Noul nostru Manta MATES | Ep 90 | Navigand pe Merewether

28 thoughts on “Noul nostru Manta MATES | Ep 90 | Navigand pe Merewether”

1. Love it…great you all helped the puppy…

2. Gorgeous blue water!!

3. Would Australia let Isabelle in if you married her? Obviously you love her very much, taking the leap-of-trust will be the best decision you ever made?

4. Those manta rays were amazing, thanks for showing us!

   You did well with the puppy … her tail muscles were getting a good work out. 🙂

   Sounds like you can hear other stations on your radio but they cannot hear you. That suggests the antenna connection is probably OK.

   You could check is if the radio is transmitting at all. VHF marine radio uses FM, so if the RF power amplifier is working then it should still transmit full power when you press the microphone push-to-talk (PTT) button regardless of whether you speak into the microphone or not. You probably don't have an RF power meter handy, so you could check this by putting your Fluke ammeter in the positive DC supply lead and measuring the current when receiving and then seeing what happens when you hit the PTT. If it's a 25W radio, you should see about 3A on transmit for a 12V DC supply, or about 1.5A for a 24V DC supply – it will be lot less on receive, i.e. many tens to a few hundred(s) of mA depending on radio and supply voltage. It's also worthwhile putting the Fluke as a voltmeter across the DC input to the radio and watching what happens when you transmit – is the voltage dropping due to a dry joint somewhere? Panel lights will also tell this story – if they dim significantly when you hit the PTT switch, then the voltage is dropping and there's a dry joint in the DC supply to/from the radio

   If you're not seeing that sort of current, then that suggests either the final amplifier isn't getting / using power: blown final transistors – ouch! Is there an internal fuse in the transmitting circuits that might have blown? Is the PTT switch working (check the switch, and the continuity of the microphone cable where it enters the microphone and where it enters the plug on the radio – typical places where it breaks)? Otherwise, it could be another fault which is a bit more complicated radio-wise (modulator, local oscillator, etc).

   If you are seeing that rise in current, then it's possible the microphone's audio is not making it from the microphone to the transceiver – again, check the cable where it meets the microphone and at the plug at the transceiver.

   Marine radios can get a bit "green" inside due to the salt-laden atmosphere, and the microphones tend to get a fair beating (dropped, etc).

5. Awesome video again guys!

6. Chafing gear is a must for that forward preventer/downhaul on your pole. Do you have a toerail or stanchion base that would allow putting a snap shackle/pulley snatch block on the foredeck on the same side as the pole, so that the line will not cross the lifelines? Manta footage was awesome! Great shame about the little dog.

7. You both are great Nature lovers and with love comes care and compassion. Good for you two !!! The rays were otherworldly Wonderful …but of this world and one of millions of interesting species here.. Hey we humans have our faults but if we remember human has humble and humanitarian in it and when we become what our collective name means to the greater good we can really get going further on a good future compass course for All the world's creatures. Love your enthusiasm for living!!!

8. Another awesome episode guys. Manta ray footage is epic. fair winds and following seas Merewether.

9. 👍😎👍💕

10. take the damn dog guys, what the hell.

11. you guys are so lucky Mantas!!!!!!

12. They are manta rays not sting rays

13. ha man stop calling her baby

14. Consider using a bridal on the top for the topping lift and the bottom for the Down haul. That would put the purchase on the center of the pole and if you used one block in the center of the deck for the down haul it would clear all the lifelines. When you jibe you can release the topping lift and “dip” the pole and attach it to the sheet on the now windward side…..

15. I'll bet the Mantas would make great sandwiches. 😁

16. Your ROPE GUIDES are known nautically as FAIRLEADS. Also you GO BELOW, not DOWNSTAIRS. Get with the lingo if you want to be sailors!!!! Capt JB

17. Seeing you 2 living life in the sun having fun while I have been waking up to 32°f makes me understand that its time for me to get back to the ocean. See you next week

18. Can you use the base of your stanchions for your preventers?

19. giant Manta rays can have up to a 29 ft wing span, you might get to see some whale sharks too if you are lucky

20. Never want to be frustrated by issues with your pole mate, especially not chafe! As a quick fix, if you put a loop of rope through the center of your cleats up there, you can run the blocks on that rope and outside your lifelines to the pole and that should keep them from giving you chafe. You could take it a step further and put an adjustable line on the toerail/bulwark to allow the block to be raised or lowered for another level of trim. But that would be a bit tough to do from what I can see of your toerails at sea. Pro-tip, that block is gonna fall and bang and do all sorts of havocc if it's off the deck. So make sure you have something that stops it falling and banging into things like a piece of shock cord to the pulpit.

21. I hope you guys kept that little dog! ❤️

22. Wow…love the drone shot of the trio of Manta Rays they are so fluid flying in the water. Thank you guys for caring for the little dog…dogs are a big part of my wife’s and my life. Kieran, do you carry a backup portable marine radio or just the console mounted one? I would be very nervous without communications. I hope Isabelle feels better…even not feeling well she looks like a ray of sunshine. Stay safe mate. Fred in Texas

23. amazing 🙂

24. Great video, it must have been amazing to see the group of mantas swimming close by.
    The owners of the puppy should be ashamed, she’s lovely and so friendly. 😌

25. the paragon of animals, in the poem it says; no just humanity to a dog.

26. You don't need a halyard/uphaul for a whisker pole for the jib. Just make the bowline loop on the jib sheets large enough to clip the pole onto the loop instead of allowing the sheet to run through. If its not to long and within the forestay you can tack with it like that and the pole will still do the job on the lazy sheet.

27. You must be sick of beautiful locations, blue water, sandy beaches, palm trees. Or am I crazy to think that anyone would ever get sick of paradise? Those rays, 😮 great footage

28. Shackle a pulley block to the toe rail for your jib pole downhaul.

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