How Much It Cost To Convert A Leopard 45 Charter Boat to Our Home E27

[@dahveed284]

I like how you roll. Pay the experts to install that stuff. So many youtube videos are of people struggling to get crap done. Most of these people are young, but there are a few seniors doing stuff. Thanks.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks very much. We’re definitely not a “building our new boat” channel. But we’ve learned how to install and fix a ton of stuff over the past few years. Thanks for watching!

[@beggknivesofficial]

I was waiting for you to give us the total without having to go back and add it all together. 😢 It felt a little like a food account where they don’t eat it at the end. 😂

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Sorry! If you go thru the comments a bunch of people added it up for us. We tried to not think about the final number 🤪

[@beggknivesofficial]

I appreciate your accounting on this. This is a good reality check if you want to really kit out a charter cat like this. I’m with you on everything you two did to get it ready to be very comfortable.

[@wookieenookiee6696]

OMG! Your explanation for getting the top of the line mattress for only your bed is hilarious. When the ex and I bought our first brand new home we went mattress shopping for the spare/guest bedroom. The salesperson kept trying to upsell us (I meant, why not, it's their jobs to do so?) and finally I made the comment that "I did not want a super comfy mattress for that room because then guests would want to stay longer than 2 or 3 days. It was our home, not a hostel!" The salesperson laughed so hard and loud the manager came over in fear then laughed with all of us. That plan worked for over 10 years!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Good plan! We figured 5-6 nights is a good visit. Not too short or long and our guests can still make it home and get an extra day to decompress before going back to work. It’s those retired friends we have to watch out for though. 😜

[@ubrosproductions]

Great video,how much if you add it all up?

[@howiesonnen]

The shot of you testing the pirate lights LOL

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Howie! It’s a pretty dry video for what we normally do so we figured we’d spice it up a little. Also watch for the Turtle intermission with the elevator music at 14:50

[@howiesonnen]

@@SailingWindTherapy Yeah I loved that turtle intermission!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We did it for you and Ralph Wellington. 😍 Hopefully he saw it too. 😄

[@BonnieVolkle]

😂😂 that was priceless ❤

[@cathrynmcpartland1752]

Fascinating. The only thing missing are your music selections with changing scenes. You are forgiven because this episode was so interesting, Bravo …. Again.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Next Thursday we are posting more Bahamas fun. Stay tuned!

[@cathrynmcpartland1752]

@@SailingWindTherapy Woo Hoo!

[@davidboothby2106]

Thank you for your transparency. We are watching all you episodes and having fun dreaming about our future retirement life!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

You’re welcome and we’re glad you like them. Thanks for watching!

[@canuck55551]

Loved this episode, thank you. We get a L45 in a few months, will also retrofit a bit, fyi the prices you got v today, well you did well …..

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks, we’re glad you liked it. Also good to know about the increased pricing! Let us know if we can be of any help.

[@brucereid6272]

Just tuned in to your channel.Have watched several videos and just love your natural way. I am especially impressed with your logo. Like many people would love your lifestyle but then would have nowhere to park the Harley. I will continue to watch your channel and your adventures. Cheers from New Zealand

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Bruce! Welcome aboard!

[@lauriefrancisco1084]

Wow! Kinda mind-boggling, but nice job going back through it. The first video I saw of yours was the walkthrough of all the changes and additions. The boat does look beautiful. Good taste, very neat, and wonderfully organized. The only thing missing for me was a mind-blowing total at the end. I'm hoping to become a single, senior, female liveaboard in the not too distant future, but I'll be in the make-it-do camp!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Laurie. We thought the mind blowing total at the end would freak people out so we decided not to show that. :-0. Good luck with the live aboard plan in the near future. We wish you the best!

[@svechappe6075]

@@SailingWindTherapy Only if you don't put it in context of what you originally paid for the boat and what you think it's now worth after your investment. We went thru a similar exercise on our refit (ours was more restoration than upgrades) and while we spent around $100K, we bought the boat cheap enough that when we were done, the market value was still higher than what we had into it in total. But totally understand if you don't want to get into that level of disclosure. In the meantime, very impressive project on your part.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

@@svechappe6075 thanks! We plan to live on the boat for many years and these modifications are going to make the experience tremendously better for starters. As far as the word “investment goes”…it’s a boat and of course not usually an appreciating asset. However in these times it makes a big difference and if we sold her now we feel we would get a lot of this money back. Thanks for the great comment and watching too!

[@svechappe6075]

@@SailingWindTherapy Totally get it. After our refit project was done and we moved onto the boat to sit out the pandemic, we discovered a bunch of "quality of life" projects we wanted to do and proceeded to spend a chunk more on those. They were actually more fun than the refit project, which was focused mostly on bringing the boat back to presentable condition.

[@keithoneill9031]

This info is very helpful for a dreamer like me; Would like to take this step someday! Enjoy your sailing!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Keith, glad we could help out!

[@ChrisDoesWhat]

Nice breakout, great video! Just a tip when putting chapters in a video, if you put one at 00:00 it will put your topics in the video timeline.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Chris! We didn’t know we could do that. We just changed it and it’s working great now. Really cool update.

[@ChrisDoesWhat]

@@SailingWindTherapy glad to help, will be joining all y'all on the big blue soon.

[@amccann99]

Definitely would make sense to find a Cat that was already an owner's version with a lot of these options already done.

[@jasongrinnell1986]

Look around. Not many out there.

[@thorsten5610]

You both are great. I like you and what you are doing. Have fun and enjoy your live. You are right in what you are doing. Regards from Germany!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Danke schon Thorsten! That's very kind

[@ondi37]

I was enjoying as a new subscriber and all the sudden I lost volume. Which I know was on my end since I checked by watching a different video. Don't know what happen so I saved and will watch when I fix problem. Sad because I was enjoying seeing a new channel of folks my age and your boat looks awesome. Can't wait to here more!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

I usually don’t need audio when I’m watching Adrienne walk around in a bikini. 😀

[@phoenixreimagined]

We remember seeing Wind Therapy at the dock in St Pete. It’s great to see all you’ve done!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Awe, thanks for watching. When were you there?

[@phoenixreimagined]

@@SailingWindTherapy We were there November 2020.

[@giampaologiardina3203]

You guys are fantastic!!! A very comprehensive and informative video, done with your typical sarcasm and lovely sense of humor! Bravo! Last week I show one of your videos to my wife and she fell in love with you, so we went through the entire "production" of videos you did so far. She is now "bothering" me every day asking if there is a new episode! By the way congratulations for your new grandson!!! Last August 7th my wife and I also became "grandparents"! Looking forward to see the next. Ciao Giampaolo ...and Margherita!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Welcome Margherita! Next one comes out in less than a week. Congrats on your grand baby too. It’s so awesome being a grandparent where we get to spoil the heck out of them and then give them back when the diaper needs to be changed 😃

[@Boody523]

Well done guys, those upgrades were SWEET! A lot of thought went in to those too.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks, we appreciate the feedback!

[@davidleatherbarrow2640]

Hi Guys. Very comprehensive list. Well Done on getting the boat into the shape you wanted. David Down Under.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks!

[@edwardnigma2216]

I really like this video. I'm in the process of buying a 48 through the moorings right now, just waiting on some gel-coat repairs and general cleaning/polishing on the boat before flying down to the BVI to pick it up. I appreciate the insights on the costs involved in having everything professionally fabricated and installed. While I'm fully capable of doing the work myself, I'd rather pay someone else to get it done a lot faster, and with far less trouble and travel than I can...

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Congrats on getting the L48! We loved ours. Glad our video could help.

[@edwardnigma2216]

@@SailingWindTherapy Yep, closing through the moorings has been a hassle right now, but I think it's mostly due to covid/weather, not anything they're doing wrong. Fingers crossed that we'll be good to get the boat to the states by the end of September or early October.. LFP batteries and a solar arch are on my list of must-haves.

[@SykoCTSV]

Good work, a lot of the same changes I plan on doing to my boat when we get onboard.

[@richcastellano4883]

Thank you for responding . You answered my question when you said you purchased from the mooringS. They would be one of the few that would commission the boats in a minimal way. This now explains why you have had to add things like radar. Normally radar, ais and a good chart plotter would be very basic installs. All the other things you did are fantastic and proper. I delivered a Leapard a year ago and sitting in the helm seat was terribly uncomfortable. The changes you made were perfect.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Also keep in mind that a Moorings boat almost always lives in the same region such us the BVI. For people chartering and sailing around the BVI, radar and ais is really not ever needed. No one is allowed to sail at night or in bad weather conditions.

[@brynjenkins7412]

Thanks for sharing all the financials. Sure gives us an insight on what to expect!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

No problem! The interesting part is that we know people that didn't do anything even close to this and others who did ten times more then we did. Its really all in what do you need to make your sailing dreams come true! And everyone is different.

[@sailingokaliptus]

Great video guys! Love all the additions you made. The utility room is a genius idea and less expensive than I would have imagined. Now looking forward to watching your first episode for the tour. Hope you show the mattress because I’d love to see what a $3600 boat mattress looks like! Cheers!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

I don't think we actually showed a picture of it the mattress😔 and there's no way I'm stripping the bed to take a picture because it takes me like half an hour to remake the bed. And I usually pull a muscle 😳😜. Of course this is Jeff responding. Adrienne does it a lot faster. 😃

[@josephstevens3357]

Hope you continue enjoying the adventure!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thank you Joseph! We are trying our best. Lots of great new Bahamas videos coming out very shortly too! In fact the next one comes out on Thursday. Thanks so much for watching!

[@michaelperry4273]

Love you both! Come back to Ft Laud soon. Need to see your faces soon

[@baconburger9156]

Living the dream!

[@sachamo100]

Brilliant additions!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thank you. Lots of the items were shown to us by those who came before us.

[@scottmarkham9466]

60second mold and mildew cleaner works really good. Spray it on wait a minute or three depending on how dirty. Then lightly brush and spray off. Wait about 10 minutes and if needed, apply again .

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks, we'll check it out.

[@KirkThomson]

You both are such fun! Thanks for the great information!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Our pleasure!

[@darrellpugh6689]

Excellent Video ! Thank You for Sharing 🙂 Fair Winds 🙂

[@SailingWindTherapy]

You’re very welcome! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@HopeOfJoe]

Thanks for the last as we move forward with our boat plans. ✨🌊🌬⛵️🏝👙🌞✨

[@SailingWindTherapy]

It’s our pleasure!

[@Boody523]

Hey it’s very interesting to see how you guys converted a charter boat, which prior to your videos, was out of the question for us. But if you ever choose to do a video on that experience, it would be super interesting. I was surprised you can even get a Leopard 45 from a charter company?! The boat seems so new, thanks!!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

You’re very welcome. I think if you go back and watch our first video it should answer your questions. We purchased the boat thru the Moorings at the end of 2017. It was built and then commissioned in Dec 2018. We got lucky with work and pulled it out of the charter program in Aug 2019 where we then sailed it back to Florida and did most of the conversions then. But please watch our first vid which goes into depth. Our first video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/noSyoHSplqZ2bsk Also we did a presentation for Leopard which also answers lots of these questions. It’s here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3LclZyjr5mHjdE

[@Boody523]

That Q and A was awesome. Thanks!

[@daveholley2156]

Great video but now I have to watch again with my calculator and add it up ! ✌️💜🎸

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Sorry. Just round it off to a lot more than we were hoping for 😊😜

[@daveholley2156]

@@SailingWindTherapy Projects always are ! Boats, Trucks, Scooters ? Could always bid jobs pretty damn close but on my own projects I I would always Under Estimate ! Guess I should have myself sign an Extra contract Everytime I made a Change Order ? Love your channel, be safe ! ✌️💜🎸

[@SailingWindTherapy]

@@daveholley2156 Thanks Dave. You too!

[@mvstormyoneadventures]

Love the upgraded and you sharing the costs.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@robertlemoine3500]

Thankyou for sharing.

[@thomasbrasse3145]

Wish I could like this one again. Keep coming back to the L45. Headed to finish my sailing certifications in about a month, so getting closer to one day casting off. Boat choice will be tough. Still think this is the right one for you two?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Hi Tom and thanks! We go to the boat show every single year to just look and see what’s out there and are so happy that our favorite boat is still the L45. We absolutely love our boat and wouldn’t trade it for anything. It’s our home and it’s an awesome one! Let us know if you have any specific questions. I also Just responded to your sail question. 😊

[@BRADH-xw8sw]

Thanks guys! That was very interesting. I guess Just Cats the place to go for most stuff... wow!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Just Cats really did an amazing job for us. Things were certainly not cheap but we wanted to be sure everything was done correctly since this is our home and our lives could be on the line for certain items. Thanks for watching! We have lots more fun Bahamas stuff coming out next week.

[@BRADH-xw8sw]

@@SailingWindTherapy Looking fwd to them for sure & yes they aint cheap... but nothing boat related ever is we have noted ! Bit afraid someone we follow was one of those 2 burned out cats too. Feel for the owners !

[@SailingWindTherapy]

@@BRADH-xw8sw wow, yes that was terrible. Not sure yet whose boats those were yet

[@jamesoates1223]

Can you do a video on how much your monthly costs are as in wifi, apps, predictwind, cell phones, etc. I know eats and drinks very from boat to boat and person to person but I would just like to know what the monthly costs are that will be ongoing as I sail around without the provisioning part. And how do you pay the month charges as in auto pay checking, credit card, or family/friend. Don't want account numbers or anything like that just how you prefer to do it. I saw the one about Starlink and it was great, I learned alot from it. I love all of y'alls videos so keep making them!! Thanks!!

[@thomasbrasse3145]

Should have kept notes so I could total this up! Really loving your videos.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Thomas! We probably should have kept notes too. Less bank overdrafts that way 😁

[@kimhanson5694]

I wrote it all down and the grand total came to just over $146,000. A bit pricey, but now they have the boat they want. Excellent.

[@tedboender]

Great run down.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks!

[@kjelpeterson5236]

Great episode. Thorough and thoughtful, you guys have put together an awesome sailboat

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks so much! We appreciate the comment.

[@papab8446]

You missed one most important thing…. Which cabin does the Harley stay in??? And does he do laundry yet😮? Great video loved it!!! Very cool couple…

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks for the comment! The Harley’s get to stay in Clearwater where our parents live. They wouldn’t do so well on the boat 😊. And no, no laundry duties for Jeff since we don’t want him to risk getting his fingers pinched in the machine when he’s closing it. How would he manage the sail trims with missing fingers? 😃

[@jeffc6038]

I enjoyed thanks for sharing

[@SailingWindTherapy]

You’re very welcome!

[@richardschaefer8605]

So what was the grand total? Love the boat.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Too hard to add up. Makes our brains hurt.🤪 But it was around 140k total.

[@IslandHopper2100]

@@SailingWindTherapy Great information, thanks for making the video. It’s harder of course for us/others to grasp the total cost when it’s shown one at a time in the video. Putting the total and itemized list of costs in the description could help, since it’s not in the video in one view. Thanks again!

[@jamielancaster01]

Kent at ‘Just Catamaran’ could easily cut that hamper down to a smaller size & add you a drawer above it.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We just decided to put a basket with a top in the bottom and store our laundry supplies in there so it worked out where we didn’t have to do anymore cabinetry work.

[@jamielancaster01]

@@SailingWindTherapy Great idea. My wife is jealous of your laundry room.

[@alexmeyjes5533]

put a false floor in the laundry hamper with a lid for access and you can store extra laundry detergent or what not and at the same time you reduce the hamper to say three loads.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

That's an interesting idea. We'll have to look into that. If you have any other ideas, we're always open to new ones. Thanks for watching.

[@michaelperry4273]

Love you and miss you. Need to see your faces soon. Come back to South Florida

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We miss you too! We will get down there soon hopefully but definitely right after Thanksgiving we will be there for a week or so. Take care of that half blind husband of yours and don’t lead him into any walls! 😊

[@k5kensails]

Great info. Mattress so worth it. Only question is the cost of the cat originally?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

The original cost new was in the 600k range. Unfortunately they are selling new ones now for over 9. So used boat prices have skyrocketed.

[@k5kensails]

Thanks for the quick reply. As a bike guy, Jeff you crack me up. The boat is beautiful. Adrianne rocks as a mechanic. You are living the dream. Braap!

[@robertwood6439]

You did a lot of refit and work on your boat. Sounds like you really did a great job of it. How far off shore will your wifi/ cell system work? Thanks for the show. It was interesting

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks, we absolutely love her. So about the WiFi/cell booster… we don’t use it at all anymore. Starlink made that system completely obsolete. We still have it in case of emergency though but it’s not even plugged in.

[@Seabee2nd]

Love an informational sailing video. I guess that's the nerd factor in me. However, what was the total? I was hoping at the end you would give a total. So much so, I didn't keep track. Just doing round numbers, you may have spent more on upgrades than I did on my 1991 Morgan 45. We chartered that very same boat in Coral Gables and we know why you changed out the mattress!!! Thanks again for sharing this info. So many channels show the repairs but never share the cost. I am slowly catching up. Damn job keeps getting in the way of my personal life!!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Hi, thanks for watching our videos. The total came to roughly $140k. We were nervous to put it in the video, so we purposely left it out. My dad has a 1980 Morgan 38. It's a great boat. He and I lived on it for 2.5 years while I was in high school. And yes, that mattress had to go. Thanks again for watching, and happy new year!

[@ChrisDraussen]

Nice Video which shows boating is extra ordinarily expensive if you not doing many or all things yourself. I won't judge here. But some prices, even it is a good crafted piece is too expensive in my opinion. But never the less I think you got state of the art pieces over all. Hope you are satisfied with IT.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We totally understand you’re point of view. We are very satisfied with everything we have had done at least. Thanks for the comment.

[@ChrisDraussen]

@@SailingWindTherapy yeah I understand that... In our European culture we always try to make it a little cheaper in case something else is rising Up. This was surely no offensive opinion. Just out of our European view. Appreciate your comment though.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thank you again Christian for ensuring we knew you were not trying to offend. 😊 We actually greatly appreciate that. A few of the upgrades we knew were pretty pricey. But the boat was there and we had a schedule we wanted to keep and most importantly we knew we were extremely blessed and fortunate with the budget. We hope you keep watching the videos where we get to enjoy all of these upgrades. Where in Europe are you? For hurricane season in 2022 when the boat is in Grenada we intend to spend a month or so on the French canals on a riverboat.

[@HopeOfJoe]

And, yes, I did subscribe and clicked the bell 👍🏻💪🏻

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Richard, welcome aboard!

[@BigBoiBalu]

Nice boat

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks dude! 😁

[@pepperKingdom]

nice video !!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Mel! It kind of feels like we are “exposing” ourselves because we listed so many prices of items we purchased but hopefully people won’t be too “trolly” 😊😜

[@henrikobriencarlsen9901]

I love your video and thanks for sharing Nice cat / job ✅👍🏻🏁😊

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Henrik. Glad you liked it. We have lots more fun Bahamas videos we’re releasing shortly too. Hope you subscribe and check those out too

[@justsmy5677]

Great video. I’m thinking of doing something similar. I’d love to hear your thoughts on all the different options concerning putting a cat into one of the different Moorings charter programs. Is there much of a difference in income/price putting a cat in the crewed versus bareboat program? Thinking serious about the Moorings program in 12 months or less. Keep cranking out the good content! Love your channel!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks for the love! We did a presentation with Leopard a few months back which may answer a bunch of your questions. It’s at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3LclZyjr5mHjdE Can you take a look at it and then see if that answers your questions? When we put both of our boats (the first one was destroyed in Hurricane Irma) in The Moorings, we had them as crewed yachts. The income is based on the purchase price of the boat. The crewed yachts cost more (because the include a bunch more things) so you get a larger monthly check. But check out the vid above and then let us know what other questions you have. We’d be happy to answer them for you. 😊 And bottom line was that the Moorings program worked perfectly for us based on our needs and situation.

[@markwhite5845]

Love your Channel. My wife and I are looking at going the Moorings route for ownership. I know you guys did this too. Any way we could pick your brain about your experiences. Thanks

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Of course. Send us a pm and let us know when you'd like to chat. 😊

[@cassmarkonthemove]

We love you guys, great videos, you do a great job of making the audience feel like we are right there. Great content. Keep it up. We do boat and bikes too! Do you still ride, just back from Sturgis? I didn't see a hydra-lift on the stern?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks for the love! Jeff has his Roadglide here in Clearwater and also keeps his Heritage Softail at our parents cabin in Blue Ridge, Ga. He still rides a lot when we’re home. Check out our organization called Bikers Against Child Abuse BACA. Actually here’s an interview Jeff aka Captain did for ABC news a few years ago 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp_LaaJpm6Z2j6c

[@cassmarkonthemove]

@@SailingWindTherapy You bet, we are familiar, there is a chapter in Waxahachie, not too far from us. BACA does good work. 2001 Indian Scout around town, 2002 R1150RT for the longer trips, and the 1967 Triumph Tiger 500. Our boat in Jacksonville FL is a 2005 Lagoon power cat 43. Hope to see you in the blue water someday.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

@@cassmarkonthemove very cool bikes ( and boat). It should be relatively easy for you guys to get to the Bahamas right? We'll be there from this Dec until Jun 2022. Do you ever make the trip? It's really awesome!

[@cassmarkonthemove]

@@SailingWindTherapy We have spent the past several months upgrading our boat, very similar to your video today LOL!!!! New radar, MFD's, AIS, sensors , upgraded water maker, new cushions, we also converted ours from the charter version to the rear master cabin, new generator, new tender & motor, upgraded solar & batt's, etc, etc, where does this list stop. We will make our first trip to the Bahamas in January. Our range is about 1K to 1.2K miles with full tanks. Our AIS ID is TOM CAT (Athens TX).

[@francoiscloutier4003]

I would appreciate a final total price of..... Was quite funny to see you nice guys...

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We believe it was around $140k but it really hurts our brains to add it all up. 🤪

[@acorn1744]

Nice video,, how much was the boat? Age of boat? Is it better buy a new or newer boat or let's say buy a good kept 20 years old boat and refurbish it with latest electronics and interior updates?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

It’s a matter of preference and budget. Buying a good older boat and refurbishing it with the latest technologies is also a great way to go and would be a lot less expensive for sure.

[@svalliance8373]

Wow, i really enjoyed this video, i know you guys are pretty well off but man you seem so down to earth, what a change from some cat owners who think they are a bit above the rest and it shows in their videos. But you two seem so nice and i hope you all the best and get out there and sail the world.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks so much! We were a bit worried that we'd get trolled for this by putting all of the costs out there but so far so good. We definitely realize how blessed we are though. We hope that the videos help others or simply give them a window to the beauty and fun of cruising. Please check out our other videos from episode 1. We think they're fun. 😊

[@2thelight]

Thanks for sharing guys, you just answered a bunch of questions for me as I get ready to buy a cat. Finally some people closer to my age; as well as people unwilling to do all the installs :;) I'm sure as shit not gonna sweat through all that crap if I can afford to have it done. Hopefully I can find one with most of it done, which year is your Leopard? Looking forward to your videos, Bill

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Bill. We bought the boat new thru The Moorings and she was commissioned in Dec 2018. She was a crewed yacht which had lots of options included but not what we wanted as our Live Aboard home. We hope you go back and watch our other videos. We think we’ve come a long way (figuratively and literally). 😊

[@MrGentlebutfirm]

Super modern video! "I am Jeff and this is Adrienne".. This cannot nowadays really be assumed from just looking at these nice individuals. Great job ;-) But hey there, now I am further into the video and I am concerned about the "We like really big ones" and "He stuck it up there". I am not sure this is a safe space..

[@SailingWindTherapy]

And you definitely didn’t hear the very final comment in the video at the last two seconds. Go back and see if you can make out what Jeff said 😳. He is certainly not the guy who worries about using proper pronouns (even though we both respect everyone’s feelings equally). 😊

[@tiborhodosi9678]

nice one werry comfee

[@gloriamaimon2843]

Nice video

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Gloria!

[@billdeuchler7030]

Did you do the charter/ownership program through Just Catamarans? If so, would be really interested to hear your thoughts, and if that is a good path to ownership.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Hi Bill. Just Catamarans sells boats and works on boats but they don’t have a charter/ownership program. We went through The Moorings which is probably the largest charter company around. We personally had a great experience with it and it was a perfect path to ownership for us. Check out the video we did with Leopard where we spoke in detail of the experience (and also check out our very first video where we spoke about it too). If these don’t answer your questions then ping us back and we’d be happy to answer anything else. 😊 Leopard video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3LclZyjr5mHjdE Our first video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noSyoHSplqZ2bsk

[@joewks08]

Thanks for all the great info!! What batteries did you go with & what size?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We have 3 Relion 300ah. If we wanted to go with 4 we would have had to do a bunch of rewiring and lost a lot of inside storage.

[@jeffyankey6050]

I'd like to see who cut what check for each project

[@iTakeMedzzz]

Wow those pirate lights sure seem to come in handy

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Was that you tryin to sneak onto the boat? 😀😜

[@napoleano2748]

It's a boat "break out another thousand", great information and thanks for the video :)

[@ShinLeeChan]

Wow that's lot of work but if you are happy with it, then it's worth the final cost. :) I really liked the intro hahaha that was fun indeed. Now an "easy" question for Jeff: how much are you missing the motorbike? xD

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Stefano. Totally worth it for us! And since we came back to St. Pete for the summer (instead of our planned North East trip) I’ve been on the bike a lot! I kept my Road Glide and keep it at my in-laws house But I was missing it a lot while cruising and will always miss it. Going 8 instead of 80 is a different experience for sure!

[@willdytico336]

Just finish watching your. E27, so how much was the total cost for the conversion?

[@Stoic-of-Rome]

The most likely time you'd need the life raft is in a nose over / roll capsize so putting the raft 'underwater' seems wrong to me?

[@worldtrav72]

Was there a grand total somewhere in the video? Maybe I missed it skipping though…seems like $100k though by rough math

[@Lacroix999]

If had to do over again, would you have done the same remodeling or just buy a newer/upgraded boat?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

If you go back and watch our first video it might change your questions. 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/noSyoHSplqZ2bsk Also the upgrades we did are mostly not available from the factory. If one of your questions though is about the remodeling the starboard forward cabin into our utility room as opposed to buying an owners version then we can tell you with certainty that we would have done it the same way. I hope this answer helped.

[@Lacroix999]

@@SailingWindTherapy I supposed I meant after all the money you dropped in all the remodeling on this one after seeing your estimated total costs of everything in the comments. But, yes, that did answer my question and makes sense especially if it’s to make your life more convenient and comfortable and you can’t get those upgrades any other way on a new/er one. Thanks!

[@acorn1744]

What kind of mattress did you buy? Latex, or memory foam, springcoils or hybrid?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

It has individually wrapped springs plus some other layers of foam (not memory foam though).

[@rightright6582]

19:54 The only upgrade i have a problem with, is the wood double doors cut for storage access at 2400 dollars. What do u think is happening in this area?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

That forepeak was a captains quarters. It has a bed, USB ports, air conditioning, and led lighting. We use it as storage and as a place for our grand babies to sleep when they are aboard. The doors makes it extremely convenient and much more usable. Well worth it for us. Thanks for the question.

[@Drago-and-the-princess]

Arrrrrrrr....what was the total? Now I have to start at the begining and add it all up.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

😇😁

[@sarapanzarella97]

You have the EXACT layout I want - great job! But can you let us know if you ever want to sell? :)

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We sure will but please don’t hold your breath waiting 😊. Hopefully that joke didn’t come across as a rude.

[@SailingSymphony]

For the bed, was it Handcraft Mattress Company in Ft. Lauderdale?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

It is! We can't stress enough that we're both 56 years old and its the most comfortable mattress we've both ever slept on. And no...we don't have any financial incentive to say that :-)

[@SailingSymphony]

@@SailingWindTherapy we’re in Fort Lauderdale right now, just met our 45! Might need to stop by the mattress company and check it out, thanks!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

@@SailingSymphony congrats guys!

[@scottkircher2262]

Is it a queen size?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

sort of. It's a custom mattress to fit the shape of the frame on the boat.

[@JC-vn3lu]

Nice video. First time I saw you. I haven't counted - what was the total cost? (about) How old is your boat?

[@michaeltownsend4644]

Been saying next year for too long (3 years) Hope this boat brings you many miles of smiles How much in total? Please ask Randy and Lennie for an update video every few months. Miss there channel

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks so much! The total was around $140k over the past two years. And we’ll have a word with the Smiths for you. 😁

[@johanmarais9950]

Ha ha ha - the mattress story - good vid

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks!

[@johnfebaines]

Did you upgrade your fire prevention....these cats burn quickly if electrical faults. Stay safe.

[@DarkSevariant]

100k in Upgrades...Dang... Leopard is a Sweet Cat, That's for Sure. I Don't Know If I'd Spend 100k Just to Hang Around the Bahamas. I Dunno, if You're Still Working in Florida, Maybe... I'd Take That Thing to the Azores, Past the Rock of Gibraltar, and Chill in the Waters Off Crete.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Try and catch some of our other videos when you get a chance. So far we’ve sailed 15,000 miles from as far North as Belfast, Maine ,USA to as far south as Grenada in the southern Caribbean. And since we live on the boat full time we feel the upgrades were worth every Penny. ☺️

[@bitcoin4life]

Agreed. This boat needs to taste the salty waters of the Med!!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We’re working on that plan.

[@bitcoin4life]

@@SailingWindTherapy Please let me know, when you are making the Aegean part of your journey. Would love to show you around or at least recommend some places ♥

[@SailingWindTherapy]

That’s so nice, thank you! It’ll be a couple of years at least.

[@rel53]

Love the channel - feels like watching curb your enthusiasm on the sea. Wife and I tried guess what will be the total… we waited, waited, and waited … what a tease …. Couldn’t you just add the math for us? Not all of us are as good as you in math…. ;) .. common Larry , our people suffered enough

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks for the comment and the great compliment! We’ll try to add it all up and get back to you😇😀

[@annsheridan12]

Total?

[@roberts8783]

is there a table of the costs?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Problem is that the costs have changed a great deal since we’ve done the upgrades so it would not be very accurate.

[@roberts8783]

@@SailingWindTherapy plus 20 percent?

[@j-1159]

🙏🏼

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We hope it helped although the prices have gone up quite a bit since we published the video. 😔

[@gloriamaimon2843]

Do you guys live permanent on the boat ?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We do. In fact we totally committed and just sold our condo.

[@MichaelrennieG]

I also am fascinated with Solar and see many putting Bimini's without solar panels, It seems to me that the roofs are wasted space unless Solar panels are incorporated on them, why did you not put more solar on the Bimini knowing your thoughts about solar...

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Great question. If you’re referring to the Bimini top over the helm station, it’s just too small. We have a sky light up there to view the Main. The rest of the space is just too small to go thru the expense to install a small panel. If you’re referring to the coach roof which is basically the whole roof, there are possibilities but limitations also. We are looking to install two 400w panels on the port aft portion of the roof. They should be far enough away from the boom so we can still work on the main when necessary. If we put them on the sloping forward part of the boat then we run the serious risk of the headsail sheets getting caught and ripping them off. Now I’m talking about the solid panels not the flexible walk-ons. The flexible ones are still just too small and expensive to justify installing. Hope that answers your question. 😊

[@DarkSevariant]

14:11 Break Out Another Thousand (B.O.A.T.) ...So...Where Do You Park Your Harley...?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Yea, we call a thousand dollars “One Boat Buck”. So if it’s only a boat buck or two it doesn’t seem so bad 😁

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Oh and I keep my two Harley’s at Adrienne’s parents place in Clearwater which is where we stay when we go home for a visit. So that works well

[@donkee120]

sooo total refurb and boat coast is??

[@SailingWindTherapy]

A nice subscriber added it up for us: $145k and change

[@tmjsailor]

Do you have contact for arch fabrication?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We do! John Brault: www.solarcat.us/

[@anrescue]

So what was the grand total ?

[@oliverliddell613]

What was the total cost?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

It hurts to add it all up. 😧😜 But about 140k I believe.

[@altanbekat4454]

How much did you pay for the boat?

[@kirkbowers4889]

😁A Boat is a Hole in the Water, which you attempt to fill with Money. "Boat” is not word. “Boat” is an Acronym for: “Break Out Another Thousand.” If you have to ask how much it costs? , you can’t afford it. The second happiest day of a boat owner’s life is the day the boat is purchased. The happiest day of a boat owner’s life is the day the boat is sold! The ratio of time spent maintaining the boat to time spent using the boat is about 10 to 1. If you are a cruiser, it means you take your boat to exotic locations to work on it. The more exotic the location, the more serious the repair and the less likely that parts will be available there. Life is pretty Dry without a Boat.

[@roberts8783]

please let me know when you're selling your boat !

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Errrrr….its not going to happen for many years however we know of a few awesome friend’s Leopard 45’s that are up for sail now (all incredible boats). Let us know if you want more info

[@roberts8783]

@@SailingWindTherapy yes please