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CONFEDERATE TEXAS - 6 years ago

Great job but if you open uo a po box i am going to send you a cordless drill

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

lol, just send one to my house! I had one (a cheap ass one) a long time ago but the battery on it was just terrible and it was weak as hell so i threw it away. I would love a new one though! Now you know what to get me for Christmas.

Sailing Lucky Bear - 6 years ago

Saw your comment on Wicked salty video, and thought you showed a really good heart so came by to check your channel. Good stuff, subscribed and thumbs up for you

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Awesome! Wicked Salty is the best! I like them because their channel I think really tells their story and isn't just full of a bunch of BS. Not to mention they are from Mass and sometimes you gotta just represent! Thanks for stopping by and the sub! I really appreciate it.

Adventorium 1 - 6 years ago

Who doesn't like you that they are following and down voting your videos. Must be somebody suffering from envy. That's why it's a mortal sin it poisons a person. Anyways good video I'm going to use a lot of the same equipment when I get to wiring my boat. I've pretty much gutted her. Started painting today. One day I'll put a video but I have so much work I don't find much time for anything but before and after photos. I take them for my own mental health.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

What can I say? Haters gonna hate! They like to leave comments too, but I have the ultimate power of "the delete button"! I try to keep keep the comments area all positive at least. But thank YOU for not being a troll and having nice things to say! People like you keep me motivated to keep posting! Thanks for watching and commenting, keep me posted about your project.

Adam Carr - 6 years ago

As a former Grocery Man; your fish-tape looks a lot like cardboard bailing wire…
I freakin LOVE that stuff! Great Video!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Hey Adam! It is bailing wire! I am a Produce manager (are we allowed to be friends still?) I might have "borrowed" some from work! Shhhhhh.

Kevin McKinley - 6 years ago

Don't key up radio without an antenna connected. You can blow unit up.

James Smith - 6 years ago

Great job with Freestyle! I’m looking for my first sailboat to bring back to life as well. All the best. Jim from Georgia.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks Jim from Georgia! I love working on boats, I can’t just sit around idle when I’m at home, I always need some kind of project to be working on and this boat fit the bill perfectly!

Sailing Sisu - 6 years ago

great timing! we are doing next an ep. on lithium batteries and it was good to get all sorts of inputs! :-) followed you and hoping to see you on the water (or comments :-) )...fair winds!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll check out your channel and look forward to seeing what you are doing!

Oluf Matzen - 6 years ago

Like your channel! Front of the panel looks great, back, not so. You should organize your wire into a bundled harness. Then number wire ends 1-1, 2-2, etc. Keep it up.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks Oluf! This still wasn’t finished yet. Every circuit on the back is bundled into a color coded what you would call a harness, what I would call a zip tied bundle of wires arranged neatly in a cohesive manner. There will be more shots of it in part 2. Thanks again for watching and commenting.

Joanne Hart - 6 years ago

Electrical is one of my favorite topics, but your hyper speed shots and the super fast cuts made me so nauseous I couldn't watch the entire episode.

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Ken Leachman - 6 years ago

excellent video

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks Ken!

Ford HiPo - 6 years ago

Ryan, I'll add a couple comments.....
1. The battery. It looks like you have it under the STBD settee. I would recommend putting it under the V-berth. Mac's actually sail better with some weight forward.
2. The back of your panel. I know you aren't finished yet, but electrical connections are exposed. Someone could accidentally touch the wiring.

- James, SV Mistress

Jay Webb - 6 years ago

Loved the vid!!! The end of the video ramble was one of the best I’ve seen yet. Looking forward to the next wiring vid. Looking to do a similar project on my boat. Can you consult your magic 8-ball to see if there is a solar panel episode in the future? If not, no worries. Thanks again.

Jay Webb - 6 years ago

Yes!!! Freestylin’ with the free wind and the free energy from the sun! Can’t get better than that.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

There will indeed in the next episode! Stay tuned! Thanks for watching!

Kip's Journey - 6 years ago

Moving right along... like a lawn mower.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Hell yea - John Deer!

Shaun Everest - 6 years ago

what is the make and model of your battery bank monitors I didn't see them on your links page. thanks I really like the videos

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks so much Shaun! I really appreciate that! Im sure its not much but every little bit helps! Thanks again for your support!

Shaun Everest - 6 years ago

never mind I missed the link as a multimeter thanks Im gonna get a few of those I will use your link so hopefully you will get a few bucks from Amazon. thanks for the link

Chase Mixon - 6 years ago

Nice Job! Looking forward to the rest of the wiring!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks again Chase! Its coming along good, there should be another video out maybe next week.

Comanche Don bushcraft - 6 years ago

You are doing an amazing job. We have a mac we are re-doing also. Thanks for making your videos family friendly now. I have grand kids that are helping us with our boat and like to watch your journey with them.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks much for the kind words! And you are welcome, I wish I could go back and censor the earlier videos without having to delete them (which in turn would delete everyones comments and statistics), but can promise I'll do my best with future videos.

Kelly Stiles - 6 years ago

Luv the panel, it looks great... Hate to be a critic, but do you know that the first 9 minutes no substantial information. If I haven't been watching all of your videos, I would of stopped the video and moved on to something else.

Kelly Stiles - 6 years ago

Yeah, I tend to have a negative attitude. That's why my videos suck... I could have my MacGregor almost fall on me and still not get a lot of views... I meant my comments as constructive criticism, not destructive. I know I wish someone would give me ideas on getting the volume correct on mine.

Jay Webb - 6 years ago

It was great bro, don’t worry. Kelly, lets stay positive, we shouldn’t yuk someone else’s yum. Like you, I did like the ending too. It’s all good man. Saul Goodman.

Kelly Stiles - 6 years ago

And since I'm being such a bad critic... I enjoy you video ending, I thought it was 30 seconds... until you told me it was over 3 minutes.

Edward Grant - 6 years ago

Nice project almost completed. BRAVO sir! You obviously know something about electrics.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks! Yes I have been messing around with 12v systems since I was 16 and put in my first car stereo.

Wayne Jennings - 6 years ago

Nice ambient weather station!!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Twinsies !

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Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Stupid life situations!!!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Pretty cool to get love from people on the other side of the world! Right back at you! Thanks for watching!

Randy Gardner - 6 years ago

Good job, Ryan! This way of getting most of your work done inside and then getting back on the boat with it works well for me too. Do you have a heater on board so you don't freeze while you are working? In my small cabin it gets comfortable after a 1/2 hour. Keep up the good work. Well organized.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Cool I will definitely check it out!

Randy Gardner - 6 years ago

That's why I got a heavy duty plug strip. It runs my parents electric bill up probably but I had the heater, my soldering iron, and the drop light going for many hours while I worked on the new electric panel. (Thankfully all my major circuits are already covered in a fairly new West Marine panel.) The new panel video is being posted tonight.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

I do have a small space heater but only one extension chord ! It doesn’t work very well when I keep unplugging it! But everything is coming along well so far!

Montreal paddling and boating - 6 years ago

I had to fight off losing my supper a couple of times before making it through your video (way too fast for me)! However, I like your sailboat project and I'm looking forward to seeing your future progress.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

I should have put a warning to wait a half hour after you eat. Seems like half liked the editing style for this one and half didn’t. I had fun though and will maybe try something new with the next

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thank you! I’m doing my best to keep plugging away when I can. Temperatures have been manageable lately to get out there in the boat though. The next one shouldn’t take to long to put up.

S/V Redemption - 6 years ago

The stern white and nav, bow, should be on one circuit. Steaming half way up mast and then anchor. That's the required setup. Otherwise looks good! The diff in draw on the monitors was probably impedance on the back feed. Install diodes prior to install on the battery leg.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

I suppose, I really just didn’t what to have to put 3 more toggle switches on what was already getting to be a crowded switch panel. But at the end of the day I think it will work just fine. Also the meters eventually evened back out once I cleaned everything up and righted it all down. Thanks for all the good info!

CnCEndeavors - 6 years ago

Can you share your schematic?

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

There’s a link in the description! I’ll post an image I have on my computer tomorrow morning

CnCEndeavors - 6 years ago

Is the Facebook page just sailing freestyle? I looked but it was a closed group and I couldn't tell if it was you

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

I sure can, I did deviate from it a little though, especially when it came to the meters. Originally as diagramed one was supposed to monitor load data and the other charge data. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t reading amps or watts coming off a battery charger for the one I had wired to monitor charging performance. I followed the diagram listed with the product but all I was reading was voltage. SO I just decided to use them both to monitor load data and voltages of two batteries separately. But if you are a fan on the Facebook page I would be happy to post my original.

poolguymsj - 6 years ago

Not doing the wall at the stern berth like ya, but I was figuring out how I wanna do some of this, so I might go ahead and use your product links for some things. GREAT VIDEO, glad the audio volume got figured out, and your editing is getting really good. Entertaining for sure.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Hey thank you SO MUCH! I did end up switching editing software and once again having a slight deviation I noticed with this episode (I actually uploaded it twice the first one was so bad) not as bad as before but I’ll have to make an adjustment on the next one so it’s a little more balanced. Thanks again for watching, commenting and trying those links. I’m curious to see how much something like that generates, it was just a random thought to give it a try and see what happens.

Wicked Salty - 6 years ago

Great work man and good job filming all of it! I enjoyed watching this and seeing the progress. Keep it up, it's all looking good!

Wicked Salty - 6 years ago

we're excited!!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Heyyyy! What’s up!? Thanks for checking out the video!! Trying to keep busy and productive whenever I can to be ready to get right out there. Can’t wait to see more of that Catalina from you guys. My dad works with someone who has one Moored down on the Sound in CT somewhere, says he really loves it.

blk007hd - 6 years ago

Just a polite note, the scenes flash so fast it hurts the eyes to watch. Glad to see your progress through. :)

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Lol, I know it was a tough creative style choice. It’s no easy task to take something as boring as electrical wiring and making it somewhat entertaining. I tried to pick an upbeat song to help move it along so people’s attention wouldn’t be lost and then did my best to make the edits work to the rhythm of the song. It might work for some maybe not for others. Hopefully I can redeem myself with the next one!

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Andrew.cooper - 6 years ago

Dude, AWESOME!

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Thanks Andrew!

Randy Schmittou - 6 years ago

what did he say?

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Just random words.

TJ N - 6 years ago

I see I'm not the only one who talks loudly when converstating with the kiddies lol.

TJ N - 6 years ago

Sailing FreeStyle same here. The wife just looks at me like I'm crazy

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Lol I’m a weird guy but I think my kids dig it, only problem is they have become weirdos themselves and then we all just feed off each other

davebass55 - 6 years ago

Like your videos love the boat has come along. Just an FYI don't know if you have the antenna hooked up to the radio, but you should never key up a radio without an antenna hooked up to it. you could burn out your finals. I have found out the hard way. Keep up the good work.

davebass55 - 6 years ago

with it being brand new it should be fine. Just glad you saw this message quickly. also you would know pretty quickly, there would definitely be smoke and a smell.

Sailing FreeStyle - 6 years ago

Really?? Man I had no clue, must be somewhere in the instructions I don’t read, lol. Well hopefully I didn’t screw it up. Thanks for the info.