STUCK in the Middle of NOWHERE with a BROKEN BOAT [EP 163]
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As a lifelong Marine Engineer in the UK Merchant Navy..
I was quite impressed by that repair!..
Drum finished, noise from the top? „More would be excessive“ 🤣
Once again I like your style! Someone will take care of you, fair winds and all the best
Can see your Yachtmaster instructor sucking his teeth at your lack of charts Adam... tut tut... :-) ! Well done sorting it out with the Open CPN. Good reminder to always have a decent back up plan, that actually is a plan, thank you for your honesty and generosity in letting me learn from your mistakes! Was wondering if there was going to be a plop when some O ring or something dropped of the bottom as you removed the furling mechanism! Great repair, nice that you got to see a bit of Cape Verde! Hope the rest of the crossing goes well (This is all meant in good humour just incase it doesn't come across!)
To make an emergency repair like that and it go “as smoothly “ as it did should give both of you such a sense of pride! Job well done!
To fix a major problem in an area with few marine resources is flying with Neptune at your side.
Great story.
Huge circlips are used in aircraft landing gear. To install or remove them, cut a patch of steel from a soup can. Wrap it into a U, or around your circlip. Grab the sides with a vice grips and pull it or tap it with a wooden mallet where you want your circlip to go. Done. I think you had the option of converting your rolling gib sail to a hanking sail. Lighter.
Fantastic job. Great video.
I love you two!! So fun to watch!
LOL for the bag of holding. Very apt
Great job !!! From Sullivan’s Island,SC.... S/V Kemp Sabay
Good work. Well done.
Cruising - the fine art of repairing your boat in exotic places.
Thanks for sharing your bumps and bruises along with the joys and triumphs.
What very nice people you are.
.... laughing ... the shop guy, did you see any familiar faces every time you passed through his door .. how many customers was he telling to come back in an hour .. Adam, I thought you were going to elaborate on Khiara's 18 month circumnavigation comment for the newbies here .. I had missed the mention of Norway previously, that's exciting ... you have mentioned on a couple of occasions that this is the first lap, so Mindelo may have to be explored on a future lap .... bang up job on the furler .. snap ring spreaders, hardly ever use them but when you need them and have them, they are a godsend for sure .... thx for the share Adam & Khiara .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....
Great Job!
Thank the stars that Adam is so mechanically-inclined. I often feel your pain when you two are hit by adversity, but somehow Adam thinks his way through, and Khiara's charm and positive attitude obviously makes waiting out parts and service that much more tolerable. Love watching you both.
I like your summary of our team work! 😁
Woah you just outed yourself as a gaming geek. The bag of holding I love it. By the way on one of the channels I heard cruising described as fixing boats in paradise. Keep smiling.
What a result 🤙
Great job
Plans!! Haha...you guys crack me up. :)
Enjoy this week sailing ⛵️ sailboat video! Always try watch each week’s sailing videos! Enjoy your morning ☕️ coffee ! Good lucks on repairs on sail ! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri
Great rebuild of the furler, I'm stoked the breakdown happened at the beginning of your crossing as opposed to half the way! 😀💪
It always cheeres me up to see you sailing the world with the exact same model (and age) furler as on our '78 boat... maybe time to check our bearings, too 😅 good job on the repair 👏
1ST one here this episode. Love the channel guys. Khiara's smile is so infectious even in the midst of adversity. I know you all will get it all worked out. Take care and happy sailing.
Me again😅 Useful Stuff that is brilliant value - Big Aerosol Cans of Motorbike Drive Chain Grease. You can even get a Clear Grease one. It is water resistant plus is chain Seal Safe and with the tube that plugs into the nozzle, you can control where you need the Grease to go, and as it doesn't have that expensive "Marine" word attached to it, it can be had for as low as a fiver a tin. Useful for Winches and other things onboard too. You're Welcome. Bob. 👍⛵️✨️✨️✨️
Well Done. ❤ Cape Verde. Bob. 👍⛵️✨️✨️✨️
Awesome job fixing that!! I loved when Khiara said about changing your clothes, I'm forever shaking my head when I see Doug in a decent/nice/at least newer shirt and he's doing a boat project!!! I definitely have boat job clothes and nice clothes and never the two shall hope to meet!!! Our best wishes for a great crossing now!!!!
Awesome episode and smooth repair . I am amazed by 2 things :
1) how well the spin halyard took off the pressure of your massive rig to allow for the repair
2) how on earth Khiara’s hair washing is harder than this repair 🤣😂🤣
"...including washing my hair." 😂
It's amazing the level of repairs that can be accomplished in a place with limited resources. As long as one isn't afflicted by OCD and can think at least somewhat outside the box, most small repairs and some not so small ones are possible!
Keep up the great videos and above all STAY SAFE! ⛵❤️😁
I watch a couple dozen sailing channels. What I like best are the ones that show how resourceful they can be. Good on you, Adam!
Khiara! You are definitely one of the best-looking young ladies on these sailboats. I love your smile and your infectious laughter!
Practicality! I traveled on land in various places in Africa many years ago with a few young ladies. HAIR! Yeah, I like longer hair on ladies, but there comes a point where it is just not practical. Of the ladies I traveled with, the short bob haircut ones had a much easier time of it!
Just a thought! Love your adventures. Looking forward to more of them. Thank you. Fair winds and following seas!
Well done! My life is simpler, in my narrowboat on the English canals, but I'm so aware that I live on a machine which can and will go wrong. You have that great 'can do' attitude and the 'haven't got the tool but still can do' mindset. Boats are way too complicated these days. I love watching your videos! Keep em coming 🙂.
Been following for a couple months and working through old episodes. Planning to purchase my future home on the water late this year (2022).
Besides the great common sense approach to problems and solutions, it appears the two of you have a perfect partnership.
Neptune smiled on you there. Pleased it's sorted and you are on your way again. There is a strong correlation between cost of part and risk of it going in the drink. A safety line maybe?
Adam, you gave me the chills when playing with that drum above the water :)). I would have brought the dingy around and tie it under the bow as a safety….
On another note, good job, again :)… and you two are a true pleasure to watch, as usual.
Fair winds and smooth sailing!
Very impressive repair work. I’ve often marveled at the fixing and know-how you two share with us. May the crossing be swift and marvelous.
Once again you beat the odds, you are an awesome team and make damn good video footage in the middle of the work commitments and against deadlines. Well done!!!
Thank you 😁😁 that’s a really nice comment ☺️☺️
Nice job Adam, very well done as always. Good idea about replacing the seals with proper ones and adding a grease zerk when possible. Always appreciate your commitment to doing these things right.
Good repair job and safe sail leaving on Tuesday! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri
Nice one guys. That was an amazing turnaround for an unplanned stop. Sailing, mechanics & smiles. Your channel has it all. 😉
Great job getting it fixed so quickly. Now onward!
Hug at the end 💪🥰
Yay, you stayed until the end too! ☺️☺️
It is amazing to see how you seem to be able to fix about any problem thrown at you 2 :D Now for the crossing - yay :)
Great work guys on getting it sorted, and nothing fell in the drink!😃. Looking forward to seeing the crossing.
Well done. Take pleasure in an accomplishment that most people would not have even attempted.
Initially I thought it was a bigger problem, It's good that the furler could be repaired , cheers.
You did a good job fixing that
They don't put a grease fitting in them
because they want you to take it apart and inspect probably once a year
Like the line winches need service every year they should be taken apart cleaned inspected greased
An reasonable
Fun episode and VERY informative for a soon to be newbie. Thanks!
Great job. One takeaway maybe: get pliers to remove/place circlips - one for inner and one for outer. With a file you could create the inner one maybe from a pointed nose pliers (but probably have to file for a couple days). For the outer circlips you need pliers with inverted leverage and in your case that seemed to be the "difficult" ones. Using such special pliers also increases chances that you will be able to reuse the circlip again.
And you can get one set that will do both
Four pliers in a set. Internal and external with straight nose and bent nose in each.
Nice save guys. Nice to see calm heads, no harsh words and pragmatism ;)
Just a little note for you, there's no benefit to packing too much grease in a bearing like that, it's not carrying a heavy load and spinning fast, half full is plenty.
When you have too much it restricts the movement and adds resistance, I know it's not a racing boat but there's no reason to make things any harder than they are.
Too true!
Ok, that’s good to know. We certainly weren’t able to fill it all with grease. It has two grease holes (that have been filled in by profurl) so we assumed that they pumped the grease in until it was full. Good to know though
@@SailingMillennialFalcon Profurl probably filled in those holes and omitted the grease nipples for a reason, maybe they where getting reports that the furler wasn't rotating freely from people who where being over generous with the grease.
Marine grease is super sticky and great for propshaft bearings that are submerged in seawater but not ideal for hand operated items. A thin coating on those type of roller bearings will prevent corrosion and provide plenty of lubricant. The lip seals should keep the water out.
Well done on getting it all back together. When you do jobs like that, put a line on the kit so that when you (inevitably) drop it, it doesn't fall in the drink!
That would have been a good idea.. good tip for next time 🙂
So great! Good that you got the furler fixed
Millie reminds me of an 'oldie' who is in a car that's just started a long road trip - think, Adelaide to Perth, and at Ceduna turns to the driver and says "I've left my falsies behind, we have to go back and get them"!! Just like the time of the shaft! 🙂
That’s so cool. Huge congrats 🎉… what an awesome duo.
Also the first visitors to Cape Verde looking for Norway. 🤣
Just love the way you say coffee!
OMG! Did I just hear D&D and Bag of holding?! Did you both used to play?! I think I just love your channel even more now! Hopefully one day we will sail into each others' way and we can have a one shot on a boat! Fair winds and happy sailing!
Haha, Adam was an AVID d&d gamer in his youth 🤓 he has regaled many stories to me of his weekends spent in his friends basements playing d&d. We’ve both played together with friends but certainly not for weekends at a time!
I’m so glad the usual formula of time x5 didn’t apply to this boat job! Also, replaced my 30 year old rolling furler this season. This episode was great for me. Sail on!
I'm impressed with how calm you both were. Yes I know its TH-cam so some of the "drama" maybe was edited out but I feel I know you two and that was a real portrayal of what went down. Congrats on a "quick" fix and good luck with the crossing & mid term plans. Can't wait to see you both doing a semi refit. Take care.
I never cease to be amazed by you two !! Legends! Adam, is there any part of the boat you don’t know how to fix? Have you taken everything apart to see how it works just in case or have you got OEM manuals etc to refer to? Whilst I am in awe of you both, it also makes me realise I wouldn’t know where to start with a lot of this stuff… perhaps it is your aeronautical engineering background or just your willingness to give it a go!
Fab video and a good example of the RYA YMO skills - knowing where to head to for your safe port…
Glad you got it all sorted!!
Well done !!
Fair winds ⛵️
Glad you got it fixed, was in that port in 1974 & it was way more primitive back then, seems like a barge brought us freshwater at anchor. Adam no one in the US knows what Chuffed means, had to look it up at Vet Tales uses that word.
It’s a great word, and hey, you learnt something new today! 😁 wow I bet it was crazy to see how much more built up it is nowadays!
Great fix, its not all fun and sun, great episode. Makes your channel real from others Ive seen.
So glad that you guys were able to get things fixed and back on the way. Great job! 💨⛵️☀️🏝
Any crash landing you can walk away from is a good one! An adventure while on an adventure. Good thing the bearing wasn't some unavailable proprietary torlon material.
Well done team, cheers and safe sailin
Very good episode!
Thanks for sharing the content and smooth sailing !!!
Congrats on your fixes . . . so far. Wishing you good winds and smooth sailing back to the Islands. (I'll be watching SailGP in SF for a different sailing fix.)
Roll 2d6 to pull new seal out of the bag of holding! So cool to know Adam is old D&D player!
You two are great.
Nice video
Hey you’re young, you’ll be back. Take care of business and you’ll be fine. Thanks for sharing
Change to *propper bearing?* SKF bearings is possibly regarded as the world's best bearings and sold globally.
On that note, Norway is you and in advance, welcome.
Great job. Pro tip in salt conditions I remove the spring in the seals and replace them with .070 thou o rings. They don’t rust and lose tension.
Amazing people, well done!
LOL! that is classic, ..."We are trying to go to Norway by sailing to the wrong side of the Atlantic first..." Good on you!
I'm glad the repair went so well, that doesn't always seem to be the case.
I'm not an expert rigger, but I think you've done exactly the right thing. I recently rebuilt the same unit as my bearing had rusted and seized. My boat has been Sadly neglected on land. It looks like you used SKF bearings which are great. I wouldn't worry about them. The more important part is a double lip seal. If you used them on your rebuild just put the grease nipple in and you should be as good as new. I remember those damn circlips!
Bravo! Bravo! Good job you two.
Great Video ,well done on your repair undoing the forstay would have really freaked me but you kept really calm . Great to see your approach and successful refurb of the furler. I am guessing you will replace it all with genuine marine parts at some point in the future .
Good job. It was certainly munted. New bearings and it is just like a new one.
Hi from Florida, be safe.
Get a small bolt on vise put out by Black and Decker
Good work Adam
The overall design of that furler , with classic automotive grade bearings, was bound to fail in a saltwater environment
once the lip seal on the oil seals fails, then salt water will get into the bearing and that bearing is gonna rust and fail quickly.
Some curlers, , Harken in particular, have ‘Torlon,- nylon bearings, they will not rust.
You might consider buying a entire new set of bearings and seals for the furler, and top swivel.
Good job!
PS , met you in the boatyard in St Martin.
I fully understand trying to fix a bad problem that come up unexpectedly when all Khiara really wants to do is have her lovely red hair washed right as rain. Stay groovy and stay safe.
Lovely video!
Man! Good you recognised the fault. This happen to me. This happened just recently with James on Sailing Zingaro on his Oyster. I’ve seen this on many occasions and it’s probably contagious?
Good for you guys you were conscious .
Take care as I know you were as I followed and this is some months ago.
Fair Sailing ⛵️
Hand packed bearings with nothing but rubber/silicon seals retaining the whole mess roll 10's of thousands of mile on pre-80's cars :)
Love the channel but everytime I see this intro I swear when Adam jumps in the water he looks like Colin from Sailing Parlay Revival - conspiracy 🙂
Solid work guys
After all the nice things happening to you, this was not expected. If it was me, I would find the nearest witch doctor and see if there are any curses laid on the boat. Failing that, I suggest a couple of brews and see what the next day brings. 👍🙂
Great fix! Now on to the next "problem".....
Well done guys..
I am upvote 420. I'm not mentioning this because it helps the inscrutable algorithm or anything like that. Just stating a fact.
yikes, sounds like its been broken for awhile and just sliding around. hope you get the repairs sorted.
D & D reference! Wooo!
Another great episode I am always amazed that you have such great content and stories although I guess for you it means problems to be solved. Either way it is so great getting to watch your new episodes on Monday, thanks for all the hard work.
Well done !! We love your channel for the adventure and for the detailed repair process. Something about Aussie sailors and furlers, Life in a Nutshell aboard SV Nutshell also had a furler issue earlier this year. Great video production and editing 👍
I (another Aussie)had the identical problem to this 150 miles into a 500 mile passage and was assured by a Profurl dealer that it would, first, be ok to continue the journey (it was) and second, necessitate a complete new unit, including foil extrusions. It was only after receiving the complete new furler ($5,600 AUD) and fitting it and was able to examine the old unit, including the lower furler assembly that I was able to make an assessment myself and conclude that a new bearing and seals was actually all that was required, confirmed by a fitter machinist acquaintance. Then I saw Magnus’ video from SV Nutshell, and now this. Recently I ran across the Profurl dealer, with whom I hadn’t raised the issue of his faulty and extremely expensive advice, vowing to simply move on and not use his services again. He had seen I was using a competitor to do some more work on my boat that he could have and demanded to know what was the problem with his work, as if I didn’t have a choice in the matter. He got the full chapter and verse and had to subsequently defend himself in local cruising chat groups after my expose, which cost him several other big jobs, he’d already quoted on. Well done to both Adam & Magnus for your repair jobs.
Great job..
Congratulations, you fixed it! (good enough)
Well done!!