Part 2 - The Re-Masting of Aquarius - Power Boats Team repairing Aquarius. Ep. 191

[@tipirick]

The bend on that chain plate you had straightened is witness to a great force.

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

Buying a donor boat is definitely the way to go. Those Amel boats have many unique parts that are no longer in production, I hope you pulled as many spare parts as possible from the donor boat.

[@SailingAquarius]

I did get a few spares, but sold the vessel off and could not start taking too many parts off it. The boat would be worthless if I took too many of the parts off of it....

[@johnwaugh6518]

Well done Ken. I know how never ending this must have felt. The question is, can anything be done to ensure this never happens again.

[@DoctorMangler]

I don't know if you'd been giving those guys crap, but honestly they work exactly like we do at my company. Sometimes you need a few parts, or some thinking time and you pull off one job for another. Or you pull off for another more pressing need. It happens, but when you're paying by the hour there's nothing lost in terms of job cost. Time and materials is how I work in my company, and it's fair for everybody. I never say I'll be done on day X, if it takes 3 days, it take 3 days. If I need to think about a job or gather up some materials, it'll take longer and I'll do another job for a day. If a customer wants to pay for expedite, I can do that and it's very expensive because I include a large heartburn fee. Heartburn fee is the time I have to waste sitting with a customer who thinks my time should be free.

[@christopherforster6555]

What lovely people working with you, coming on nicely.

[@miked5563]

Hola, Max. Always enjoy your videos. You have an awesome gig. Cheers.

[@johnbruenn8755]

OMG!! What a nightmare! Glad you guys are OK. That would be a gut wrenching experience. Aquarius lives on! Be well guys. Thanks for the great videos!

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks for the nice comment. We are just starting to recover from the event. But, things are definitely looking up!

[@theboatadventure]

I am hopeful you have more and clearer pictures of the break and the shrouds and stays. On your episode of explaining what you suspect happened

[@jonathanscott550]

Capt Ken and Admiral great video good to see you back and things getting done on Aquarius. Seems as though everything is coming into place. It'll be great having the weekly videos back. I have not forgotten about you. looking forward to next video.

[@UUBrahman]

That woman that won the round the world race on the Cape George 36 uses a preventer on the mainsail. She uses twin foresails and two spinniker poles to hold the foresails when she is runnng downwind. Securing the sails might help prevent mast failure. Good video - thanks.

[@lkn4jolly]

You teach em Ken! Nice progress!

[@nickbrookes1948]

Thanks for sharing. Even now it must still be painful

[@hans-wernermayer1312]

😊 you did a great job all the best from germany

[@sausage5849]

Great too see what's going on. Looking forward to the regular vids.

[@mobass509]

Good to see you guys back!

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks!

[@bradcraig495]

Great video.thanks for sharing this with us

[@SkylinersYeti]

Sounds like you have done a great job orgainizing a good crew to do the repair work. In the US it is hard to find good workers. Look forward to more sailing.

[@SailingAquarius]

Hard to find good workers everywhere. But, Power Boats has good people, just have to find them at the right time.

[@DoctorMangler]

Actually it's easy to get great workers in the US. They get paid a lot more, in the US we cover insurance, retirement, workers comp, social security. It's easy to find the best and highest skilled workers in the US in literally every field, but cheap asses don't like to pay for good work. Not throwing sand at the channel..... he found a good outfit, and he was still bitching about price. I tell those customers to go find a handyman.

[@DoctorMangler]

@@SailingAquarius It's the other way around, it's hard to find good customers who respect quality work. When a customer starts bitching about an estimate I send them packing. If a customer starts bitching midway through a job I put in the time to listen to the bitching. I bill in 15 minute increments, so 31 minutes of bitching is 45 minutes in my pocket. You've done a lot of things right, you've also skimped on a lot. You should have mounted your HF on an extension above the light fixture too, unless you had tested the fixture for HF issues. There are really nice antenna extensions that woulda got you a foot or more away from that potentially noisy fixture. Hey np though, you can climb up there and fix your oversight later if it's a problem, that'll be fun. Good job on cheerleading the greaser. You shoulda got down and done it yourself because it still wasn't enough. Go figure. It should have been drooling handfuls, literally running back into the bucket while filling the entire cavity. That'd be fun to have to do it on deck some day when it seizes up.

[@__-fl5rn]

Will the insurance reimburse you for all your project management and electrical work getting Aquarius put back together? Seems like you should be earning top dollar!

[@njbaskipper]

Good afternoon..Sir Good job. Good luck... 📌But luck only smiles on prepared minds. I see that from the first moment you knew that the masts and rigging were going to fall, YOUR MIND BEGAN TO PREPARE. The previous sentence is valid. 👍

[@SailingAquarius]

Thank you for your input

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

GOD Bless Been Worried about you two!!! Happy your OK SAD it happened STAY SAFE

[@procon2022]

so good to see your progress! Am still .... dead curious to learn what, in the end of the day, caused this and how it exactly happened in detail..... - but take your time. Wish you simply alll the luck further on!✌

[@lucdube1612]

Good job 👏

[@AlisdairFerrie]

I was difficult to see your mast damage in the video as someone was obstructing the camera. It would be nice to know exactly where on the mast the break'occurrd. Was it where the poles are mounted or lower?

[@SailingAquarius]

We still waiting for the final resolution with insurance and then we will share our findings

[@davepost7675]

I think we need to come up with a new term, "Disney fools day".

[@SailingAquarius]

Love you too Bill!

[@arielfetters5662]

After an ordeal like that I'd bet one could use a couple or three weeks in the Bahama's. Luckily, you own a yacht 😁

[@SailingAquarius]

A few years would be good! Bahamas next year, or bust....

[@trhosking]

Did you have any insurance to help you out with this?

[@SailingAquarius]

Yes.

[@claypulley589]

You some bad mutha $&@$(? 🎉 Keeping it together for over 1200 miles of open ocean. Amazing courage

[@SailingAquarius]

It was tough, but we never thought of giving up on Aquarius!

[@kaptainkirk719]

Are you able to claim insurance on this ? Sorry if this has been asked

[@marxtr6]

He claimed it. Not sure if it’s settled yet though.

[@EnriqueDeQuesada101]

❤❤

[@TradeWindgng]

👏👏👏👏👌👌👌

[@joesambrano7634]

🖐😎⚓🌈

[@sailingwiththeerros9139]

Not that Ken is competitive at all..

[@SailingAquarius]

😂

[@theboatadventure]

I am hopeful you have more and clearer pictures of the break and the shrouds and stays. On your episode of explaining what you suspect happened