When working in the water, if parts can fall down, put an umbrella upside down in the water. It will catch what you drop.

The most professional temporary fix ever seen. Wonderful to see a couple work together...dont know what that's like.

I agree with you 100% the manufacturers just turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to problems as they arise.Job well done Warren and Erica

I would spend most of my time diving to retrieve the tools I drop.

We sail -> We swim for our lives. Thank you for publicizing this issue.

That was harrowing to watch. I don’t know if i want to sail anymore. But great job guys. You showed amazing tenacity and perseverance and creativity. And not to mention bravery. Congrats.

No warning label on the replacement?!?! The idea of a guest being on board and thinking it would be nice to have the window open to touch the water would haunt me.

The whole idea of having flimsy deck hatches basically under the waterline always made me nervous about production charter cats

Never watched your videos before but this one has sold me; I'm subscribing. 🤠 You two work great together can't wait to see your adventures together.

It's amazing how many problems you can solve with an angle grinder and a zip disc. Also one of my go to tools. Nicely done!

I know this is an old video but YT just decided i wanted to see it. My boat wasn't covered by the recall, but had the same hatches. I threw them away and closed up the holes. So glad i did.

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

That's boat work for ya. Always a pain in the a** but somehow you make it work. Nice job, respect the tenacity!

Absolutely amazing. You guys are awesome!

You guys rock. I would have tied a halyard line from the mast to the dock and raised that side 6 inches. Also emptied that side of the boat. But you just knocked it out.

Glad you were able to replace and glad your are exposing this company. If there is a fault with their product, they should absolutely cover all costs to replace!

Always good for a laugh! 😂 Thanks, guys.

Great episode guys !

Good call, good work, great video, Cheers guys!

Great Job! “Welcome to Good Burger” love it!😎

Dear friends, you are 2 exceptional people and make you dream with your travels Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

How very scary. Shame on them! Glad you both got it fixed tho😊💕

I was on the edge of my seat most of this video, but you guys rock! Get-er-done! This is why I subscribe.

You adapted and succeeded--good work! The pin can become cocked when attempting to drive it out with a screwdriver or a smaller tool, making it even more difficult to remove. If possible, use something that is close to the inner diameter of the hinge tube to apply even force when attempting to drive out those expansion hinge pins. That looked like a tight space with few options. Thank God for the grinder!

First time seeing your channel, and your teamwork is quite impressive. Even how you shared your potato chips! Thanks for sharing this experience.

I would have tried to find a very sandy beach with a deep stern drop-off to ground the bow on but at least shallow enough to stand where the problematic hatches were located. Great job on your repairs though!!! It is also great to witness the fact that I am not the only one to use certain "terms of endearment" when trying to repair something that is being difficult with my attempts. Thank you for this entertaining, and instructional video!!!!

Very well done. Congratulations. Safe sailing. God bless.

Heavy work!!!! Congrats.

13:58 😂😂 the equivalent of an inside voice yell of victory after finding a $20 at the bottom of the laundry basket on laundry day.

What did we ever do without cordless tools. Team work makes the dream work.

Personally I don't think you're being cheap not hauling the boat, you're being overcharged. Good on you guys for figuring it out. I was thinking, you'll get it. You did it!

Welcome to Good Burger LOL That's great !

Great information thanks

Great video, very entertaining, Thank you

Loved the office space reference!

Great video. I still have mine to do so this helped big time.

That was a great video and so informative. Thank goodness you fixed this issue very bad design flaw

You two are getting so good at this stuff!! Great video and great job!!

That just sucks. Glad you were able to resolve the issue.

Love you guys and am saying that I loved your 101 vlog "We could have sunk.". You both battled hard with an almost impossible hoop to jump, but with much determination, you both finally won, and had the gratification of your hard work! Manatee Dave of Florida

Tuvieron mucha suerte!!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires!!!!

Good job you two.

great job u 2, this is teamwork congrats, all the best from Luzerner See !!

When I did mine I gripped it with some vice grips and hammered on that. They came right out after doing so. If you do that again, I recommend going that route.

"Damn it feels good to be a gangster"...well done on fixing the escape hatch and ending the video with a clip of Office Space. I think Erica needs a red swingline stapler

This was nuts!

You should talk to an attorney about a class-action suit against this company, to also cover the cost of having the escape hatches replaced. I would guess that there are a number of catamarans with this hatch. Nice job with the 1st replacement, hope the second is easier.

Love you guys! Just let me know if you get tired of my 'know it all' comments. 1) Goiot is gōyō. It's all over my boat. 2). You need a bigger hammer. Yes, I know you don't want the extra weight, and I just borrow one, cuz I have a baby hammer too. 3) those black bushings cost a fortune, if you have extra, send them to me to replace my diy bushings. Those that are exposed have turned to dust. 4). I hope you rinsed that hatch and handles, and gasket w fresh water. 5). Is Evolias have a higher waterline? I saw the growth on the hatch. 6). You guys rock for doing that in the water. 7) xo

You need a can of PBlaster to loosen that hinge . It's the best spray for loosening bolts,nuts hinges than any other spray. It's the Bomb.

Nice 👍 job you guys did it .. that old window..soosoo dangerous

Wow crazy dang!! That's rediculous several of my friends had to do the same. Way to save $$ 👍🏻 brilliant!! Fare winds an following sea's ✌🏻💗☺️❣️

The first of your videos i have watched, congratulations on achieving and on how well you two work together with neigh a bad word, well not on camera anyway. Classic example of stopping to reassess a situation.

That's a "little" better than crawling under the floor of my house to fix plumbing.

I own an FP and it has the Goiot hatches, I never knew about the recall...ThankYou. One issue I did see on your repair, salt water on your rubber seal. The salt water will dry out the seal and the salt crystals can dig into the rubber. So when you do haul out in a few months clean the crap out of the rubber seal and add some moisture to the rubber. In fact you should do that every time you haul out. Again thank you for the heads up. I will be contact FP this week.

Good Fix. Its all about the power tools!

That was absolutely horrifying!!!

Great job filming while doing this .

Just found you (new sub) and oddly really enjoyed this repair over all repairs I’ve seen anywhere lol. Seeing the water through the hatch and being on the board was a gem I was already thinking and then she said it LOL..🍔😂🍔😂🍔

This had me cringing when I watched it. But then I realised that in Episode 102 you still had a boat. Phew!

Feeling your pain guys but you seem a great team and that is why you succeed! I want to send you some ear plugs for when you get noisy together! LoL

Wow....guess what ... we have the twin boat to you ! ....hull 183, late 2014...had Damage from Dorian that we are fixing while cruising or alongside our dock in Abaco, Bahamas. Be nice to meet up and get boats together in you come back this way...cheers Bob and Jane.

Wouaouwwww great video!!! Now you can go in peace!

Absolutely killer video. I'm mechanical and I'm thinking through the whole video so what's the actual problem with that hatch??? And then at the end you drop the other shoe. All that water so close to that hatch... Yikes! (Probably give me nightmares.) I'm currently chartering monohulls and will soon pass my catamaran certification, then I'll charter multihulls as I search for one to buy (and then head over the horizon). Fountaine Pajot and anything with the Goiot hatches is also off the list: Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot, Catana-Bali, and Nautitech. There's no excuse for anything like this to happen. There no excuse for any company with engineers to even spec something like this. There has to be a mechanical retainer to that polycarbonate. This might've worked: Vise grips on the outside, hammer on the visegrips. This will tend to stretch the rubber, banging on it from the inside tends to compress it. (Of course this is all academic at this point. But... there will always be a next time.) You guys are a brave couple (crew) to do this in the water. And great teamwork. btw a great temporary lube especially for rubber/plastic is Windex, or just ammonia. These are Bases, and bases have what property? They are slippery (soap is Basic). Probably not too much penetrating ability so it might not work on your window hinges. The classic use is bicycle handle bar grips. Bases and Acids (their opposite) need to be wet in order to have their properties. So spray down the handle bar with Windex get the grip on, it should slide a lot easier. Then the Windex dries - no more sliding. Rain? Not likely to penetrate very far and re-wet the ammonia. And get a couple of pairs of hear protecting headphones. It's very stressful to work with the noise. Thanks for this video, and the warning... and the nightmares.

Way to hang in there! You definitely have some skills.

PB blaster.....never leave home without it.

Watched some folks in the Dominican Republic do this job on the hard. They had the same issues getting the hatches off.

Well that is super concerning. Glad you found it now, that could have been incredibly bad. Nice job.

Just seen your channel ,and thats a job to do on my friends boat he has new hatches and the boat is being haulled out oct/nov and the boat is just sitting in the marina so its not urgent to do now ,you are quite correct in what youa re saying there are the parts and DIY

You need to order a set of screw grabbers off Amazon just in case you end up with a stripped out screwhead . they are a must another thing to have on hand is a 50/50 mix of ATF Transmission fluid and Acetone or called Propanone. this mix will unseize anything a few squirts and let it set for a bit and it works every time way better then the stuff you buy at the store.

Just for you know, the manufacturer of the glue is the only responsible. There has been a trial between Goiot and the glue manufacturer and it's been settled a few month ago. The glue manufacturer has been recognized responsible for providing shitty glue although he claimed its glue was OK and meant to keep these hatches safe.

Great video,I’m wondering why you don’t beach her on an out going tide and replace the hatches or clean the bottom or such like,way easier and cheaper than hauling out,cheers guys for the video.

Bang good job.. 😁

And that's what I don't like about the new beautiful production monohulls - lovely big rectangular picture windows glued flush in the hulls. "Oh but it's really good glue". Not to mention the stress raisers at each corner. Nope nope nope nope nopedynopenope.

Wow, just wow. That's pretty scary.

That could have been catostophic to say the least, if not for the temp fix you guys applied. WTG!!!

So, next hatch, next level: do the same on the other hull, but offshore with at least 2m of swell... ;-)

I was thinking you could take a mast sail line to a dock cleat and use winch to tip the boat a little? Good job on repair!

I would have made a way to sit up on the board or be in a sitting position to do the work. Laying on your back is too much a handicap. Your helper is an awesome asset.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME AWARE OF THIS DESIGN PROBLEM IT'D BE BETTER IF IT DIDN'T EXIST AND THERE WAS JUST A NOTE SAYING WHEN CATAMARAN IS FLIPPED OVER SWIM DOWN AND OUT OR MAYBE THAT LIGHTS WOULD COME ON GUIDING PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION TO SWIM SWIM OUT AND WHAT HAD BEEN THE ROOF DAVID GRENIS LIVING IN BOULDER COLORADO USA

Marital projects disclaimer: A: “I’m not yelling at you, I’m yelling at the thing” B: “it’s not your fault I’m mad, it’s the thing.” C: “Why are you crying?I fixed the thing.”

shoelace tied, and taped on the wrenches, prevent to loose them.. :D

Did you put lock tight on those threads so they stay tight and do not viberat loose?

Your instincts saved your boat well done you

i forgot to comment yesterday great work

"do you have enough leverage out there?" "NOOO! xD" Been there lol

I will always be a fan of a Mono hull

lol @ the nice shorts comment. My wife says that sort of stuff to me all the time. I tell her I only have shorts. None are nice and not nice, they are all eligible for every task and if they aren't then I'm not interested in owning them.

W O W!!!!!!!!!!!! So ya'll replaced both of them? Good video and tips. Thank you for that. Now i have to wait tell next week for your show. Nutts. Ooo will I will have a Rum&Coke on the lanai here on the Big Island 🏝 waiting for the next show.

The small "wrench" is a Hex Key Hex being the end shape - Hexagonal. Like Slot, Star etc.

I actually think your temporary repair actually still looks more safer than the new replacement. It would have been interesting to see how easy it would have been to pop the window without your fix still in place. I would guess really really easy!

Holly crap that was about to fail on a sail. Lucky you got that replacef

Silicon/PTFE spray, get yourself a can! Best "oil" I've used, It's my go to at this point. It's great for rubber, helps protect it and stops squeaking against things like glass. Edit: Having said that, god damn those were tight!

Kept waiting for someone to come by causing a wake.

Secure your tools to your hands. Great job!

A couple of big suction holders to tie off to. Drill a very small hole into the rubber and then spray with oil. Buy a real hammer. Put silicone grease on the new pins. You need to grease the handles. Also i can't believe that those are single layer as well . Next one empty your water tanks and lower the anchor &chain into the water for more freeboard.

That's crazy that use this crap holy cow wow, when I buy one of these I will learn a bit more about all this, totally insane nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davey on barefoot sail and dive had the same problem as you and ended up cutting them off with the angle grinder. One of my favorite tools along with a die grinder. They both take no prisoners, regards Steve.

So the hatch is securely bolted to the boat but the glass is just bonded to the hatch and this bonding can come loose over time? Astonishing! I would want it bolted and bonded. Silly question but I take it that that glass is super thick, strong and can withstand an impact from objects in the water?

I'll be honest, I'd have been with the grinder after the 2nd failed attempt....no need to worry about cutting parts that are being thrown out! Hope the 2nd replacement goes smoother

I have two screens, and was doing other things while I watched, but did I miss a second replacement? Or is there not an identical escape hatch on the other hull?