When you're navigating in the ocean you're sometimes just a little dot
in the middle of nowhere and out there, there are all sorts of boats and ships,
to go from one place to the other sometimes it takes several days and using all electronics
full capabilities, to see and been seeing by other boats are extremely important
and right behind here the chart plotter we have the NRS-2 VHF AIS this is where our vhf and ais
signals are transmitted from there's a splitter right here the splitter is
for the antenna because it's integrated it's both ais and vhf in one and the issues that
we are having here is related to ais sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't but that's the type of
functionality that we cannot have sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't because the ais is what
transmits our signal and also receives signals from other boats so if we're traveling and doing
a crossing especially in the evenings for example other boats are able to get our information
and also see where we're located so it is to me something extremely important as well as
us checking out other boats that are in our route so uh this is an issue that uh several
other lagoon 46s had we identified this already about four months ago almost at the same time
that we got the boat and uh it looks like bng is going to be sending a new black box to us this is
a class b transponder just to keep in mind there is an option for you to get a uh another B&G black
box put it right here it's a class B as well but much more power so instead of transmitting at 2W
it will transmitted at 5 watts so that gives the opportunity for your signal to travel
much farther so it is an option that we're studying and maybe we're gonna go with it
and another little issue that we had here was in regards of the cameras
that we installed at the back of the boat to see whenever we were arriving at a marina we
were sailing one day and then all of a sudden the transmission from the cameras to the bng
chart plotter start stopped working and then after that a couple of days later it came back on it
feels like the image is a little bit pixelated so the bng technician that is coming in a little
bit to solve all their problems the ones related to the ais we'll also have a look at the cameras
and possibly replace the cameras that we have here so we won't have like this this uh these
lines here on the screen anymore very small issue no big deal it happens but needs to get resolved
we're taking one of the panels that we have here it's like uh one of the first issues we saw that
the panel was like this so we're trying to figure it out if it's the velcros that are
not glued up to the top or if it's the panel that is it's it's kind of like that so we're gonna try
to fix this one and while we're doing this fix we're also gonna take some time to apply some
super glue on all of our led lights so they stop popping out whenever sailing in rougher waters
having water in the bilge area is something i don't like to see
as I strive to have this area extremely dry but small leaks do happen sometimes
first thing was to identify if it was salt or fresh water in our case it was fresh water
we're now investigating if it is coming from our washing machine air conditioning system
water line or drains from the bathroom this is a TRIAL AND ERROR exercise that we were actually
able to find a resolution to the problem in a few hours even though the problem was right on my face
it was a leakage coming from a loose fitting of the hot water line
apply more pressure to the screw stop the leakage immediately solving the problem
as you guys may have seen on our previous video we
had our mast removed, to solve the problem we had inside of the mast that was creating a loud noise
if you have missed that video i'll leave you up here so you can check it out and also leave it
on the description of this video the mast issue was resolved but we still hear that roaring noise
that was the second issue that we had on the mast coming to the cabin from our rig when the
wind speed is over 10 knots at angles of zero to 30 degrees in other words wind coming from
the front of the boat whenever you are in a marina you are at a fixed angle but whenever you are an
anchor your boat will always point to the wind so in that case you will always hear that noise
the rigger said it was vibration coming from the top line but after inspection we did not
find any vibration coming from there and after inspecting all of the rigging i found vibration
coming from the genoa rigging right in front of the boat so i decided to do something different
and disrupt the airflow that was going through that rigging definitely not the most beautiful
solution and very intriguing to the people around us here at the marina i was very surprised to see
significant noise reduction inside of joy now i need to figure out a more permanent solution
to this issue have you experienced anything like that what have you done to fix it whenever you
buy a new boat a lot of people think you're not going to have any problems but in reality you do
have some i think we're very lucky here at ''JOY'' that our problems are minimal as we had probably
about 10 or 11 issues so far on the boat and all of them were covered under warranty and resolved,
so many people compare buying a new car to buying a new boat and set their
ownership expectation exactly that way honestly nothing could be farther from reality than that
a new boat even if you select a large mass producing brand like we did
have many parts that are handmade and prone to develop problems once delivered also knowing
how to operate properly your new vessel can avoid so many future issues so in my opinion
the first six months of ownership is where you will spend lots of time repairing faulty
equipment learning how to properly operate everything and finding little issues as i
have mentioned before we have been very lucky with our boat so far in terms of problems and
issues but i wanted to bring this to the table because setting the correct expectations from
the beginning will help so much manage the stress level one of the things that i have learned over
this past seven months at joy is that in the past i was finding excuses not to start this journey
and the majority of them were related to lack of experience in some areas don't get me wrong here
preparation is key and will help you out there but the majority of things you will learn on the way
patricia for example is a living proof of that going from having none too little experience to
learning how to sail on a monohull to completing over 1500 nautical miles on ''JOY'' overcoming
her fears and opening a whole new world of possibilities putting ourselves out of our comfort
zone brought us so many new exciting experiences and created memories that WE will forever cherish