The Shake Down Sail Ep7

[@randytucker4990]

I’m soo disappointed in the comments people feel the need to share! Thank you for sharing these special moments of your family’s life. Y’all are an inspiration to me and my family that would also love to take the leap of faith and join the adventures on the beautiful ocean with y’all one day. Your family is beautiful, happy and healthy and I can only imagine the joy that you all shared taking your beautiful new home out for the day. Thank y’all again and one last thing! Buy all Milwaukee cordless tools so you can interchange batteries when needed. After many of worn out tools that’s what I did and couldn’t be happier! God Bless and good wind! The Tuckers

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks Tuckers!! your message is so kind and we really appreciate it. you never know, we might meet you somewhere on the water one day, thanks again, Catherine

[@BonnieVolkle]

Please don’t listen to the snarky, jealous people. You got this!❤️😘

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks so much for your comment and encouragment!! We appreciate it, Catherine

[@tonyhalsall3170]

So great to sea real people displaying real emotions, especially the excitement of buying a new boat. I am sure that you have found out already that the electric and electronic systems required to keep a single modern sailing boat fully functioning are really complex. Add to that manual systems that are exposed to UV and salt water and boat life becomes understandably a labour of continuous maintenance… but also a labour of love. Buying a new boat will shield you from excessive maintenance for a short while, but it will always be there. Your comments about the boat “not being ready” resonate completely with me and I often wonder what the state of charter boats are that just get shipped out to the Med and Caribbean without the detailed scrutiny that an owner operator demands. Lastly, please don’t let the trolls on KZbin get you down, you are a beautiful family sharing some great moments in your life and the vast majority of viewers will appreciate that. As I said on an earlier video you can mange negative posts through your dashboard and perhaps you should look at that because the more popular you become (which you will) the more you will attract people who want to knock you down.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

love this!! Thank you so much, and thanks for being so supportive, Catherine

[@SV_Freeman]

We’ll be in La Rochelle at the end of April, cruising down towards the Med. Hope to see you guys on the water. Don’t let some comments bring you down! Go for it, live should be an adventure.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thank you so much, thats so exciting, we are now in the Med so yes we may cross paths! Please say hi if you see us on the water :)

[@johnmagnan759]

Dewalt is a good reliable power tool. I was given an 18V cordless drill back in 2013. I still have it and use it just about every day at work. I have abused the hell out of that drill and it keeps going. Also own the Dewalt XR line of 20V cordless tools; circular saw, saber saw, jig saw, orbital sander, impact wrench and grinder. The grinder does drain a 6 amp hour battery fast so I'd recommend getting one that plugs into AC power. The XR is suppose to be the contractor series. Only had that line since 2019 and so far they have performed great on the job site.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thats incredible, its unusual for a power tool or any machinery to last that long, especially if your using everyday. thanks for the reccomendation.

[@RNVOS]

Let the adventure begin ❤from 🇨🇦 BC

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

hey, thanks for watching , Catherine

[@helenludlow2331]

Great video guys - enjoy the ride 🛥

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks Helen 👍

[@barryedwards4481]

Hi guys happy anniversary just a thought another thing for soaking up water or oil try nappies to soak it up and it should be cheaper to buy and a lot more in a bag more than one cheers Barry From Victoria Australia 🇦🇺

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

ah yes, definately a cheaper option! thanks, Catherine

[@info191919]

I prefer as a long time electrician a Makita. They are really super. Or a "Hilti". But the small screwdriver from Makita are really strong.😊

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thanks for the tip

[@davidbroman8391]

Happy Anniversary 🥂I am excited to see your family”s upcoming adventures on your beautiful floating home.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thank you so much!

[@laurence9695]

Once you set sail, hire yourself a professional captain to help you across the Bay of Biscay, some of the most treacherous weather.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thanks

[@jeffreyyoung702]

"On The Road Again" kind of corny for your song but it was our unrep breakaway song when in the Navy. Other good ones I have heard: Theme to the "Pink Panther" Christopher Cross "Sailing" BTO "Roll On Down The Highway"

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

some great suggestions! I love how even years after hearing a song that you used, in this type of situation, takes you right back to that memory. its all just a bit of fun!

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

Get the washing machine it can be installed after, although it's a tight installation

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thanks , yes the washing machine got installed and i'm really happy with it. are you?

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

@@OceanPeopleSailing washing is good. Dryer not so much. Needs minimum 2 cycle (2+2 hours minimum) and all stuff gets really wrinkled. So in summer I always dry in the sun

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

yes definitely noticing the wrinkling, I found doing smaller loads much more successful. anythign beats handwashing right!

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

@@OceanPeopleSailing yes but problem is bed linen, they come out incredibly wrinkled and on boat too complicated to iron, also complicated to dry in the sun. No good solution found, yet

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

I have bought a mini ironing board and an iron.. and a steamer.. all of which have not been used! embracing the wrinkles, Catherine

[@craigwadey2122]

Every body has a start somewhere 😊

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

yes, thats true. :)

[@paulstephens5229]

Tea and biscuits ? That was a cup of hot milk, tea is a dark brown colour. Congratulations on your Anniversary and new boat.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

haha, we drink alot of tea, its definitely personal preference, and you like a strong cup of tea then! thanks for your message, appreciate it! Catherine

[@jeffreyyoung702]

Not sure if this song would work. U2's "I still have not found what I am looking for"

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Ooh, this is a great song! thanks for the suggestion, Catherine

[@RNVOS]

Ryobi all the way❤ from 🇨🇦

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Hey thanks for your reccomendation! and thanks for watching, Catherine

[@elmer665544]

Keep up the good work! Remember, even negative or critical comments add positively to the algorithm.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks, will do!

[@actiaint]

Great content - enjoying the ride - I think someone mentioned last video suggesting new mic for the onboard live stuff - voiceover quality is great: Boya are inexpensive and very good :) Stunning cat btw.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thanks so much, appreciate your feedback and tip. And thanks for watching , Catherine

[@laurence9695]

How long will you be away from the boat without sailing it? Remember tgat tge warranty keeps running, and issues that will turn up once you start sailing and they always do, might not be covered. La Vagabonde just commussiobed a 2.5 million boat, and on 1st 3 day passafe, discovered that the engine had let salt water in snd was ruined. Oooops. Maybe watched Sailing AWEN from the start, they used to own a Fontaine Pajot. They sold it after a year. They had a daily vlog of crossing the Atlantic with professional skippers.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

hey thanks for the suggestion, i'll look up sailing Awen and catch up, thanks

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

Have same boat and mostly same configuration. From my experience you should : get the flybridge table, it's a new option from FP, if you still there do it now, find a solution for the big kitchen table, it's nice to eat inside sometimes, but when you eat outside would be nice to have smaller table inside, so you can lay down better. You will see soon what I mean.... For the inside table will probably make it change with a foldable one (not yet decided how)

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

I have seen this flybridge table on the FP Facebook group this week and it looks perfect. Ive been looking for something like this, but just not keen to pay the price for it. folding the inside table would be a good option too. Ours wobbles a bit, do you find that?

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

@@OceanPeopleSailing yes it wobbles. This is what I will do. Cut 30 cm the part towards the TV. Make foldable (30cm) each side perpendicular to the TV side. Make slidable the whole table for 30cm towards the TV. Hope I am clear, will send you pics when done. Like this can still be used as bed, but also as daytime big laying sofa, (need to make extra cushion) while standing it's still a big kitchen table (although a bit shorter but better because you don't risk falling in the stairs like it's now when entering exiting that corner.

[@claudiof.barbano5530]

@@OceanPeopleSailing yes is expensive but make it custom it's probably more money. It you find other solution let me know

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

this does sound amazing, definately send me a pic if you do this, you can reach out to us on Insta/ facebook / email. thanks, catherine

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

will do , theres always a bunch of handy people in the sailing community willing to offer solutions. I wonder if anyone has done this already?

[@agip1787]

Try this song....Have you ever seen the rain....

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

beautiful song ❤️ thanks for the suggestion, catherine

[@malgraham351]

Were is the Mulltihull Solutions rep ?? Most handovers ive seen there is a rep that helps ect ?? Naming ceremony ect sorting of parts

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

We had good support from Multihull but something we just have to learn for ourselves as we go along.

[@rodwaski]

Another informative video, you mentioned not being able to find lots of things in La Rochelle , anything in particular and ideas of what we should bring from Australia for our FP later 25:03 this year

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

For us it was household items like bedding, nice cushions, melamine plates, cutlery. and while you could get these things here it was just more down to personal preference. EVERYTHING you will need for the boat will be here, La rochelle is proberably the best location we have seen for everything you need for the boat. Its definately more home items that we struggled with. We did get alot from Zodio but I believe that store has closed in la rochelle now. Check with your broker as they can take you around to the shops to show you where you can buy things from. and having a car will deifnately help you with getting to the shopping area about 10-15mins away. Dont forget to pack your vegemite , and all the best with your new boat!

[@claudieschmidt2353]

Oh my..3 hrs in a tool store looking for a drill! LOL Would James/Jim go clothes shopping with you for 3 hrs? I bet he would. I also follow another family sailing videos..Sailing Zatara that have been sailing for I believe 7yrs and their children were small as well. They also have a tutorial channel you might check out...if you haven't seen them already. I'm very excited watching you guys in your travels and learning your new boat. Claudie/Texas

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks Claudie. We now have a drill. It has not been used but we have one.

[@gilesbrinkman9798]

As a boater myself I have always found it mind blowing that you can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars on a fibreglass boat and it’s not fit for sea upon pickup, spend $30,000 on a car and you drive it off the forecourt 😅 I feel your pain but you will have a beautiful boat in the end!

[@laurence9695]

Try a couple mil for this Fontaine Pajot. They'll need about 30k to outfit it for an ocean crossing. Minimum.

[@Jamespatten00]

Boat builders are not building at the scale that a car manufacturer would. Every owner wants variations on the theme. I personally feel the boat builders are missing a an opportunity in this space. Warranties and third party install would be troublesome for the boat builders to manage though so i can see why its the way it is.

[@gilesbrinkman9798]

@@Jamespatten00doesn’t excuse stuff like fridges not working etc 😅

[@sailingnoboundaries]

Congrats on your new boat! After you return from Australia where will you go? What will you do? How long do you plan to live on board? How far behind realtime are you, i.e., is this fall of 22 or 23? Context helps people, including us get engaged.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Hey thanks for your message, we are a bit behind this was fall 22, being home for 4.5 months, then we sailed away in march 2023 so I have a whole sailing season to bring us up to date over the next few months. lots of sailing Atlantic coast and the Med to show you. We plan to live onboard for as long as possible but we just dont know what that is yet. Thanks again, catherine

[@laurence9695]

What are your plans? The Med, with the dreaded Schengen restrictions? Or across the Atlantic?

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

we are in the med, but with a french long stay visa, then we will have to do that schengen shuffle :( not ready for atlantic crossing yet but maybe in a few years?

[@ianjackson1192]

Sailing by rod stewart

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

ooh good one!

[@gregwheat5117]

Has to be Jimmy Buffet.....A Pirate looks at Forty, Changes in Latitudes, Son of a Son of a Sailor, It's 5 O'clock Somewhere are just a few ideas.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thankyou, i've added these all to the playlist, Catherine

[@laurence9695]

Reality sets in as boat owners. 😢 it's a lot of dreams, hard work and disappointments.

[@adammallerman8153]

I'm sorry, but that's not a shake down sail. To shake down the boat you need to push everything to it's limits. You need to sail it for a couple of days, spend nights at anchor, sail in over twenty knots with some waves, (and reef late!) To put the rig under pressure. Run the engine under high revs, make water, even. A tootle in no wind outside the harbour wall in flat calm will teach you virtually nothing. For example, were there concerning bulkhead noises? I know that's more of a Lagoon issue but it's not something you wait to discover when you're thousands of miles away from the broker! My rule of thumb with shopping for hardware is if I'm going without the wife, I do all my research in the store... I play with every drill, hold every hammer.. So much fun. If I'm in the unfortunate position of going in with the wife, and worse the kids, I research on line, call to make sure they have the item, and then it's like the SAS: go in, complete the mission objectives as far as possible and get out, hopefully leaving nobody behind!

[@Jamespatten00]

Can’t choose the weather. We completed much more rigorous tests at a latter stage.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks for your message and advice. some good things to note here.

[@dwaindibly945]

Lets face it if you would have asked a Brit they would have said don't buy in France we know what they are like you only have to look at Renault or Outremer.

[@laurence9695]

You mean like the Bluewater Outremer 52 that was just Nominated Boat of the Year 2024?

[@mvanvliet4953]

O'Kelly's experience then walk away with Outremer (Atlantic Crossing). They still don't have a new boat. I love watching your videos. I was a boater (sail then power) my whole life. I became landlocked with medical issues. ENJOY! Thank you for sharing! Margie.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

Thanks Margie. We have been looking forward to this for many years.

[@laurence9695]

Oh, you've already be sailing in the Med for a year, and your videos are ONE YEAR BEHIND!!!!! Got it. No use commenting or offering advice, as this is way out of date. No need to subscribe. Bye.😢

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

yes our youtube channel got deleted so there was a bit of catch up. Thanks for watching and commenting, Catherine

[@simonsezz2293]

This is a joke right? You don’t actually think you are capable of leaving the marina by yourselves? Way more money than ability. This is going to end badly. The most unlikely sailors in all the thousands of channels out there. And you are doing this with kids… Those hardcore French boat builders must be really conflicted selling a boat to you nubes. This is like watching a train smash in slo mo…… And to all those cheering you on…. evidently know as much about sailing as you….

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

hey thanks for your message we did definately sail away when we returned ( after a few RYA courses ) and the boat is looking after us well. Keep watching , everything is going to be ok. :)

[@joebrush4324]

@@OceanPeopleSailing Don't listen to these armchair sailors naysaying in the comments. The one thing that makes you a better sailor is sailing. I have no doubt you'll take it cautiously to start and work your way up.

[@johnmclachlan1023]

Good luck to you all. Lot of naysayers out there. If someone says they have a lot of experience and still felt the need to do a day skippers course, maybe they're not all that experienced. You did your courses, and I'm sure you're are the necessary baby steps. You'll find a lot of jealousy on KZbin. You'll find your way. My only suggestion at this time is mast steps if they're not already installed. If you have to go up the mast short-handed, they're invaluable. They don't look great, but they really won't affect performance on a cruising boat. Take care, stay safe from Oz.

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thanks so much for your comment. we did get a few steps at the base of the mast , do you mean steps all the way up? thanks for watching and supporting fellow aussies :)

[@OceanPeopleSailing]

thankyou :)