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Welcome to this week's episode- today we're taking a tour of the wiring onboard hull #1 of the Seawind 1370. We also take a deck tour and Nick finds the best seat in the house!
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Welcome to another episode of Sailing Ruby Rose. There is so much noise because there is so much
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going on in this factory. This is hole one, Ruby Rose two over there, three, four, five, six
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seven, eight. Eight holes in production. Today we're looking at electrics, battery installations
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the electricians are speeding through, windows are going in, the front is on the boat
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the bowsprit is in, a beautiful piece of kit, lots to show you. Enjoy this one, it's going to be great
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So let's jump on board hole number one and see exactly what we've seen since we jumped on last
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week. Yeah, a real hive of activity. There's a lot of electrical work going on here. This is a
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battery box, so the battery box is going in there. So what else have I got to show you today? Now
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the side windows, these guys have been prepping this for ages. So as you can see, the guys
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are using a little multi-tool to make sure that it's perfectly honed on, all fared down
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to bond the side windows in. And of course the side windows in that toughened, tinted glass
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all there. Now that they've put the cross beam back in, you can see that anchor area
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everything put in here, the size of this is huge, and then underneath there we have the carbon fiber
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bowsprit. That is beautiful to see. Carbon fiber, extendable bowsprit. So if you are going to be working the foredeck, literally I can sit here, so I'd say that's about
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a meter long. The fact that you can sit here is actually a real bonus. And actually, you know
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what? There's a backrest here, literally I'm on a floating platform, it's wicked. Yeah, loving this
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And honestly, this foredeck is huge! Yeah, nice. Let's start firstly, let's walk down this side deck. This is obviously the
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starboard side deck. Inside, so much to see going on. As we head down into the cockpit
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there are workers everywhere. We are really ramping up into a different stage of production here
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Now, as we head into the saloon, there are a lot we can see. Now, this is obviously where
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the settees are going to go. Now, the entire master vault system is in place, minus the
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batteries, but there are huge wiring looms, isolator switches for the batteries, and again
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everything. I actually have an absolute bent for the looms and how neat everything is here
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Now, if we remove this cardboard box, what we can see is that this metal box has the busbars
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in place. So again, the electrical system on this boat is absolutely huge. 24 volts
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and it's going to have to be stepped down to 12 in parts, but again, busbars for fuses
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so that everything is easily accessible. And this is really, because of Ruby Rose, I know that
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actually being able to check the fuses, check the busbars is something that you need to do sometimes
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very, very quickly. We've had issues before with things like the windlass fuse dropping out
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and things tripping. So again, knowing where all these panels are, where everything is clearly
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labeled for future maintenance and obviously for problem solving with electrical issues. And
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again, for those of you who may have watched our episodes in the BVIs, there were some issues with
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just a stray earth with a tripped switch. And again, this is going to be super useful for us
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to know exactly where everything is. Everything will be labeled and easily resolvable using just
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flow charts. So inverter charger for us, again, master vault, because we are going to have some
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pretty complex systems on the boat. With the inverter, we are going to be running on while
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we're at anchor, things like washing machines, hair dryers, and we're looking up to like three kilowatts here, three and a half kilowatts. So again, lots and lots of power requirement
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Moving to this wiring loom, this runs all behind the chart table. So again, underneath the chart
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table, you can see where all the chargers are, chargers for the batteries, easily visible and
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something that we, again, from a maintenance point of view, find very, very useful. Now
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if we step down into the port or the master hall, you can see where everything is going on here
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There is a lot of cabinetry that has now gone into place. Again, talking to Miriam last week
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they are definitely working with mixed materials. So we've got areas which are going to be covered
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in fabric. We've got areas which are wood-faced, and then we've got that twin gel coat in light
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grey and white. So again, it should be absolutely like really a beautiful area
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Now, the templating, as you can see, looking at the headlining, anything that you see in green
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from past videos is where they are still templating, and they template in this green MDF to
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make sure that, as per the discussion on the motorbike, and yes, I do understand that vlogging
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on a motorbike is dangerous, but if you can see where this green headlining is, this is where the
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CAD design hasn't been finalised. And so what they are doing is they're taking the CAD design
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and turning it into actually a template. So again, a mixture of colours. These panels
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will be fabric covered. Then we look up to these large windows, the white gel coat. So we've got
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I think in our case, it's going to be a grey, a slightly grey fabric, white fibre glass
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grey fibre glass, and then this oiled ash. Honestly, I think the final look is going to
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be absolutely amazing. And obviously, then we go into this whole drama about bedding and soft
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furnishings, and obviously this is a completely different chapter, which is probably more based
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in Sex and the City than actually boat building. So oiled wood at the back facings. I think this
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is ash, and then this kind of like fairly neo-retro cabinetry with the shapes are all cut
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out for the handle. So again, an interesting design. As it all ties together, I am absolutely
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sure that this, from a visual point of view, is going to be super, super beautiful. Also
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just something to notice is that it's aluminium. Aluminium for our European neighbours. Track has
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been put in place, and this allows for the privacy door to be, for the master cabin to be
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sort of like placed. But there's also additional storage here for small pantry items. So as this
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comes across, I'm not sure this design has been finalised, but again, interesting to see as this
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comes into play. Stepping down into the starboard hull, what do we have here? Well, again, this lady
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carpenter, honestly, she's amazing, but she is finishing off the carpentry in the small cabin
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And as per last week, it's not exactly a small cabin. It is bigger than the master cabin on Ruby
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Rose. But again, all the fiddles in place, the templating is now in place for the surrounds for
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the windows. And this is really tying together. So really, it's not going to be long now before
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this is going to be signed off on, and we'll be working towards actually getting mattresses and
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obviously finishing this off. One thing to note, there is a guy here working on the steering
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linkage. Now, this is super important. The steering linkage is put in to tie the two wheels together
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Everything all coming together. So between technicians and the like, we have everything in
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place. So follow me, walk with me, walk with me. I want to just show you a couple of other little
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things I picked up on while during my inspection today. Inspection? It's not inspection, it's just
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me fanning around with the camera, clearly. So what do we have? The helm seats. Actually, we talked
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about this before about the helm seat design and how it wasn't finalized. Now we actually have a
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helm seat for trying. So we've got this box, which is obviously that's backwards of the helm
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seats. Obviously, everything's been put up there. The batteries have now been installed. This guy
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this electrician is working so fast. European, Australian electricians, be aware. These guys
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work super fast. This electrician, yep, working super hard. All installed there. Lovely. Guys
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they're working pretty hard. That extra window's in. Let me just have a little look at that. So
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they are bonding that window in. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful piece of glass. Quick move around the factory. Electrician's just honestly going absolutely
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gangbusters here. Gangbusters. Ruby Rose 2. Want to take a swing around this, everyone
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Want to take a swing around it? I know that you're all asking, well, how far behind
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hole one is hole two? Ruby Rose 2. So what have we got here? Stainless steel for midway, all in place
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Let me have a look at this space. What else do we have? Obviously, this stern section
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where are we going to put the life raft? All in there. So we've got a completed hull
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We have got completed helm stations. Obviously, it looks super, super dark in here because they
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haven't cut the windows through. So we've got a whole area that needs to be opened up. But
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because they've done so much work on one, two should be straightforward. Target arch in, carbon fibre coach roof in. All good. Three over there, four there
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And then let me just take a quick walk through because I know some of you are actually really interested in batteries. That is five. OK, so hang on a second, let's just do some counting
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. They have seven boats on board and they're just
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releasing another one and they're infusing another. So there we are. So did you enjoy that
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This boat really is coming on. She will be in the water before too long. Two's coming on
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but we're looking forward to test sailing hull one in the new year, I should imagine
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If you enjoyed that, give us a like, give us a thumbs up, leave a comment. If you want to see
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life in Vietnam, let me know what you want to see. I will be back next week. You enjoy yourselves
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Stay safe, everybody. Bye bye
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