We BOUGHT a SAILBOAT and FINALLY Have SAILS I Ep 21

[@ianprice9005]

Great show guys 👍you are getting there

[@SailingIndiana]

Thank you so much Ian! We love having your support. It means so much to us!☺️🙌🏼⛵️

[@Edward-uf8mi]

Lauren and Chris... Love the fact that you're so modest about what your knowledge is, while at the same fixing and figuring some pretty important stuff. Delightful. I have a similar plan which is a few years off. I work just above Brighton marina, so please do let me know if you simply need help with a spare nautical pair of hands!

[@SailingIndiana]

Ah this is a really lovely message, thank you Edward! Sometimes we worry that we just don’t know enough, but then really surprise ourselves when we get stuck in and manage to figure it out! Oh brilliant, we always need extra help!!

[@montanadan2524]

I like the new hardware.

[@SailingIndiana]

Why thank you! 😎 She’s looking like a proper sailboat now. Exciting times ahead. Thank you for watching ☺️🙌🏼

[@colin6481]

Your nearly there, you'll soon be cruising along to your dreams. Good luck & stay safe.

[@SailingIndiana]

Colin! Thank you so much for watching and for your comment ☺️ We can’t wait for all the adventures ☺️⛵️

[@Sailing_Antrice]

Are you sure that repair on the Mast is galvanised steel? It would be absolutely the wrong metal to use. The mast is aluminium alloy and the repair patch should be the same alloy. Using steel and aluminium together will create a corrosive galvanic action that would cause the weld to fail in time. If it is aluminium alloy then red oxide is the wrong primer and it should be left unpainted as aluminium forms a natural oxide layer. If it is galvanised steel get a second opinion about galvanic corrosion.

[@michaelbundy3867]

Brilliant your sail boat is now a sail boat. How weird to see that blimp, never seen one in the UK. Pretty big too.

[@SailingIndiana]

Indiana is no longer a motorboat! Haha! Absolutely thrilled and we are so excited for all the adventures. Yeah that blimp was huge! Definitely seen one before but, not since childhood! Thank you so much for watching ☺️⛵️

[@michaellarson8416]

Goodyear joke. Lol 😂 classic

[@SailingIndiana]

😂🙌🏼 Glad it’s got the lol it deserves

[@jakobussteyn2821]

Diesel and oil in itself is a lot less dense than water and as such will tend to float except if bound to a substrate heavier than water. The black sludge in marinas is most likely the product of anti fouling paints. Thus going electric will not really solve the pollution problem. I am in favour of electric motors as it will make people up their sailing skills and the lack of noise and stink is a huge plus. However anti fouling technology needs a lot of further research and in my very limited knowledge it seems that copper coat type products and non ablative hard anti foul surfaces is probably the less destructive way to go.

[@SailingIndiana]

Hi thanks so much for watching and for the comment! We agree that the diesel and oil will tend to float if it gets in the water, but there is definitely a lot of black stuff that comes out of the exhaust systems (we currently have a gritty black trail coming from the exhaust pipe down the the water line!) so perhaps it’s more of a byproduct of using the diesel and oil? The marina was built in the late 70’s and we’re told not much dredging has happened since then, so we’re not surprised it’s gotten this bad! Electric propulsion is a technology that is fast evolving and does solve a multitude of issues. But we agree with you, antifoul technology also needs to progress along with it! Copper coatings seems to be the solution for now, but we need to research more in this area, as we’ve got limited knowledge. Thanks again!

[@sarascott2217]

I'm excited for you guys where do you plan to sail to?

[@SailingIndiana]

Thanks so much Sara☺️ We are starting to plan a trip along the south coast of the Uk this year, but the big plan is to head south and start a circumnavigation!! Possibly the Mediterranean first, but we’ll see how much knowledge and confidence we have by then!

[@sarascott2217]

@@SailingIndiana brilliant guys looking forward to seeing it. We are selling up our own house next year to do what u doing enjoy

[@SailingIndiana]

@@sarascott2217 Oh nice! That sounds like the start of an amazing adventure for you too!! Be great to see you out on the water one day, imagine that!

[@reisoderberg9955]

I have a slight feeling that you guys are gonna become a big youtube channel. I also can't go for a sail because we have been in lockdown for 6 weeks and another 4 at least to go.

[@SailingIndiana]

Oh wow thank you! We just want to document our journey and share our experience in hopes that it will inspire a few others to live their dream! Thank you for watching and for the lovely comment ☺️⛵️ Oh no! Where are you?

[@reisoderberg9955]

@@SailingIndiana sydney Australia we need to wear masks outdoors and can go 5 km from home and the boat is about 50 km from home :(

[@SailingIndiana]

@@reisoderberg9955 you’ll get through it! Have you planned a trip for when you are free again?

[@reisoderberg9955]

@@SailingIndiana yeah thinking of sailing up the east coast of Australia but not for a while as we have minimal offshore experience with sailing only 30 km with 2 knots wind but 20 knots inshore. Even though our boat is 24 foot, it really isn't the best for fast sailing as it has a fat bow and is really thick fibreglass. It'll get us there at least and we're eventually gonna get one maybe the size of your boat.

[@nortonmolly]

Why the need for a large Ali patch welded onto the mast?

[@SailingIndiana]

Hi Andrew, we were told that there were a couple of blocks there with different metals to the mast creating a corrosion point. We weren’t told how bad it got, but bad enough to warrant the weld patch. We’ve had a few ‘professionals’ look at it, who have all said it’s a good weld, so we are happy it’s ok. Probably the strongest point on the mast now?

[@ianprice9005]

Does NED have a RED Lory 😂😂😂just wondering if this is the guy I read about in class 1 😜🤷‍♂️😂😂😂

[@SailingIndiana]

😂😂😂 we’ll have to ask him! We know he’s been boat building for 30 years though!

[@mySeaPrince_]

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[@SailingIndiana]

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[@mikehinson4062]

You are finally a sailboat. But can Lauren replace the floorboards? (asking for a friend)

[@SailingIndiana]

Ah thanks for watching again Mike! We can’t quite believe it, but we actually have a boat that can SAIL!!!🎉🎉 Now for our first trip out of the marina… Watch this space🤞🏼 Haha, we are definitely working on more footage of Lauren wrangling the floorboards!

[@mikehinson4062]

@@SailingIndiana Lauren could have made the GB Olympic Wrestling team if her opponent was a floorboard

[@SailingIndiana]

@@mikehinson4062 think we should sign her up 😂😂

[@mikehinson4062]

@@SailingIndiana See if you can get Floorboard Wrestling included in 2024. I bet she could win her weight class with practice. She shows enthusiasm now. With you as her coach, I feel confident in her being a medal contender

[@SailingIndiana]

@@mikehinson4062 There’s certainly every chance she’ll be in the medals! Some serious training sessions first but I think we can book our flights to Tokyo now💪🏼😅

[@davidclarke7728]

There is a product called Galvafroid

[@SailingIndiana]

Thanks David, we’ll definitely look into that!

[@s.v.gadder1443]

The dirt they are dredging couldn't have diesel or oil in it as oil/fuel floats and wouldn't be possible to have sank and contaminated what they are digging up, maybe put a little more thought into that next time?

[@SailingIndiana]

Thanks so much for watching and for the comment! There is definitely some black silty stuff sitting at the bottom of our fuel tank and after pumping 30ltrs out last week (to check the tank) and leaving it to sit over night, there was definitely some black silty stuff in the bottom of each of the containers we were using. So no doubt this is part of what is sitting at the bottom of the marina? Agreed, this will not be the diesel/oil per say, but certainly a by product of using this fuel and certainly comes from the pump? And certainly a contaminant from an environmental point of view? Would you agree/is this correct?

[@mikehinson4062]

@@SailingIndiana good response. there is always a hater. there are a lot of byproducts from petroleum and contaminated petroleum and its byproducts WILL sink

[@guy.h]

@@SailingIndiana I was told that there used to be a *lot* more liveaboards there in the past (before holding tank regs)... well I am sure you can work out where a lot of the black sludge came from