Why we want 24v on our 30 year old catamaran

Ambitious? yes. Just a little crazy? well maybe you have to be ;) When we first bought Paikea 3 years ago, she was a relic from the past. Along with her missing rudder, ill fitting sails and skin fittings that had not been touched since she was launched, the electrical side was a mess. The electronics were outdated and the only instrument that worked on board was the depth sounder. Still, we knew she was going to require some work to reach her full potential. We spent our entire first season hand steering her through Italy, Croatia and Greece until we could find parts to fix her old autopilot. Since then, we have been slowly working on improving the boat and earning money to fix and upgrade the systems on board. The battery/solar components and upgrading our battery bank along with purchasing reliable working instruments have been our current focus. In this video, we explain why we decided to upgrade a 30 year old boat to 24v and the reasons we have chosen some of the monitoring systems we have. Shayne has been fortunate enough to work on some amazing boats and have taken every opportunity to learn from the best. Now it's time to work out where and how we are going to install our own electronics on Paikea. For more information on us check out our blog - www.youngbarnacles.com Or follow us on the socials : On instagram - https://www.instagram.com/youngbarnacles/?hl=en On facebook - https://www.facebook.com/youngbarnacles/ Click subscribe if you enjoyed this video and press that bell button if you would like to be notified every time we upload something new