Australia that are that rude and have no idea of customer service you have to go offshore. Great video.

[@rikvandok]

Good for you mate! If you can get a good deal, bloody well take it! And just disregard those who are complaining about you going “ commercial “ ( I’m sure those guys won’t chip in.. )

[@shanedenniscom]

We are based in Cairns and also found it difficult to find a suitable Australian based vendor. We ended up using Far East Sails, based in Hong Kong. They were very good to work with and their pricing was very competitive. We bought a new main off about eighteen months ago, and now with a "new" boat, plan on buying more sails from them now. We used Far East sails because many of the sail lofts based in the the Americas are sales fronts for Asian sailmakers. Ordering directly from Asia cut out the middleman.

[@rogerbayzand4455]

As soon as you started talking I thought Precision Sails, how nice to deal with a company that really cares about customer service and cruisers ! We look forward to the Nutshell spinnaker .

[@LifeinaNutshell]

We haven’t ordered a spinnaker as yet. Couldn’t run to that. We did get a new spinnaker sock for our existing spinnaker though. Cheers

[@tomas5376]

Precision definitely has an excellent reputation! Suggest you double clamp the hoses on your heat exchanger. On my boats I double clamped every hose. Buena suerte, Stay Safe!

[@dennisfromoz6436]

OK, am going to wait until new sails are up before buying next Lotto. Atleast I now know how to measure for my new sails when I take over Nutshell....thanks Team.

[@nena4215]

Another great episode, thanks so much!

[@paulkube3901]

Nothing like new sails, mate. The difference in shape, speed and pointing is dramatic. Best to you both :)

[@tomkiefer2386]

Good choice on the sail maker!

[@lifeislikesailing]

Precision Sails are great and we are also looking at getting new sails with them. :)

[@LifeinaNutshell]

Ours should arrive in the next week or so. I’ll let you know how they go.

[@Maddie-Girl]

These sails are made in China ,many good quality sail lofts in BC why buy Chinese sails

[@Maddie-Girl]

Try leach and mcbride on Vancouver island they also have a loft on mainland high quality sails and been in business for over 30 years I had offshore sails made last year by them excellent workmanship

[@lifeislikesailing]

@@Maddie-Girl Oh yes, we are also looking at other sail lofts...I have been dealing with the North Sails loft in Richmond, BC since 1997 so a good chance I'll go with them, but never hurt to check around.

[@fxpthl]

What a terrific posting sir, and I just knew you were talking about Precision Sails! I view many sailing/cruisers channels and the majority have used them with huge satisfaction. If I were to have a need to put new sails on, they would be my only choice. It is so nice to hear that the term “Customer Service” is much more than a word but an attitude!

[@LifeinaNutshell]

We are very happy with their service . The new sails should arrive in a week or so.

[@alcooper944]

@@LifeinaNutshell I would have thought that freight costs would be too costly for an overseas loft

[@mikegreer5336]

Nice to see you guys back on nutshell.

[@kevinmurphy506]

Great video as usuall

[@thesailingkiwi]

great company

[@stbarry1954]

Good stuff...

[@z_actual]

I wondered what size heat exchanger was appropriate for a trans. I have a vertical air cooled heat exchanger on the velvet drive trans, looks like a small VW oil cooler. Ive not had a problem with it, but I have this niggle in my mind because a friend said that should be a coolant type. Almost all marine services seem very casual about their services, I made an appointment with a surveyor to look at a boat with me in Queensland. He didnt even turn up, I had to leave and drive back to SA. Another sailmaker, who I thought I might need to supervise getting the masts back up charged me $500 for an hours work (to the minute) Generally treated me like I was an inconvenience. I always provide my not so glowing reference for him whenever Im in a discussion about sail lofts.

[@LifeinaNutshell]

We had a 6x2 inch heat exchanger but I upgraded to a 9x2 inch. The marine industry is shocking in Australia. I have been in it all my life and I am always surprised at what marine tradesmen think they can get away with. It’s appalling.

[@R.E.HILL_]

The volvo engine... waiting on parts?

[@LifeinaNutshell]

Just trying to find a gearbox for her.

[@kennethmiller1654]

Looks like you need nutoil old nutshell well one thing at a time i no magus will get it done stay well and safe

[@fishaholiclures]

Good decision Magnus, A bunch of channels I watch have chosen Precision and all speak highly of them. Even better they ship OS for us in Awestralia... BTW that boat in front of you @ 16.30, I think I recognize it.. a steel Alden about 38' maybe used to be named Coastwatcher?

[@LifeinaNutshell]

All I know is that it’s steel. He comes and goes. It’s now called Endorfin. Cheers

[@bomacca556]

Rolly tasker. Great gob great service

[@LifeinaNutshell]

Rolly was a family friend of ours. My dad built two of his boats.

[@josephcrawley3095]

Did you think about sailrite? I've sewn 4 sails using their kits. Saved me a bundle. Although at your boats size and cloth weight the lsz-1 is a bastard on the reef patches and the edge tape.

[@LifeinaNutshell]

We did think about it but we didn’t think we were good enough to build big heavy cruising sails.

[@MrRourk]

Talk to Sailing Nandji they got some new sails awhile back.

[@SailingSVCordelia]

Great video, thanks for sharing this information about the sails. I may have missed it but what was the time frame from order date? Thanks ⛵😍

[@LifeinaNutshell]

6-8 weeks

[@SailingSVCordelia]

@@LifeinaNutshell Wow, that's brilliant. Thank you ⛵👍

[@bobjoncas2814]

...time for the old girl to get a new dress...lol..good one stay safe you two..

[@Scarletsb0y]

How have you only got 13.3k subs your better than 3/4 of the rubbish on youtube!!!!

[@LifeinaNutshell]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@ezezezy]

Hi did you try Scooter in Yamba.. I’m told he’s excellent..

[@LifeinaNutshell]

No we didn’t.

[@xfoxtrotwiskeykilo995]

Magnus ... You said short . . .

[@CruisingDarkWind]

Precision Sails caters to the KZbin Cruisers. We love our Precision sails however as a local customer, we live 3 hours from them, I have to say their correspondence was lacking and their billing was borderline fraudulent. It took us 6 months to get our sails and a few run arounds as you always talked to someone else never a consistent point of contact. We will not be purchasing future sails from them even though we do like the final product. You are a KZbinr, no doubt your experience will be better than ours.

[@lizgizmo1385]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Sails are a HUGE purchase, the MOST important on a sailboat obviously. The transaction needs to be fair and transparent.

[@LifeinaNutshell]

We will be honest in our online review of them. So far all good.

[@phillipobrien7365]

Sad testimony of Aussie industry, unfortunately it seems all too common these days not only in sailmaking. Poor attitude, work ethic, and customer service. Luckily there are still a few businesses that shine out. I bet the bad ones all complain about lack of local support, and people buying from overseas.

[@philgray1023]

There are some sailmakers and trimmers here, whose work is out of this world. However it would be cheaper to pay a surgeon to do the sewing. One in particular is the best. But make an outrageous guess at the price, then quadruple it and you will still be surprised.

[@phillipobrien7365]

@@philgray1023 Yeah when we lived in Victoria I got new main & jib for our Sunmaid, one quote was 1.5 times dearer than another. Obviously woven gold cloth & platinum thread is a bit dearer.

[@markjackson6721]

Hope you have better luck with Precision than I had last year. I thought they were wonderful too. Did all of the measuring and photos. First they said 10 to 12 weeks and it took 6 months. Of the 3 sails I ordered, two did not fit. They were off by feet not inches. My measurements were correct but the sails weren't even close. Colors were wrong. Tried to send them back and the war started. They did finally admit they were wrong and gave me my money back. Don't fall for their great customer service up front. It is all false in my opinion.

[@LifeinaNutshell]

We will see how it all goes in a few weeks when they arrive.

[@suepeck2772]

We had the opposite experience....we measured wrong and they remade the sail at no extra cost! We have a beautiful code zero from them as well as yankee and staysail. SV Cariba

[@SpyridonMouroutsos]

:)

[@markbeckman3611]

Hang on, didn't you take the piss about young people youtube sailing sites being all about ads and money?

[@ianmiller5779]

I am sorry. I stopped watching when you said you were being sponsored. Good luck with your discount sails.

[@kaakeith3772]

bye bye money bags

[@ianmiller5779]

@@kaakeith3772 I am sorry that you had to say that. I was being totally honest with you. As soon as a deal is done that is not available to the average punter there is a perception of bias in the review.