Moving on to a Sailboat part 1, I Finally have a Working Toilet (Episode 36)

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Жыл бұрын

Hi everyone, Welcome to this channel. My name is Vasil and I am not living on my 1974 Columbia 45 Sailboat while I restore it. In this episode I am moving onto the boat and organizing my living space. I'm also removing the an old toilet and replacing it with a camping toilet. This is part 1 of moving on to this boat, stay tuned for more move in videos.
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@georgelewis8904 10 ай бұрын

Good to hear from you again,

@ambiguousglobetrotter 8 ай бұрын

Thank you George, new episodes will be coming regularly now. One is dropping in a few hours. Stay tuned.

@Dustmadeout Жыл бұрын

That's a big step!

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Sure is. Very exciting times ahead!

@garmanon Жыл бұрын

Moving in is a big milestone, congrats.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Living on this boat is going to move this project along much much faster!

@georgelewis8904 Жыл бұрын

Moving on, that's great looking forward to future videos.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Thank you George, much appreciated! My hope is that once everything is settled, I can make more videos. Being on the boat should give me more time for that.

@terratrekker28 Жыл бұрын

Prayers for you and your journey. Im sure your end vision is just awesome and is the driving force behind your progress. She will look and be amazing. Nice work and looking forward to your next vid.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

It’s good to have you, and thank you so much for the kind words!

@bobbrown9158 Жыл бұрын

New to your channel and looking forward to the boat transformation. I'm familiar with the Columbia 45, what I like is the big stateroom and the galley and seating below. You have some daunting tasks ahead, however it's your home and worth the effort. I lived aboard for 6 years and loved it, yes it's challenging but everyday was an adventure. By the way, I changed my head to the compost type and it worked great.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Bob welcome to the channel, its good to have you! This Columbia really is a big live-aboard boat, tons of potential here. So many daunting tasks ahead. What was your original toilet?

@bobbrown9158 Жыл бұрын

@@ambiguousglobetrotter The toilet was an old Raritan Superflush. The issue I had was the backing up, the holding tank and eventual smells. The thru-hull, seacock and all of the hoses needed replacing as well toilet rebuild, not a fun job.

@mattyg499 Жыл бұрын

@@bobbrown9158 Which model (?) compost toilet did you go with?Working well?thinking of swapping mine out too,cheers

@bobbrown9158 Жыл бұрын

@@mattyg499 I went with the Sun Mar GTG, it works, however it's overpriced IMO. There are design problems I don't care for. If you're an infrequent boater this works well, liveaboard NO. If you're a liveaboard or spend a lot of time on your boat, I would upgrade to a Thinktank or Natures Head. What I do like about the system is the simplicity, as well no clogs, no pump outs, no tank chemicals or smells. For me the cost and time of replacing the old head, hoses, vents, seacocks was worth it.

@pironiero Жыл бұрын

i suggers you to watch "How to Make High Performance Sound Absorption Panels for $5", its cheap and it will help with echo, also it will probably make boat more cosy my dad had almost same toile on his boat, good choice.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Good idea on those panels, this boat will need a good amount of insulation. Any thoughts on "phase change" insulation? Seems like it would be a great option for temperature control inside the boat, so long as it doesn't add a ton of weight. I think your father made a good choice with that toilet, will report the findings after a couple of uses, lol.

@svintheanajones88 Жыл бұрын

Your OCD is definitely not going to like it when all those shoes end up on your bed! Haha. When you sail, everything will fall out of place. Netting is a good idea for putting in front of anything that will fall out when you're heeling.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Haha, ain't that a true statement! Many, many systems need to be built and optimized to keep things in place. Things fall over all the time, and I haven't even been sailing yet.

@vintagerevival391 Жыл бұрын

Yo I have one of those toilets on my boat get you some of that blue toilet stuff, sorry i forget the name, put it in the waste tank to cut down on the smell, they do smell not crazy but its noticeable

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Haha! good choice, good choice indeed. Excellent idea on the toilet bowl cleaner, thank you for that.

@martyb3783 Жыл бұрын

I cant imagine how difficult all of that must be logistically speaking. As I said earlier, I am redoing my boat that is sitting at a dock and its pretty damned challenging at times. What brand of toilet did you get and are you still happy with it? What would you do differently? I am looking at one for my boat and a good review helps. Your comment about the size is helpful as I am 6'3" and about 250 lbs. Another great video!

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Marty, I will keep you posted on how this toilet is after I've "spent" some time using it. Here is the link: a.co/d/5I2N2rM Being on the mooring ball is VERY challenging, the logistics are a nightmare! There's a couple of big things that need to be moved onto the boat, and I am still wrapping my head around how the heck that's going to happen from a dinghy. What would I do differenlty? Hmmm... that's a very good question. Let me think about that, perhaps thats a good topic for a whole video. Good luck with you project, let me know how it's progressing.

@cwgoforth Жыл бұрын

Congrats, I've enjoyed the adventure so far. The logistics of moving large items off/on - is it possible to tie up periodically to a pier / slip for those bulky and/or heavy items?

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Carl, that was my original plan. Take the boat to a dock and unload all the heavy stuff. Seems like that trips keeps getting pushed back because things keep breaking, and several systems still need servicing. In the meantime, I just want to get this boat cleaned out as much as I can. Plus it does help having other options, so experimenting with dinghies broadens my experience. Thank you for the kind words.

@user-ry1jm9hw6w Жыл бұрын

Loving your videos Lucille but red shoes is going a bit far all the best from the uk

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Thank you! What can I say, the ladies like the red shoes lol.

@aabe4327 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos man! Sounds like you're running the mic hot in this one tho. I'd check my gain settings. Something is clipping quite hard. :)

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm doing my best to keep you guys entertained! What does the video sound like on your end? Perhaps its time for me to get an actual wearable microphone, the sounds quality has been all over the place, especially when its windy.

@aabe4327 Жыл бұрын

@@ambiguousglobetrotter it is clipping quite hard. Especially noticable in the first part of the video where you do the intro talk. if you listen with headphones you notice it as a crackle over your voice. I'd start with checking the gain settings on what ever it is you're recording into. Something in the audio-chain is feeding a signal that is too strong. This makes the peaks distort. It is a good rule of thumb to leave about 1/3 headroom in every step of the chain and then adjust the level in post.

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

@@aabe4327 Sorry for the low quality audio, I will work on improving this. Thanks again for the valuable feedback.

@user-ry1jm9hw6w Жыл бұрын

The ladies in England would laugh at any geezer with red shoes mate although my wife has just informed me she likes red shoes I reckon she is taking the piss

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

@svintheanajones88 Жыл бұрын

The videos of you showing the life of living on the boat, the first thing that came to my mind is you and a leather chair smoking a pipe and drinking some bourbon. 😂

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

A nice chair on that boat would be SO great, lol. Everything in due time. Thank you for all the tremendous input!

@jimmorris8158 Жыл бұрын

Living on the boat while working on it is a bitch, but can be done without pulling all your hair out. Like you said, think it through and proceed in an orderly fashon. I'd like the idea of 2 videos

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Jim, thank you for your feedback. Good organization is crucial for this project. Can't tell you how much time I've wasted simply because I was inadequately prepared.

@captvaghunter Жыл бұрын

Youd better have some pewpews to go with those lbvs or im unsubbing

@ambiguousglobetrotter Жыл бұрын

Haha! The pewpews are being limited at the moment to the bare essentials needed to keep the pirates at bay. The rest of the pewpews will stay off the boat until I’m 100% certain this thing is going to float indefinitely. I also need to figure out the pewpews laws for the places o would like to travel.