Great video. I am in the market to upgrade my old Raytheon SL72 radar and was looking at Halo20+.Oh that welding is just old fashioned stick arc welding not TIG welding.

What do you think of the difference between the 51 and the new 52? I don’t like the look of the new 52, preferring the angry birds look of your boat but what I like in the 52 is the second cabin down in the central hull, which of course means that the tech space has to be shifted aft to accommodate it. I’m assuming the reduced space would still be ok? It’s quite the cavern in your boat and it looks mostly empty compared to how most boat engine /tech rooms are laid out.

Hey James, congratulations to you and also to the new owner! He will have a great time with Carry On! Cheers, Mate!

Navionics costs 40€/year

I can only agree with the previous comment: wonderful video! I love seeing details and technical content and I like the way you present it. Had almost given up hope of another video, but will now subscribe to the channel so no more videos slip through my fingers.

How long will those connections last in rough weather?

You know there's applications to deal with those voltage drops on NMEA networks? Maetron and Actisense I think both make them because yeah you have to plan for how much power everything is taking no matter what you do or what method of delivery. That's just the nature of Direct Current power. Eventually you can hose your electronics through undervoltage if you don't pay attention to it. The NKE may be better for sheilding and it ends there, again, Maetron and other mfr make shielded NMEA 2000 cables nobody is required to buy the cheapest unshieded cables they can find. Unless it's a AC power source if you're having voltage drops from the length of runs you'll have repeated problems until you solve that voltage drop issue.

I think 9/10 it's the voltage coming in to that deck causing problems and doesn't have anything to do with B&G. Their 4G domes are a different story. People always putting in fuses and don't consider undervoltage scenarios as much. Also you're not required to buy the biggest display your bank account can support. They get a lot of guys like that, similar to big trucks or not being satisfied with the standard 7" one well I want the 12" one. You can still get the job done with the 7" one I promise and you can buy like 6 of them for the price of one 12" if you're having power issues. OPENCPN can be pretty buggy and if you fish yeah those charts suck. What actually makes a difference is the 3D sonar and forward scans for going into under plotted areas and signal K sucks. As you mentioned you don't really need a chartplotter to sail anyways so you can plot a course without Navionics as well. QTVLM is a lot better I think because it's more stable for useful purposes like weather routing but maybe if you read this far then you already know about it 😅

Still a fan!

I like the 43 & 47 the 51 is just too big....if it's a monohull then I would get a 50+ but on a multihull over 50 is just way to big if you plan on doing a lot of solo sailing its good for entertaining many guests

Welcome to monopolized proprietary software and hardware! Which is why the big corps HATE DIY and LINUX based software and spend most of their time paying off politicians to make laws to prohibit the use of DIY and Linux based software! (T1KT0K comes to mind). They cant beat them, they cant buy them so only option is to LIE, CHEAT and destroy open competition (and open market were the value, quality of your equipment and the customer service is what makes you stand out! To them this is the thing that terrifies them because they know they are creating CRAP and charging outrageous amounts of money for this CRAP!!). FIGHT the MONOPOLIZERS and strive for and open market!

Great pictures of the whale. On another video you gave the Distant Shores couple a tour of your trimeran which raised my curiosity about how would your trimeran preform with hydrofoils such as spindrift2 use. Thanks in advance for your reply. Regards Philip

You have a very interesting presentation and I like the utilitarian side of your content, less emotion and more utility. I wanted to ask you from your professional point of view: - How do you rate the Rapido trimarans? - Would you choose the ORC 57 or the Rapido 60? Thanks!!!

I just watched a few videos of sharks (and a walrus) testing the consistency of various boats. Inflatables are wonderful on paper, and when all is well. They obviously make great tenders. I would rather not rely on one staying inflated. Sure vast numbers of inflatable life rafts turned out fine. Some haven't, I'm sure. I enjoyed my Zodiac. But I don't think my best backup option is a balloon. Personal taste, of course. Swiss army knives are easily criticized, too. But it turns out that despite being small and light, they are really handy.

wow, thanks James. Lots to consume and research. Love the set up and your technical videos. thanks for sharing. enjoy the sailing

Congrats on the Marsaudon Comp. Cat, they are the cats pajamas as it were. They are great boats, from a great builder. Fair winds and following seas guys!

Thank you for your always interesting videos! Quick question: would you feel confident enough to cross the Atlantic single handed on this ORC57? Thx!

Another amazing technical video James! Thanks so much for taking the time and effort to share all this valuable information in detail. It's great to see you building a robust and reliable system from years of experience and refining it into a simple and efficient model. Have you been able to successfully integrate all of these components onto a single tablet device through the multiplex and wifi networking? It seems to me the ideal configuration would potentially be to have all of these functions including the digital switching controls all seamlessly accessed from any tablet that you have installed throughout the vessel such as at the helm station, main cabin, nav desk, with spares pre-programed and configured incase of failure for immediate emergency redundancy. In addition to the navigation electronics you could theoretically integrate other “smart home” features and automations such as climate control, lighting, music, pumps, security cameras and power management all from a single (or multuple) relatively inexpensive handheld devices that are also battery powered and waterproof. I also wonder if you see Apple devices as being a capable and reliable solution to this or if you still consider Linux as the preferable platform for its customization and open source functionality. Much appreciated and keep up the great work!! Fair winds!

Hey James, whow, this is over the top and i need to watch it a couple of times to digest it all! Do you have an item/device list and a wiring diagram? For our tour, I will need to do some outfitting of our yacht. In May I will check, how I can install upgrades,.. Cheers and thanks a lot mate!

phew i need 3 h to process this video and the amount of information is YYYYuge, the sound is not good due to mike and/or surroundings

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What? Did you say Navico has ARPA radar? Since when? I'm pretty sure it's just MARPA, so it does not acquire, analyse & track automatically, unlike Furuno which is true ARPA radar. Big difference. It's a shame the OCPN radar plugin does not support ARPA radar, that would really be good. For short handed bluewater cruisers, ARPA is a significant safety advantage compared to MARPA. Re N2K on larger boats & voltage drop, you just add another DC power input connector where ever you need to. It's not really an issue. Do you see a problem with that?

Excellent information. Thank you for making these videos!

Beautiful boat! Most PCs are actually DC powered - your desktop contains a transformer to power the motherboard with DC. Really interesting to hear about the NKE instruments and the Kubota generators. It hadn't occurred to me that NMEA would give problems given how ubiquitous it is. Would be very interested in how you have RF switches with no batteries, that seems impossilbe! I remember from previously seeing your autodump system for the sheets - very clever and simple system. Similarly I've had a look at open CPN before but think I need to persist with it a bit more, impressive features! It did occur to me that possibly your B&G failures may have been related either to EMP from lightning or possibly if it was a european unit in a US boat even if the voltage was transformed if it's running at 60Hz rather than 50 and so more power going through the system (or similarly the reverse) which overtimes can go worse.

You definitely have the geekiest sailing channel available! Excellent information, very well articulated. Thank you for that, keeping your videos saved for reference in the future. I am looking forward to the next ones!!!

Fantastic info. Approximate costs and cost comparisons would be even better please 🙏 Also basic Open CPN and other equipment Setup would be priceless. Thanks again, Michael

I went openplotter, daisy hat + RPi, a cheap Chinese touchscreen and a seayak Seatalk1 - USB to get the instrument data into the Pi - x2. Easily 1/10th of the cost of any big brand marine electronics setup, and since I installed it and set it up, I know exactly how to repair or replace any of it.

Great info. Far from all the commercial info we get on the web....

James, amazing that a Doctor knows so much about IT Systems! I too saw the O Kelly video where you said something like "there's not a Chart Plotter anywhere on this vessel"... bold statement! I also recall one of your older videos (in Columbia?) when you were on your Neel and had your 2nd (3rd?) $$$ B&G Display go down and you said something about hacking the system to ditch B&G, but I did not really know where you were headed. Good stuff. Thanks.

Genuinely what I wanted to know. Saw some of your mentioning of your electronic setup on the O Kelly's video walkthrough and so glad you did a deep dive. Thank you!

Excellent stuff. Thanks for sharing!

Yep, really liked that. Lots of good information. I hope you follow up on durability, and compatibility issues as you use it. But it would be nice to assemble systems focused on user preference and satisfaction instead of corporate profit and one size fits all products. You did forget to touch on your unhappiness with Navionics. Maybe hit that on you next vid. Cheers!

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Would this work at sea, or would expensive satellite internet be required?

🎉🎉wow James we are so happy for you & what a adventure it has been ...can't wait to see what's next ... your Colorado connection say hello & carry on 🎉🎉

Good news she's found an new owner!

Yes thank you for all the tips and tricks last episode. Good luck with new one she is beautiful but to quick for us

Looking forward to more Apocalypse content.

Will you continue to post content on this channel of your new ride? Would love to see more of that, I think you may be the only ORC owner posting.

It’s been great to follow your adventures in her. Good luck to the new owner

I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice? I am completing a 40ft catamaran (sadly the original builder died five years ago) so there is no navigational equipment fitted yet (there isn't a helm yet, but that's another story). I'm completing the boat as a solar powered catamaran (there is no mast) and it will feature four EPropulsion Navy 6 out board engines, two per hull. I may also fit two 30HP petrol engines to the transom behind the dinghy davits that could be lowered if needed as the builder fitted 250L petrol tanks per hull. There are no through hulls on the hulls at the moment and I'd like to keep it that way if possible. I've watched some of the Open CPN videos and it seems like the way to go. The EpPropulsion outboards will give some data such as speed, power usage etc. Am I right in thinking I could use sensors such depth, wind etc, maybe safety things like fuel vapour sensors, bilge alarms and link these up to a control unit (multiplexer) that then sends all the dat via USB or wirelessly to Open CPN? I think I'll probably invest in Starlink for internet access, so would that be able to give me better weather data and could that be overlaid in Open CPN? If anyone knows of any videos that show a new install or similar that would also be great. Happy sailing.

Did the lad say, "single hand sail this cat"?

What was the fastest you got Carry On to go?

Great vid 👍 Have been watching your back catalogue :) We are a family of four from NZ with young kids. Picking up a NEEL 52 in Dec for a few years of circumnavigation all going well and your videos have been awesome. Quick question. Did you go carbon and dyneema rigging on the ORC? Have your thoughts on performance rigging changed on the NEEL? Any tips on the 52 build and spec outside your videos would be highly appreciated! We are very visiting the shipyard in May to go through the details.

Man oh man!!! Love the "lightweight" aspects of this boat, but the tech room in Cary On still beats this entire boat by a mile, for me.

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Love the videos keep it up I just saw a video about a orc 42 where mistakes were made , I'm sure you heard about it , did you take this in consideration? And what is your take on this having worked so close with marsaudon (if not familiar Google keel broke off mid Atlantic marsaudon orc 42)

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