SPLASH DAY! ⛵️💦 Does Our HARD WORK Pay Off?? EP. 57

[ SUPPORT US ON PATREON ] https://www.patreon.com/sailingseawind [ ONE TIME CONTRIBUTIONS ] https://bit.ly/3e5YE78 Three weeks of boat work has brought us to this moment. We uncovered Seawind after 7 months of sitting in a field awaiting our return, redesigned and built an exhaust system on our Bukh DV20, lapped a thru hull and greased the others, made some improvements to our galley and so much more. Today is splash day! A term often used to describe the date of which a vessel is to be launched into the water, to float and operate as the owner expects (and hopes). This is also a day of anticipation and boy are we full of it! Any boat owner knows that preventative maintenance can be the line between life and death. Our aim is to continue keeping our sailboat in good working order so we can continue living and adventuring on her happily and safely! Will all of our work in preparation for this date pay off? This is what we find out in this weeks episode of Sailing Seawind. Come along for the ride as our boat flies (quite literally) into the water, and we have our fingers crossed as we fire up the diesel for the first time, and see if our new exhaust system works. Oh and does that pesky seacock start behaving?? Enjoy! #sailing #couplevlog #boatproject #dreamteam #sonyalpha #cinematic [ BOAT SPECS ] 1978 Allied Seawind II Hull #89 Displacement - 15,000 pounds Ballast - 5,800 pounds of lead (encapsulated keel not bolted on) Marconi Cutter Rig Length - 32' Beam - 10.5' Water Draft - 4' 6" Air Draft - 45' [ MUSIC BY EPIDEMIC SOUND ] LBL by Cospe Effortless by Tape Machines A Hakuna Love Story by Christian Andersen Supine by Peter Sandberg