Wrecked boat update and much more!
11 June 2025 · 37 min · 125K views
What this video covers
Bobby White's insurance claim on a totalled Island SPIRIT 525 catamaran — wrecked during a delivery run from Thailand to Singapore, grounding in Malaysia — remains unresolved nearly seven months after the incident.▶ 0:27 The survey alone took over four months to complete because the boat sat on the beach for three weeks before a surveyor could reach it; paperwork has been with the insurer for just over a month.▶ 0:50 White declines to name the company but flags concern, citing industry-wide claim denials on technicalities such as unverified fire extinguisher maintenance.▶ 1:59 A replacement Island SPIRIT 525 is under construction; hull three is complete and White's hull five is expected finished by year-end.▶ 2:57 The Q&A also covers three types of hurricane-season insurance policies — hard exclusion zones, named-storm exclusions, and higher-premium named-storm coverage — with White's current boat required north of Morehead City, North Carolina by 1 July.▶ 5:30 Additional topics include lithium battery temperature management systems (BTMS) and thermal runaway prevention, shaft-drive versus sail-drive configurations on the 525's electric motors, metric versus SAE tool sets for older boats, LOA versus waterline length (the CT-56 measures 56 feet on deck but 62–63 feet LOA), legal black-water dumping distance (two miles offshore), and hydro-regeneration limitations with slow-turning electric props — including a finding that engaging the motor to match a free-spinning prop at 4–500 RPM reduces drag and adds roughly half a knot for only a couple of amps.▶ 8:10
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