Our Most AMBITIOUS Sailing Boat Project Yet...(2000W on a 40ft Monohull) // Teulu Tribe

I always wanna know how much power you use… what % of your power do you use?

Side cutters for cable ties!!

Disregard Americans, they can’t pronounce Antarctica or Aluminium!

your arch is not strong enough for the largely overhanging solar. add to the support properly and you should be fine ,even in regular storms . if not taking this extra precaution you might hurt yourselves ,others or the panels and your ,or other boats and you will stay anxious in storms .
a good indication would be ,if the arch is strong enough to use as gym and for hammocks .think of the huge storms and wind condition you will face and prepare accordingly .wishing you the very best!

I love you guys. The almost tearful Becka kind of stung at the beginning, only to be amplified by Zach's "dodgiest thing Iven done this week.'" You kids are sailors.

Not sure if it's already been mentioned but some vaseline on those electrical connections will slow down corrosion - best wishes for your adventures

The tool is called a roll crimper - because it rolls over the lips

Also you speak English. Americans don't. They speak American

Are there no one who could weld those parts for mounting solar panels

please wear eye protection!

I’m really concerned about the stability of/safety of this structure when crossing oceans !
Remember Bobby from sailing doodles had his transom ripped off and boat sank just from David’s and dinghy.Youve loaded hydrovane and this structure . Please get this checked out by a marine engineer.x

Please ensure proper grounding to avoid stray currents. It would be recommended to isolate the screws against the aluminium parts to avoid corrosion!

Some triangulation of aluminium sections would really help to stabilise the whole assembly. Stiffer cross beams put more and more twisting loads on your narrow arch top.

Rebecca, if you get to a large city with good medical services and chemist's.
See if you can get some medical superglue for your first aid kit, very handy in isolated areas, depending if the cut is not a wide jagged cut.

Bore da chicos, can I please ask where you picked these up from? My friend and I have just bought a boat up in La Cruz, PV and it is lacking in solar (350W). Hopefully we catch up with you!

Set of all elements (superstructures, mast, etc.) of a ship which provide support for the wind. Have you check with an architec? Be carre full

I have to concur with others on here that i don't think the arch looks strong enough to support the panels etc in any kind of a seaway. Firstly, the arch legs are quite closely spaced fore/aft so adding weight aft will put a high stress load on the structure and the feet. I'd say it needs additional bracing taken forward and probably aft too to distribute the loads. I don't know how the panels are going to be secured aft and forward (they look like they're balancing in the middle at the moment) - are you intending to add robust bracing to support the ends of the panels? I'm imagining a 40 knot wind getting under the panels when you're heeling 30 degrees. I don't think they stand a chance as it is. Also a heavy swell will put a lot of strain on the structure too. It's just my opinion but I wouldn't be happy with it as it is.

You two are good at MacGyver'ing things

Hi guys. Another really good example of the thought and planning you put into your projects, as well as your ability to adapt 'on the run' . Watched this fresh from Pip Hare's channel as she prepares to tackle the Vendee Globe Race, solo, nonstop around the world.... Two very different types of sailing but both engrossing in their own ways. (PS. Hope that's the end of you sabotaging your own body for a while now Becka! 🤕 😩)

Great video as always. 👍
You two are one of the few I envy. Respectfully. 🤪
Tired, Retired and Content. lol
I’d rather be hunting Lion Fish 🤷🏻‍♀️

I also believe Becka is a very empathetic person. That’s a good quality and it can be overwhelming. I also believe she needs more protein and could stand to put on a little weight. I sure she strong willed and possibly stubborn. BECKA, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
I think you maybe need some female
interaction. Not me I’m a guy. lol I couldn’t stand it just because you’re so darn beautiful. I’m a very empathetic person so maybe I’m over reacting.

Thanks!

I don’t think the two words are different at all 🤪😲

Zach, sorry ahead of time but..... I would have bet $100 that Zach would have had a safety accident well ahead of Becka!

Manuka honey and flush cut pliers are on the needs list 😊. Manuka honey for all those little maintenance cuts, it'll heal them up super fast and is a natural anti-bacterial! Flush cut pliers for all those pesky sharp ziptie ends that'll grab you and cut you!

That knee looks ginger…nice to see you back on deck (no pun intended) notwithstanding…congrats.

I enjoyed this very much, solar is great, but you need to be careful.
The more you go towards a system with lots of power, the more you must keep safety as your primary goal!
Sadly, many here on YT make people believe that making a solar system with with powerful bateries is easy.

First of all: Never ever safe money on tools! I already saw that you are on the right track there, but I have some concerns.
I now am converting my catamaran to a completely electric off grid boat, with 4500watts of solar, and some 45 kWh of battery power.
As an engineer, I always dive to the deepest on safety, there already are many cases in this world, where things went terribly wrong.

1: Secure your batteries in such way, that you’re sure that they don’t go anywhere when you hit a severe storm ! They are heavy, and
can damage the boat, and themselves, which I hopefully don’t need to tell you, is a bad situation!
2: Make your battery system very easy accessable, this is very important! I have them under my living room seat and only need to lift the seat.
3: In a marine environment, it is very important to use glued shrink wraps on your cables when you attach lugs! They must be air tight from lug to lug!
The battery cells do not easily set your boat or house on fire, badly made cables are much better at that job! Anyone can make cables that work fine,
but they need to say stable over many years, air tightness is curucial there..
4: Correct me If I’m wrong, but what I miss in your setup, is a thermal imaging camera, which, in my view, is a nessessary tool to find hotspots in your system very easily, before they become a hazard.

Some people already wrote their concerns about the sturdyness of your arch: I dug deep into wind and the force it can pply to structures, and was quite amazed about the answers I found. In a big storm with 30 m/sec winds, the force on a surface already can reach 56 kg per square meter, which is equivalent to a (not very big) adult. In a hurricane it will be around 100 kg/m2, you can do the math. Mounted horizontally, the wind mostly can pass over and under your panels, but there also are wind gusts and turbulences, created by the ship itself, that can lift your panels up in a nasty way.
My biggest concern there is not the mount of your panels, ist the feet of your arch: The four screws of those feet are getting a force which is magnified by the length of the arch legs and the distance between the feet.

I seem very negative here, absolutely don’t want to be, crossing a busy road is also dangerous.. But in a city, you can be brought into safety much quicker than in the middle of an ocean! Total safety alwais is a compromise.

Oh yea, forgot to mention (edit): Circuit breakers are not nessessary? Well, they are.. Not for current safety, but you need the oppertunity to easily disconnect your solar panels from the system in case of a challenge. I hope you both enjoy safe sailing trips

It is refreshing to hear words pronounced properly for a change—a sailing boat! Orientation! Dinghy! You probably use solder and mirrors, too. Thanks from a Zimbabwean in South Africa!

Are you two on boat people Ap?

Those are huge panels. It’s also a massively discounted price.
We learn, hold off on solar project until we get to Mexico. And bring your own mc4 crimper

Electrifying!

Wholesale PV panels are about $0.1/W. So your price was good but doesn't sound subsidized.

You Brits have a weird language. Obviously, it is "disoriented". And even more egregious, it is ALUMINUM, not aluminium, no extra i in the word. When are you guys going to learn to speak proper English? : ) Just kidding, great video as always, I love the solar stuff :)

Love watching you guys keep up the good work. As a do it yourselfer I love watching you guys taking the get er done attitude.

I write this next point because I care and to suggest you also consult how your changes may overall affect the stability of you boat. To ensure some one who has expertise on centre of gravities, ect can give you feedback for better or worst.

Just the last year they found a couple who passed away after their sailing boat sank. Found them deceased on an island just off Canada coast.

They actually had their own channel as well and I believe they were on their way to do an Atlantic crossing.

It is anyone’s guess what occurred as the boat was never found. But there was a main theory that ended up being passed around.

They had many mods made to their boat and one mod was similar to yours but maybe a little bigger.

The thought process was these mods did not make the boat top heavy per say. But it significantly raised the center of gravity upward. In a heavy wind to the side the angle would have been less than designed with the raised centre of gravity for it to tip over and not return upright.

The second main contributing factor theorized. As the wind blew from the side it now had a raised centre of gravity but the solar panels in that set up could add extra surface area and act like a mini sail.

So the theory was with a strong wind on the side and the mods raising the center of gravity with the raised panels acting like mini sails was maybe enough to cause the boat to capsize.

In reality no one will really ever know what happen to the poor couple. And it may be something totally different.

But the theory without the story behind it does sound logical to an extent.

Please also look at the big picture as you make these mods and get some expert feedback. Maybe they will tell you not to do it based on the design of the boat. Maybe they will tell you that more ballast will be needed to lower the center of gravity. And maybe they will tell you it is fine.

But getting that qualified expert opinion is key. You do not want to be out in the middle of the Pacific and get cought in a squall testing the above theory. Give yourself peace of mind before hand.

You guys are very smart and knowledge is key to feeling safe on your boat. The project you do you are very knowledgeable. How it will affect the overall stability of your boat I would turn to the knowledge of a qualified person to give you peace of mind.

Love watching you guys and rooting for you all the way. Not trying to scare you. Only mentioned this because I want to make sure you guys think of everything to keep you safe in the long run.

Cheers and keep up the great work. Your a good team together and can easily see how much you care and look out for one anther

You guys are doing a hella good job!

Is that ladder upside down hmmmm it looks like it is

There is a reason hard work is attributed with blood, sweat, and tears.

It seems no matter where you go in the world there is always going to be that one person who is a gamer and word pronunciation correction officer. Me personally I love picking up on new slang for example my new favorite saying is "and now Bob's your uncle". And if I spend enough time with you I can pick up your accent too which is so cool, for me anyway.

Hey guys, it was great running into you in Annapolis. I hope you didn't sneak back to Mexico with Barnacle. For the record, disoriented means confused, and disorientated means to have lost your bearings. While there are many words we use differently, your use of the word disorientated to describe the direction of your panels is correct regardless of where you learned English. Cheers!

Hey u 2, do yourselves a favour and please brace the arch, she's not going to be stable enough in rough weather and the amount of weight ur putting on it. I'll smack ur butts if u don't got it!! Yes Aunty Karlene aka (Sea Wench) will come and find u🤣. Teulu is looking sweet, and she will keep u safe, if u keep her safe. Lots hugs🤗🤘🤙as always, lol after each other and live life flat out. 🇦🇺

When you get a chance, have a look at, Iron Ridge Camo clamps.
I used them on my boat. Can do everything from underneath.

Love your channel. Cool shout out to Lauren though, she’s awesome!!

Love watching the upgrades that you make on this boat... keep them coming !!. Anothere great video, Da Iawn guys!! Nick

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With regards to that crimp tool and over crimping, it is designed to control for that. Its ratcheting design keeps ahold of the connector until the proper pressure/stoke of the jaws has been completed before letting go. As long as the correct jaws are selected for the connector and wire, it will crimp correctly before letting go.

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Wow guys the solar looks very impressive, sorry playing catch up with watching you guys busy with wintering boats my end, take care both.

How come all modern sailors don't pray? Does not the majestic ocean and its creatures not make u realize there's a Creator?

You guys mention Mayflower. Are you both from Plymouth, I’m moored just up from Brunel bridge it’s a small world!

We sure bit off a lot with this project! But, it will all be worth it in the end🔋 Hindsights 20/20 but watching the footage back, its fairly clear early on that the thickness of the original ally bar just wasn't going to cut it. What would you have done differently?