Walk through Tour of our Yacht a 48 foot John Pugh Windsong Ketch named Awaitea #vlog
[Music] w w [Music] w [Music] w [Music] thanks for joining us this morning we're going to take you on a tour of our yacht Awaitea to start with we're going to give you a bit of her history and background she was built in the early '90s 1991 and was built to be a charter boat on Sydney Harbour she was actually built in New South Wales at one of their boaty yards and from there she remained doing tours and Charters out of Sydney Harbour for years I'm not exactly sure how long apparently so yeah for the next 10 or 15 years she did tours from Sydney Harbour for up to 12 people she could sleep at a time so after that she was uh there was a bit of a gap in her history and then then sometime later about 2011 a family bought her and sailed around Australia so a young family the Robinson the Robinson of course sailed around Australia after that she was uh moved up to Bundaberg and lived aboard for a few years by the next owner after that she was still here for a few more years and then we purchased her this year yes so is a steel monohull ketch weighs about 33 ton maybe 34 ton carries 800 L of fuel and has a 7 L diesel motor she holds 400 L of fresh water and her name Awaitea is derived from marry which means water cloud or something similar to that we're yet to exactly work it out so if some someone knows the exact meaning of Awaitea let us know please or if you happen to be the Robinson's we'd love to hear from you we tried to read your blog but you've closed it down so let us know if you're the Robinsons okay she has a clip of bow and I get to pretend to be on the Titanic but hopefully we never sinks like that the deck is all Timber it's a teak or teak substitute and it needs a bit of love it will look good it's got a lot of space on the deck for deck parties that's eventually I'd like to put some cushions here and I did want to make them so that if you flipped them over they had solar I don't know if that can happen if you can make that happen let me know but yeah cushions that yeah can stay there and flip over as solar panels got wind turbine for power as well as the solar panels down the back over the tender so we've got solar up here 600 WS of Solar which we think's not enough we're going to temporarily put two 200 W panels with it as well which will give us a thousand W of solar but it does get shaded by the mizen boom you can see if it's not midday it will shade the panels and they won't be so efficient we've got our little tender that goes on the back which you saw us go out adventuring on that yeah the Barbie we've upgraded our Barbie or downgraded some might say we've got a new little Weber and it's been going good we have removed the kitchen cooktop for the gas compliance so we don't actually have somewhere to cook inside apart from Electric but we'll run you through the batteries generator and so on but for now let's have a look we've got a semi covered in Helm area which is pretty good it's pretty weatherproof the canvas is a little bit old needs to be replaced needs to be addressed a little bit but for now it's going to do us I'll get Kathryn to run through the boat interior where all the stuff is the cupboards the fridges and all of that sort of thing and then I will go through the steering the generator the batteries all of that sort of stuff at the end or towards the end of the video so first of all interior and the pretty stuff of course and then we'll go through the real stuff all the stuff that will make you fall asleep the real stuff okay to a guide yes so do we want no this is the saloon lots of seating which I love don't particularly like the table but we're keeping it it is a little bit too big but large it's got a few issues we've been advised that it's meant to be that way so we're going to keep that eventually we'll recover the cushions but I've been making my spice rack cuz as you know I love my spices so I've got my jars and I'm just putting on my rope so that they don't clang and then we're going to have uh elastic that that will go across the top so that they won't fall out when we heal is that right heal that's it yes here we've got our Galley and as Karl said we've got no actual Gas Appliances anymore it used to go here used to be a stove and an oven one stage under here and we'll work out what we're going to do there in the galley we have a nice big fridge and it goes both that way and that way but it's a little awkward to um get into so Carl came up with a trick a new idea for us and he's put in another fridge so we've got a draw fridge so that we can put all of our um veggies and and easy to get to stuff y so it's a 40 L Evacool draw fridge so we're going to see how that goes so that's been all put in underneath the lounge so there'll be a bit of a video showing the install of that yep we then have the nav station and the nav station kind of does link with the galley because under the nav station is a big giant freezer which is great so you got a big freezer in there and a reasonable size nav station We Believe anyway we believe yes take everything we say with a grain of salt remember we're not Sailors obviously we got the baskets for fruit and all that for when we're on bigger voyages and stuff like that the microwave is under here everything's got a place so that's hidden away there so we need to sort that door out a bit it's got issues okay storage wise it's it's got lots of storage but it's all a little bit higgledy piggledy at the moment we've decided plates and all that sort of thing it'll be in here and the [Music] pantry is under here on both sides so that's where our main storage is yeah for things that we don't use too often so that's all under there yeah which is fairly big goes right through to the the edge of the hole and linking with that we have our our uh Pantry that we use more often so that's just out here follow me and that's in here so it's more out everyday type everyday stuff yeah it's all through these cupboards so it's just easier access to get into to uh grab what we are after so that works good for us so far yep everything is subject to change yeah we've been living with it for a while now yeah well I took over your pantry I took over and put my pantry out in your tool area yeah that's right tools got moved subject to change take you through to First Class the master bedroom so on your way through Karl will show you the dungeon later which is all in here got clothes hanging all here we have this nice sitting area that just allows us to have our privacy if we've got crew on board we can separate away and just chill got a TV which is funny cuz you know we we never had TVs got two TVs now and if you're wondering why it's a bit cave like in here it's because we've actually got shades on cuz we are in the marina Kyle had these made up by the solar screen company and they just suction on like what we have in the truck and they're so good cuz it means we don't have to have permanent curtains that collect dust and crap yeah so it's more for everybody else's sake cuz not everybody wants to see us in the nud so we got these. storage like said earlier we got storage all under the bed that lifts up and we've got storage under there then through here is the top head the top head no the after head after head the after head in here is the after head the toilet the rear toilet toilet which you've seen Karl working on a fair bit yep then we have this nice shower so it's a separate shower area which is super nice and of course you know the decorator in me octopus curtain and uh yeah in here it's just nice and roomy plenty of space follow me I'll take you to second class now in here is our second class area so this is the two bunks which will be both functioning bunks for visitors we just got to move on some more stuff that we've got cupboards hanging and they're full of stuff at the moment full of rubbish willr they will be empty for the visitors hi all nice with mirrors and everything so that's nice opening hatch and then across the hall is the second head the second head the forward head forward head so it's a shower as well combined shower and toilet what area then we have third class the rebirth so this is the rebirth we're going to keep three beds main being the true lower that's it the top bunk there is a backup if we do require it that's our storage area for our charging gear and everything else then up here sails and all that sort of thing we'll live on that bunk permanently in the v breath Karl has made a laundry look at this I've got my washing machine that he's installed and we'll be sharing some of that content too when we get to it yep just in case you're planning on putting one in works okay this one but uses a bit of water it's a cheaper machine than what we had in the van um because we couldn't get that style anymore it was made in Believe It or Not assembled in Russia oh yeah the Camac is the was assembled in Russia so that's a issue obviously so we've got this fits in nicely wash is quite well but appears to use probably double the water yeah I'm guessing not necessarily deal but the idea is that we'll be in weather that is better so we won't have to wear clothes yeah that's right simple so that's a two-way door oh yeah two-way door so it's either open into the cupboard and closed the room off or closed so it's quite Nifty I'm going to hand you over to Karl because he wants to talk about all that stuff that makes me fall asleep all the good stuff [Laughter] where are we going to start where would you like to start we'll start at the back steering so this boat has got a hydraulic Rudder so that's all in the bedroom that can be controlled manually so it's got a manual killer if the system goes or bad you can use the manual killer at least so in there you can see that's how hydraulics steering and the RAM for that and yes there will be a quiz after this yeah yeah of course there is under here we've just got access to youve probably seen in here already the last bit of the V the outlet for the toilet is there so that's all pretty accessible and easy little bit further forward under the helm area is the dungeon this is where I've been sweating Blood and Tears out of here I tell you oh yeah we'll do that first mhm so in there we've got access to the water tanks which I mentioned before which are under the floor there two 200 L water tanks the I've put in a drinking water filter with UV sterilizer and also this is where our water maker is with its filters which again will be an upcoming video yep so that goes right down into the bottom of the the build where the prop shaft is I'm not sure what you call the tube I've forgotten someone will let me know that's for sure but that's right down the bottom there that's very hard to get to because it's about a 1.8 m deep down there so super hard to get to on this side of the dungeon room we have aircon so we've got inbuilt air conditioning in this yacht which is great because while we been at the marina we've been using it of course for the warmer days it's nice but um we can use it when we're not hooked to shore power but it will draw more power obviously probably need to run the generator so we'll get on to that so that's done underneath here we got access to the to the floor if we have to in water tanks and to get to the engine's a little bit more difficult you probably have seen him do it a couple of times already but we'll take you down there take take it down so it's like A F step thing yep depending on where you want to go but we'll lift it all up so you got to get rid of all your cushions after we finish here we're heading off to a festival hence our frocked upness yep going to a concert in the park literally so we're going to the lighthouse Festival in Burnett heads and looking forward to it just a little donk so that's our engine room it is quite difficult to get into which you have to sort of crawl down in and around it in the builds there so we've got our our main engine which like I said is a 7 L UD Nissan Motor so it's a truck motor that's been converted for Marine six cylinder no turbo so it's about 180 horsepower and uses I think it is about 12 L of fuel per hour down the back there we've got a Sea wasp generator which is huge it's a 19 KVA generator so that can easily run everything that we want this it's huge there's no problems with that except of course you need to run the generator if you want to use a lot of power the hot water currently which is just right beneath us in that white box is an electric 40 l or so unit so to run that we really need to run the generator currently to make hot water there's the two Refrigeration units for the fridge and freezer under here and there is separate Stand alone old school to type unit and we have eight house batteries in two Banks so that's bank number one of four batteries and bank number two is way down the back on the other side that you can't currently see so we've got about I think uh probably 125 amp I'm guessing each so we've got probably 1,000 amp hour of storage capacity lead acid for our house batteries we also have Start batteries for the main engine here and a battery at the front for the winch as well a booster battery so we've got a few batteries on board all together we got H how many is that there's just two there so we got 8 10 11 batteries all up all we had 17 no I thought we had 15 but anyway but that's nothing compared to what we used to have on our farm yes of course so basically that's the engine room for this shop so to work in it you have to get down in there now as you can see all the way down there I was working earlier in our sump because our sump pump has got a our sump which is where the shower and sink water goes has got a hole in the bottom so I've put another sump beneath the sump so that when it drips through it pumps back up into the top sump which then pumps out so that's a little issue that we need to resolve the motor is in good condition as it is just been rebuilt about 400 or so hours ago so that's great news generator and everything it needs just a little bit of love but I think it will be hopefully okay is there anything else you want to know about the motor let me know we've got a few Chargers we've got crank battery charges we've got house battery chargers and he's throwing a bit of storage in bit of storage in there and behind there also storage we also have a a couple hundred L um petrol storage under the seat for the tender for the dingy so it's got a little handheld pump on it and you can pump out from there so that you got your own fuel supply for your dingy so you got that covered if you're out and about I going around Australia or something so you don't have to take Jerry cans everywhere so that's nice we're not necessarily pleased with it being indoor yeah I'll have to have a look at it and make it assess it to see how good it's been you know done um but we'll have a look at it behind that we've got some more storage over the back um that we can't really access yet we also have storage under the seat which I'll show you for spare parts let me put the floor back together all these floor panels are quite heavy but the good thing about that is when it's running it is fairly soundproof when all of these are closed so it's not too loud at all which is good hear the difference right away for those of you are wondering why I'm here underneath here is our inverter for our 240 volts and it is a 2,00 watt inverter so 2 KW inverter exactly the same size that we have on the Caravan so we need to turn that on just like we do in the van to run any 240 when we're off grid underneath the lounge area here we've got just spare parts essentially for the main motor and up the very back there the fuel tank for the dingy like I said the unlet petrol either side underneath that in the bu area are our two diesel tanks so we got one on the port side and the starbard side for boat people um so we got 400 L each side of diesel which will get us about I believe um about does about um 1 1,000 km range so I think it's about what does that work out to be maybe a little bit if it does 700 miles something I that anyway underneath here is a black water tank that needs to be sorted out so all the waste can go into that tank when you're at Port so that needs to be sorted out and here is our front build or sump pump so we've got a sump pump up the front here for the washing machine the um shower water and sink water from the front and that all goes into there and that pumps into the rear sump which then pumps out so that's all okay it needs to be modified I think it's got a problem since I put the washing machine in that it can't handle the flow rate for the size of it when the washing machine empties and I think it's overflowing a bit so I need to work on that and maybe put a bigger unit in uh way up the front we just got access underneath to the bow essentially all the way up to the front under here not real storage just access if we need it follow me and I'll show you the last thing which is our anchor well area so we got our anchor our anchor chain goes through past the winch or the windless and it comes into this area here so it's got a lot of stuff in it at the moment being our hose and some snorkeling gear and so on but basically I get this out of the way you can see we got our anchor chain spare anchor and it goes all the way down the bottom which uh the bottom actually drains back into that sump that I showed you earlier or it's got a drain for the anchor chain out as well so this anchor I think we're going to get rid of because it's really hard to get it in and out hurts me pinches my fingers and all that sort of thing the windless and the battery you can see have access from in here as well they're way up under there so I need to look at them as well which is coming up fast for the next job so there you go that's basically a tour of our Yacht for the ones interested here's some diagrams of the ship basically you've got your V birth up the front here forward head area and laundry the saloon area with the engine underneath ladder up the rear dungeon area that I call it here and the first class or master bedroom here there's a plan view of the same thing you can see the toilet and show configuration in this is a little bit different to what we've got so they must have either changed a plan or maybe possibly built some more it is a John Pew design so he designed it originally it says Here length overall is uh 14.97 M the beam is 4.25 the draft is 1.56 but we know that that is not correct for sure the uh ballast is 4.76 tons and I believe it's Concrete in the Keel the steel weight is approximately 10 tons and the sail area is just over 100 S M and that's all we really have on this boat itself it was like I said constructed in New South Wales and you can see the New South Wales flag up the top there when they rode up this multilanguage life jacket and for extinguisher safety advice back in the day there we have it our lovely boat and we love the inside of it we we think it looks magnificent it's quite comfy to live in so far we've been aboard for months now so we need to just sort out a few things one of the fridges has got a gas leak that we need to fix we need to commission the water maker we need to redo the anchors uh the anchor roller has got some issues and we need to have the rigging attended to which we've sort of halfway arranged and is happening at the moment because there a few things on the rigging that need attention sail bag needs to be repaired and the decking at some later stage we'll have to get onto that slowly for the rest of our whole life I'm guessing but I will go through I'm just getting ready to go out and party yeah we'll go through all the navigation gear at some other stage so it's got its dip sander chart plotter it's got VHF radio AIS as well as as a HF radio and autopilot and so on so officially welcome aboard our yacht and I hope you can join us on our new adventures thanks for joining us this week and we hope you join us next week for more boat I will take you to the what do you call it um the bedroom no what's it called it's called I don't know first class the master bedroom now my uncle did say that these bunks are for midgets no offense midgets or small people maybe we won't put this in this is for jockies poor jockies the bow or the stern the bow but we're at the back we're at the back of the boat Are we you had a bad day today I have we should go back to sleep the story thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe if you want a reminder hit the bell and remember we always love a thumbs up if you're interested in joining our patreon jump on over to our patreon [Music] page [Music] he
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