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Lake Champlain is beautiful, I have an uncle that lives up that way and we always drive past when we go to visit. Sorry to hear you had to postpone your trip! Its been a while since we filmed this one but if I remember right, we hadn't really messed around with rig tension at this point since buying her. Since this episode, we've replaced all of our chainplates (except the stem fitting) and have tensioned up our rig a bit more. We still have a little bit of movement in the leeward shrouds but it's not very much. Have you looked at your chainplates for corrosion? Both of our aft lowers were severely corroded and the starboard one actually broke free while we were sailing! That's something I'd definitely take a look at before heading South, for peace of mind!

Thank you so much for your feedback. All the best to you both. Gordon & Lyette

We were there! We sailed up and only went to the show one day, we'll probably be there again next year so keep an eye out for us! Here's a link to our patreon if you want to check it out www.patreon.com/thegreatescape123? I'm working with a friend to come up with some designs for merch, hopefully we can open a little online store next year!

I joined your patreon bc I love the content/story/you guys and I have a suggestion. Put the link to Patreon on your YT home page, unless I dont see it?

Good call! Thanks for joining us on Patreon! You're actually our very first one, so thank you 😊

@@Sv_SeaDuctress thanks, nothing like fixing an old boat! This is the only video we have on the windlass. I wish we had a little more detail in there but we're learning the whole filming while working thing!

Yep they're all cut and smoothed out so they can't hurt anyone!

Give us a shout if you do!

The Bay is such an amazing place to cruise. I really think that the water was clear, it would be a big tourist/cruiser attraction. At the same time, I'm glad it's not that way so that we get to really enjoy the quiet places

Thank you! 😊

Thank you!! They may be old, but they're amazing boats!

Next time you see us, stop and say hi! 😊

Honestly can't remember... But we just hauled a few months ago and it was $900 I think for the haul and two months out

@@thegreatescape2022 awesome thanks!

Vice grips are life savers! The plastic around the bases sounds like a good idea. I've thought about building a little mound with glass at the bases so water wouldn't be able to pool there. Hope you found your chain plate issues before they broke!

@@thegreatescape2022 Yeah, everytime I put in a deck feature or through hull I add a 1cm high hdpe mound. It makes distance from the holes/screws to the sealant edge and gives hieght out of deck water. Even better if you route a small trench just in from the border underneath to allow the sealant to form a grommet, a small taper underneath any drill hole too for the same reason. Learnt from the boatyard. I commiserate and applaud another Tartan 37 restorer, I have hull no#9, and I'll admit sometimes the Beatles song of the same name is in my head as I work.

Thank you! 😊 The 3800 is a pretty boat and its hard to beat the Tartan pedigree!

You should be able to find a good boat with that budget, especially since we found ours for much less. Tartan still has some good references for this boat, including the manual. Here's a link tartanyachts.com/tartan-classic-t37/

@@thegreatescape2022 Thank you so very much! Love your story.

They're beautiful boats and great to sail! We were planning to stop in to Rock Hall a couple of months ago but the weather didn't look good for where we wanted to anchor. I have a feeling we'll stop in there at some point. If you see us out on the bay, give us a shout!

Really appreciate that Mike! Now when you say front to back, front is the side with all of the pulleys and such, back would be the side with the transmission? That's where the manual fell short...

@@thegreatescape2022 Actually, for this service, it does not matter. the valvetrain layout is a mirror image. Works either way.

That's kind of what I'm thinking too, especially since the freshwater outlet from the water heater wouldn't get hot... I cracked the inlet freshwater seal on the heater to remove the air which then made that hose get warm, but for some reason I couldn't get the outlet hose to get warm (I backflushed though the heater so I know it's clear). I also made sure that the mixing valve was closed so that coolant had to go through the heater and it couldn't bypass it. I should also note that in past, I've opened the bypass valve to bypass the heater and we would still overheat. I've had the freshwater pump off a few times and all seems good there. Belts are tensioned too. I'm thinking once I figure out the air bubble it'll run cooler

OK it seems like you have ruled out the heater circuit being the airlock. I recall the water heater gets its coolant from the top of the engine near the thermostat. Is there an air lock there? I recall having this problem on my W50, but I do not recall how I resolved it. How long does it take for the engine to overheat and under what load? The temp sensor is in a place where it would register hotter than the engine actually is. If you run the engine and it heats up fast, when not under load it could be that it is just working air out of the system (it is always going to be there when you take it apart) and it would collect there and cause the temp sensor to read high until the air gets pushed to the expansion tank. Just a theory. You say you have good flow at the exhaust--it would be good to see what it looks like. redurkee at gee male.

Hey Ray, any help you can give would be great! I was just at the boat today going though the whole freshwater circuit and I'm not sure anything I did made a difference. The thermostat is a 180 with the little hole (it has a little brass plug type of thing in it that can open and close, does that sound right?). I just replaced this today just in case, even though I tested the old T Stat a few days ago at home on the stove. I put a new oil cooler on a few days ago, didn't make a difference and didn't notice any clogging or anything else in the old cooler. I've read that these can fail so the new one is at least a little peace of mind! I found 2 impeller blades in the raw water pump the other day. Now the water flows really well but still overheats... I back flushed the whole freshwater side today. Pushed out some crap but nothing major. Still didn't seem to make a difference. I've also checked all elbows for blockages, everything I've gotten into has been surprisingly pretty clean and clear. Since emptying the system and backflushing today, I think I have a bubble in the water heater... I had to leave before I could get that sorted out. Do you know of any good tricks to treat that?

@@thegreatescape2022 So I assume the raw water pump has all its blades and you have to checked that out, right? So the blades are from a previous impeller? Where exactly did you find them--they could not have been inside the pump housing I generally find them in the discharge orfice of the pump or in the first raw chamber of the heat exchanger--have you checked those places (I know you have a new Hx, but the blades could have lodged in there when you first put it back together.--they get lodged in the hoses and show up periodically if you do not check your impeller or if you run it dry with the intake closed. The cast off blades tend to jam into any turn in the cooling hoses and at the nipples. If you lose them, you need to find every single one. The hoses can lose an internal flap and create a blockage if they are old--they age from the inside out. It would be interesting to see a video of the output of your exhaust. The only way to get a bubble out of your water heater circuit is to disconnect the to and from hoses at the engine and blow them out. Next time you change the coolant--disconnect both hoses and fill them with a funnel and quickly connect them to the engine. And it overheats even when not under load, is that right? I was flabbergasted when you took the injectors apart. As you probably know now, that is not a job for a DIYer no matter how many TH-cam videos you might see, They rarely fail and should be left alone.. Same goes for the injector pump: do not EVER think about taking it apart--there is nothing a mortal can repair in there without special calibration tools and the O rings are not something you can buy off the shelf---professional mechanics send these whole units in to a diesel shop with special tools to service them . Do you have Nigel Calder's Boat Maintenance book--you need it. You have my email. I will help you with this. I am very familiar with the W-50. The cooling system is its weakness, but it can be managed. I am going to say at this point that you have an impeller blade in the system you have not yet found. You might also try taking the water heater out of the loop as the air bubble might be stopping coolant flow.

@@petethecatable I found one of the impeller blades in the raw water intake elbow all folded up, the other was in the outlet elbow all folded up. Removing those made a huge difference in the water flow, but it still overheats. It's overheating even at idle right now so I'm pretty sure I have an air bubble in the heater. I just had the HX off today and both end caps off, cleaned the tubes and didn't find any other impeller blades (I'm always on the lookout for those now!). The hoses are pretty old, it definitely could be that... I actually think I wouldn't have had an issue with cleaning the old injectors if I had used the right fluid to clean them with... Oh well, learned the hard way. The new injectors had to be set to the right psi before installing (did all of that off camera). These mechanical injectors are pretty easy to work with in my experience, I wouldn't dare touch the high pressure pump though!

@@thegreatescape2022 OK there is one more possible issue. If you have the HX with the two caps, those caps are VERY fussy about alignment, The ridge on the inside of the cap is a bitch to get set right and tight and if you don't the raw water never gets a chance to cool the coolant. I had this problem sevaral times when I was first working with the W50. The groove has to fit perfectly or the HX does not work.

@@petethecatable I was super careful with setting those back on today. When I first took them off today I was hoping to find that the manufacturer put them on wrong, but nope!

Hey Jesse, I couldn't find your email on your channel but ours is thegreatescape8675309@gmail.com . So far, we haven't noticed any movement or flexing in that area anymore and we've been out in a few strong breezes since we made this video Congrats on selling your boat! I saw your post on the T37 forum and you clearly had put a lot into her. Did you end up with another yet? -Saylor

Thank you! Sometimes I wonder how busy the Bay would be if the water were as clear as the Bahamas, but then all of the amazing anchorages would be packed! The Chesapeake is a gem. Hope you're sailing season is full of adventure (and things not breaking!)

Thank you!! It's a great place to cruise, there are so many great anchorages around but it's known to get pretty gnarly in the wrong conditions

Hey! I actually have alopecia, I was diagnosed when I was 8. Not an awkward question at all! I get asked a lot so I'm pretty used to it, its not everyday that you see someone without eyelashes or eyebrows. I hope you're doing well, I'd never heard of ED so I had to do a little research and still feel like I don't know much about it! Europe might just be in our looonngg term plans, one day...

@thegreatescape2022 .... Thank you for answering. Anyway... ED is ectodermal dysplasia. Not even close to what you have but still hairloss and ayebrows are related symdroms, or lack there of. Unfortunatly ED is also Swetglands and pigment in your skin. So I can not be in the sun for to long or actually do anything in the heat... since I get overheated. No swet, no cooling system... right... Anyway... cool to hear from ya. I thing i got a friend up north in sweden with alopecia. Unfortunately it is a she and you can imagine the upbringing.... with no hair for a girl. More power to you and her.... C ya