How we got $5,000 winches for $500 🤑 [EP 157]
13 December 2021 · 16 min · 62K views
What this video covers
The owners of the 40-ft sailboat Millennial Falcon sourced replacement winches from a salvage warehouse in Faro, Portugal, to upgrade their undersized sheet winches. After arriving in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, the crew identified a need for larger winches but found new units prohibitively expensive.1:22 A contact in Faro provided access to a warehouse containing equipment salvaged from boats abandoned in a local yard for seven years.8:02 Khiara flew from Lanzarote to Lisbon and traveled to Faro to inspect the inventory.5:58 She purchased two 44-size winches for 200 euros each, significantly less than the 1,500 to 3,000 euro cost of new units.12:00 The winches, which weigh 12.5 kilograms each due to their chrome finish, were transported back to the boat as luggage.13:37 The yard owner also included several interior lights at no additional cost.15:39 The crew plans to perform a direct performance comparison between the new 44-size winches and their existing 42-size units.15:19
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