DISCOUNT CODE: REDSEAS for 10% off your subscription at www.predictwind.com Available for web purchases only (discount can't be applied in-app) We've been testing out the new Data Hub Pro from PredictWind as we sail north from New Zealand to Fiji and we wanted to explain some of the key features that make this box a really interesting piece of kit. From weather routing and individualised polars using AI, to connectivity and over-the-horizon AIS, we dive into all the key aspects of the Data Hub Pro and what we like about it's design and functionality. Drop us any questions below and we'll do our best to answer, or you can use our discount code REDSEAS to save money on your subscription. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Sailing has become complicated 00:47 Why Data Hub Pro? 01:50 Advanced polars using AI 03:56 GPS 05:05 True remote access 06:12 Over the horizon AIS 07:48 Gigabit networking 08:49 Built in SIM card 10:43 WiFi Reaching 11:31 NMEA 13:07 Using Data Hub Pro with Starlink 14:09 Other features 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

We've been working non stop in New Zealand for the last few months as we refit our catamaran and get Indioko ready to head back into the tropics and off grid again. And although things haven't quite gone to plan so far this year, we've done our best to push on through but we're about to face another huge challenge... Brioni is still recovering from a relapse of M.E/CFS and isn't well enough to take on this passage to Fiji....so I'm doing it alone. It will be my first ever solo sail and it's a big one - more than 1000 miles across some of the roughest seas many sailors will ever take on. The forecast is daunting but it's time to go. Wish me luck! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 This is us 01:03 A new challenge 02:04 Choosing a weather window 05:21 I'm ready to leave New Zealand 08:01 Why this solo passage is unusual 10:28 A good start 14:33 Day 2 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

This was not the video we expected to make this week. After spending almost three months in the boatyard in New Zealand, we were finally excited to get back in the water and start exploring the Bay of Islands before our departure...but Indioko had other plans and we had to turn around and make an emergency run straight back to the boatyard instead. We were so disappointed to realise that we were taking on water...not from our thru hulls this time, but a leaking rudder seal. There was no other option - we had to haul out again and get these things replaced...but of course things didn't go to plan and we found ourselves getting stuck on the hard for longer than we hoped. What a challenge it was to make this episode, but we hope you enjoyed it! Remember if you'd like to come and sail with us in Greece this September, there is one cabin left - check out www.red-seas.con/greece for more information on the Odyssey Sailing Festival. It's a fantastic week on the water with like minded people where you can have a laugh, enjoy some fantastic company and see what boat life is really all about. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 We're taking on water 04:00 Time to get started 09:36 Success (part one) 10:21 Replacing a rudder seal on a catamaran 16:25 Have we broken our rudder? 19:41 The problem with our rudder (explained) 24:14 Time to test our work 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

Ever since we bought our boat, there has ben one major problem...and it nearly caused a disaster when we hit a storm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We've been battling this design flaw for the last 6 years but today we are going to put things right and fix this, once and for all. We've just completed a huge refit in a boatyard in New Zealand but although we're back in the water now, the boat projects don't stop. Thank you to everyone who has contributed and support our haul out - we are working hard to get everything wrapped up so we can get back out on the move again, exploring new places and discovering islands we'd never heard of. Thanks to AR Peachment and Go Active for all your support on our journey - you guys are legends! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 The scariest night of our lives 01:54 The problem with our boat 03:01 The solution 05:43 Fibreglassing onto the hull 07:41 Figuring out the electronics 11:31 The new installation 14:22 Making a hole in our boat 16:16 Repurposing old boat parts 18:46 Testing our work 19:40 Come sailing with us in Greece! 20:45 Sea trial 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

We tried to fly our drone around a remote island in New Zealand to get some awesome aerial shots of our boat in the anchorage but a battery failure meant it crash landed in the sea, only a short distance from our sailboat. It's too cold to swim here at this time of year but we just got an ROV from Chasing so we attached the grabber arm and sent it down after the drone to try and find it on the sea bed, almost 100 feet below us. Enter the most epic rescue mission you've seen all year! CHASING GLADIUS MINI S: https://bit.ly/4eQp87U Discount Code: REDSEA5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Drone rescue mission 07:13 Time to set sail 08:50 We're sailllllllling! 10:40 Oh no! It broke! 14:15 Sailing to the Bay of Islands 16:37 Behind the scenes update 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

It's time to take our catamaran out for a seal trial after three months of hard work in the boatyard. We have just completed a massive refit, upgrading or repairing almost every system onboard but now that we're back in the water again, we need to test everything out and make sure it all works as it should. We are leaving Whangarei and sailing up to Poor Knights, a marine reserve with a difficult anchorage. We'll be testing our Gori propellers, our new fuel tanks, our thru hulls and cutlass bearings, as well as our anchor and chain when we get there. We also have a new toy to play with - the Gladius Mini S underwater drone from Chasing. You can read more about it here: https://www.chasing.com/en/mini-s-overview.html We're so excited to be back on the water and chasing down new adventures again. Thanks for sticking with us throughout our time in the boatyard...now let's go and explore! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Time to set sail 03:40 Reviewing our new helm seat 05:10 Reviewing our new Gori propellers 07:41 One big problem left 09:56 Sailing to Poor Knights 14:32 Reviewing our new paint job 15:47 Exploring the biggest sea cave in the Pacific Ocean 17:52 Our new underwater drone 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

This is one of the toughest videos we've made in a long time - at the end of our 3-month catamaran refit, we were so ready to get back in the water but when we launched our boat last week, we discovered that one of the thru hulls we had replaced was leaking. It took a huge effort to lift the boat out of the water again and fix it, but we weren't prepared for what happened when we launched the second time. It's an emotionally charged week, with a lot going on, but we're so glad you're here to live it alongside us. We know that things don't always go to plan but we tried to share the experience with you, with all its ups and downs as we fight to get our boat back on the water so we can continue sailing and adventuring. If you'd like to send us a tip to keep us going, we'd so appreciate the support right now! TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas DONATE: www.red-seas.com/refit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Let's try again - attempt number 2 03:15 So here's the situation 08:04 Destruction 10:36 Let's get on with it 14:10 Rebuild 17:44 One last try - attempt number 3 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

This is the final day of our catamaran refit - we have been in the boatyard for almost three months, replacing and upgrading almost every system on our boat. We have upgraded our anchor and chain, our windlass, our propellers and our cutlass bearings, as well as our solar and lithium bank, and the incredible paint job that we revealed last week! But now we are preparing to get back in the water and there are a few last minute jobs we need to complete before we can splash our hulls. Then the real test comes as we see if our new thru hulls are fully sealed or if any of them will leak. Nervous! Support our projects: www.red-seas.com/refit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 It's the end of our haul out 01:49 Coppercoat touch ups 02:48 Let there be light! 04:20 Using propspeed to protect our propellers 09:14 How to apply propspeed 12:52 Applying foul free to our transducers 16:18 The end of our haul out 17:59 Will our boat sink? 19:31 Testing new thru hulls 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

ENJOYED this VIDEO? Send us a tip to help us keep going - www.red-seas.com/refit THANK YOU! We've painted our sailboat as one of the biggest projects within our massive boat refit this year! It's been a huge amount of work, from sanding and repairing damage on the hull to fairing, priming and painting the topsides...but now we can reveal our final colours - what do you think of the design?? We have loved partnering with Alexseal for this project, and their materials have given us a great finish and made the whole job much easier to take on. You can find out more at www.alexseal.com We are so thrilled with how this whole job ended up and we can't wait to see how Indioko looks when we get back in the water...it's almost as if we have a whole new boat! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 It's time to reveal our finished paint job 00:38 Applying Finish Primer 05:11 This is my secret job 08:56 Choosing a design for our paint job 15:05 What colour are we painting our boat? 21:43 Paint reveal (part 1) 24:37 Adding an extra little bit of flair (reveal part 2) 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

SUPPORT our REFIT: donate at www.red-seas.com/refit to contribute to our projects and help us keep creating these videos Painting our catamaran might be the biggest job we've taken on! We are now in Week 8 of our refit in the boatyard and we're halfway through a complete paint job of our 47 foot hulls. Last week we shared this secret project that we've been working on in the background, and now we're getting really stuck into all the preparations that come before adding paint. We have to remove our bootstripe and the pinstripes before sanding the whole boat and repairing any damage with fairing compound and eventually we'll add some primer. We are super grateful to Alexseal for supporting our adventures - check out their paints, primers and fairing compounds at www.alexseal.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 We're painting our boat 01:16 Boat refit so far 02:31 How to remove pinstripes from a boat 03:21 Using Alexseal Fairing Compound 06:11 Health update 12:53 Sanding the fairing compound 14:16 Gelcoat repair reveal 15:19 Using Alexseal Fine Filler 16:52 What is Super Build Primer? 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

SUPPORT our REFIT: If you're enjoying these episodes, consider sending us a tip to help us keep going! Support us right here: www.red-seas.com/refit And a huge thank you to Alexseal Yacht Coatings for their support as we give our catamaran a makeover! www.alexseal.com This week we are bringing you behind the curtain into a huge project that we've been working on in the background throughout our entire catamaran refit. We are painting our boat! Indioko has worked for more than 20 years in the harsh conditions of the tropics and her gelcoat is almost worn away entirely so it's definitely time we took care of her and gave her a new lease of life. We are so grateful to Alexseal for supporting our adventure and we can't wait to get started on this huge job. Soon we won't recognise her! At the same time as repairing some damage on the hulls, we also have some touch ups to do to the diamond non skid pattern on our sugar scoops and we think we might have found a cost effective way to make our own mold that we can use to patch up the damaged spots. Let's see if it works! Thanks for joining us on this adventure! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Gelcoat vs paint for a boat 02:03 Step 1: Dewax the gelcoat 03:26 Step 2: Sand back damage 04:09 Damaged diamond non skid 06:20 Using silicon to make a gelcoat mold 12:44 DIY silicon mold for boat deck 13:38 Repairing gelcoat non skid with a silicon mold 17:30 Results after DIY gelcoat repair with silicon mold 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

SUPPORT our boat refit: www.red-seas.com/refit and help us keep making these videos for you. This boat project is the main reason we hauled out and started this huge refit in the first place. Our sailboat is more than 20 years old and the thru hulls were all starting to corrode and look well past their best, and when something as crucial as the only thing stopping you from sinking is looking past its best...it's time to get to work! We are removing 17 bronze thru hulls from our boat and replacing them with newer, plastic ones from TruDesign. We'll add collars for extra strength where possible and we can't wait to have a more reliable solution in the boat. Things get tricky with a few of our thru hulls at the end but that just gives us an excuse to make another change on Indioko. Thanks for watching and we hope you enjoy this video! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Our boat is slowly sinking 02:54 Explaining TruDesign thru hull fittings 04:17 Removing our old thru hull fittings 10:30 Fitting new thru hull skin fittings 15:13 TruDesign collars for thru hull fittings 19:16 Hard to reach thru hulls in a Leopard 47 20:47 Removing full tanks on a catamaran 22:02 Fitting new thru hulls in a catamaran 23:11 Replacing our aluminum fuel tanks 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

SUPPORT OUT REFIT: help us finish our projects and continue making these videos for you at www.red-seas.com/refit We are upgrading our solar panels on our Leopard catamaran so that we are fully set up to live off grid in some of the most remote islands in the South Pacific. We live full time on our sailboat and we very rarely visit a marina or tie up to a dock so we need to have enough power to keep all our systems running and we think this project is exactly what we need! We have been living for the last 5 years with 1400W of flexible panels (8x175W) on our hardtop and a further 800W of rigid panels (4x200W) above our dinghy but now we're removing all of these and replacing them with something newer and more powerful. The flexible panels have lasted well but we have noticed that 3 panels have failed within in the last 6 months and we can only assume that the others don't have much life left in them either. We will be installing 2x625W panels on our hardtop which will give us almost as much power as we had there before, but in a much smaller space. And then we're going to add 4x695W panels above our dinghy, giving us a huge capacity.....and they're bifacial so we can add another 15% or so on top of that with the reflections from the water. We'll monitor our usage when we get back in the water and see how efficient the bifacial panels are, and how true these claims of reflective capacity are. But for now, we're excited to have that much more power to fill our new 1200Ah of (semi) solid state lithium batteries. Enjoy! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Our massive solar upgrade 02:46 Removing flexible solar panels 03:47 Installing our new catamaran helm seat 07:04 Installing rigid solar panels on our catamaran hardtop 10:55 Designing a new solar arch for our catamaran 13:11 Removing our old solar arch 17:42 Building a DIY solar arch 24:02 Installing our new solar arch 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

SUPPORT our REFIT and help us continue to make these videos: www.red-seas.com/refit We are taking on a huge refit on our sailing catamaran, fixing a lot of things that have failed over the years and upgrading a lot of systems to better suit our off-grid lifestyle. With a 20 year old catamaran, we have lots of thru hulls that are starting to fail and we will be switching these out soon - but besides these holes in our boat, there are two more that make us worry even more. In this video, I remove and replace them with a far better solution, thanks to Henley's Engineering in Auckland. You can see more info here: https://www.henleys.co.nz/shaft-seals For more information on the remaining projects that we have coming up, check out www.red-seas.com/refit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 This is why catamarans sink 03:11 Visiting Henley's in Auckland 03:48 You need this on your boat 07:23 Removing our old seal 11:40 Installing a new drip seal 12:51 Aligning our prop shaft 13:37 Why watch our videos 15:51 Plumbing our new seals 20:38 We did it! 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

If you're enjoying our catamaran refit series, please support our projects or send us a tip to keep us going. We are so grateful you're here with us on the journey and we want to say a massive thank you to everyone who keeps us going out here! Support our refit at www.red-seas.com/refit We are pulling out our 100Ah Battleborn lithium batteries and upgrading to 5 x 240Ah (semi) solid state lithium batteries from Renogy to give us a total of 1200Ah in our house bank on our boat. We live fully off-grid 100% of the time, relying on solar panels to draw in enough power to run all our systems onboard but we never have enough storage capacity to keep us going through the cloudy days...but all that is about to change. We are installing FIVE Renogy Pro S1 batteries and we'll take you through the whole process - why we chose these batteries, where we are installing them and how we are wiring them up to our catamaran's power set up. And all this, just in time for Earth Day! Huge thanks to @renogysolar for supporting our adventure. 🌍 Don’t Just Save Energy. Make It. If you're curious about your off-grid impact, go to Renogy's website to make a calculation! 🎁 GIVEAWAY: Share your calculator results on social media to win a FREE E.Flex 30W Solar Panel! https://dataaccess.renogy.cn/t/u5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Our battery and solar set up 00:50 Renogy Pro S1 batteries 02:10 Getting rid of our Battleborn 100Ah lithium batteries 04:15 Battleborn vs Renogy lithium batteries 05:50 How to install Renogy Pro S1 battery on a boat 07:12 Why we chose Renogy Pro S1 lithium batteries 09:37 How to wire lithium batteries 13:20 Using the Renogy app to monitor battery performance 17:30 Testing our new boat battery set up 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

SUPPORT OUR REFIT: www.red-seas.com/refit for more information on our upcoming projects and opportunities to help out We are currently refitting our Leopard catamaran that has carried us halfway around the world to New Zealand. We have been working on replacing our fixed 3-blade propellers with new Gori folding props, and while we were doing that job we decided to upgrade our cutlass bearings as well. We found a company in Auckland, Henley's, who make polymer cutlass bearings and they gave us a great tip on how to install them...using liquid nitrogen! We have never seen this done before but it sounded way too much fun to ignore so we gave it a go and managed not to cause too much damage. Join us as we figure out how to install our new cutlass bearings and Gori propellers (and watch until the end to see what we did with all the leftover liquid nitrogen!) Thanks for all your support in this refit. We honestly couldn't do it without you, so thanks for watching, subscribing and hyping this video - it all helps us continue to make content. For more information on the products we installed: Henley's cutlass bearing - www.henleygroup.co.nz Gori 3-blade folding overdrive propeller - www.gori-propeller.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas NEW MERCH STORE: www.red-seas.com/shop 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Why do we need liquid nitrogen on a boat? 01:25 Replacing our cutlass bearings 04:38 How to install cutlass bearings with liquid nitrogen 09:34 Introducing the Gori 3-blade folding overdrive propeller 13:56 Installing the Gori propeller 18:32 Why Gori propellers are ideal for cruising 20:45 Making liquid nitrogen ice cream! 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours

Aftermath of cyclone Vaianu - thankfully the system has now passed us and all is well. We saw high winds yesterday and today with heavy rain all night. Plenty of leaks in the boat that will need to be repaired but thankfully nothing major. We’ve heard stories from all across the north island with lots of people facing similar conditions, some much worse, so we’re grateful the storm moved further east and stayed offshore more than expected. Hope you’re ok wherever you are and that damage is minimal as this system moves on. #cyclonevaianu #cyclonewatch #newzealand #newzealandsailing #sailingcatamaran

Seeing the difference between Auckland and Whangarei was interesting on the drive north today. Waves are starting to pick up, winds are definitely gathering strength and now the rain is starting as well. We’ll keep an eye on everything here but so far we’re all safe and the boat is holding on strong. A few leaks in our windows but that’s why we’re replacing them! #cyclonevaianu #cyclonewatch #newzealand #aucklandnewzealand #sailinglifestyle

We’re seeing the winds pick up and the rain is now starting as cyclone Vaianu arrives in New Zealand. Lots of our friends sat through this system earlier this week when it passed near Fiji and now it has made a beeline for us on the north island here. We don’t expect the winds to be as strong as they were, but it seems to be covering a much wider area and the whole of North island is on a storm watch, preparing for high winds and flooding. We’re seeing winds get up to 30 knots now and we still have another 5 hours or so until they will reach their strongest. But so far we’re all holding strong and only two things have been blown over!

It's time to switch out our propellers and this is an upgrade we have been longing to make for a few years now. We've been dragging our old fixed props behind our boat for more than 25,000 nautical miles and they cause some serious drag, slowing us down and making our passages way less efficient. We knew we wanted to move away from fixed props, but there are always drawbacks to the alternative offerings of folding or feathering propellers so when we found these GORI props, they ticked all the boxes for us. We will still retain maximum power when motoring in forward AND reverse, but we'll also have the benefits of maximum efficiency when we're sailing and the props fold away, with decreased drag and potential to catch on loose lines or items in the water. We'll test them for real when we get back in the water and start sailing again, but we're super excited to finally make this change. First off, we need to figure out how to remove our old props and while we're at it we're going to change our cutlass bearings too - and that's a whole story in itself. Check out our newest upgrade as part of this refit series. Massive thanks to GORI for supporting our adventure. You can read more at www.gori-propeller.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🙌🏻 Support us 🙌🏻 PATREON: www.patreon.com/redseas TIPJAR: www.tpjr.us/redseas SUPPORT OUR REFIT: www.red-seas.com/refit 💬 Follow us on social media 💬 FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/realredseas INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/realredseas ⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 00:00 Different types of propeller on cruising catamarans 02:47 Introducing the GORI propeller 04:57 How to remove a propeller from a prop shaft 10:58 What is a cutlass bearing? 12:08 Removing the cutlass bearing on a catamaran 16:19 Cutlass bearing is corroded onto housing 18:41 Oops, it took us 6 years to notice this mistake! 🎵 Music 🎵 All tracks can be found at Epidemic Sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📖 Our Story 📖 We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure! 🗺️ Track 🗺️ https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/red-seas/journey?find=0&sid=6132493533052928&tc=1679925060879ieours