I've had a 34' wooden boat for many years and you learn to deal with leaks quite often.. a good trick for small leaks is to have some sawdust in a jar or container and tip it into the water near the leak, the leak will ingest the sawdust into the hole and seal the leak. Another trick is where you have the water inlet for the motor pump, I put a T fitting and valve with a fitting and have a hose to reach any part of the boat to use as a pump if needed. Always Always have several different types and sizes of pumps both hand-operated and power operated as you may not always have power. I'm also ex RAN (Royal Australian Navy) and we have to learn how to seal leaks on ships etc.. and do a 1 week course on leak sealing.. always keep lots of rags, corks and pieces of rubber, band clamps and rope/string for sealing leaks.. Make a Leak kit!... You will never know when you will need it.!!
I use a similar method to the water intake method you mentioned to have hot running water out of my old Jeep. The old Jeep has a manual transmission. I got the radiator for the automatic transmission. I then installed a small electric pump on the inlet of the automatic transmission intercooler to suck up water from a brook or river. The water passes through the transmission intercooler and gets hot. It comes out the other automatic transmission connection line outlet as hot water for a shower when I am off roading in the outback. Or, I can use the hot water to wash the old Jeep after having been offroad, or other uses.
FACT: where I live they did a lot of lumber rafting on Alpine rivers - you had better chances of getting a job as crew on a raft if you could NOT swim.
18:40 the most efficient way to use the hand-pump is to pull a little bit slower and pull all the way until the handle hits its stopping point, then all the way back down and not pumping inbetween points. You will double your output. I've done this for decades. Love your videos!! ☺👍👍
Great video. Another great example of how to save your boat was filmed by Sailing Nandji. The crash pump that got loaned to them as well as having some epoxy and glass for repairs was the difference between a total loss and limp to a marina to make repairs! Another example was from Beau & Brandy Sailing where they had some fishermen give them some epoxy that could set up in a wet environment. Cheers!
My advice to anyone owning a boat is to keep at least 1 roll of Mariner Tape on board. It only take a very small leak on a boat to sink it, Mariner Tape can make quick work of sealing it, even under water. Great video as always guys!
In discussing the use of the engine raw water pump to use in assisting with the water removal from the bilges, it is good to also include the knowledge that the water sucked out of the bilge has to pass through the engine first before it can be pumped overboard. In many bilge flooding scenarios, the flood waters pick up dirt and debris in the bilges which can get sucked into the engine damaging the pump and causing the engine to overheat and fail. Knowing this, the prudent captain will also have on hand a screen to put over the end of the hose that will drop into the bilge that will screen out the debris that could cause this damage. It should also motivate the captain to ensure that s/he keep the bilges clean.
*Sailing* *Nahoa* : Here is how you stop your boat from sinking *ME* (living in a landlock country & gets sea sick very easily) : ahh yeees... I need to know this.
I did deliveries in HS for a retired Marine and he taught me so much. One of the most important things is that every boat is equipped with a aux pump that is easily rigged in emergencies. Basically your raw water pump can be rigged to work as a emergency pump. It's something that should be pre rigged with the hose that you carry as a spare and with a simple strainer. this way if needed you can shut the through hull and hook up the spare hose and strainer.
That High end Pump you used is what we call a sump pump and there Mains Power and soler powered as well and very cheap to buy in Thailand from most shops now. : Ps why not have a tarp so you can block the hole if possible from out side the Ship to slow the sea water and give the pumps a better chance of clearing the water until you get help ?????????.
Very humbling video with all the wrecks; but also very good information. I always enjoy your videos. Infortainment factor is always high. Thanks for your efforts and time.
You guys are awesome! My dad taught me to take a huge automotive car wash sponge along in the canoe so you don't have to pull over and empty all gear to dump water. My friends kept asking me to use my sponge because they got tired of pulling over on river bed and emptying gear to get water out. A lot of water got in the boats when we played a game with an empty 2-liter bottle. You fill it up, paddle past another canoe, then slip it into the center and they struggle to get to it and stop it from pouring out into floor. It was a blast.
I love boating! Bought my first boat this summer for the lake me and my family have had so much fun tubing skiing and swimming this year, I don't know anything about sailing or even boating in the oceans but this video was absolutely awesome as well as you guys way of life! Keep it up and stay floating!
Also a nice trick is to use your sail and get it over the hole then lash it. Helps to stem the flow. I actually used to have a patch panel worked great on another boat. My boat was a tank 1972 Columbia 30 1 inch thick solid fiberglass hull. Great job guys.
Boat builders should make that “rudder” with a hinge and a pin that breaks off on impact, or something like that to save the boat from tearing a hole. The sailors would carry spare pins and clips to replace the broken one and resume sailing. My idea is probably simplistic, but they’re brilliant engineers, am sure they can figure out something along those lines. The water pump is definitely a life saver
I've wondered why they don't have kick up rudders! A kick up rudder, upon impacting a subsea obstruction simply raises up, clearing said obstruction. The kick up rudder could be weighted with lead on higher speed boats if the owner thought it may kick up at speed, though I've never heard of kick up rudders doing so at any speed before.
@@felixcat9318 Sure, many boats have kick up rudders. $$$ more though and have to consider when the device fails to hold the rudder down when you need it to. Many believe the rudder to be the single most important component on a sailboat, if it fails during heavy weather you're SOL. Some boats have retractable rudders like the Seawind 1600 but its a topic that divides the crowed pretty hard.
That's exactly what I was thinking. So you guys can use it almost immediately without having to remove it. Was about to suggest the same idea and it looks like others have the same thought on how to do it.
Not on a sailing yacht 😐 and the one shown certainly isn’t a tank. It’s just a watertight compartment. Forepeak tanks are on larger vessels where the tank is part of the ships structures (as in the shell plating) whereas yachts generally have tanks made of metal fitted into the hull shell.
having been trhough a flooding event , I was impressed with this video. The key is been prepared , ie know your where your sea cocks are. Have lots of options for pumping out . Check your bildge always when on passage . I went aground once , when the tide came back in and the boat on its side , the water stared flooding up through the loo , sinks etc. It was fast and had we not stayed on the boat we would have come back to a sunk / ship wrecked boat. Scary !
I lived a dramatic experience in a sailboat 30 years ago. No motor, no bilge pump. In the middle of an storming night, a cutted rope pull off the shaft under the water and appeared a water source, wich starts to fulling the boat. Me and my friends did spend 12 hours pumping of eater with a handpump. The handpump saved our lives, I am sure, but I think that it were should been better if in the boat we carried on a little and portable gasoline generator and a portable hight flow pump. thanks for your demo Ben.
I really enjoyed this. I recognised a few of these from previous videos. Insane. Really brings it home seeing those wrecks. Must be horrific to experience. I guess it keeps you on full alert and at optimum performance. No room for error. I think what you both do is incredible. Thanks for always bringing us for the ride! All the best!
@@Appleduck2007 Yes, but the Stern was up nice and dry and it was calm seas. There was little danger there for 2.5 hours. In fact, some people in the back were getting drunk and having a great time. The people in the bow, well, their suffering was done.
great video !! , what i really don't understand is why so many people don't think of or refuse to or don't seem to care about bilge pumps , i had a 40 foot boat for 36 years and i had 6 pumps installed , and 2 high capacity pumps and 6 spares and everyone at the marina use to make fun of me for that but then again my boat was not a dock queen like so many boats
guys! great vid! I carry an old 4 stroke mini trash pump with 1" hose...it pumps like a non swimmer all day long! also have a manual pump like yours but 2x bigger...each stroke pumps half a gallon. bam! capt. Lawnboy!
Became a fan instantly, planning to retire at 33 (2years from now) from Puerto Rico and looking for a boat I can take my family anywhere in the Caribbean. (Please if you have any suggestions in which bout j would appreciate)
Nice that you show creative way's to save your boat, bud first role of saving it CLOSE THE LEAK!! this can be simply don by use a water tide sail with some weight on one two lower corners other corners two lines to hold the sail on front of the leak. Other way is to use porky belly and push this from the inside against the leak, alternative for this is racks fully filled with grease. push this against the leak and stamp it with wood , and don't forget to secure it! Good luck and wish you all a save journey
Yeah you're right it's devastating ... A boat doesn't naturally want to stay on top of the water ,,, it takes a lot of work ... You basically need to be living on it so that you can do a couple hours every day ... D
They exist a balloon rescued .Tie it with a thread with the boat. You've to let somethings in your boat can save your life and the boat the same time . They have many options and your intelligence And be brave.
Seagulls sank my boat it was sitting in the slip and I guess they were getting food out of the dumpster and then sitting on the boat and eating it when they dropped enough trash in the cockpit it clogged up the overflow Scuppers so when it rained all the water went into the bilge of the boat until it's on the bottom Insurance wouldn't pay for it cuz it was negligence yeah I had a boat and then I got to thinking I needed a wife and come to find out she hated everything I liked so had to get rid of the boat then I got rid of the wife and I can still get another boat Just send me a bill for the therapy session I feel a little bit better
Yep, my dad's boat sank and he was super sad for a while. Him and 10 coworkers were on it and they all made it off okay. He got the boat for 5000 and we fixed it up and made it nice.
Yeah man ,,, you're so right if nobody got hurt or killed ... You did a good job ,,, got many stories of friends that didn't make it ... From Florida ,,, one time a couple of friends got out of the boat cuz there was girls on the boat to get into water to go to the bathroom on Lake George down here in Florida ,,, well a storm whipped up ... And the girl couldn't get the boat started and get back and pick the guys up ... I mean it was white out you couldn't see nothing and one guy got picked up by an old man fishing the other guy they didn't find him ,,, for a week later ... HIS nickname was Dank ,,, cuz he always had it ,,, thanks ,,, 👍 👍👍 Dave ...
I've seen two, one close, one complete disaster. Sailing into Freedom lost their beautiful Cat, and you can see it all on TH-cam, it was a couple years ago in Australia. The other boat , I'm not sure I could find it, but they sailed into an Atoll at night, sailing just barely within inches over the reef. Woke up in the AM, looked at a recording of their path, compared to sat photos,and realized the CHARTS WERE WRONG ! Seems like maybe Catalpa as I remember they had family, kids and such. After that I found out from Nandji that you can get an overlay satellite photo , over a chart, and see where the chart errors are , its an app ? Orpheus or something like that. Might be apple only as I couldn't get it to work. Best option is to heave to and brave the swells till daylight, not worth losing your boat ! And then there's Nanji which came in late, too late to dive a line they were tied to which came loose and put them on the reef, completely out of the water. They were able to save the boat, a tough boat. Cats are not so tough usually.
Brian from Delos had an incident where he helped a neighbour with a leak - a bad one - and discovered his pump wasn't up to much and immediately bought a high flow pump for Delos. That's preventative maintenance. This is a really good video. Although, you could add something on plugging holes (Brian on Delos did that at the time but it wasn't specifically about it - cloth was the answer for many small, but potentially boat sinking, holes).
Run hard aground under the Dames Point Bridge ... Broke steering cables lost rudder outgoing tide at Mayport ,,, St Johns River ... Through every anchor I had off ,,, just to get it to stop went below to gather myself ... I was shaking uncontrollably ,,, heard the loudest Foghorn I'd ever heard ... Looked out one of my little ports and you couldn't see nothing but container barge ,,, had to take a knife and cut all the anchor ropes to keep from getting hit by a container barge ... Yeah it's exciting ... D
Thank you both so much. Why didn't anyone tell me or I think of it myself to use the raw water pump. You are my inspirations, both of you. with 5 pumps I can pump out roughly 300 gallons a minute. I'm feeelin' good
10:58 = Scary! - That's not a "seacock" it's a "ball valve" hooked up to a through-hull "mushroom" fitting and threaded pipe, and it's definitely a boat sinking hazard. I noticed the other "seacocks" in the hold are exactly the same - those are skimpy production coastal boat scantlings right there. Fine for calm coastal waters and downwind sailing under good conditions, a menace to life and limb offshore over thousands of miles and years of constant abuse.Through-hull failures are a primary cause of sinking not involving grounding or collision, so the fitting itself must be bulletproof. All seacocks have leverage working against the hull. They tend to fail when the boat is under a lot of stress, things are flying around, and the hull is flexing and working a lot - like in a gale or storm. Certainly not the best time to have your 2" ball-valve kludge crack the hull open and let lose like a fire-hose.... Think about it: how much leverage does that hose or pipe have on the fitting? Where is the most likely point of failure? At the hull where the thin lip of the fittings clamp down on opposite sides? At the point where the threaded pipe meets the bronze nut inside the hull? A proper seacock has a thick flange integrated with the valve housing with a threaded female coupling hole that accepts the appropriate threaded male pipe and mushroom fitting. The flange is then through-bolted to a backing plate with the bolts countersunk. The plate is preferably made of fiberglass, marine plywood, G-10 or a similar rot-proof composite material and then the plate is bonded permanently to the hull with thickened epoxy, 3M 5200 or fiberglass tape and resin before the mushroom fitting and threaded pipe are screwed into the sea cock from outside. You'll need to align everything when you install it, and it's really hard to do a proper job without hauling the boat. With a proper seacock, the weakest point in the assembly occurs above the ball-valve, allowing the sea-cock to do it's job by closing the hole so you can make repairs if a hose comes lose or ruptures. Anyway, I wish you both the best - It's great to see young people carrying on the cruising tradition, and no boat is perfect ;-)
I has an eye on a García Exploration yacht. According to the shipyard those yachts don't have - apart from the propeller shaft - no other through holes below the waterline.
What a thrill to consider the ever-present dangers, and also scary as hell to think I might not have handled the seacock replacement with aplomb like you two! Great stories, as always :)
That's a very interesting vlog for those whom are unsure of what they have on their own boat. High volume pumps at over 100 gallons per minute are what I would have. Several pumps located throughout the boat would be best for any situation. A tarp for outside of the hull is a great idea to slow the rate of water entering the boat. Hopefully your video gave those enough information to become less at risk of sinking.
I would also put a tee from the house water pumps into the bilge that can be switched quickly. Of course they use a lot of battery power, but better than nothing and a fast fix.
Ahhh...the old tie a line to the wrench trick! I've done that before..after diving down for the one I dropped. Really enjoy your content, thank you guys!
Awesome episode y’all. I have missed you guys. Congrats on the baby. We had our baby also on April 15. We just purchased a fixer upper 33’ hunter. See you guys out there some day maybe.
It's 435am, I don't own a boat or really plan on it. I have sailed with my father years ago and had a few adventures so that probably explains it. I will get back into sailing... dinghys and pocket cruisers! Great video.
I’ve never understood why these boats don’t have and emergency floatation system. Air bags are light weight and could be mounted to lower rail and inflation could be done with many different applications. Easy solutions to complicated problems.
Lucas Danic the bags would not be deployed unless the vessel was going down. They would not be hanging loose on the sides. They could also be implemented into the hull of the craft. Don’t think so linear where there is a will there is a way.
SOUR S4G I would assume weight and balance focused on R&D... companies cut costs anywhere and once they’re sold they aren’t their problem anymore. It’s the insurance company..
I'd have thought a *HUGE* safety feature for a catamaran would be to have two long tough inflatable tubes mounted on the inner side of each hull, which would be connected to HP air cylinders for quick inflation in emergency! Edit (after 4 responses): If the emergency tubes I spoke about were something like you'd find on an inflatable RIB, they could be secured on the underside of the catamaran with a sheet of (whatever material) which when the tubes were inflated, that would be forced downwards, protecting the inflatable tubes from sharp or rugged objects. Don't forget, this would just be for emergency purposes and if whatever design was put forward, it could even 'look invisible' (be part of the boat) before ever deployed. Cost Vs risk.
Whatever can tear up a hull would tear up your bouyancy bag, too. You'd have to get the boat off the rocks/reef first. I think what you need is two more boats to drag it off the reef and lash it to.
It would be nice to have the facility to drop some ballast, eg the dagger boards would be a good place to have some weight, and are something you could stand to lose.
Hi guys that was intresting, so turn the power off ,then you have a major problem two things we have on our boat is a big whale hand pump mounted on short board so you can move it about and long hose for over the side I think it does 1 litre per pump easy to use dos,nt clog. We,'ve found a panicky pom with a bucket is good too lol. Anyway love watching your great channel take care
Tanda Malaika's owner was my sister from another mother. I will never forget her middle of the night call, we are sinking, helicopter on it's way. Instant nausea....
Hey there. We also live on a boat. It's awesome watching yall. This is crazy. We are on a trawler, but love your catamaran. This is great! Yall have a great week
I've never owned a boat. Only ever been on a few small bass boats my entire life. But if I owned a boat and I was sailing in the oceans far from land I know myself well enough to know I'd have one huge water pump tucked away somewhere in my boat it would be ran by whatever type fuel my boat uses fuel lines from the pump would connect directly to the fuel tank of the boat. With the pump outlet maybe through a through hull the inlet hose long enough to reach anywhere in my boat easily. I'd have a couple normal sized pumps placed around with extra replacements and hand pumps as well. I would want that piece of mind knowing I could probably keep my boat floating long enough till rescue gets to me. I wouldn't be concerned about trying to save the boat from sinking obviously if I could prevent it that's great. The huge pump would be my piece of mind that I probably wouldn't have to tread water waiting for help. The first pump you demonstrated that would be like a dollar store water gun compared to the pump I'd have on board along with normal sized pumps. I'd be able to stay afloat with a basketball sized hole.
Don't know if anyone has commented on this, but that's not a seacock. You have a through hull fitting and a ball valve. You really should have an actual seacock, which is a much stronger connection to your hull. Groco is the best I know of. Also, did I see AWAB hose clamps? Bravo!!
That is the prepper's creed as well. If I sailed the seas like this, I would have about 4 high volume pumps and a spare generator just to run the pumps!
another item to have and keep a lot of, Tampon's. they do come in different sizes, shapes and styles. they all are used to plug holes. it saved my friends boat one day. his sinks thru hole busted out and had water coming in, yelled for me and i told him to grab a tampon and stuff it in there. worked great for over two days so he can buy another thru hole. Cheap and effective..
When the bilge pump goes out, youve got 2 choices wait for the water to rise to the level of the head/toilet then start flushing, the pump on the toilet works very well as a bilge pump. Or pull the toilet out and put it down in the water, and start flushing
possibly cheaper - - "Fish finders" are sonar that you mount on your boat to shoot a cone down, some to as far as 600 feet most have bottem alarms that you can set the depth on them. mounted on the front of a keel just about 1 foot under water they shoot the sonar cone in front of you boat up to 600 feet (200 ft wide) with an alarm that can be set to scream a reefs 400 ft away. 3D units will show anchor chains dock pilings any thing else you need to see on a dark cloudy night.
If you knew your boat was going to sink what could you take with you to prevent it? Inflatable buoyancy aids? I suppose if it can sink it will sink eventually. You guys are very resourceful, I suppose every sailor needs to be
Guys . Good luck with the new baby arrival ! I have been worrying about your next leg with the bambino. South into thousands of miles of potentially massive seas North into pirate infested waters. Why not ship the boat to Athens, skip the bad bit, and then enjoy the Med. ? loads of great cities, loads of airports for friends and family, hospitals etc and when your done with the med, (which could take years) have a great downwind trade wind sail home from Canary Islands to Caribbean. Stay safe & good luck ..
One night time navigation technic few people seem to utilize is a simple pair of binoculars. Even in a moonless night, if you take periodic observations especially toward the direction of your vessel, you can usually detect the white breakers of a reef-line with ample time to alter course, especially if there are waves breaking on the reef...
I've had a 34' wooden boat for many years and you learn to deal with leaks quite often.. a good trick for small leaks is to have some sawdust in a jar or container and tip it into the water near the leak, the leak will ingest the sawdust into the hole and seal the leak. Another trick is where you have the water inlet for the motor pump, I put a T fitting and valve with a fitting and have a hose to reach any part of the boat to use as a pump if needed. Always Always have several different types and sizes of pumps both hand-operated and power operated as you may not always have power. I'm also ex RAN (Royal Australian Navy) and we have to learn how to seal leaks on ships etc.. and do a 1 week course on leak sealing.. always keep lots of rags, corks and pieces of rubber, band clamps and rope/string for sealing leaks.. Make a Leak kit!... You will never know when you will need it.!!
wax paper and water proof duck tape on the outside of the boat (if you can safely do it) can get you to shore.
Good ole flex tape would be handy.
robert miller /.
I use a similar method to the water intake method you mentioned to have hot running water out of my old Jeep. The old Jeep has a manual transmission. I got the radiator for the automatic transmission. I then installed a small electric pump on the inlet of the automatic transmission intercooler to suck up water from a brook or river. The water passes through the transmission intercooler and gets hot. It comes out the other automatic transmission connection line outlet as hot water for a shower when I am off roading in the outback. Or, I can use the hot water to wash the old Jeep after having been offroad, or other uses.
@@indridcold8433 u should make a video of that! So cool!
My sailing instructor told me that non-swimmers can operate hand pumps much faster than people who can swim.
!!!!! :)
FACT: where I live they did a lot of lumber rafting on Alpine rivers - you had better chances of getting a job as crew on a raft if you could NOT swim.
Anton Ditt, I heard from a navy officer, they only accept non swimmers. They defend the ship longer. 😁
😂👍
A panicking man with a 2 gallon bucket is also a good bilge pump
18:40 the most efficient way to use the hand-pump is to pull a little bit slower and pull all the way until the handle hits its stopping point, then all the way back down and not pumping inbetween points. You will double your output. I've done this for decades. Love your videos!! ☺👍👍
Great video. Another great example of how to save your boat was filmed by Sailing Nandji. The crash pump that got loaned to them as well as having some epoxy and glass for repairs was the difference between a total loss and limp to a marina to make repairs! Another example was from Beau & Brandy Sailing where they had some fishermen give them some epoxy that could set up in a wet environment. Cheers!
My advice to anyone owning a boat is to keep at least 1 roll of Mariner Tape on board. It only take a very small leak on a boat to sink it, Mariner Tape can make quick work of sealing it, even under water. Great video as always guys!
Hand pump
first 10 gallons: 1:28
2nd 10 gallons: 3:00
3rd 10 gallons: 5:00
4th 10 gallons: My arms are falling off, get in the life raft.
I love the idea of using the engine water pump to pump out from the bilge. Never thought of that before, thanks!
In discussing the use of the engine raw water pump to use in assisting with the water removal from the bilges, it is good to also include the knowledge that the water sucked out of the bilge has to pass through the engine first before it can be pumped overboard. In many bilge flooding scenarios, the flood waters pick up dirt and debris in the bilges which can get sucked into the engine damaging the pump and causing the engine to overheat and fail. Knowing this, the prudent captain will also have on hand a screen to put over the end of the hose that will drop into the bilge that will screen out the debris that could cause this damage. It should also motivate the captain to ensure that s/he keep the bilges clean.
*Sailing* *Nahoa* : Here is how you stop your boat from sinking
*ME* (living in a landlock country & gets sea sick very easily) : ahh yeees... I need to know this.
🤣
Random J what does landlock country mean?
@@Luke-gg1km None of its territory is connected to an ocean.
YOU NEVER KNOW J
YOU NEVER KNOW.
@@Luke-gg1km I think it means that country is connected to any oceans or its surrounded from all sides by different countries
I did deliveries in HS for a retired Marine and he taught me so much. One of the most important things is that every boat is equipped with a aux pump that is easily rigged in emergencies. Basically your raw water pump can be rigged to work as a emergency pump. It's something that should be pre rigged with the hose that you carry as a spare and with a simple strainer. this way if needed you can shut the through hull and hook up the spare hose and strainer.
@ even the smallest raw water pumps move around 5-10 gpm
That High end Pump you used is what we call a sump pump and there Mains Power and soler powered as well and very cheap to buy in Thailand from most shops now. : Ps why not have a tarp so you can block the hole if possible from out side the Ship to slow the sea water and give the pumps a better chance of clearing the water until you get help ?????????.
Very humbling video with all the wrecks; but also very good information. I always enjoy your videos. Infortainment factor is always high. Thanks for your efforts and time.
Should install a protective skeg ahead of the sail drive to help deflect any submerged objects.
You guys are awesome! My dad taught me to take a huge automotive car wash sponge along in the canoe so you don't have to pull over and empty all gear to dump water. My friends kept asking me to use my sponge because they got tired of pulling over on river bed and emptying gear to get water out. A lot of water got in the boats when we played a game with an empty 2-liter bottle. You fill it up, paddle past another canoe, then slip it into the center and they struggle to get to it and stop it from pouring out into floor. It was a blast.
My sailing instructor always said "There is no pump more efficient than a scared man with a bucket"
actually made me lol
kodez79 l have to agree with you on that one 😁
Good logic but I'd rather have a 3pumps goin flat out.
But im sure the 12 passengers I bring out would be pretty efficient with buckets
You mean a man that is scare of the water or one that cant swim...
Makes sense to me !
I love boating! Bought my first boat this summer for the lake me and my family have had so much fun tubing skiing and swimming this year, I don't know anything about sailing or even boating in the oceans but this video was absolutely awesome as well as you guys way of life! Keep it up and stay floating!
Me: *doesn't have a boat*
Also me: "this is interesting"
i know i was thinking i would for sure take this and that off these crashed boats but i dont even got a boat lmao
me: rents small fishing tin boats only
also me: dreaming about sailing the entire world
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But, if I do, how much is a sonar system sold separately?
Also a nice trick is to use your sail and get it over the hole then lash it. Helps to stem the flow. I actually used to have a patch panel worked great on another boat. My boat was a tank 1972 Columbia 30 1 inch thick solid fiberglass hull. Great job guys.
I guess in another life I must've been a sailor or youtube wants me to start because this is now the 5th sailing channel for me.
During a small flood (reverse siphon from a through hull) I grabbed the pump in the shower basin and put it in the bilge. Worked!
Boat builders should make that “rudder” with a hinge and a pin that breaks off on impact, or something like that to save the boat from tearing a hole. The sailors would carry spare pins and clips to replace the broken one and resume sailing. My idea is probably simplistic, but they’re brilliant engineers, am sure they can figure out something along those lines. The water pump is definitely a life saver
I've wondered why they don't have kick up rudders!
A kick up rudder, upon impacting a subsea obstruction simply raises up, clearing said obstruction.
The kick up rudder could be weighted with lead on higher speed boats if the owner thought it may kick up at speed, though I've never heard of kick up rudders doing so at any speed before.
@@felixcat9318 Sure, many boats have kick up rudders. $$$ more though and have to consider when the device fails to hold the rudder down when you need it to. Many believe the rudder to be the single most important component on a sailboat, if it fails during heavy weather you're SOL. Some boats have retractable rudders like the Seawind 1600 but its a topic that divides the crowed pretty hard.
That engine cooling pump should have a change over valve to switch to bilge pump mode within seconds
Good idea, also maybe a valve to switch the cooling intake to another intake when it gets clogged.
I had the same thoughts.
That's exactly what I was thinking. So you guys can use it almost immediately without having to remove it. Was about to suggest the same idea and it looks like others have the same thought on how to do it.
This is standard on work boats engine is the most powerful pump on boat
You could switch it back and forth to keep the motor from overheating
The front “section” is called the Forepeak Tank and the actual wall there is called the Collision Bulkhead
Not on a sailing yacht 😐 and the one shown certainly isn’t a tank. It’s just a watertight compartment. Forepeak tanks are on larger vessels where the tank is part of the ships structures (as in the shell plating) whereas yachts generally have tanks made of metal fitted into the hull shell.
having been trhough a flooding event , I was impressed with this video. The key is been prepared , ie know your where your sea cocks are. Have lots of options for pumping out . Check your bildge always when on passage . I went aground once , when the tide came back in and the boat on its side , the water stared flooding up through the loo , sinks etc. It was fast and had we not stayed on the boat we would have come back to a sunk / ship wrecked boat. Scary !
11:16 always a GREAT idea to be in between a moving boat and a dock
I lived a dramatic experience in a sailboat 30 years ago. No motor, no bilge pump. In the middle of an storming night, a cutted rope pull off the shaft under the water and appeared a water source, wich starts to fulling the boat. Me and my friends did spend 12 hours pumping of eater with a handpump. The handpump saved our lives, I am sure, but I think that it were should been better if in the boat we carried on a little and portable gasoline generator and a portable hight flow pump. thanks for your demo Ben.
Great content once again. Thanks Ben for another serious sailing topic.
Yes , navigation is important...
I really enjoyed this. I recognised a few of these from previous videos. Insane. Really brings it home seeing those wrecks. Must be horrific to experience. I guess it keeps you on full alert and at optimum performance. No room for error. I think what you both do is incredible. Thanks for always bringing us for the ride! All the best!
How to stop your boat from sinking. - "Keep the water on the outside."
Exactly some how some boat don't
Keeping the bow and stern above water is a good idea also. I saw a few boats that had the bow dive below the top of the water.
@@indridcold8433 I can name one Titanic
@@Appleduck2007 Yes, but the Stern was up nice and dry and it was calm seas. There was little danger there for 2.5 hours. In fact, some people in the back were getting drunk and having a great time. The people in the bow, well, their suffering was done.
Drain plug mafia got to him.
great video !! , what i really don't understand is why so many people don't think of or refuse to or don't seem to care about bilge pumps , i had a 40 foot boat for 36 years and i had 6 pumps installed , and 2 high capacity pumps and 6 spares and everyone at the marina use to make fun of me for that but then again my boat was not a dock queen like so many boats
When does a boat become a submarine ?
When you don’t have a high flow pump
Both of you are very knowledgeable, it shows. Safe travels
You have two hulls, two high volume pumps would be nice. I understand cost and storage are limitations. Great vlog!!!!
I’d definitely have two
guys! great vid!
I carry an old 4 stroke mini trash pump with 1" hose...it pumps like a non swimmer all day long!
also have a manual pump like yours but 2x bigger...each stroke pumps half a gallon.
bam!
capt. Lawnboy!
Became a fan instantly, planning to retire at 33 (2years from now) from Puerto Rico and looking for a boat I can take my family anywhere in the Caribbean. (Please if you have any suggestions in which bout j would appreciate)
Nice that you show creative way's to save your boat, bud first role of saving it CLOSE THE LEAK!!
this can be simply don by use a water tide sail with some weight on one two lower corners other corners two lines to hold the sail on front of the leak.
Other way is to use porky belly and push this from the inside against the leak, alternative for this is racks fully filled with grease.
push this against the leak and stamp it with wood , and don't forget to secure it!
Good luck and wish you all a save journey
I feel sad when i see the boat undee water like that was someones dream
Yeah you're right it's devastating ... A boat doesn't naturally want to stay on top of the water ,,, it takes a lot of work ... You basically need to be living on it so that you can do a couple hours every day ... D
They exist a balloon rescued .Tie it with a thread with the boat. You've to let somethings in your boat can save your life and the boat the same time . They have many options and your intelligence And be brave.
Seagulls sank my boat it was sitting in the slip and I guess they were getting food out of the dumpster and then sitting on the boat and eating it when they dropped enough trash in the cockpit it clogged up the overflow Scuppers so when it rained all the water went into the bilge of the boat until it's on the bottom Insurance wouldn't pay for it cuz it was negligence yeah I had a boat and then I got to thinking I needed a wife and come to find out she hated everything I liked so had to get rid of the boat then I got rid of the wife and I can still get another boat
Just send me a bill for the therapy session
I feel a little bit better
Yep, my dad's boat sank and he was super sad for a while. Him and 10 coworkers were on it and they all made it off okay. He got the boat for 5000 and we fixed it up and made it nice.
Yeah man ,,, you're so right if nobody got hurt or killed ... You did a good job ,,, got many stories of friends that didn't make it ... From Florida ,,, one time a couple of friends got out of the boat cuz there was girls on the boat to get into water to go to the bathroom on Lake George down here in Florida ,,, well a storm whipped up ... And the girl couldn't get the boat started and get back and pick the guys up ... I mean it was white out you couldn't see nothing and one guy got picked up by an old man fishing the other guy they didn't find him ,,, for a week later ... HIS nickname was Dank ,,, cuz he always had it ,,, thanks ,,, 👍 👍👍 Dave ...
Very inspiring, makes one wanna get a boat, a bottle of Rum and going on an epic journey. Super cool videos, keep it up and stay safe!
I've gotta say I was surprised how fast you manually pump😉
20 min video full of vlogs. This will help me while i am stuck on my boat that is sinking
I've seen two, one close, one complete disaster. Sailing into Freedom lost their beautiful Cat, and you can see it all on TH-cam, it was a couple years ago in Australia. The other boat , I'm not sure I could find it, but they sailed into an Atoll at night, sailing just barely within inches over the reef. Woke up in the AM, looked at a recording of their path, compared to sat photos,and realized the CHARTS WERE WRONG ! Seems like maybe Catalpa as I remember they had family, kids and such. After that I found out from Nandji that you can get an overlay satellite photo , over a chart, and see where the chart errors are , its an app ? Orpheus or something like that. Might be apple only as I couldn't get it to work. Best option is to heave to and brave the swells till daylight, not worth losing your boat ! And then there's Nanji which came in late, too late to dive a line they were tied to which came loose and put them on the reef, completely out of the water. They were able to save the boat, a tough boat. Cats are not so tough usually.
Satellite photo systems can have their own errors.
Brian from Delos had an incident where he helped a neighbour with a leak - a bad one - and discovered his pump wasn't up to much and immediately bought a high flow pump for Delos. That's preventative maintenance. This is a really good video. Although, you could add something on plugging holes (Brian on Delos did that at the time but it wasn't specifically about it - cloth was the answer for many small, but potentially boat sinking, holes).
Oh my God!!!!!
I would seriously have to taken to emergency, just because of the nervous breakdown I would get!!!!
Run hard aground under the Dames Point Bridge ... Broke steering cables lost rudder outgoing tide at Mayport ,,, St Johns River ... Through every anchor I had off ,,, just to get it to stop went below to gather myself ... I was shaking uncontrollably ,,, heard the loudest Foghorn I'd ever heard ... Looked out one of my little ports and you couldn't see nothing but container barge ,,, had to take a knife and cut all the anchor ropes to keep from getting hit by a container barge ... Yeah it's exciting ... D
Yeah ,,, You right ... D
Thank you both so much. Why didn't anyone tell me or I think of it myself to use the raw water pump. You are my inspirations, both of you. with 5 pumps I can pump out roughly 300 gallons a minute. I'm feeelin' good
10:58 = Scary! - That's not a "seacock" it's a "ball valve" hooked up to a through-hull "mushroom" fitting and threaded pipe, and it's definitely a boat sinking hazard. I noticed the other "seacocks" in the hold are exactly the same - those are skimpy production coastal boat scantlings right there. Fine for calm coastal waters and downwind sailing under good conditions, a menace to life and limb offshore over thousands of miles and years of constant abuse.Through-hull failures are a primary cause of sinking not involving grounding or collision, so the fitting itself must be bulletproof. All seacocks have leverage working against the hull. They tend to fail when the boat is under a lot of stress, things are flying around, and the hull is flexing and working a lot - like in a gale or storm. Certainly not the best time to have your 2" ball-valve kludge crack the hull open and let lose like a fire-hose....
Think about it: how much leverage does that hose or pipe have on the fitting? Where is the most likely point of failure? At the hull where the thin lip of the fittings clamp down on opposite sides? At the point where the threaded pipe meets the bronze nut inside the hull? A proper seacock has a thick flange integrated with the valve housing with a threaded female coupling hole that accepts the appropriate threaded male pipe and mushroom fitting. The flange is then through-bolted to a backing plate with the bolts countersunk. The plate is preferably made of fiberglass, marine plywood, G-10 or a similar rot-proof composite material and then the plate is bonded permanently to the hull with thickened epoxy, 3M 5200 or fiberglass tape and resin before the mushroom fitting and threaded pipe are screwed into the sea cock from outside. You'll need to align everything when you install it, and it's really hard to do a proper job without hauling the boat. With a proper seacock, the weakest point in the assembly occurs above the ball-valve, allowing the sea-cock to do it's job by closing the hole so you can make repairs if a hose comes lose or ruptures.
Anyway, I wish you both the best - It's great to see young people carrying on the cruising tradition, and no boat is perfect ;-)
I has an eye on a García Exploration yacht.
According to the shipyard those yachts don't have - apart from the propeller shaft - no other through holes below the waterline.
A seachest with all the hoses leading to the box then out a single large through hull is the best, have yet to see one
What a thrill to consider the ever-present dangers, and also scary as hell to think I might not have handled the seacock replacement with aplomb like you two! Great stories, as always :)
German coast guard rookie: 'What are you sinking about?'
Bätta trävelling wiff Deutsche Bahn!
That's a very interesting vlog for those whom are unsure of what they have on their own boat.
High volume pumps at over 100 gallons per minute are what I would have. Several pumps located throughout the boat would be best for any situation. A tarp for outside of the hull is a great idea to slow the rate of water entering the boat.
Hopefully your video gave those enough information to become less at risk of sinking.
I would also put a tee from the house water pumps into the bilge that can be switched quickly. Of course they use a lot of battery power, but better than nothing and a fast fix.
@@harryanderson5551 that's certainly a way to help prevent sinking issues!
This video is PUMPING!
Yah man. Had fun plugging them holes!
@@SailingNahoa well, considering the past couple of episodes you sure did! ;)
My sailing instructor said leave lots of sea room to reefs - like miles away - especially at night.
"If you need one, take two" :)
I was taught “two is one, one is none”
If you need one take two and take a spare.
Ahhh...the old tie a line to the wrench trick! I've done that before..after diving down for the one I dropped. Really enjoy your content, thank you guys!
That water looks so amazing!
Awesome episode y’all. I have missed you guys. Congrats on the baby. We had our baby also on April 15. We just purchased a fixer upper 33’ hunter. See you guys out there some day maybe.
Seeing people's dreams like this, it breaks my heart.
It's 435am, I don't own a boat or really plan on it. I have sailed with my father years ago and had a few adventures so that probably explains it. I will get back into sailing... dinghys and pocket cruisers! Great video.
It’s nice watching a sailing couple who can both speak intelligently.
i feel so at home with you....i spent a lot of time on the water....you are going great...never stop
I’ve never understood why these boats don’t have and emergency floatation system. Air bags are light weight and could be mounted to lower rail and inflation could be done with many different applications. Easy solutions to complicated problems.
Lucas Danic the bags would not be deployed unless the vessel was going down. They would not be hanging loose on the sides. They could also be implemented into the hull of the craft. Don’t think so linear where there is a will there is a way.
SOUR S4G I would assume weight and balance focused on R&D... companies cut costs anywhere and once they’re sold they aren’t their problem anymore. It’s the insurance company..
Hey Ben, if you bend your knees a little more and straighten them a little more when you're operating the manual pump it will pump more water faster
I'd have thought a *HUGE* safety feature for a catamaran would be to have two long tough inflatable tubes mounted on the inner side of each hull, which would be connected to HP air cylinders for quick inflation in emergency!
Edit (after 4 responses):
If the emergency tubes I spoke about were something like you'd find on an inflatable RIB, they could be secured on the underside of the catamaran with a sheet of (whatever material) which when the tubes were inflated, that would be forced downwards, protecting the inflatable tubes from sharp or rugged objects.
Don't forget, this would just be for emergency purposes and if whatever design was put forward, it could even 'look invisible' (be part of the boat) before ever deployed.
Cost Vs risk.
this one probably weights about 13 tons what kind of inflatable material can sustain it
Every little bit helps....
Whatever can tear up a hull would tear up your bouyancy bag, too. You'd have to get the boat off the rocks/reef first.
I think what you need is two more boats to drag it off the reef and lash it to.
It would be nice to have the facility to drop some ballast, eg the dagger boards would be a good place to have some weight, and are something you could stand to lose.
Hi guys that was intresting, so turn the power off ,then you have a major problem two things we have on our boat is a big whale hand pump mounted on short board so you can move it about and long hose for over the side I think it does 1 litre per pump easy to use dos,nt clog. We,'ve found a panicky pom with a bucket is good too lol. Anyway love watching your great channel take care
So sad to see some people's dreams abandoned on a reef.
I agree, very sad
Tanda Malaika's owner was my sister from another mother. I will never forget her middle of the night call, we are sinking, helicopter on it's way. Instant nausea....
With insurance you buy another
Hey there. We also live on a boat. It's awesome watching yall. This is crazy. We are on a trawler, but love your catamaran. This is great! Yall have a great week
The problem started when you imagined sailing at night, then you did it.
Djur
No the problem starts when you don’t cross reference your chart plotters notice I said plotters with paper charts and your compass and sextant .
« One is enough » he said, insulting neptune.
Never say that on a boat ahah. Thanks for the vid, that was super entertaining.
I'm surprised the boats haven't been stripped of their stuff.
I've never owned a boat. Only ever been on a few small bass boats my entire life. But if I owned a boat and I was sailing in the oceans far from land I know myself well enough to know I'd have one huge water pump tucked away somewhere in my boat it would be ran by whatever type fuel my boat uses fuel lines from the pump would connect directly to the fuel tank of the boat. With the pump outlet maybe through a through hull the inlet hose long enough to reach anywhere in my boat easily. I'd have a couple normal sized pumps placed around with extra replacements and hand pumps as well. I would want that piece of mind knowing I could probably keep my boat floating long enough till rescue gets to me. I wouldn't be concerned about trying to save the boat from sinking obviously if I could prevent it that's great. The huge pump would be my piece of mind that I probably wouldn't have to tread water waiting for help. The first pump you demonstrated that would be like a dollar store water gun compared to the pump I'd have on board along with normal sized pumps. I'd be able to stay afloat with a basketball sized hole.
Best Bilge Pump in the World; "A Scared Hawaiian With a 5 Gallon Bucket !"
Captain BUCKLEY(ret.)
Don't know if anyone has commented on this, but that's not a seacock. You have a through hull fitting and a ball valve. You really should have an actual seacock, which is a much stronger connection to your hull. Groco is the best I know of. Also, did I see AWAB hose clamps? Bravo!!
"one pump is enough" ? One is none and two is one. This is boat law.
That is the prepper's creed as well. If I sailed the seas like this, I would have about 4 high volume pumps and a spare generator just to run the pumps!
I like this law
If one is not enough you should really consider find the source of leaking and repair it. It is not so complicated - they just focused on pumping :)
That high flow pump would work wonders on my pond waterfall. Lol
Hey guys i have suscribed to your channel and have been watching all of them. Bless you Ben and Ashley and Baby, stay safe and good sailing.
"But this ship can't sink. "
"This ship is made of iron, sir. I assure you she can and will."
It is a mathematical certainty
@Martin Jansen Have you watched the movie? It is a direct quote. Educate yourself.
It looks like Martin Jansen ran away, cowering in fear.
another item to have and keep a lot of, Tampon's. they do come in different sizes, shapes and styles. they all are used to plug holes. it saved my friends boat one day. his sinks thru hole busted out and had water coming in, yelled for me and i told him to grab a tampon and stuff it in there. worked great for over two days so he can buy another thru hole. Cheap and effective..
Cape Hatteras Diamond Shoals: I've ruined many a mariner's career.
Pacific Ocean barrier reefs: hold my beer
As a brazilian, that oldschool funk beat at 13:23 pleases me. Very much.
The nuts were on indeed.
do you know the name of the song please,
I can't even imagine how heart breaking losing your boat like that would be 😞
You guys are awesome! Only glad to be doing work on your boat here in phuket!!!!!!
God everytime i see this type of video. I think its happening for real.
Glad to know your safe lol
When the bilge pump goes out, youve got 2 choices wait for the water to rise to the level of the head/toilet then start flushing, the pump on the toilet works very well as a bilge pump. Or pull the toilet out and put it down in the water, and start flushing
that's actually VERY good idea, I have to remember this :D
The Tanda Malaika video was one of the saddest things I've ever watched.
In shipping the use of a ballast pump is used for this. One could advice to buy a ballast pump for this use. A master all ships. Love your vids
Perhaps investing in a device such as B&G ForwardScan that has a good reputation as a Forward scanning sonar..!?
As well as an infrared camera
possibly cheaper - - "Fish finders" are sonar that you mount on your boat to shoot a cone down, some to as far as 600 feet most have bottem alarms that you can set the depth on them. mounted on the front of a keel just about 1 foot under water they shoot the sonar cone in front of you boat up to 600 feet (200 ft wide) with an alarm that can be set to scream a reefs 400 ft away. 3D units will show anchor chains dock pilings any thing else you need to see on a dark cloudy night.
@@robertmiller5735 That's why every yacht has a fish-finder! Simples - not - water turbulence, try it at 5 knts.
You think these experienced sailors have never heard of that?
Frightened man with a bucket still the best bilge pump ever....thankss for your videos. Subbed...
“There is no faster way to get water out of a boat than a frightened man with a bucket.”
Attr. John Guzzwell
having the pump ready before you start the job is always good. you never know when something can go wrong.
#16.
personal best!
good episode, so thnx for that.
Congrats to both of you, can't wait to see you back on the water again.
👍Very cool, interesting & educational. Thank you. 💝
"Buchon" thought only i used that word. Hahaha love you guys so much, your living a life I would love. Thanks for the video from Edmonton.
You could just drill some holes to let the water pour out.
Ducking genius !
Ratus Bagus Right! Big drain holes.
🤣🤣🤣
Those sealed off sections can be filled up with expanding foam which will help the boat stay floating if water gets into the boat
I so want to grab a pallet of flex.seal stuff a huge air tank a bunch of bags and go get me a free boat . With some high flow pumps
If you knew your boat was going to sink what could you take with you to prevent it? Inflatable buoyancy aids? I suppose if it can sink it will sink eventually. You guys are very resourceful, I suppose every sailor needs to be
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love that vids guys. You young , funny and naughty 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Guys . Good luck with the new baby arrival !
I have been worrying about your next leg with the bambino.
South into thousands of miles of potentially massive seas
North into pirate infested waters.
Why not ship the boat to Athens, skip the bad bit, and then enjoy the Med. ?
loads of great cities, loads of airports for friends and family, hospitals etc
and when your done with the med, (which could take years) have a great downwind trade wind sail home from
Canary Islands to Caribbean.
Stay safe & good luck ..
I wouldnt describe ending up on a reef a "minor navigational error"... Its a major navigational error!
It could be called a discovery? LOL, like days of old.
No, you are wrong. It was a minor NAVIGATIONAL error. However this caused a MAJOR disaster.
One night time navigation technic few people seem to utilize is a simple pair of binoculars. Even in a moonless night, if you take periodic observations especially toward the direction of your vessel, you can usually detect the white breakers of a reef-line with ample time to alter course, especially if there are waves breaking on the reef...
Avanti almost looks like it could be floated out at high tide with enough airbags
I was thinking the same thing. What a shame.