S3#49. How to NOT CRASH your Boat! P52 Update - Automatic fuel Polisher + Leopard 45 Med Cruising

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[@OnTheFlipSide]

How about a hell yeah for fixing that squeak! What a dream destination, that's some lucky patreons right there. SUP was facing the wrong way? 🤣🤣

[@SailingSeahorse2026]

I know right! What an achievement. Rather throw yourself overboard than listen to a vang sing its tune all day long 🤯

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Yes you're right about the SUP and thanks the comments again!

[@seawench555]

The guy on the SUP was facing the wrong way 🤣

[@rickcreel3657]

love the fuel polishing

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Good to hear Rick - it's a bit techie but important stuff....

[@SailingSeahorse2026]

The market looked nearly as good as that turquoise water! Welcome aboard patron’s. Thanks for the tips on Med moorings 👍

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Clint!

[@rickrick1465]

great video everyone , your stern lines should be crossed to impede lateral boat movement

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Rick - that was not what I was referring to... Whether the lines need to cross or not is more dependent on when the good positions are to tie up - if they are close together, crossing your lines give more lateral resistance but if they are wide apart anyway, they don;t need to cross. We tend not to cross them to create our "back Yard" that is our private area....

[@davidnichols147]

Truly amazing episode as these seasoned sailors show us how to tack. We were wondering how you make a decision on which Patreons enjoy the advantage of sailing onboard?

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Glad you liked it David and the offer was to any Patreons and we took those that could get there.... Next time we hope to have many more too!

[@seawench555]

Hi Eli, John, Really great to see ur smiling faces. Just a thought about both tracks, could u move them outwards another 30cms or so? With the boom squeak, get some dry lube it's brilliant, last longer than silicone and wet n dry sandpaper. Oh look at that Beautiful Flag!!! The fellow is facing the wrong way on the paddle board. Great info too, I'll be completely honest I'm sooo jealous. Love ya heaps 🌈😢🇦🇺

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Hi Karlene - good eyes with the SUP - you are right! The hardest thing was getting the lube all the way to the end of the inside of the tube as the dry stuff you spray, I presume? Glad you enjoyed it again!

[@Random4Real]

I would love to see more of these real world tips. Really helpfful!

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Glad yo like them. We never really know if this stuff is too simple or obvious and we are finding that those things that we take for granted (therefore view them as simple) are often not explained properly or known especially by folks that move from monos to cats.... We have seen some pretty simple errors on cats by experienced mono sailors in the YT world! So we'll keep doing them!!

[@TerryKeever]

Looks like a beautiful area to become friends and share your adventures.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

It really is, Terry, thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@deborahdoyle6743]

Good job using the barber-hauler. I get an extra knot doing that on my boat.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Deborah. Yes it is a great technique. Good to hear from you.

[@ianfirth-clark5975]

SUP board going backwards lol. Another fun episode thanks all.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Yes - you got that right! He did surprisingly well though! I only noticed on the video and not at the time!!!

[@nromanov2150]

Awesome. Just awesome

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Nikolai! Glad we could catch up with at home!

[@gbsailing9436]

Hi John and Eli, great to see an episode from you both this week. I apologise I didn't comment on last weeks post as I don't really know anything about Insurance. I was watching you re-set the Genoa with the barberhaul set up. Personally, I'd be inclined to set this up with a long truckie's hitch, which with the two of you, can be hauled right down as the genoa's sheet is released giving you the flatter shape you want for better boat speed. Truckies hitches of course can be double up or even tripled if needed for extra purchase. You just need to remember, every time you make an extra hitch, whilst you are halving the effort need to pull on the sheet you are also halving the length of the pull, so the distance the rope has to travel is doubled. So there is always a trade off as with everything in sailing. But it a great way of mimicking a winch when you don't have one!!! Sorry to add, Shouldn't you look at adding another fuel polishing container/system loop so that when you are motoring and it is clear that there are fuel issues (always happens at the most in-opportune time) and you need to clean that one you can just switch over to the other. I know that this situation may rarely happen and it adds cost, but you don't want to find out fuel is struggling to get through at a time when one or both engines are required in a dire set of circumstances, like punching through straight with high tidal movement. Just saying... Love you both. Cheers from OZ... Fair 💨's and Following 🌊's.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Hi Garth, thanks for the detailed comments again and you are quite right - the truckies hitches are much better but I did not have too much spare rope, the wind was light and I was just taking it easy! There are two polishers, one for each side of the boat and it does have the ability to redirect fuel from one side to the other engine if there is a problem on one side - not very expensive, just extra tubes and 3 way valves... Good points and thanks again!

[@gbsailing9436]

Oh excellent news on the polishers. I'm always glad to help of course - for what little my advice is worth. I'm so looking forward to joining your patreon and going for a sail with you guys in the near future, if you'll have me. Cheers.@@barefootdoctorssailing8567

[@KirkThomson]

Garth thanks to your comment I realize I still have so much to learn! :)

[@gbsailing9436]

I'd go to your local sailing club and either enrol in some learning to sail classes, or just see if some skippers are looking for crew each week, they will bring you up to speed. As for knots there are Apps, and the skippers and other sailors will slowly show you the "ropes". Done! @@KirkThomson

[@captainvoodoo777]

The SUP should face the other way😅😂

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Well done!!

[@braddonbuckley8629]

Hi Jon and Eli, loving your channel since finding it several weeks ago in my quest for my dream boat. Funnily enough I had narrowed it down to a Leopard 48, until I came across your channel, saw your incident and the search that was instigated in finding a new vessel with all the features your sailing experience requires. Thanks to the two of you I have found it and my researching project has now turned to a building project. Already in discussions with Rafaelle and looking to place an order in the not too distant future. Such a quality build which like you quite rightly point out has all the features and some to ensure a comfortable live aboard whilst cruising the worlds top destinations. Thanks again, keep up your awesome, entertaining and knowledgeable videos, always learning. Hope to meet you both one day to thank you personally. Will become a Patreon in the not to distant future, such a worthwhile cause which is a credit to you both. Enjoy 😎💃🕺🎉👍🙏

[@KirkThomson]

Congrats Brad, I agree that it is an amazing build. I am anxious to see the final results and Jon and Eli are the perfect ambassadors for the yacht.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Hi Braddon, glad to hear from you and we look forward to catching with you in Dubai, on the channel or on Patreon. Our wish list certainly did resonate with many people and not boats have it all until Raffaele agreed to put it all together in the 52!!! This year will be really exciting as the Portofino 47 gets finished in July so we can all see the quality of the finish of the boats and then our 52 in Dec / Jan.... Look forward to hearing what you decide to do!

[@braddonbuckley8629]

Hey John and Eli, I appreciate your response, yes exciting times ahead with a prelude mid year to see the quality of a finished product then to top the year off with the launch of your boat, you must be getting excited. Looking forward to watching it all come together and meeting you both in Dubai for the launch. 😊🎉

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

See you then or before! Will you be at the Grande Motte show and where do you live?

[@erbrock1]

I really enjoy your tutorials and tips. The fuel polishing system looks great. Safe travels.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Glad to hear that Brock, and thanks very much for the comment

[@johnphillips8088]

Good to know stuff

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Glad it helps!

[@MK-gr9qz]

A really good one, 🙏 thanks!

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Pleasure MK!

[@ianh2674]

With that Ozzie ingenuity - veng pipe cleaning gear, is that now patented? Good episode guys. Cant believe the P52 will be arriving at the end of this year.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Fingers crossed, Ian and thanks for your ongoing support!

[@sailingjano]

It is forebotte to conect ropes on trees or roots, only alowed to rocks. Grts. Jan Kalkan

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Yes that is correct although our ropes were to the rocks and it was the backwards SUP that I was referring to!

[@gbsailing9436]

Oh if you want me to show you how to tie a Truckies Hitch just ask and I'll send you a video. 👍

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Garth but we were doing them (or a version) on the Atlantic crossing..

[@gbsailing9436]

Very Good! @@barefootdoctorssailing8567

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

Very good visibility and good angle of Aft while de-mooring it's a fixed camera? Model?

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

HI Claudio. It's a GoPro 10 on wide angel and suctioned to the cockpit ceiling...

[@frankguard9343]

Hi John & Eli, I'm enjoying your channel and thought you might want to try a helpful hint in coiling your shore power cable so that evrytime you coil it or undo it you don't end up with all the twists in the cable. It is quite easy and I have added a KZbin clip so you can see visually rather than have me explain as I tend to get long winded (kzbin.info/www/bejne/maHYpqeGa6mZbpYsi=iVBL7QhUmzGlkyZs). I use this method regularly for cables as well as hoses and 3 ply ropes to prevent twisting. Cheers 1:12 / 3:15

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks very much Frank! I have never seen that before and always just treated them like ropes… Unfortunately you can’t do the figure 8 coiling with electric cords so I just reverted to the twisted coil…. I will give that a go and it looks quite easy.

[@billydaniel900]

👍

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

:) Nice to hear from you!

[@polabair911]

I was trying to share some information with one of the folks commenting but none of my attempts has been posted. Why is that?

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Sorry to hear that PolaBair! There are times when I type stuff in and it does not get posted. However just make sure that you hit the "Reply" button after you've finished typing (sometimes I forget when Im in a hurry) and if there is an interest glitch between your typing and the upload, it gets lost. Just go again to get it to upload. The other unlikely possibility is that YT blocks content that is offensive or derogatory... This post occurred and we certainly are not able to block posts before they are viewed by the public.

[@angusmcbraith]

The monohull to port is rather close

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Angus, for the comment. while that mono was quite close that is safe enough because the stone lines stop the boats from moving sideways. when the anchorages are very busy, we often get even closer than that and more with only a few metres between boats and have our fenders out.

[@MrJerobona]

This Leopard 45, do you own it or rent it till the Portofino is ready?

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Hi Jero, yes we own and will sell it later this year before the P52 is ready...

[@glennedwards1449]

Maybe in fact probably you have covered this but as an old man my memory is not the best and to be fair so many YT bers building boats or having them built. My question is about propulsion on your Portofino I noticed a 20kv generator plus you advertised Yamaha engines. I presume perhaps wrongly you are going for a traditional propulsive system, yes pro's and cons you could have a entire YT channel just on this subject I am curious why a genset not a couple of high output alternators? The only con is that you have to run the main engines a little more whereas pro wise you get rid of a whole engine lighten boat save on maintenance perhaps fuel as it is better for an engine to be started an warmed on a regular basis,

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Hi Glen, thanks for the question And. Obviously this is a whole KZbin subject which I’ll try to cover briefly. The quick answer is that with a DC generator you can put in 7.5 kW per engine per hour. As long as you have lithium batteries, so you only have to run your engine for one hour to recharge the batteries. With a generator, the conversion from 240 V to 12 or 48 V loses you a lot of power and typically only put in 400 A put our meaning you have to run the generator for four hours to just get 5 kW or so. We would expect to run the engines for an average of at least an hour a day, so having the DC generators on theprimary engines means just from normal infrequent use our batteries will remain fully charged. Hope that helps. Regards, John And Eli .

[@seawench555]

Hi these new engines do not need to be warmed up, they are right to go as soon as start up.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Thanks Karlene!

[@johnphillips8088]

We

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

:) Many posts. Thanks

[@dgrant2467]

What's wrong: Firstly, he is standing the wrong way around. Secondly, Unco George in Hawaii teaches that on the SUP you should only paddle from your body and behind, do not reach forward of your body. If you haven't heard of, or met him, Unco George lives on Oahu and has taught SUP lessons for many years.

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Yes you are right on both accounts!

[@jackraley8854]

Backwards

[@barefootdoctorssailing8567]

Exactly! Well done!