The Last Critical Pieces of Equipment Finally INSTALLED on Our Liveaboard Trawler

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Жыл бұрын

Today we make our boat more of a home by finally installing a generator that will help recharge our batteries when we are at anchor for a few days! We also finally fix the built in refrigerator that gives us so much more room for food storage!
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@deanbauer7486 Жыл бұрын

You might want to consider a small 12 volt fan inside your fridge. Moving air will bring down the temp.

@jjansen987 Жыл бұрын

Yes you can use a small computer fan. Super small and not a lot of power.

@imkwuzn Жыл бұрын

Was thinking this same thing. Camping World sells little, portable fridge fans that run off of two D batteries that work really well to circulate the cold air. I use one in my RV fridge.

@BMcD79959 Жыл бұрын

Sierra does not ask for much, but she does like her cold water. Small price to pay for such an Angel!

@rosesanchez4012 Жыл бұрын

Well hello.., Billy u r so talented and Sierra don’t worry cause Billy will give u ur cold water soon.., enjoy the Canadian water

@Pcj74049 Жыл бұрын

Billy is so good at this stuff. His attitude when tackling tasks is impressive.

@DuaneKerzic Жыл бұрын

If you didn't toss the holding plate you can probably use that. The old holding plate has some type of liquid that freezes at a temperature well below 32F, probably around 0F. And it works on the solid to liquid phase change of the material. Just like ice. When you put ice in a cooler but colder. Just put it between the two plates that stay together.

@boatsc8639 Жыл бұрын

Billy looks like an astronaut on the ISS when he is in the engine room.

@jessebradin8992 Жыл бұрын

I really love the way you explain and do projects! Must keep the Admiral supplied with chilly water. Happy Valentines Day❤❤

@quarlow1215 Жыл бұрын

Oh , too bad I was in the hospital for the last 3 weeks. I could have been your chauffeur around town. Steveston Marine and Hardware is a great company. Very much a goto boaters shop. They are just a 5 minute drive from me. If you guys need anything around the lower mainland just let me know. I got lots of time on my hands.

@Mars_Life_and_Beings Жыл бұрын

Jetty likes that fridge.

@gregglewis6641 Жыл бұрын

Sierra you have a ice 🧊 cold Billy Man! Just call him Mr.Fixit ! Your wish is his command!😉 Great job Billy .And Happy Valentines Day.

@cardocube Жыл бұрын

Billy, your knowledge and skill sets are impressive. Where did you learn how to be so handy?

@MikeBanks2003 Жыл бұрын

I like to run keel cooling on any powered vessel. Alternatively, a heat exchanger with cooling sea water vented overboard, and having no wet exhausts. Wet exhausts use more fuel and when water remains in them are the ruin of many a good engine. On a yacht they may be thought to be necessary, but I doubt they are. Silencers and screened exhaust outlets can be fitted by running the pip e inside through-draft forced ventilation, screened to prevent burns Samson posts supporting deck house roofs or lowering dinghy davits, topped with a rain-proof lifting cover to exclude moisture when engine is not running.

@donnakawana Жыл бұрын

I must have ice..lol!! I drink vitamin water dragon fruit.an I put a bottle in freezer for an hour or 2. An take it out hit it against the table an it turns to silky ice.... gotta have it...try it with bottled water works great!! Glad your fridges work... changes everything

@nooneanybodyknows7912 Жыл бұрын

It's always something 🙄. It's even better that you are a DIY couple. Thanks for sharing.

@GregStark381CC Жыл бұрын

Guys I really wish your videos were more up to date. If you have not already sold your DeFever trawler, I would like to suggest that you try to find some way of keeping the boat as your second home so that you can continue to cruise the PNW during the summer months. My opinion, your state of Florida, the Caribbean and the sea of Cortez are all going to get too hot in the not too distant future for you to enjoy sailing in that part of the world for most of the year. And if you guys are anything like me, even if you could buy a different boat to cruise the PNW, you would not enjoy that boat as much as the boat that you spent so much of your time and energy in restoring. You guys are also the perfect couple to show what the PNW has to offer in the way of cruising and also hiking in the surrounding area. ( If your dog Jetty could talk she would also probably tell you that her most favorite days are when she gets to hike and explore the PNW woods in cool weather with her two other pack members 🐾 😉)

@lawrencestark8983 Жыл бұрын

You done some cool repairs on this video now she can have her cold water lol. Stay safe

@jaywatson7451 Жыл бұрын

Haha. Jetti stealing the show in the begining.

@chipmiller9074 Жыл бұрын

I love your delivery bicycle

@seawench555 Жыл бұрын

Billie ur a very clever young man, and u should take ur shirt off more often 🤣 did u reseal the doors? Really proud of u both, how is the new catamaran coming along? Looking forward to seeing more of Canada. 🌈🇦🇺

@markdagostino4891 Жыл бұрын

🤢 🤮

@assocrec Жыл бұрын

Billy has gained so much experience working with mechanical systems as electrical systems and I enjoy watching his wizardry at work! So satisfying!

@rickhodges1731 Жыл бұрын

I am very impressed with your skills and courage to tackle pretty much any task! Kudos! Been watching a few other channels of folks cruising in those areas and am impressed with the beauty being shared with us. You guys will love what's in store for your senses! I am looking forward to sharing your adventures!

@PeterBradstreet Жыл бұрын

So one idea regarding your fridge setup would be to go to a computer supplies store and pick up a cpu cooling fan, they are cheap, quiet and use hardly any power. Then blow some of the cold air through those round vents from your freezer unit over to your fridge unit, otherwise I suspect that your fridge unit will pretty much be at room temperature all the time.

@todddunn945 Жыл бұрын

Nice work. Hopefully Sierra now has cold water. I can't wait to see you stalk and catch the oysters. I have heard that BC oysters are pretty frisky and can lead you on a good chase.

@quarlow1215 Жыл бұрын

Our B.C. oysters are very elusive. They're almost as fast as a rock on the beach. Lol

@assocrec Жыл бұрын

it boggles the mind this channel only has 195k subscribers for such quality content

@dcallan812 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the ship getting another great update 2x⚡

@stephenoshaughnessy2279 Жыл бұрын

Compared to when you bought that boat, the engine room is completely much better.

@80884bpresley Жыл бұрын

Awesome video guys!!! Hope the fridge works great!!!

@para1324 Жыл бұрын

Good job. Smart installation. Like you said later a clean up for lines.

@rd9028 Жыл бұрын

You guys deserve so much respect for the work you have done to the boat, it would be indescribable to live on it.

@Lighthouse6b Жыл бұрын

You might also consider a second compressor on one of your engines.

@viliamedyer2282 Жыл бұрын

You have the best engine room well ventilated. Awesome

@kentmuehlich5251 Жыл бұрын

That is awesome on the generator from the patreon, it is very nice of them to do that, I bless him or her who donated and you guys

@xs6717 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you guys!

@saxbychaplin1112 Жыл бұрын

Hey Guys!!!! Great job on hooking up the Genset And Refrigeration unit!!! Just an FYI for future reference, Lol, Ya dont catch an oyster, Ya PICK an oyster or oysters, Lmao!!!! Love watchin ya vids an seein all the neat stuff yall do and some of the sights are truly mind blowing!!!Just gorgeous places you guys are so lucky to get to experience, Until next time take care n stay safe!!!

@ccsocal768 Жыл бұрын

You guys being sponsored by a teeth whitener? I have to wear sunglasses while watching now. 😎😁

@bobblack6816 Жыл бұрын

You are AMAZING! How you cover so many areas of fixing blows my mind! Congratulations!

@raymondkirby3910 Жыл бұрын

You could possibly get a small 12v fans , like in a ccomputer,. The size to move the cold air from the cold plate side over to the other side. That's how home refrigerator in houses work.

@wcgolfpro Жыл бұрын

Love the videos guys !

@JBAutomotive794 Жыл бұрын

Hook up a few gallon accumulator tank after your water pump. It has an inflated bladder inside that compresses with the water being pumped in until the pump stops. When you open a tap the bladder is what pushes the water out of the tap and will make the pump not "short cycle". Cheers y'all 🍻

@lesterwicklein717 Жыл бұрын

awesome stuff,,

@tomcat58rtc Жыл бұрын

Cool!!

@rockercover Жыл бұрын

Getting cool things done‼️ Projects are interesting.

@svshadyinvestment6647 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@markrushton4631 Жыл бұрын

Great job.😁

@johndaniels9957 Жыл бұрын

Billy seems to enjoy the mechanical aspects of the trawler. I'll bet he is already missing this boat.

@alexmikhael5061 Жыл бұрын

YEAAAA!!!!!

@jerryschippasr3147 Жыл бұрын

You go Billy!!

@haroldconnell2973 Жыл бұрын

Great video, you inspire me to try boat projects!

@tomwilliams8675 Жыл бұрын

Did Sierra get her ice cubes? This is critical information Billy, you can't leave us hanging like this 🤪🥺😊😁 I like that you reused the original icebox on the boat. Isn't that a little too far to run the lines for the compressors? Maybe it just looked like it was on camera.

@chipmiller9074 Жыл бұрын

Very cool following you guys congrats all this boat!

@ticdelarue Жыл бұрын

Sierra, I have the same model counter top ice maker you have. It's about 18 months old and is still going strong but it must be cleaned often. My observations from using it is this... You must PRE CHARGED the water reservoir with COLD WATER, i.e. - let the ice maker run and dump the ice into the water reservoir until it's full. Once the reservoir is cold enough and it is making large ice cubes on its eight minute programmed cycle (cubes about thumb tip size) start dumping the ice tray into your shore powered freezer to bring the created ice cube's temperature down below freezing before using it. If you use the ice straight out of the ice maker and its TEMP IS ABOVE freezing and it will instantly melt when used in a beverage. It must be frozen in the freezer before use. Pre-freezing your countertop ice maker ice cubes will change YOUR ICE CUBE GAME. When the cubes are frozen below FREEZING the cubes will actually make a "tinking" sound, when they are added to your glass

@joenicoud5967 Жыл бұрын

Good work

@jackfntwist Жыл бұрын

Great video. Long and love how you take us through the whole process. Thx

@kevinhooker1040 Жыл бұрын

I had the same gen in my boat. It had the older capacitor electrical backend. It would burn out the capacitor every 100hrs. Backend finally fried so I replaced it with the new style one next-gen has. That was the best! Never had another electrical issue after that. Cost 3k for the parts. Whole new gen was like 8k and the engine was fine so I went that route. When I sold the boat the electrical end had about 2k hours and the engine had about 3,200hours. Only thing I recommend besides the spare parts cruise kit is the little electric low pressure fuel boost pump. I had one that would run for a while but get hot and quit causing the eng to die. It was all random. Took a while to figure it out. Run that thing a lot. It liked to be used. One month I ran mine if I remember right like 480hours. And you can really extend the oil changes much longer than what they say. Dang thing never ever used oil. I would change oil and run it 300hrs and have the exact same amount of oil at the end. Best part it used about 1/4 gal per hour. I ran a 12k and 16k btu ac units, water heater, fig/freezer,battery charger, and the normal stuff a big boat does. I only had to manage power if all that was on and you wanted to use the microwave or stove. Great gen.

@TheMorganMonroeShow Жыл бұрын

Epic

@timgore2502 Жыл бұрын

Nice video good repair on fridge

@josephgaydosh7300 Жыл бұрын

I have waited so long for a new video. Love watching guys adventure keep them coming ❤️

@johnbaudino2535 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing brother. Stay safe God bless

@gavinferguson Жыл бұрын

loved vancouver when we visited hope you enjoyed granville island brewery

@oceanairbrush Жыл бұрын

I come from rvs not boats but they use the same domestic fridges. Absorbtion fridges really perform poorly and we opted to go to home Depot and swap out for a conventional type fridge. Cost was about 400 and the fridge by far out performed the absorbtion models

@jimlofts5433 Жыл бұрын

that eutectic tank would have been better - they take time to get down to temp but then depending on size of tank they can keep things frozen or cold for days - but if spare solar or other power they can be recharged when still working and just refreeze only part of the coolant eg at 80% back to 100% in a short time - We used these in the Australian bush years ago when off grid and would keep our food frozen in a 12 cubic foot freezer for 7 - 10 days without power (no solar panels then) and we kept them going if needed by 12v from the truck or a gennie if we had one running plus any other power we came across - You can have a defacto eutectic effect by keeping your fridge or freezer fully stocked eg lots of frozen water bottles and very little airspace

@0PsychosisMedia0 Жыл бұрын

You guys are doing some level up restoration! I hope to see you 2 get a top price for this boat.

@assassinlexx1993 Жыл бұрын

That water pump can be a lot quieter. If you suspend the pump on threaded rods. So the pump mounts sit on a rubber ring then a spring and then another rubber ring. This isolates the pump from the hull. Looks like cold water is on the way. Are you putting in meters to the generator to the wheelhouse?

@wjhann4836 Жыл бұрын

Hey you about the fridge: - I saw kind of cooling units that contain a reservoir for cold. That might be quite useful (waeco?) - What I liked on sailboats are cooling units that have a ventilator on the cold side so if the fridge is well stuffed, you get it cold much faster. - Tip at no costs: The compressor normally comes with a fan. But in sailboats that fan only pushes the warm air around. If you are able to guide the air that warm and cold side are well separated and it gets fresh cold air it will work less time - consuming less energy.

@coopermacco Жыл бұрын

My mom and her husband lived on their catamaran for a while. The boat has been gone for about a decade, but those foldable bikes remain in use! I can never get past the size of the wheels.

@matage1010 Жыл бұрын

Eutectic, best type

@richb313 Жыл бұрын

You guys are doing great continuing to improve your boat with the addition of both a generator and on board refrigeration.

@robertlaird6746 Жыл бұрын

You should go to Ketchikan, Alaska. That way you can see the beautiful Inside Passage. There are plenty of fuel stops along the way.

@galegregory97comcast Жыл бұрын

It's going to be so nice to have ice water. U got a better unite then what home Depot has.my ac hooked up the same way and it's freezing in here when it's on

@grahamwheelock7497 Жыл бұрын

Next time you do a install like that one you always start thermostat at lowest level and each hour you walk it up a setting until it's at max don't remember what the reason was but how I was taught to do it

@shanesanko1408 Жыл бұрын

Most fridges have there freezer on top but newer one are reversed but all of them have a fan built in to blow the cold air from the freezer to the fridge once it hits what the thermostat is set at the fan will shut of I missed the fan if you have one

@johngoncalves Жыл бұрын

We have the same exact NextGen, circa ‘05. Smallest footprint made for over 5kW.

@slamboy66 Жыл бұрын

Some in engine room are missing , but glad to see you are double clamping. 👍👍👍

@Seafariireland Жыл бұрын

Handyman!

@triprobinson2808 Жыл бұрын

New sport. Shakespeare antennae bike jousting.

@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944 Жыл бұрын

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

@va7dgp Жыл бұрын

Vancouver, Grandville Island. My almost home area.

@CharleyGeorge Жыл бұрын

I think it would be a good idea efficiency wise to install a 12 volt fan or two to circulate the air in the fridge.

@flyingcheff Жыл бұрын

Reach out to Capt. RICK Moore (Sophisticated Lady) he's a refrigerator dude- also!

@Bubus-tv Жыл бұрын

it was better to mount the internal evaporators at the top of the refrigerator, the heat stays at the top and the cold goes at the bottom ....

@Bubus-tv Жыл бұрын

@tulasendlesssummer01 sorry I don't have telegramm

@dub944 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to west coast Canada! Hope you guys visit the capital…

@davekimbler2308 Жыл бұрын

What kind of work do you do that let’s you live that life style ? I’m 65 and haven’t figured that out yet ! I would have loved to do that in my 30’s , it’s to late for me but maybe someone could benefit from your knowledge!

@timinsandiego6979 Жыл бұрын

The icemaker- oh no. I was actually going to ask if you were happy with that unit. I looked on the internet this afternoon for ice makers since I saw you picked yours up in an earlier video. How did it break and will you buy another one. Different maker? If you remember let me know?

@paulcollins9197 Жыл бұрын

Woohoo

@peterrahill9263 Жыл бұрын

1.5K+ subscriber LIKE; 6.1K+ desktop shipmate view... starting now. 2:22 - "Nothin' left to do but do it." :0)

@tomdrummy4984 Жыл бұрын

Jetty @ :20 whatcha doin dude ? Need help ? 🐕

@reedmartin6614 Жыл бұрын

The NextGen is what it is....curious as to what generator you have speced for the new boat?

@forrestallison1879 Жыл бұрын

It has not been 85° in Vancouver. 8, maybe

@jpetersson6165 Жыл бұрын

Aren't you supposed to mount the cool-plates at the top? Because hot air rises and cool air sinks

@jasonhansen782 Жыл бұрын

What lure do you use tula catch Da oysters?

@gypsyroveradventures6133 Жыл бұрын

How many months behind are your videos? I live in Vancouver and it looks like this was sometime in August 22?

@melodygoss9431 Жыл бұрын

Yall do great videos. Informative and entertaining. Just somebody please explain the channel name. I have been watching since you did the truck camper and I'm yet to learn what tula is, represents, or anything and I wonder this every video.

@johndaniels9957 Жыл бұрын

I believe that Tula was the name of the boat Billy had when he first started the channel. It's worth watching the series from the beginning. All of your questions will be answered.

@sicchuckie Жыл бұрын

Remember that island that you guys couldn’t pull into in your catamaran what was the name of that island?

@jonathanvince8173 Жыл бұрын

Do not be surprised if it does not work like you think. For one Wood in a freezer or Fridge NOT a good idea and there is a reason why Fridges and freezers have a complete seal. It is to hold the cold inside so the pump does not over work as small freezers like you have should only need about 200W unit the fridge about 120w to keep things cold. Wood is not good for cold as does not act like glass plate of ceramic even plastic Perspex I think you call it Plexiglass. Which is easy to cut to size as just ask the seller or look on line.

@michaelbrannan4864 Жыл бұрын

Billy you're better off with the magic chef that norcold and that dometic is all junk I know I got one in an RV

@frankjones4550 Жыл бұрын

What is the “fuel return” for?

@acmeopinionfactory8018 Жыл бұрын

Hope you didn't have to chase the oysters too far to "catch" them.

@bmitch3020 Жыл бұрын

I thought the water pump noise was Jetty growling. Had me wondering what you did to upset her.

@lesstoddard6779 Жыл бұрын

The term you were looking for was thermal mass. Nice job Billy!

@ericdavis7523 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late ask on this but how did you find a yard that would allow you to work on the boat? I have been looking where I am and have so far struck out?

@Tulasendlesssummer Жыл бұрын

There are not many out there! The best you can do is Google DIY boat yard and maybe join some boating Facebook groups to see if anyone has any suggestions:) where are you located??