SailAway 72 | Making a Liveaboard Sailboat Liveable - The Projects Begin | Sailing Around The World

[@GregStengel]

The sumps and macerator all looked like they were factory installed after you were done, solid work!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thank you sir! Happily, 2 outta 3 were pretty straight forward. #3 still worked out well in the end though. :-)

[@2Moza]

The Macerator = A life time of work to come lol. Getting there :)

[@SailAwayVlog]

LOL...god I hope not! ;-) Thanks for watching!

[@johnlord7854]

Great to see you working your way through the job list :) Looks like you are going to have a great little helper very soon ! I was so worried he was going to accidentally drop the Allen keys in the water ! A cold, wet Winter day here in NZ. Great to see the sunshine over your way :) Kind regards, John.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Ha...no, that's ME who drops all the tools overboard. SMH. Glad we can help you with a little vicarious sunshine!

[@johnlord7854]

@@SailAwayVlog I may, or may not have dropped one or two tools over the side over the years ! I have just started following this dodgy musician on Facebook. Eric someone... We fly to Turkey in 5 weeks time to join our beautiful Jeanneau :) Will be posting photos on Facebook if you are interested in following Katie (12) and I on our voyage :)

[@SailAwayVlog]

Lol...gotta watch those musician types. ;-) .We'll hop on FB and try to keep up with you two! Sounds awesome.

[@timothythomas1626]

I recognize your voice

[@marshallbrowne5371]

Great work on those hidden details. The boat looks amazing. I have a 1989 Hunter legend 40 that I love here in the Pacific Northwest.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks very much! We've done a ton more since as well. Love all the Legends! Such great boats.

[@bryonensminger7462]

Seen your flying a buckeyes flag on the beginning of the epasode hey only another week tell season opener go bucks , O H !

[@SailAwayVlog]

Hell yeah, we're both Buckeye grads...I - O!! :-) .

[@sailinginvictus44]

That looks like the marina that I was thinking of using...nice place. Regards, Brad

[@SailAwayVlog]

Definitely recommend it...very nice place. Great spot for waiting out hurricane season as well because it's the farthest west part of the east coast...very few strikes along here.

[@sailinginvictus44]

@@SailAwayVlog i went to a place that is a hurricane hole up the St Johns river. I was thinking of using that place when i was looking at a boat up there. Waiting for the next video. I may have an ac of my own to replace soon.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Other than some messing around getting the ducting attached to the blower, it was a pretty easy swap out. I think we have some pretty detailed video of it next week.

[@sailinginvictus44]

@@SailAwayVlog that is what I thought it would be. That and attaching the water lines.

[@Bleemus]

Boat looks nice! Congrats!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks very much!

[@HankHill757]

Zeke is digging being on dry land so he can use the bathroom!! 🐕

[@SailAwayVlog]

Truth! SO many walks! ;-)

[@SailingPauHana]

We just installed a forward ac in our Hunter 410 last week. That was quite a job. We had to run plumbing, etc, because it was a new install (boat didn’t come with one). Looking forward to your video on that.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Nice! Man, I bet that was a lot of work. We had it much easier since it was a replacement...just some McGuyvering of the air ducts to get them to match up to the unit.

[@SailingPauHana]

SailAway yup, delt with that too 😊. I took a lot of footage of the process, so we may make video for our channel as well.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Cool...I'd definitely like to see that...

[@markalley4810]

I feel your pain! I just replaced the macerator in my boat yesterday. Not a hard job but not a fun one to be sure. My generator went toe's up last month so there goes around 6k for a new NexGen. Man that really hurt! Really enjoying your videos. S.V. Voodoo

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks much! And ouch....that really sucks about your gen. We have some work to do on ours...wants to shut off frequently...but it's pretty low hours still so I'm hoping it'll be something simple.

[@markalley4810]

@@SailAwayVlog I had a NexGen 3.5. I had the same problem. It would run great for a few hours then the alternator would shut down. I contacted NexGen and they said that the problem was most likely overheating. The previous owner had built a sound proof box complete with blower to exhaust the hot air unfortunately it didn't provide enough airflow over the alternator itself. So I will bite the bullet and buy a NexGen soundproof box. Whada pain!

[@SailAwayVlog]

Damn, what a drag. Ours is right behind the engine compartment where all of these were installed and I haven't read about any issues of heat issues...hopefully that's not it for us. It's a Northern Lights 6.5 so pretty good unit.

[@peterkacandes5905]

Do they not have black water tank requirements down there? I thought you aren’t allowed to pump directly overboard unless you are at least three miles or more off shore. Otherwise it has to go into the black water tank which can only be emptied at a pump out facility. At least those are the rules out here on the west coast.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Yeah, absolutely. The macerator is for dumping the tank when offshore or in countries that permit it closer to shore. Grey water of course can go overboard any time. Ours goes from head to tank, then a T to either macerator or deck pumpout. We had pumped everything out before leaving Fort Lauderdale so I'd be able to work on that pump; Thanks much for watching!

[@stuartmcleod72]

Thanks for the time and effort you put into your videos. Which ice maker did you order?

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks very much! We bought the "Arctic Pro" off Amazon which had pretty good reviews. It's worked really well. Not near the output of that huge one, but we collect a big baggie of it in our freezer when we have extra. We haven't really been without ice since. Lots of similar ones on there that I'm sure work just fine as well

[@pateallan7764]

Must be nice to have a cool deep radio voice. I have a Southern Bayou tenor twangy voice. I get no respect !!! I also have a loud 18K btu cruise air under our V-berth that will wake the dead. I guess I'll keep it til it dies. They are pretty expensive. Looks like yall had fun at the Blessing of the Fleet.

[@SailAwayVlog]

Lol...thanks. If your AC does die, this one has been really good and it was cheaper than any others we looked at. Pretty easy to swap out really.

[@ABeriault]

Well done SailAway Noticed French flag at the fishing boat cereminy....French people living in that area? Cheers

[@SailAwayVlog]

Thanks much! And we hadn't noticed that...but I think at one time this area was under French rule, so there are probably are still descendents.

[@chrisfoster8455]

I've done radio production for years. How did you get into doing the audio book thing? I'd love to add that to my gigs. Ha

[@SailAwayVlog]

You've got a good background for it! I'd been singing professionally for years and already had the recording knowledge and gear, so I made a demo and sent it off to every audiobook publisher I could find. Very tough to break into....took me a year to just get one offer, then it was very slow to build up to full time. Took a lot of pestering. ;-)

[@allynonderdonk7577]

Eric is going to be abused by boat jobs for the next couple of episodes I am sure!! The sumps and macerator were pretty straight forward thank goodness. Good luck on the rest of the projects...you've probably completed all the rest coming up months ago. But anyway the thought counts for something right?

[@SailAwayVlog]

Lol...we've completed many but still have quite a few we need luck for, so thanks!

[@Mechone11]

Sorry Seaflow you will be doing this job again ...read the reviews junk

[@SailAwayVlog]

Yeah, we did...reviews for the sump boxes were mostly good. Very non-critical item (we have two) and the price is so good, we had to give it a shot. Flawless for almost 4 months of daily use, so we'll keep our fingers crossed.

[@e3house22]

Don't put music over your narration!! We can't understand what the heck you're trying to say