We live in this BEAST of a boat! Interior Tour

[@AlluringArctic]

Hey all! We've received a lot of suggestions etc concerning the stern tubes and also our wood stove, I'll address them here (can't reply to all comments): Stern tubes: Re: the stern tube and the joint, the joint is aligned "off" in vertical axis to keep the joint lubricated. This type of joint can not be perfectly aligned or otherwise it won't get lubrication and will wear out. There is zero vibration when the engines are running in gear and the shafts have been measured to be running true. The stern tube has a big thrust bearing (there is no thrust on the engine) and two roller bearings in the aft. Currently I'm thinking the reason behind our problems is likely one out of these three: 1) aft seals were installed incorrectly 2) prop shaft has worn out where the seals are (common with lip seals) 3) the housing for the seals has corroded there where the seals are, letting water past the seals. (the roller bearings are close to the lip seals and they're made of stainless steel, if there's been water in there for long,it'll eventually cause corrosion) The mystery is that the aft seals were changed in Tromso, so it shouldn't leak yet and the yard should've notified the owners if the shaft is worn out or if stern tube is corroded. But I wasn't at the boat yet so we don't know what has happened there. I don't think we'll find out the whole issue before taking the boat out of the water and pulling the shafts etc... But since we're "real time" with the videos, we're actually experiencing this problem right now, and if you're familiar with this specific type of problem then let us know if you have advice! The wood stove: Yes, we're aware that you could burn coal/pellets/briquettes in there! :) It's probably meant to be used like that too.

[@majormanfredrex]

We had the same dilemma concerning the wood-burner. Fuel can be costly so we bought our own briquette maker and found many places around ports of call where we could find free scrap wood, sawdust, shavings and other suitable material to make briquettes with. We kept the briquettes for passage and used wood in port.

[@chrisgroves8562]

I'm sure the motor shaft seal is fixed by now my guess would be excess play between the bearing and the bearing housing.

[@grakkerful]

This is just the cutest sailing couple I've ever seen. That's a lot of boat!

[@patrickconnolly2654]

Excellent choice of words "cute". or maybe studly as hell hearts of steel would be more accurate?

[@jaekn]

@@patrickconnolly2654 Actually, I think "cute" is a better descriptor for these people.

[@gregorychaney7604]

Thanks for including Sophie in the video. It was nice to get her perspective. Cheers from Alaska

[@YuChiGongG]

These are the BEST videos re boats and sailing that I have ever seen. I am lucky to have found them.

[@zackworrell]

yes they are!!!

[@AlluringArctic]

Heya all! I've been trying to upload this for a while now, KZbin can sometimes be a real big mess with big files. Glad it's here now. Remember to also check out the first part of this series, the deck tour, with a lot of the crazy history of the boat (+ boat specs etc): kzbin.info/www/bejne/jITWkqiFjMulmsk

[@danoyes1]

So enjoying the adventure! Thank you for sharing. Will you be able to sail south for the Arctica summer? Or will you be heading further north in the search for the land of the midnight sun?

[@jmca3324]

In commercial fishing we mostly all know the spinning glass as a Kent clear screen

[@AlluringArctic]

@@jmca3324 thanks, that is it!

[@carlvandenberg140]

Good to see you relaxed and comfortable in that warm safe cosy yacht.Its a gem.

[@GrizzBeaver]

You are much more comfortable with your knowledge of the boat than when you first boarded! Thanks for the tour! Stay safe in the winter winds!🤠

[@dancarter482]

They've done wonders, it was a bit of a hulk and kind of grim at the start.

[@tippyzuk1]

I have only been following your channel for just over a year, decided to watch the older videos. As usual, very informative. This is a perfect match for you and the owners. Thanks!

[@philipchesley9615]

6:35 Lapin! Kulta! Merisvins! Love this content from Arizona USA! Thank you!

[@erents1]

Awesome boat, awesome tour! What a gem, an amazing pilot house, sleeping cabin for two, two engines, amazing!

[@mikemaxwell2591]

Nice video. I think you are all very lucky to have the arrangement that has been made. I hope it continues as long as you need it, that you find a vessel that suits you, you are seeking. If I owned the boat, I'd feel blessed you two are there. Be well.

[@karaDee2363]

It's great seeing both you and the beautiful miss Sohvi are warm and safe. I loved the tour and seeing the more technical portions of the vessel. Stay well and I'm sure everyone looks forward to you're next video....⚓💖

[@elizabethpankewycz6160]

Hi Guys! Thanks for sharing your unique home with us!

[@mallory0322]

Beautiful week to you and Sohvi! ❄️🌺🌼❄️

[@femazone6865]

Just found your channel and am catching up. Love Sophi ! She really adds to the videos. Felt bad for her getting seasick . Thought her participating was over after that. Really like how you present this unquestionable sincerity and truthfulness. Thanks!

[@josemenezes9264]

Your videos and Chanel are very special. Really learn and like them a lot. Thank you.

[@dyrectory_com]

Thanks for the video upload of the tour of the boat and an explanation about Arktika. Those windows are great. Freeze the frame at 11:57... love the peace sign! ☮ 👏🏻

[@slimfoliprojects4512]

Really enjoy the channel and content Juho & Sohvi. My wife and I lived aboard a 38’ Endeavor year round from ‘96-‘99 in Portland, Maine, US. This interior tour brings back lots of fond memories of living aboard, especially in a winter climate. We heated with a diesel forced hot air system. Keep up the great work!

[@mattdouglas5570]

Thanks for posting this video I normally wouldn't be that interested in a boat tour but as you say you're boat is a beast and the way you have it set up is pretty special and it's definitely not you're average boat

[@clayfarnet970]

What a great deal for both. I’m sure the owners enjoy seeing around their boat on occasion. You will find the right boat at the right time. 👍👍

[@stevenholton438]

Long awaited and gratefully received. Thank you.

[@brookemartin6101]

Juho, I have to say that your and Sohvi's cabin looks very very comfortable!.

[@albertoharistoy4546]

With all the complexity of the boat it should be able to fly, lol; its not easy to dominate all the systems aboard but you achive it. Awesome. Good vibes for both of you.

[@Conan3145]

Such clear explanations and camera work. Loving the design ethos of the boat. Further technical and live aboard videos are most welcome. The open sea will still be there next summer. Greetings from a 31C sunny day in Australia.

[@billhadden7219]

Sovhi when you do smile it is so generous and we know you really mean it. It's beautiful when you do. I'm enjoying the fact you're working hard to keep your plant alive. Spring is coming and hopefully that will help the little guy. Love the tour and all the extra features. Wish I could be there to experience this first hand. I hope to see some of the research that you do. Thanks again and good luck heading into the future with the boat.

[@rrdziesinski2965]

Fascinating. For us non-sailing types, very understandable.

[@bunakkaptan]

Good luck young man ...Nice boat you have..Enjoy as much as possible...That's the way of living That's my motto.

[@jbearsc9624]

Greetings from South Carolina. US. I am a new sub and I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for all the hard work.

[@paulshelley8132]

Thanks!

[@davidc6510]

Great Tour Juho and Sohvi! Thanks for sharing!

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Cheers Juho and Sovhi, great detailed tour. Wow that hull is thick, good to know I’m sure. Hope you get the shaft seals sorted out, it’s a real pain not knowing exactly what the problem is. Take care guys. Andy UK

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

You have mastered the English language. Good video too.

[@sirbonobo3907]

MAN! What a beautifull ship! Good winds and god speed for you 2!

[@luticia]

I love Sohvi‘s sweater

[@chriszanf]

I was admiring their collection of sweaters hanging up in their bunk!

[@sm6wet]

Good and interesting video. Cheers from a Swede in North Carolina

[@perhennung]

What a lovely and knowledgeable couple!

[@kemron94]

We are planning a live aboard retirement on Canada’s BC coast and this with a couple small modifications would be the perfect boat for us.

[@ryanstanley5634]

Immediate thumbs up for US conversions. Thanks!

[@nickd698]

The most interesting sailing channel on KZbin, great job guys.

[@jeffreystork6862]

Juho and Sovhi, thank you for the detailed boat tour. You're doing a great job keeping it up. Hope you can get plenty of use out of it before the owners are ready to take it back.

[@anastasiosvanderpas7463]

Wow,I am more and more in awe with your boat! 🤩🤩 Amazing!

[@p.siebers9205]

Thanks for the tour. Very nice to see your house, Gr Paul

[@rogeranderson8763]

Having once wintered over in Alaska on my Herreshoff schooner, I can let ya know that the boat is a LOT easier to keep warm when there are a couple of feet of snow on deck. It is however disappointing to open the hatch into unheated spaces and find them full of hoar frost. Wintering over gives one a real nice 'head start' in what passes for Spring....breaking a lead in the ice heading into some of the back bays is a buncha fun. Just like the 'big boys', a bit of power to the engine and the bow rises up on the sheet, the weight of the boat cracks the rotten salt/fresh water ice (Fresh, from the streams running into the small inlets) and back you go, where nobody else will be for another month or so. Set out the prawn and crab pots and Bob's yer uncle. -Veteran '66-68

[@nesleinf]

A little bit more complex than my Carina 20 sailboat without any features 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

[@philgray1023]

Just ever so slightly, but basically the same.

[@rogerharris3951]

1:48 It's correctly called a Kent screen, named after one of the two inventors (Leslie Harcourt Kent) and the original manufacturer, George Kent Ltd. Americans refer to it as a 'clear view screen'. 🤨

[@edferculo8887]

ITS CALLED A CLEARVIEW IN THE USA. YOUR SHOW IS AWESOME

[@jmca3324]

Kent Clear Screen in Uk

[@jeffereysampier6139]

I dont know alot about sailing ,but this looks like the type i would like

[@jeffmech600]

That is one of the sweetest sailboats ive ever seen

[@edgarsdzerins]

I admire you both!

[@lomistheone2293]

What an amazing boat.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

This is the first of your videos that I’ve seen and I have to say wow that’s a lot of boat. I hope the owners are paying you considering how much work you are doing. Also, the two of you seem to be so nice and genuine and just gentle souls. I thought the people where I live are nice but you two are almost too nice and sweet to be part of the regular human population lol. I mean that as a compliment and I feel like I want to protect you from all of the people that would take advantage of you and I have to admit that it’s been a very long time since I encountered people as good natured and guileless as you. I feel like I’m a better person just from watching your video and you both have such a calm and almost serene quality to your voices. It’s a sad reality that there just aren’t that many people below the Arctic circle that are as sweet as you two. I don’t mean to offend you in any way I’m just so taken aback by how pleasant you are and what that actually says about the rest of the world and what we have lost. If we were in a book or storyland you two would definitely be the good and benevolent elves that are highly intelligent while us mere mortals run amok ruining everything with greed and avarice lol I hope and pray that you find the perfect boat for you to have long term and who knows maybe the owners of that boat will decide to just give it to you. I can’t think of anyone more deserving than you. I am wondering what kind of research you are doing or plan on doing? Thank you for the tour. Cheers

[@fredhammer6413]

Your kidding me,,,,,,right?

[@stephaneouellet4108]

Kiitos paljon videosta, olet rohkea ja inspiroiva

[@ft6637]

I like, how the fire extinguisher is behind everything else in the technical room :D

[@ultimatesoccershow]

RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!! For living on ARKTIKA in the cold weather............... I go to the Arctic by driving Ice roads & lakes in winter so I know what you are up against...BIG LIVING TOTALLY ALIVE!!!!!

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

Wow, what an amazing Vessel. I have never toured one so nice. Thanks SO much for the video.

[@pho3nix-]

Kyllä mä tohon pikku-kamiinaan laittaisin illalla aina muutaman klapin tunnelman / ambienssin vuoksi :) tehokasta se ei ole, mutta lämmittää mieltä ellei pääse saunaan.

[@randystrand908]

As usual, loved this video!!! Appreciate you guys. God bless!!

[@donnanhuggler8451]

This is a beautiful masterpiece! You're obviously not living on her in 2024.. I see your current boat on your channel and thats also a beauty..

[@Jacobbosland]

I really liked you 2's video. especially the technical part since I'm an engineer myself. Now I don't know stuff about small lip seals but next time when you go up in to the dry take diameter measurements from the end of the shaft every cm or so going inward to the coupling and record that. Also when the opportunity arises and if there are newbuild specs available take measurements of the hull penetrations and the housings of the bearings and seal and if the owners have deep pockets have a laser allignment done between the engine, gearbox, thrustbearing to maybe be really pinpoint why your seal is either leaking straight from the start or why it wears out so quickly. A little remedy is to fix a can with a small hose just above the waterline with oil (there are bio degradable oils available for lip seals) so you can keep the water out for the time being.

[@DONKAZUN]

Hi Juho, the spinning thing in your wheelhouse windows are actually called clear view screens or CVS in short 😊

[@jackogburn3910]

The wood heater could be helpful in an emergency. I see a lot of wood trim, furniture, etc inside of the cockpit. You never know...

[@frankobarressi7919]

Coal.

[@briansmyla8696]

Scandinavians have a saying: There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.

[@N0N4M30]

@@briansmyla8696 that’s actually a German saying

[@frankobarressi7919]

@@N0N4M30 that’s actually a Scottish saying, and believe me we know how to make excuses for bad weather.🥶

[@daniell1869]

@@briansmyla8696 thats actually a Florida saying 🐊

[@johnpedersen7752]

Excellent presentation.Another loverly boat .

[@veronicaroach3667]

Thank you - a very good informative tour of your home - I know from this that I am not cut out for such a life style - cannot fathom the amount of worry you have about all those complicated systems - and such danger if you are 'out there' and anything goes wrong ! Wow - when our cars go caput we simply call the tow truck or our mechanic - you can't do that if you are helpless out in the ocean with something you can't control. Bravery !!!

[@leo169]

The trip with the Huskies and fully crewed sure would have been a bit challenging at times.

[@tonymichaelleetmltrademark6627]

Great Video and your a very honest person. Nice monster boat. Well built... Your having the time of your fixing THE BEAST . . .

[@sqd37l]

so cool. this was my dream as a young man. I love boats.

[@estatejay]

Great video. It gets cold on our boat. Everyone seems to work out their own systems. Cheers!

[@crestedtern1390]

Hey, the spinning port light is called a Clearview, and u believe your anchor is a Rocna Vulcan if i an nit mistaken. Live your Chanel, boat and you two :). Cheers.

[@edfleming7780]

It looks like there is a copper pipe connected to the sterntube with a bronze fitting. I hope it's insulated from the aluminum somehow. I suspect the "U" joint on the shaft is out of alignment or defective. Galvanic corrosion between the dissimilar metals in the hull, shaft and coupling may be adding to the problem. Best of luck, enjoying the adventure.

[@AlluringArctic]

The joint is aligned "off" in vertical axis to keep the joint lubricated. This type of joint can not be perfectly aligned or otherwise it won't get lubrication and will wear out. There is zero vibration when the engines are running in gear and the shafts have been measured to be running true. The stern tube has a big thrust bearing (there is no thrust on the engine) and two roller bearings in the aft. Currently I'm thinking it's maybe likely one out of these three: 1) aft seals were installed incorrectly 2) prop shaft has worn out where the seals are (common with lip seals) 3) the housing for the seals has corroded there where the seals are, letting water past the seals. The mystery is that the aft seals were changed in Tromso, so it shouldn't leak yet and the yard should've notified the owners if the shaft is worn out or if stern tube is corroded. But I wasn't at the boat yet so we don't know what has happened there. I don't think we'll find out the whole issue before taking the boat out of the water and pulling the shafts etc.

[@bobhamilton298]

Although wood is impractical as a fuel source for that small wood stove, most of them also take coal. And coal burns a long time and provides good heat. I use it in my tiny wood stove.

[@taffythegreat1986]

She’s nice looking and the boat 😂👍👍

[@kendonahve924]

Thanks for the boat tours. I enjoyed your thoughtful explanation of the changes to rudder supports to improve maneuver ability and thus sailing qualities in a previous video. As a suggestion to further improve sailing, I notice Arctica appears to have a lot of freeboard relative to it's beam for a sailing vessel. Maybe one of the more traditional sailing rigs would concentrate sail area closer to deck and help with stability while sailing, also possibly allowing more sail to be carried ...? Best of luck in your boat search ! I'm really enjoying your channel. Thanks to you both!

[@BCB-Boats-Media]

Very interesting video and very interesting boat also. Thank you for this video and greetings from Finland 👍

[@OLDMANTEA]

That’s one heck of a boat 👍

[@robertanderson-ve1uv]

Thank you that was a very good tour of your boat and informative, you kind o have this electric personality and it makes a person want to get to know you.

[@majormanfredrex]

Funny round window thingy is a Kent Clear-view Screen which spins around using centrifugal force to cast off water droplets from rain and spray etc. and providing clear visibility.

[@canalcaribeno]

Want to see a trip on the boat.

[@koborkutya7338]

I really like this boat, my kind of approach mostly, I could think of trusting my life on that tech. Good one, thanks

[@jimmyjohnstone5878]

Great boat. I would love a trip on such a vessel.

[@slownecks7763]

There are vast forests in northen Norway, but I think you mean further north in Finnmark county, quite a big place and yes almost no trees :) have seen this boat in Tromsø my hometown, I actually had my fishing boat moored next to you’re beast of a «sailing» vessle. Thank you for the tour!

[@miketee2444]

Consider keeping a bag of coal in the storage for your wood stove. It really puts off a lot of heat and may be a nice option in a pinch.

[@goodq]

What a beast of a boat. ! Thank you for the tour

[@andrez3640]

such a awsome boat looks so cosy and comforyable....will be following

[@slgordon3]

Thank you for the tour! You are very nice people. Cheers.

[@southerncross86]

Thank you for the technical stuff !

[@cathytodd3996]

So interesting, thanks for sharing. Good luck in finding your own boat.

[@renehulzebos3144]

interesting to see how you live very nice boat

[@philv3941]

You can find those vertical pipes above the water line in the Garcia Exploration boats too. Very nice feature. Seems a french way of doing in aluminium hulls.

[@cjsail]

You are absorbing a serious pair of angles in a short space with your universal joints. That could impart significant axial loads and vibration on your shaft seal. If the leak is only underway I suspect this may be why.

[@mario-u7x]

GREAT VIDEO !!! GOD BLESS

[@davidwootton683]

At 2:10. I have always know them as a "Kent View Clear Screen" after the inventor. See Wikipedia on the subject.

[@rickt1866]

one hell of a boat i love it.

[@jezsmithers6870]

The spinning glass is called a Kent screen. Named after one of the inventors

[@philgray1023]

They are remarkable. I've stood watch for hours on a warship, just staring out of one. They shed spray very well and stay clear.

[@shaunroberts9361]

Thank you. Very nice. Thank you for sharing

[@johnrebel9539]

I can't imagine having to change out fuel filter and water separator that's located in the kitchen. It only takes a couple drops of diesel to stink up the whole gally.

[@tony-ce7qp]

wow what a great boat i really love it good health and safe trips!

[@dcallan812]

great boat. I hope you have been photogrphing the AB.👍 I have bee watching for it, but live in the UK with much light polution. 🤷‍♂️

[@manuo5372]

Bery good touring job. Well done!

[@Gusrikh1]

Very, very interesting as well as, educational. Thank you.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Nice hard ship. The spinning portlight is called a "clear screen" I believe. Good stuff!