New boat build - 40 foot catamaran for end of 2022 delivery.

[zurk]

Those really wouldn't be my first choice of pics for my client.

ikr ? their marketing is just terrible. i keep having to prod them for basic crap all the time. they didnt even know how many thru hulls they installed on the boat. like jeez guys you drilled holes in the hull and you dont know how many you drilled ? wtf.
still they are letting me do a lot of stuff while most factories would have told me to go take a hike. so i'm willing to live with what they give me.
FYI Bali in tunisia, a large shipyard in washington state and two in BC did tell me to take a hike. so i have that experience.

 

[zurk]

crossed thru the kiel canal and showed up at its new home in the uk.
pretty cool i could see it transit.

also one more pic which i missed.

 

[zurk]

i do have a bunch of pics of it in the water and transiting but they give away too much location info. will post new ones once i reach and take delivery. looks like upholstery (cushions etc) + mast ( sails / radar / flir ) are on the todo list before i reach.
batteries are shipped but due end feb. ive added a better watermaker, commercial liferaft and mabru HVAC to the list.

 

[baddogg]

If you don't mind me asking, why are you concerned that people will know where the boat is at any given time?

 

[zurk]

If you don't mind me asking, why are you concerned that people will know where the boat is at any given time?

same reason we dont post our home addresses on the internet. because its the internet. no problem posting where i have been but not where i am. OpSec rules. dont worry - plenty of where I have been coming up. maiden voyage is ~2200nm out the gate.

 

[Gong Show]

Be careful about the Barbara Streisand effect.

Nobody was wondering about why you are anxious about the location of the ship transporting your vessel or the fact that you are purposely delaying uploading photos so any geotags would be old news.
Now I understand that you are building a boat as a test bed for Mossad's newest electronic warfare equipment and you do not want the Houthis to know where this tactical masterpiece is.
I knew your love of electronic gadgetry was not directly related to fishing, but wow!

By the time you read this forum post, I should not be on the toilet anymore. OpSec for the win.

 

[zurk]

how do i summarize 3.5 months of living and moving a yacht hundreds of nautical miles across oceans in a few words ?

welp. that was interesting.

taking delivery and stress due to hold ups at transport canada. drying ports. 40 foot tides. 25 foot waves and not caring because you have been through worse. 52 knot winds. watching a captain literally die and the futility of coast guard rescue attempts. distress rocket flares at 3am. helicopters on AIS. ghost ships. chinese spy operations. nato warships and tugs. coast guard interception attempts and stealth. ladders and ramps. sleeping at 30 degree angles. grounding on rocks. cardinal buoys and how i hate them. the uselessness of magnetic compasses. drying out 30 feet above rocks and near death experiences. gravity and balance on large objects. the force of tidal waters. whirlpools and crosscurrents. military divers and walking through swamp. rescueing the british army. starlink and its limits in the ocean. sideways rain and hail in warm weather. lightning tearing up the sky. epic sunsets. fuses blowing with 100's of amps. double fused circuits and how i love them. the magic of ropes. sails are heavy. lowlight cameras are amazing. FLIR and its uselessness. radar guard zones and connections. burning $6000/day for a month. running with superyachts. NMEA 2K and how i love you. autopilots and limits when hydraulic lines cant take it anymore. tools and rust. when stainless steel corrodes. harbours and fishing lines. folding props and how mini keels are awesome. i could write a book.

holy crap that was a steep learning curve. would i have done it again ? probably yes. but not if i was any older.
if youre going to buy a boat to cross oceans, do it before youre 50 or dont do it. older people likely would not be a able to handle it. i lost 20 lbs on this trip. but wow. 7600+nm on a powerboat is nothing compared to a full blown ocean yacht moving across oceans. also i definitely need more tech on the boat. wireless throttle and shift. better camera connectivity. hardwired starlink. remote RPM measurement. more fenders.
most of the stuff i had on board worked. some didnt. some was disappointing. some was awesome. mixed bag but expected. will do it for next year when i take it across the atlantic solo. also lifepo4 is amazing but i already knew that.

 

[Rain City]

how do i summarize 3.5 months of living and moving a yacht hundreds of nautical miles across oceans in a few words ?

welp. that was interesting.

taking delivery and stress due to hold ups at transport canada. drying ports. 40 foot tides. 25 foot waves and not caring because you have been through worse. 52 knot winds. watching a captain literally die and the futility of coast guard rescue attempts. distress rocket flares at 3am. helicopters on AIS. ghost ships. chinese spy operations. nato warships and tugs. coast guard interception attempts and stealth. ladders and ramps. sleeping at 30 degree angles. grounding on rocks. cardinal buoys and how i hate them. the uselessness of magnetic compasses. drying out 30 feet above rocks and near death experiences. gravity and balance on large objects. the force of tidal waters. whirlpools and crosscurrents. military divers and walking through swamp. rescueing the british army. starlink and its limits in the ocean. sideways rain and hail in warm weather. lightning tearing up the sky. epic sunsets. fuses blowing with 100's of amps. double fused circuits and how i love them. the magic of ropes. sails are heavy. lowlight cameras are amazing. FLIR and its uselessness. radar guard zones and connections. burning $6000/day for a month. running with superyachts. NMEA 2K and how i love you. autopilots and limits when hydraulic lines cant take it anymore. tools and rust. when stainless steel corrodes. harbours and fishing lines. folding props and how mini keels are awesome. i could write a book.

holy crap that was a steep learning curve. would i have done it again ? probably yes. but not if i was any older.
if youre going to buy a boat to cross oceans, do it before youre 50 or dont do it. older people likely would not be a able to handle it. i lost 20 lbs on this trip. but wow. 7600+nm on a powerboat is nothing compared to a full blown ocean yacht moving across oceans. also i definitely need more tech on the boat. wireless throttle and shift. better camera connectivity. hardwired starlink. remote RPM measurement. more fenders.
most of the stuff i had on board worked. some didnt. some was disappointing. some was awesome. mixed bag but expected. will do it for next year when i take it across the atlantic solo. also lifepo4 is amazing but i already knew that.

Well I hope you take the time to tell us a story or two. Sounds amazing. Congrats

 

[zurk]

10 random pictures of 10 random things 1/10
i'll post one of these a day which basically chronicle the whole story.

 

[Pineapple Express]

Sounds wild. I can't imagine doing a commissioning cruise across an ocean!

 

[zurk]

2/10

 

[zurk]

3/10

 

[zurk]

4/10

 

[kaelc]

Epic! Tell us more about the low light vs Flir!

 

[zurk]

Epic! Tell us more about the low light vs Flir!

guess the main problem with FLIR is that its resolution is too poor and mounted up the mast on a sailboat means a lot of vibration as the mast swings back and forth. lines are also swinging and the resulting mess of thermal differences means the image is pretty much useless. lines show up as warm, the sea shows as blurred and the image is basically unusable except for very large objects.
LLTV shows nice crisp images - almost like seeing it in broad daylight. i ran several miles in pitch black in a river purely by using LLTV. it works amazingly well.

 

[zurk]

5/10

 

[zurk]

6/10

 

[Pineapple Express]

Can you give us some context to these photo dumps please?

 

[zurk]

Can you give us some context to these photo dumps please?

in brief - UK, getting the boat ready, fun with the british army - english channel - cherbourg, france - guensey and jersey, uk - superyacht friends as escort - back to france - atlantic ocean - more france - bay of biscay - french rivers - spain - end.

 

[zurk]

7/10