Great 2 meet u2 at the Gorge, great video's. Hope to keep in touch. Dale and Connie

Danke!

You’re behind but still seem to have time to record, makes sense.

The fuel in your fuel line alone will take you further than a fully charged battery would. electric has it's roles.... this is clearly a role for internal combustion.

IT'S A SAILBOAT AGAIN!! Congratulations, I am extremely happy for you.

damn 2.5 years! final stretch lets gooo!

Wonderful to see you back on the water!

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I would love low to mid 30s.

Stressful feeling when you don't have a slip! 😒 When I went thru Nanaimo last summer I was able to get a transient/guest slip easily in the middle of downtown, it was like $50/night, but it works for getting something done (in my case laundry and provisioning).

We need more young blood up in deep bay, come up here please

Looks like there may be some Mussels on there, but the camera person is in too big of a hurry to tell for sure. Take care.

Stress, but soooooooo exciting!!!!

Marina's,or yacht clubs. Don't you hate to love them, or love to hate them would probably be my feelings, actually that has been my feelings lol.

Love your boat

Yay!

Great to see the work progress so well - each little thing is a big thing. On moorage, the future is uncertain on the southern BC coast. As another example, Mosquito Creek marina in North Vancouver recently closed putting even more pressure on local anchorages and limited dock space. That kind of change, combined with the housing and jobs crunch, has really distorted the economics and availibility of moorage in the lower mainland area, and one has the feeling that this is just the start. But on the positive side, I like your bilge blower and have started to plan one for Q.

Rake on a cruising mast should normally be 1-1.5deg otherwise you get weather helm?

Oh I feel for you being kicked-out again. We just finished a similar nightmare from the Mosquito Creek Marina disaster. But now we are in Maple Bay Marina, we drove there last weekend to prep the boat and we are flying with Harbour Air tomorrow from Vancouver to MBM and we will enjoy s/l Laysan from 12 days! (of course we have a to-do list as long as my arm but just being on the boat will be a blessing. I hope you are happy to be on your boat even if on a mooring ball. Cheers, a.

As long as there is no water in the bilge - you will be okay.

Love the paw prints on the sail!

I'm behind in real-time -- but this is SO VERY EXCITING!!

Very cool. I grew up sailing on my parents Van De Stadt 28 on Lake Superior and Lake Pepin (on the Minnesota side, a widening “lake” or the upper Mississippi). Great memories on that very well designed, reliable, and stable boat.

Really miss hearing from you. Hopefully you’re out on the Salish Sea, enjoying the fruits of your amazing labors!

I'm quite late in your storyline, but I can't thank you both enough. I've visited a Norman 40 here in the Netherlands, and your videos and your Buy Steel Boat Guide were great. And gosh, how different they are! I got Van de Stadt 'Study Prints' and figured the one I visited was the 3-cabin layout, with a smaller head, and several other design differences. Thanks to you, I knew what to look for. The bilges are great. The chain locker, not so much. I'm still digging this whole steel boat idea. Since I came back from a sailing journey in Svalbard.

Was in Independent Marine the other day chatting about you guys. You should give em a shout out, they're good guys. Nice sheets btw 🤣... Also, FYI, Rob Schick ex Polar Battery guru is now managing Edmonds Battery in Burnaby. I've been working with him for many years, excellent resource and prices for exactly what you're doing

Wow!! A steel boat buying guide 🤩 that's so generous!!,

Wow! The continuous discovery of challenges is both impressive and daunting, but it's great that you're facing them head-on. It seems like your boat was hastily patched up without the attention and care it deserved. Have you ever reached out to Van de Stadt to check if the wood-on-steel setup was original to its construction? I'm glad you found out about this now rather than while on the water. Thank you so much for all the effort you've put into documenting and sharing this experience.

Just subscribed. Good to see after all your struggles you're on the water. On the bright side you basically have a new boat.

Your videos are elucidating. As someone new to the idea of buying a small-ish (35-40 feet) steel sailing boat, they provide a good reality check.

Hats off the Jared! 👍🏼

Jared did all of our lithium and solar conversion as well. He's amazing!

Liked the demo of big tide dock ramp. I don't think people out of the big tide areas realize the implications! Especially when your guests include the elderly,..."uhm just scale down this cliff".

Such a good looking solar panel! Good to see you on the water, your natural element😉 Please give a hug to Max! ❤

Thanks for a wonderful episode. Really enjoying seeing your boat in the water. You two are amazing fabricators and problems solvers and I never fail at 68 years old to learn something. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

thank you for the very rich tour. I have a Norman 40 at the top of my list. 😍It's very good to see one specimen close by.

Nice work, congratulations. ⛵️⛵️👋🇨🇵😘

Isnt this trespassing ?

What a pain in the...source of the problem. I'm going with a composting toilet. Idk if it's truly better but there's definitely less to mess with & 2 less holes in the hull.

I'm planning my sail up to Bella Coola and remembered you had some good vids along the way :)

Keep McMaster Carr in your search for odd hardware!

Omg.. I'm totally happy for you, I'm on the hard in Astoria Oregon, motor pulled prop and shaft in the shop, 3900 in motor parts coming, yanking out water supply lines, cleaning out engine compartment, new this ; that and I'm sick of it all.. I have no interest right now, Injectors are A okay.. omg I live on this tub..

Well, those toilets...not really suited for a boat imo. They are a safetyhazard, and a stinking mess, when they need to be fixed. Compost toilet seems to be the only sensible solution :)

I am NOT high fiving that hand after that

If you squint hard enough at 14:44 you can see the mast of my old boat at Newcastle

Are you sure the gaskets on the seats are not leaking? I put a big head not the little Lavac one in and use plexiglass you hold down on the bowl and you can see how much water is coming in.

No Max in the intro? Only one quick cameo? He would have brightened up any difficult job.⛵️

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