Shockingly Close - Sailing Family takes Aluminium Catamaran Close to Power Lines (Ep. 33)

[@sailingwiththejamess]

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[@applepirobotics5094]

So glad that your passage didn’t end up as footage for a “when things go wrong “ video

[@sailingwiththejamess]

So are we! LOL 😆 The height is calculated from the lowest sag point on the Highest Astronomical Tide and hottest day of the year, passed with plenty of clearence on the side of the channel where the wires are the highest 😉 -Cait

[@seth1794]

I enjoyed learning that fun fact. @@sailingwiththejamess

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Cheers well keep them comming

[@joseph-vv6ef]

We love tipplers but the jet skis can be a bit of a pain and in summer it's just a bit to popular for us

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Tipplers was beautiful, we'd recommend it, especially the amazing playground for kids. But yes indeed there were so many jet skis, perfect distance from the Gold Coast to take a trip up to Tipplers, have a coffee and a bit to eat at the Cafe, and then a nice ride back down again. -Cait

[@seawench555]

Well it's not like u can let the tyres down!!! 😆🤣 great vlog, really enjoy ur channel, it feels special when watching other Aussies, enjoying our amazing Country, just wish I was on board with u. 🇦🇺👍🌈😲 I wonder how many boats have hit the lines.

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Thank you!! ❤️ We love seeing you every week! We are doing a shake down of the boat along the East Coast and then maybe tassie for Summer or NZ - we are not sure yet. Queensland coast is so spectacular with all the reefs and islands, lots of shelter for different wind angles 💚 And we can't wait to do NSW and the Hawksbery River ⛵️🧜‍♂️🐋 Not sure how many boats have hit the lines, we have seen youtube videos of sailboat running into lines 😱 -Cait

[@sanpoi-ed8kp]

The old dirty hull trick hey, you will want to get that taken care of, it will be all down hill from here

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Yes, we have given her another rub since and have seen such a huge growth on her since water Blasting. The growth rate of barnacles is amazing, we are on.our way North to warmer weather and clearer water and will jump in soon. We are thinking we may need to haul out soon and we really enjoyed our experience at Mackay Marina Shipyard last year when we wete hauled out with SV Endless Summer -Caiy

[@christierose8507]

This brings back memories lol

[@sailingwiththejamess]

It's amazing the growth of barnacles isn't it! When we had a house I couldn't get much to grow in the garden besides corn and cucumbers, yet we are growing barnacles amazingly well 🤣😆 -Cait

[@KarenTiguti]

great work navigating the power lines, glad you guys made it safely. The seagrass looks super super long, did you see a difference in speed after the scrub? your channel is becoming a weekend routine for us, and we are loving learning something new each week

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Great to hear that you are enjoying the videos, we love that! It's lovely to see you back! We did see a difference in speed after the scrub but unfortunately we couldn't reach the underneath bottom of the boat with the brush but we can reach it with jumping in the water. We are currently heading north up the coast and as we get into warmer weather we will just in and give her a clean. With our last boat it was amazing the speeds we got after a fresh antifoul 💚 the little barnacles ans sea scum on the bottom hinders speed a lot! -Cait

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

​@@sailingwiththejamess The Al hull may inhibit some of the fouling... a underwater rotary scrubber will help keep your hull clean ... But if you want to keep the wildlife out of your ears wear ear plugs or hood.. Extracting small crustaceans from ones ears is quite a thing for cruisers ... That or if your hull allows it beach the boat on a tide and do it on the dry.

[@sailingwiththejamess]

@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 she was last antifouled 18 months ago and we are thinking the water blasting at haul out must have done something to the remaining antifoul. Since we are Scrubbing the Hull and rubbing the antifoul we were thinking of beaching her at some point. We have skegs and can beach her and we were thinking about the Lagoon at Middle Percy Island possible as we know the area and its pure hard sand in the lagoon. There's quite a few barnacles coming off, I'm so amazing at the growth rate of barnacles! -Cait

[@sailingwiththejamess]

@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 The previous owner left one of those underwater hull cleaners onboard, its onr that appears to act like a scrapper, we'll be plugging it in one of these days and seeing how it works! 😃 -Cait

[@BradKilberski]

Great video James family! Nice work on the Lazy Jacks, they are looking good! Where do you think you'll haul out if you need to antifoul?

[@sailingwiththejamess]

The lazy Jacks are doing so well, less windage. We are thinking Mackay Marina Shipyarf, we have been there before in our Mono and they were fabulous and we had a really good experience. We have heard really good things about Bundaberg, and Gladstone as well. We are making our way North up the coast and will be jumping in the water soon when the waters a bit clearer and giving her hull and clean -Cait

[@BradKilberski]

@@sailingwiththejamess I've heard positive feedback from Mackay. You might not fit into the Bundaberg slipway, you would need to call about your width

[@sailingwiththejamess]

I believe yes, our berth (width) would be too big for the slipway at Bundy. It's a shame, we have Endless Summer hauled out there for her marine survey and the staff and facilities are lovely, we had a really good experience . It's lovely to see you back this week, awesome to know you are enjoying our videos 💙 -Cait

[@scottwernet]

HI guys really enjoyed the videa. What type of cat is it you are sailing??

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Thank you! It's really really nice to hear people are enjoying the videos! We have a 2005 50ft Aluminium Crowther, Design 85 Mark 5. The previous owners had her built in the Gold Coast and we have recently bought her in late April ⛵️💙 -Cait

[@sailingpacificstar]

Great video Caitlyn & Sam! Talk about growth, if you beach her. We will be there to lend a hand ❤

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Cheers guyz, that would be awesome! We scrubbed her a wee and a half ago and she is commong back with a vengeance again. We also have Eagles nesting on the top of our mast so we are really getting at one with nature lol. -sam

[@stevesteel6066]

Awesome video. Why didn’t you decide to paint the hulls? I’m looking at an Aluminum catamaran and I want the hulls painted

[@sailingwiththejamess]

We are the second owners and it came to us unpainted, right now it's a purely financial reason. We would love to paint her white, we think she'd look really good painted but currently it's not in the budget Hope you are enjoying the videos and that we see you next week! -Cait

[@stevesteel6066]

@@sailingwiththejamess Perhaps you could do an honest video on the real costs of sailing? That would be helpful! Do you have a common ground or isolated ground?

[@sailingwiththejamess]

@Steve Steel that's a very good question. We have isolated ground What kind of catamaran are you looking at? We could do a video on how much it costs us to sail, we try to reprovision only once a month, and we sail as much as possible. I think people would be amazing at how much antifoul paint it 😵 and the total cost of haul outing out to antifoul 💙⛵️ -Cait

[@debrastanley2204]

We have our tinnieiut at the moment cleaning and antifouling that. Doing it ourselves to save dollars. The antifoul and stuff was over $140 tin and you need 2 parts Over $300 at the chandlery yesterday. Bring Out Another (ten) Thousand lol In the long run totally worth it though. Can't wait til we graduate from our houseboat to a Cat and retire and sail away into the sunset. #vitaminsea #livingthedream. #livingourbestlife

[@sailingwiththejamess]

What kind of cat are you guys looking at? We have recently done the change and can highly recommend it! If the stuff on your tinny works well please let us know, there's nothing better than personal reccommendations! 🧡✨️🧡 -Sam & Cait

[@DanielMashonkin]

Terrifying experience. I am confident with the area as used to live on Russell and Macleay for 7 years. Never sail big boat here but seen people sailing around. There are power lines goes from Cabbadge three point crossing channel and entering Russell island from South West. Do you think that one better to go under? However I think the channel passing Russell on it's south is too shallow even on high tide.

[@sailingwiththejamess]

We have been under both, the one from Cabbage tree is a nicer for boats with deeper drafts and you can hug the west side next to the pillion where it's plenty deep and pass with plenty of clearance. We loved the narrows, jealous you were able to live there, would be beautiful. We saw lots of people out at night having bbqs and camp fires in their backyards with neighbours. Very relaxing and calming atmosphere 💜 Lovely to see new faces around our channel, we hope you are enjoying the videos and hope to see you again next week 💜🩷 -Cait

[@martinwickstead967]

Its like watching wet paint dry

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Thank you for stopping by our channel, greatly appreciated. We're so wet we should be in the Navy 😜

[@mgnaturals7110]

Living on the edge 🙈

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Hahaha don't you know it lol -sam

[@Lana_Warwick]

Bugga about antifoul from haul-out. Interested to see what direction/product you choose. It's one of those everyone has a different opinion for best value, especially Aluminium.

[@sailingwiththejamess]

We have Pettit Vivid on there at the moment (from previous haul out with old owners) and it has great reviews. We have not applied it yet ourselves, we are looking into getting hauled out along the Queensland coast before we head overseas. We have noticed a huge difference to speed when sailing right after a good scrub! 💙 -Cait

[@Lana_Warwick]

@@sailingwiththejamess To come off so easy from the straps tho. Ryan & Sophie "Silicon Antifouling" (not sponsored)

[@sailingwiththejamess]

We looked into silicone and I would love it but it was just to expensive for us. The big problem is you need to clean everything off and start again which is just too costly for us at the moment. -sam

[@davidwood4427]

Pronouncing 'Canaipa' Passage is always a test for non locals. Try Can-eye-pa, also the 'w' is almost silent in Dunwich. Love your story so far.

[@sailingwiththejamess]

Thank you! 💜 Love seeing new faces on our channel! We have been calling it Can-na-pea-ya Passage 😆 It's good to learn! It was beautiful at the anchorage right before the lines, so peaceful and quiet yet so close to Brisbane - just magical ✨️ -Cait

[@jimmybrokos4610]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸

[@sailingwiththejamess]

❤️🤍💙 thank you! -Cait