Ep. 56 The Dusseldorf Boat Show '25 and an UPDATE

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We are so close to finishing the shell of the boatbuild. Odisea Catamarans have been helping the project by keeping my costs as low as possible but we need a final push to get us over the line...not the finishing line but the start line to the Elcano World Challenge.

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[jstamps]

Bart did an amazing job. I definitely liked the intro, a bit of a throwback to pre-build Sailing into Freedom.

[stevecrombie]

Thanks Bart. We are pretty sure Peter would be lost without you.

[Corrvision]

That is awesome that Raymarine has stepped up and are supplying the Nav, radar and flir cameras equipment!

[ahamba]

From another tech guy, much respect to Bart for his generous donation of expertise and so much time to SIF to make the Elcano tech. happen. Plukky, It is excellent to see a team coalescing around the inspiration and vision.

[hroper]

Yes that CAPTAIN'S CHAIR is close to perfection. It would be a good fit for the Enterprise. Hell yeah brother! Definitely not too expensive for my taste. We live in the Terran Empire after all.

[scottymac]

Well done Bart you gave us a great insight..

[oz-ska-fest]

Hey Plukky Bart is a gem isn't he . Great work Bart

[colinpacker]

Brilliant stuff. Great effort Bart. So good to see things moving ahead.

[ianh]

Top stuff Bart, well done for helping out the project in a major way.

[ExtraordinaryHorizons]

The attention to detail is amazing! We we're working on our catamaran and it is fun and we are really excited on the outcome.

[jonathanscott]

Excellent Video BART!!!! You showed Peter how a video should actually be taken. Plunky, hope you were paying attention and learnt something from Bart's video.
You sure do have some really good sponsors, and I guess this was because of BART.
It's great news the Cat's building is still going on and looking forward to the next video. Cheers

[Deakonfoto]

Bart from Belgium is kicking a$$ for you!

[leadreviewer]

Awesome video great update wow what a boat show. Always great stuff going on

[davidpeck]

Excellent work Bart. Really appreciate the insights you showed us at the boat show. Shout out to Ray Marine, LewMar and Brunton's Propellers for being sponsors, you all are top of the line peoples for supporting the "Elcono World Challenge".

[robertbuckley]

It will be very interesting to see the equipment in use.

[wayneboswell]

Top stuff Bart top stuff have followed your Chanel plucky since early days love ya.the mad mullet from Mackay Qld.😜

[themadjedi]

Onya Bart, you are the pillar holding up champion column holding up the championship heroic column of column of heroic heroes

[learigg]

We have an axiom system with i70s displays, really nice to use. Raymarine don't market the functionality of the i70 displays anywhere close to what they deserve, they're still one of the best multifunctional displays on the market.
I'm really pleased Raymarine are sponsoring the project.

[ottisthedog]

Liked! Subscribed!! Commented!!! Ok Plucky im think'en Bart and his family need a 1 year vacation on the boat going wherever he wants and his only job is to wander around the boat, point at stuff and say "i did that" or "that was me".

[markchris]

Hey Plucky, it looks like you're going to have a really modern almost futuristic boat! Congratulations to that. One thing though you, better not think this boat (again) otherwise you're sponsors will be extremely pis... off. I mean with all that energy eating, massive amount of equipment what could possibly go wrong? 😅