Underwater Boat Maintenance on a NORDHAVN 43 trawler

[@haplesstoad]

Aha!!! I knew my dive cert would come in handy...literally! We are on a local Seattle area waitlist. Also, how satisfying to scrub all that stuff off!!

[@petelepage27]

This is exactly what I want to see about Life Aboard! Thank you Guys, God Bless!!

[@michaelrhodes6033]

Once again brilliant. Thanks.

[@James-seafan]

great video thank you for sharing

[@plumbknot]

Great videos really enjoyed your work on the stabilizer and cleaning under side. Say hey to Sandy and Mr Sully keep up the good work

[@astrodiver1]

Great double washer catch! @11:07

[@gregfawcett5152]

Nice...don't forget to scrub around all the thru hulls

[@paulcunningham2859]

thanks for showing the replacemnt even though it didnt need it.. i would have a hundred of the nuts and washers because im sure i wold drop thiem all ovver the place

[@markduncan6690]

You have to love those Nordhavens! Very fine video! Nice and chunky vessel!

[@dgeorge852]

Terrific catch on the two washers.

[@joetaverna7788]

Great vídeo! I’ve just started learning about the Nordhavn and I’m enjoying watching your videos (oldest to newest). Can’t wait to get caught up!

[@RenlangRen]

Thanks for posting. I bet these maintenance videos are a bit of work to do, but are very educational.

[@alelwin]

Outstanding content again. Great skill- sets to have. Saves you lots of high maintenance expense.

[@khoatran9482]

Third time watching this and still love it, wonderfully useful.

[@bartblack7326]

Great video. I enjoy the maintenance style videos, very informative and well done. Thank you.

[@rockn997]

That’s what I like the maintenance videos and when they explain about the equipment because I don’t really know anything about boots

[@rockn997]

Hey guys if you get my comment I wanted to tell you that sitting in the salon, it looks so uncomfortable I felt bad when you guys were watching a movie. You could go to a company that does custom work for boater homes if you have a few extra bucks and they could make a couch and coffee table, where the coffee table pushes down and then you put cushions on it and you will have a deep lounge area and if it was me I would make it out of corduroy Material because it’s so comfortable the large corduroy

[@rockn997]

It would beNice if you guys have wireless microphones so we can hear you better

[@rockn997]

I wonder if the short ones power washer would work underwater, if it did it would be easy to clean the boat

[@davidallen7540]

Cool video

[@jameskehn6815]

good job doing the work yourself, there is so much satisfaction that you get out of that. The more you can learn the better off you will be, thumbs up to you.

[@4ourE]

I do a lot of ice diving... even with a dry suit I fill my gloves and boots with warm water before I place my hand or foot in. Try it next time, it helps tons with keeping dexterity in your fingers in the cold water. As many have stated, nice catch with those washers!

[@philmuller8069]

Love it! "this thing" Keep him working! And good catch! Washer was headed to the bottom.

[@dianeswift]

Your videography and descriptions are excellent. Gorgeous boat!

[@mvfreedom]

Diane Swift thanks for the kind words!

[@thecapturban]

Attach a small piece of line to ratchet with a couple hitches and a sinch knot on the other side for your wrist so you don't lose the ratchet to Davy jones locker almost like those Washers.. Great catch btw

[@skistrycharski6999]

If you changed out all the zincs. DAMN, you would have a work out. Well worth of a Scotch after! I used clean/zinc back in the day (70’s) at O.H. Marina.

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

Thank you for a great video. You explain things very well. Concise and to the point. I'm building a Sirena 58 and will be doing a lot of the underwater maintenance myself. I'm learning a lot from your videos. Hope we cross paths on the water one day. Great job!

[@ericmilchak5101]

Good video!

[@harvey604journeyman8]

Great to see the some maintenance format videos now and again, you have the dexterity and skills plus an able deck hand to help cut costs and that combination makes you guys as owners more aware of what is bellow the waterline. There is also a not so shinny side of a boat that needs TLC now and again. "Tight lines and calm seas" from just up the coast in Sooke BC.

[@alinthekeys]

Living in the fl. key's and I get cold doing my bottom work in the winter. . I don't envy you doing it in Seattle. Thanks for sharing.

[@Big.rafausa]

loved the video. very informative. please keep bringing this sort of content that we usually dont see from other nordhavn owners. safe winds for you guys.

[@jpshipwash6240]

Outstanding video! Lucid explanations. Loving it! Now to figure out how to budget my time to binge your videos, since I found you only today. Thanks for what you do.

[@michae8jackson378]

Thank you guys so much! So informative! My only negative is that we want videos more often from you guys😎😎👊👊👊

[@nordsterngsd]

Great vid !

[@heidienglish9385]

Awesome video, very informative!

[@donb.1426]

You two are incredibly talented people! Very impressed with how you maintain your investment. I am shocked with all that is involved with owning a boat!

[@captainrick9379]

That is a lot harder then it looks!

[@michael123cody5]

Oh I bet that algae on the bottom of the boat and on the propeller was driving Sean crazy. U changed that zinc plate and it definitely didnt need it. It ok Sean OCD gets me too buddy. I cant stand my shit being dirty either at least u have liz she seem to be clean also. I know not like u but still u got a good one. Shes a keeper. Lol

[@CEOsario]

Good job, thanks for sharing...

[@ankissy]

I always wondered why they used the zinc fittings. The Freedom is still looking fantastic, great job. Keep the videos coming.

[@organblower]

hey Shawn you're forgiven for scarfing down ice cream in Victoria. As a Dreamer, I get to enjoy Nordhavns that you guys pay for and maintain so if I win the lottery I'll know what's ahead for me. Your vids are consistently top quality unlike some who take every opportunity to tell us how rich they are and not much else. Hugs to the boat dogs!

[@r.g.bronson1866]

I just know that bottom being dirty is killing Shawn, being the clean freak that he is...I know because I suffer from the same curse and even though it really isn't too bad of shape, I bet he can't wait to get it on the hard. Good video guys...keep 'em coming.

[@thomasthomas001]

Right on Shawnster I mean "Aqua man" lol,Yeah I always thought there is no way to own a boat unless you can dive it on occasion, many times at anchor, it would really piss me off to lose a stainless Mantis!!... Plus just the sport of diving in general is very cool, another World!!!!......

[@Rick-jq8ng]

Really enjoy your video’s. Not sure if the following would apply to a fiberglass boat but many tin boat owners in the northwest will install their zinc’s slightly “proud” of the hull so that the entire zinc is in contact with the water as opposed to having the zinc fitted into a rubber backing plate and then installed. Might be a good question for Nordhaven and/or your boatyard next time you pull the boat.

[@johnjacobjinglehimerschmit3075]

Good info...

[@jimhanson7476]

Great video, very interesting... Not all fun on the water..

[@pilotdane]

No part of that looked warm. Above water or below. I flew through Sea-Tac last week and thought of you guys as we were low on approach. I looked hard to spot Freedom in the marina without luck but it was neat to see many of the places you've vlogged about like Blake Island.

[@Degenhardt450]

Try putting the air hose under your belt, makes it easier to haul around under water, also tie string to your tools so they’re not going to get lost in the water.

[@johnbradley2908]

ditto on stray current issue.

[@kendplumber4615]

Hey Sean. When cleaning the main prop, I didn’t see the line cutter... Have you got one ??

[@donkeyengine2426]

Now your talking, my kind of video!

[@gcanada3005]

Have you ever thought of using a pressure washer under the waterline for cleaning instead of a brush?

[@michael123cody5]

I know when u got to the other zinc plates u wanted to change them too.

[@2xtream]

I'm surprised you don't have all those items in the water level don't have a common bonding wire leading to a couple of Zink Plates at the back of the stern...

[@robertputnam6324]

you would be better off with a ratchet with a head that did not swivel and a shorter extension. Make a small basket and stick it to the side of the boat with suckshon cups to catch what falls.Rob

[@64jmoore]

Love your technical videos. You mentioned that you do this roughly quarterly. 2 Questions: #1 Did you scrub you entire hull underwater during this time or just close to the running gear and/or the zincs? #2 How long was spend doing this entire task? (Collecting items, suiting up, diving, and put away) I understand time varies based on how many zincs you would change. Curious when doing maintenance things, how long are you spending doing these tasks. Thank you for doing these videos!

[@johnopfer8065]

What is purpose of the folding prop? Get-home engine?

[@CEOsario]

Question: How are you guys doing with the transition from the faster express cruiser to the slower trawler? Thanks.

[@mvfreedom]

WSario we’re truly loving it. We no longer worry about the debris in the water and enjoy a calm ride where we can do lots of things while underway in peace (ie cook, do chores, read, work, etc).

[@GunslingerOriginal]

New Subscriber

[@mvfreedom]

GUNSLINGER DA TRUTH welcome to our tribe!

[@georgelambertson300]

Damit Man, I was thinking it was all Flowing Cocktails and "ice cream" was the standard call for the day...oh well we can hope can't we...Many Txs...

[@christopherlynch3314]

so how many tools and parts have you lost to the deep?

[@BullyHayes1977]

no concerns with diving in a marina and a possible stray current?

[@dgeorge852]

The copper anti fouling paint, if not applied properly will actually increase bio-growth. If you want copper paint, research which is the best, then have one of their dealers apply it. Well worth the extra cost. Then if anything goes wrong, they have to redo it. You may have a fight between the dealer and the manufacturer as to who is going to pay for it.

[@roger9453]

Don't forget your engine zinc's!

[@darkketchup8883]

you need a small string connected to your brushes.. you tie them up with your belt..

[@Bonedock8228]

get brownie hookah belt. secures reg and has weight pouches!

[@fxpthl]

New subscriber and man that water looked COLD!!!!

[@seikibrian8641]

The waters here average 45-55°F year round. Most divers here wear dry suits. (Cheapskates like me wear *very* thick wet suits.) For boat maintenance, where you're not going deep enough that water pressure compresses wet suit foam, a standard wet suit will keep you quite warm.

[@john5321]

recommend you run your air line under your belt so that you move the excess with your body and not trying to hang onto the regulator with your mouth.

[@cruisingcircadia6574]

I liked the new intro music 🎶

[@brucemckelvy9920]

I used to dive our boat a lot to clean it, but only ever did it once in a Marina. Too many poorly wired boats to risk my life on their grounding. I would always do my dives out at an anchorage to be safe. You could cut the drums in the audio. Voice over or even nothing would be less of an annoyance.

[@billdomb]

Brrrrr... what was the water temp?

[@MrBren10mm]

How much does it cost to have someone do that

[@johnjacobjinglehimerschmit3075]

LMAO!!!!! When you came up from dressing! BATMAN!

[@frankrice5364]

Ask me you took then off a little early ..o well after all it is your boat

[@yoy58913]

Marina water that's yucky water

[@cme4brain11]

great vids, but do either of you NOT wear a hat?

[@dgeorge852]

Before anyone laughs at her for not being sure what a ratchet is, go get your wife a darning needle or a large grade colander.

[@1234faded]

Diver flag?

[@Brad1711]

lol

[@lifeenvironments]

Deadly mistake to dive on a boat in a marina. Pros kill all power to the marina before diving on a boat.

[@socomon69]

Diving in marinas can be sketchy because of stray current. Be careful.