Winter on a boat

[@alfiobaldini]

We have missed you, welcome back

[@PeteHuntley]

I hope everything is ok with you, glad your back. Thank you.

[@063317Art]

Good to hear from you. Until next time my friend

[@robertpettigrew9042]

I wondered what had happened, glad you are back!

[@garybroom8418]

Great to have your calming tones back - its been too long!

[@sul3340]

Ohhh been waiting good to see you back!

[@iainphilip8818]

Great to see you back again...and take good care of yourself and your growing fleet.

[@Heatsauce70506]

Hey, I was thinking, instead of using the plexiglass to cover the entire "whole" why not make a wooden frame with a smaller window in it so you can still see the cables and support the plexiglass so it doesn't crack and the shore power plug is better supported. It would also match the wood theme you are going for. Love your boat and I can't wait until spring. Good luck with all the small project until then.

[@rpaasse6453]

Good plan!

[@aftershock5017]

@David Abercrombie You don’t happen to be from Alabama do you? Your name sounds very familiar.

[@randyclyde4939]

Once you know where the steering wheel is in relationship to the rudder, simply wind a few turns of colored tape at top dead center of your wheel. That way you can tell at a glance where your rudder is... worked well on our 36' sailboat. Glad to see another video, prayers that all is well or will soon be for you!

[@NenadKralj]

8:13 😂😂😂😂😂😂🙄Ratanplan 😆 (now that brings some memories back) good to see you back my 4leged friend 😊👍🏼

[@VolkerButterstein]

Thanks for your new video. Missed them in the last weeks. Hope, you have more time working on your boat in the next months. Good luck with your "undisclosed circumstances". Stay save and healthy.

[@pauldolman7487]

Your videos are great, there an inspiration, they show you that you don't need 'waffle' to make informative and interesting video.

[@jehadeid3264]

Good to see you back, missed your videos.

[@TheFabvt]

Happy to see you back and hope that everything is fine for you...

[@thomhofferber310]

Thanks I was missing your adventures.

[@katrinebohr3119]

You must have taken hundreds of hours to create this film. It is beautiful. Danke, tak & cheers mate

[@mrfarmer532]

It’s a great day thanks to My First Boat !

[@stephencawood7671]

I very much enjoy following your boat building adventures I've watched and followed you from day one so I hope you continue filming your progress and hope to see you soon. Take care be safe best wishes Stephen

[@diegodevops4151]

That's the same thing I was thinking to write. It is a very pleasant to watch and hear the narration of everything he does. See you soon!

[@godsangryhands4499]

I really enjoy your videos and story! Thank you!

[@bartjohnson8139]

Good to see you back, have a safe and sound winter!

[@jbprospector3638]

Very happy to see you are back. Can't wait to see what's next 👍

[@chrischerry2787]

Watching you get you boat ready for winter makes me glad I live in Queensland, Australia. Our 'winter' where I live is 2-3 weeks of cooler weather and that's it!

[@galacticwayfarer]

A proper icebreaker would fit quite good into your boat collection! :D

[@alanturnbull7528]

Good to see you back did you notice you cut your Blue wire on your shore connection cable the New Cable at time stamp 05:15..

[@Neil_A]

Good to see you back been missing your vids 👍🏼

[@robinbaxter100]

Yippee he's back.(even if just for a short time). Missed these videos. I love them. Can't wait for spring.

[@pahooper99]

Great to see you back with more videos. I love your content and have missed not watching your videos over Christmas. I hope everything is ok and cannot wait for the next video 🚤🛥

[@rohanderstevens4759]

Blessing my brother keep up the great work 👍 🙌 💪 💯🇯🇲

[@gregbolitho9775]

Thats more solid than Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia m8. Never froze like that. Its only 6-7ft deep too. Thanks m8, you and yours stay safe, warm and well.

[@richardschaefer8605]

1 of 5 channels, I wait for.

[@WGD60]

Yes, good you are back 👍

[@bobrat]

Best wishes on a new year

[@Fr99763]

Happy to see your back. Enjoy your time on the frozen lake. Sorry for all the rust that’s still left over

[@fknsl1]

Hey, great to see you back! I missed your unique approach to life...

[@DerWerkstattdino]

Hallo, schön das du mal wieder ein Video hoch geladen hast. Ich bewundere wirklich was du da baust. Also bleib dran. Ich drücke dir die Daumen. Grüße Rainer

[@williammcdonnell3748]

great to see you back for 2022,hope all goes well in the future,love your vids please keep them coming

[@BenHollist]

most people have a marker on the wheel that allows them to know where the rudder is. When you put the marker on then turn the wheel to full Port and count the markers turns, and then Starbord and do the same. Also if you have not done so not, a hydrolic steering system with a LCD monitor can asist better with ease of steering and the LCD will show the location of the rudder

[@jonfife3637]

So glad your back

[@MrBillmedhurst]

Hope everything is well with you, but now you have us curious!! 🙂

[@maurizioandreini8269]

a tip from Italy, do not use plexiglass, as you have seen it can be broken, but use a polycarbonate panel

[@jeanhawken4482]

Such lovely work

[@normanboyes4983]

Great update. Top tip after running cables and before connecting up it is always worth doing some IR testing to ensure the cable insulation has integrity and insulation is not compromised - but good test equipment is not cheap.

[@denniscarreno8151]

Stay warm....I'll be waiting for your next video

[@ianhardy1998]

Love your project! You should consider getting yourself a floating key chain for your ignition key….just in case!

[@darrylb4048]

At 8:12 on your video it shows the hull of your boat. I can see the drain hole is in crazy condition. You may want to update that and of course remove it while the boat is in storage. Additionally, would those rear trailer beds work better if they ran front to rear rather than left to right? In its current layout all the pressure/support are on two contact points rather than the full bed plate. It may not mean much while the boat is just resting on the trailer but one good bump while travelling is going to exert a lot of pressure on those two points.

[@alexander20991]

Glad to see another video , you do great work . There is a small inexpensive gauge with a peel & stick backing that goes on the center hub of your steering wheel . It will tell you when your rudder is in the center position . Works very well . Take care and stay well & safe ☮

[@alsalus8849]

Greetings from Finland. You don't need to add anything in the fuel. It works just fine after one winter as it is. I own 2 boats and don't know anyone who puts additives in their gas tanks for the winter.

[@mauritzswart8051]

This is a great chanel. Being from South Africa we dont have the frost problem...great to see the way you deal with it. Keep up the good work. I love the transformation....

[@peterbeyer5755]

When drilling plastic you’ll find it very brittle. Always better to use a pilot hole and a rubber washer when screwing into plexiglass to avoid it cracking. Also use a drill specifically for plastic.

[@stevenholton438]

You are fortunate to be on a lake and not in a saltwater environment. I often wonder how long your connections would last and if you know how to prepare for more adverse conditions. Regardless your skill and adaptability coming from a landlubber are evident and most jobs are well executed. Congratulations and well done!

[@johnschmuck5589]

Stay well my friend, we will be waiting for new content when ever you have time.

[@sascha-karimbalutsch200]

Danke für deine Videos. Hoffe bei dir dreht sich alles rund und take good care. bis bald aus Frankreich

[@DimitriosLazanas]

Love the συρτάκι music. Greetings from Greece....

[@MarkKoekenbakker]

Nice to hear again from you. Hopely everything is well. :)

[@scx7831]

Dobrego zimowania :)

[@MrJohnBabcock]

Happy New Year! Glad to see you back on the water!

[@TheMadSqu]

Frohes Neues und ich hoffe bei euch ist alles gut!

[@stevenliemberg]

I was really looking out to a new video, great to see you back at it man!

[@boatlifeDK]

Thanks for your videos, which are quite inspireing. I myselvf own a tailer boat, and it hurts med to see you roll the trailer into the water, with the light-boom still mounted. But then i figured, you might have sealed lights on the trailer?

[@jimlane6717]

Hope all is well with you and your family.

[@liongod1000]

*_ Thought you'd sank to the depths..... Just kidding, Welcome back! _*

[@billyslide7645]

Glad to see you again!

[@codemonkey2k5]

The AC error you were seeing is perhaps due to the Generator not producing a full sine wave. This can damage some electronics.

[@johanranas8274]

Lets hope for an early spring. Looking forward to more videos in the future!

[@mariofaustino5623]

Greitings from 🌞🏖⛵

[@denisservo4250]

Классная работа , привет из Сочи !!!

[@Tampo-tiger]

Denis, thank you for writing that in Russian - I love putting Russian speech into the translator and learning how to pronounce the words. Your comment translates vocally to: "Krassnyar rabota, preeviett in Sosha", or in English Cool work, greetings from Sochi. I love your language and the fabulous letters you use. All power to those Cyrillic chaps!!

[@briansmythe3219]

Nice production Bro , Glad too hear you had a Break Imagine if the water Froze with waves on it LOL instead of being Glassy

[@eerikkinuutinen5808]

You know: The plaxiglass doesn't crack for beeing too thin - it cracks for heat movements. As it expands or substracks, Your screw holes must have enough space for the movement. Just as a hint.

[@waynehelsel3949]

Never seen a boat loaded like that before I always drove on

[@np939427a]

Look on the brightside, If you drop a screw overboard you can just pick it back up!

[@bryanwiggins6753]

Great idea with the plexiglass to see your steering angle, did you know they sell rudder angle indicator gauges? Don’t know how hard they are to install.

[@canche3885]

All the best

[@larryhicks7558]

I have pictures of lake Winnipeg in the spring the ice pushes in and can take a boat away . But that is a meter thick ice and then more in spring . We get easy a meter of ice for winter.

[@fyahoo]

Welcome back.

[@jasonholmes6137]

Put the little red boat on your barge its small enough and only a few blocks needed then all you have to worry about is the ole steel hual of your cabin crusier

[@sanchopansa1092]

IT is more like amazing what you do with all your rustbuckets. Maybe you should finish the out side of All your boots before investing to much in the inside. The big bot will rust because that what xou put on the many holen eine not hold long. Good Lack to you

[@peterbaars2103]

Long time between drinks😀 Waiting for another clog to drop😃

[@catchulater7483]

Dude! Ya put a tape marker on the top center of the pilot wheel!! Then ya know your center. Center the rudder first.

[@10lauset]

... Cheers to you ...

[@Nerd3927]

Non disclosed wishes for your non disclosed issue! Hope you get back on track soon!

[@sparrow082]

My local Marina uses air pumps and airstones under their boats to stop them from freezing, it's very effective because the agitation doesn't allow the ice to form all the way to the boats hall. I'm not sure if something like this would be helpful for you.

[@normanboyes4983]

That requires energy for the compressor -he is moored in the middle of a lake/river.

[@superdon1chw]

I think you should leave motor down, rain water sometime can freeze in lower unit and crack it

[@mundanestuff]

Upstate NY here, not far from Buffalo NY and Niagara Falls. Any boat in a lake or river without a bubbler would be crushed here, I think. Ice gets pretty thick. Lake Erie freezes completely over most years. Almost all boats are yanked out and stored. If they're too large to be dragged out, they're protected with systems to prevent the ice from reaching the hull. Your film making has improved quite a bit. Your project is so far alone, compared to where you were last year at this time, and the attention to detail is inspiring, keep up the good work!

[@Ioughtaknowbetter]

Always nice to see new content. I really wonder how you will keep warm living in the boat with the steel hull and all that ice/cold water around. Seems chilly!

[@jeanhawken4482]

Take care of yourself and family

[@marcelomarcox]

Abracos do Brasil p vc amigo !

[@Falney]

A steel hulled boat won't get crushed by that little ice. A fibre glass hulled boat on the other hand, may well do.

[@pa4tim]

A few years ago a steel boat in our habour did sunk due to ice. Something with a water-tube that broke after freezing the water inside if I remember well.

[@ablconstructionmarketing17]

sehr schöne videos die du da machst , da hat sich jemand ein abo verdient , freue mich auf neues 😉👍

[@krismars2170]

We missed you

[@kevingathercole5161]

Seen a lot of boats with a leather or small rope wrap placed at the top of the wheel signifying the neutral position of the rudder.

[@ItsFriscoBaby]

5:15 the insulation is broken on the neutral

[@donaldrentfrow4333]

And a early spring dreams to you................................

[@HOSER227]

Your flashing light might be indicating that the wires are plug on the wrong polarity!

[@catchulater7483]

IM SOOOO GLAD I LIVE IN FLORIDA!!! 😂🤣

[@adrianday8678]

Hope everything is OK 👍 like your vlogs

[@semi1791]

Just a thought, did you let the Bayliner engine warm up before circulating the winter antifreeze so the thermostat was open? If not, it won’t circulate through the engine block.

[@bobadam7021]

Did you trim the drive down on the Bayliner. Any fresh water caught in the lower unit could freeze and crack it. Also I'm not familiar with German winters but if you have snow load that bimini won't support the weight, I have a wooden skeleton built for mine that I cover over the top of. It's still good practice just to save the very expensive canvas from being scuffed or worn through by rubbing on the tarp.

[@SG-xi5dx]

Finaly another video, and verry well made as usual! Can you reveal the name of the Music you introdiuced at 2:25???

[@jameskim62]

NICE INFO !!!! CHEERS and KEEP SAFE ~~~~~