I thought you two handled a tough situation quite well. Staying calm, thinking things through and evaluating options will get you through almost anything at sea. Well done.
When a man of your calibre says that was handled quite well, we'll take that! 😳 I feel ever so slightly less sheepish about my Frankensteins water pumping concoction now 😂⛵️ Fair winds to you. 😁
Patrick's right (gedday Patrick), problems rarely solve themselves and you can work most tings out by being methodical as you were. But never mind your A and your B, there's always a C - staying out. Being comfortable out at sea at night goes a long way towards removing one constraint you seemed concerned with - time. Yes, traffic etc but no need to be worried about anchoring if you don't have to anchor.
Except Patrick, they weren't at sea. They were off Hurst (massively fast stream) and also trying to avoid hives.... sorry shingles....which when angry, is as frightening to behold as a dose of! Their little drama is a reminder that sailing is 90% about colregs. Where collision avoidance includes the IoW, England and those bumpy bits between. It's actually safer at sea! But yes. They did well to not transmit stress to each other and remain calm.
Hi guys, just popped onto the website and read the “about us” section. Remember the last sentence ? “Perhaps there's someone out there reading this, or watching our videos, just sat on the fence about if they can actually head off on their own adventure, too? If that person is you, just know that if we can do it, you almost certainly can. That person on the fence is me and still dreaming !! Love the videos, thanks for the frankness and wafts & all content. Take care.
I keep a 2m length of 6mm rigging wire on board for stuffing up from outside the hull or down from the inside to try and clear a blockage in a thru hull valve/pipe, has come in useful a couple of times on a holding tank outlet🙈 and on a jelly fish blocked engine and freezer cooling pipes.
Another great video, it’s nice to see someone putting the bad stuff on here showing that it’s not always plain sailing things do happen and explaining your thoughts on how to fix the issues and not panicking. Can’t wait to see how you fix everything
Sailing Cadoha you need things to go not to plan ( sometimes) it’s a learning curve. Not everything runs to plan in life. Keep doing what you’re doing love your adventures. Give me a wave when you pass Swansea Steve
Don't forget that boats don't sink when the sun goes down. One thing I have done is when it's getting too late to get into a strange port is just to stay out. Summer nights are short and dawn soon arrives. Poole is my (was) my home port and it's a good decision not to go in there for the first time in the dark and the ebb through the entrance can be very strong. As Mrs. Cadoha said the pub (Banks Arms) has a few mooring balls. But anchoring is good if you can find a good spot. Me? I'd have hoped to stay as calm but maybe thought about Portland harbour after an overnight sail.
You're right, and I am more than happy to stay out sailing in circles after dark, although I'm not sure the rest of the crew are quite up for that just yet ⛵️🍻😂
Lovely video , happy you pulled it off and got yourselves to a safe anchorage ! Had a peek at your website ....those old photos are pure gold . Your adventure has just began ...
Great Video! It's nice to see how honest and transparent you are about your level of experience, and how eager you are to learn as much as possible. I'm sure these situations will stand you in good stead for the future; being able to plan and be prepared for any eventuality is so important. I'd love to be at the start of an adventure like yours! Keep up the good work!
Not much point in pretending we have that much sailing skill, most of the people watching these videos seem too know what they're talking about and so we'd be busted as Walter Mitty's in no time 😂 Hope you're well 🍻
Enjoy your honesty. Coat hangers are a good router tool. A backup helps to have a dingey motor. Then you can use your dingy as a push tug or side by side sister in very light winds. The best Tom
What you needed is a stick. Or a couple of metres of fine bore 6 to 8 mm stiff plastic airline hose. Or a length of stainless welding wire. I now carry all of those on board. Since the day when I got a plastic bag sucked into the water intake on a near windless day at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour. We made it to the Gosport Fuel pontoon and then rodded out the obstruction with the fuel dip stick.
Sailing Cadoha on my 47 year old Westerly Centaur the filter sits in a vertical bronze tube with a screw top directly above the seacock and thru-hull. This is very old style but it does have the distinct advantage that you can remove the cap and with the seacock open you can rod it right through. If the engine is running then the seawater doesn’t overflow the top. I had to do it three times in three hundred yards once due to an enormous amount of seaweed in the water.
Handled well. Pushing air or water back down the hose as a back wash would have been my first thought, but I’m at home not stressing using that wonderful thing called hindsight!
I think that in the lottery of life, if you have a lifetime companion as wonderful as Carly, then you really have secured the jackpot. Very glad she has a decent bloke like you too Dom. Bless your dear hearts, you lovely couple. From Mike, Titchfield.
Had a similar problem and found (after a lot of trial and error) a long pipe brush that freed up the growth of small crustaceans reestablishing water flow. All done from the inside of the boat. Another method that I have not yet tried is using a CO2 cartridge pump used to inflate bicycle tires that will blast the blockage out.
Yes I really do like the idea of staying in the boat to clear the blockage. Now it seems crazy how quick I was thinking about jumping in the water to unblock it! 😳
In an emergency take a spare hose direct from your galley sink overboard seacock direct into the raw water pump (if you can rig it pre the strainer so much the better). This way you will bypass any blockage from the seacock inlet to the raw water pump and can use the engine normally without limitation. If you still have a problem you know where it isn’t. I learnt this trick the hardway .. good luck!
Adrift with no wind at all. The engine blowing smoke, and of course, the possibility of an engine fire. A rather large fear on any boat. You handled it well, and most importantly you are all safe.
Hi Guys, I think you did very well considering the options and finding solutions both for the engine problem and where to stop. There is rarely only one way to solve problems but yours worked and that’s what counts. On a previous boat with a sail drive I regularly had issues with a blocked intake although nothing found in the strainer. My solutions in order of preference were to stop the boat (or try motoring backwards) as often there was a piece of weed or plastic held in place over the intake on the sail drive by the forward movement of the boat (especially at slow speeds in flat seas). Second (it has been mentioned already) was to use the dinghy pump to blow through anything stuck in the intake. I could do this without even disconnecting the intake pipe as the tube for the pump fitted exactly into the bottom of the strainer once the lid was removed. When I had a more serious problem, I used a spare hose to reconnect the intake to the strainer to the heads intake. Your experience that day adds to your knowledge bank and like the rest of us, you never stop learning.
Appreciate the feedback. I've only just realised that we have a water intake on the sail drive (does that show my level of mechanical skills or what?). Our raw water intake is right under the strainer. Perhaps if I hook them both up on some kind of three way valve?
Nice to see a problem sorted. Goes in the ‘shit happens’ folder. I have had this problem before and solved it by blowing back down the intake pipe, seacock to strainer. Probably a poly bag sucked into the sail drive. Other things that you can do. Fill up stained to top and put a little bit of washing up liquid into the strainer, put lid on and see if washing up liquid bubbles are being discharged from the exhaust. This will ensure that their is not a blockage past the strainer. Check the seal on the strainer. If you do not have a water tight seal then air will get in and the siphon action will stop. You can lubricate the strainer seal with washing up liquid. From the video, it looks to me like a problem between the seacock and the strainer. Their is also more complicated solutions like using an electric bilge pump to draw water into the strainer inlet or hooking up the fresh water pump to the strainer inlet. Sailing is a learning process, I honestly think that I learn something everyday I go on the water. Look after your engine, get to know and love every bit of her and all your boat systems, toilet included! 😂😂😂 Enjoy your sailing and laugh at your mistakes. We have all been their.
Wonderful drone footage and beautifully edited btw. Respect your humility and ability to assess situation and make changes to plans. Shall be checking up on your adventure as you progress. Really great so far.
Love this thanks for sharing. What I don't understand is why risk tide for a reefing line. May sound silly but if you checked weather a dozen times you knew reefing wassent necessary anyway and it's pretty easy to reef with a temp line.
This is a pretty old video now but if I’m honest we were brand new to sailing at this point, first boat, no clue what we were doing, kind of figuring it out in the fly and just way more cautious about everything.
Excellent work, you guys did great. Hind sight is 20 20 as they say, but, having a length of pipe on board long enough to drop over the side in case there is a block on the external intake side is a good idea. Also, I did once manage to clear a block by blowing down the intake side. But great work. Never panic, think it through.
How strange... watching this while anchored in Studland Bay with engine failure! Meant to be crossing this week... if all fails, I'm fitting my outboard and carrying on
This is the first video of yours I’ve watched and I definitely enjoyed it. Nice videography!! The military taught me to always have a PACE plan for everything: Primary, Alternative, Contingency, and Emergency! Smooth sailing.
Hi well done. I know that feeling been there a couple of times. I still have the same problem which is a Volvo Penta 10HP with a sail drive. I found if I took it to help revs she runs fine. Once you found the water was coming through at certain revs I would have connected it back up again. What you did also worked well done. Still haven’t resolved my problem looking to fit a separate intake bypassing the saildrive. Love the videos Roy
We've got an intake on the sail drive that isn't being used, so may look into joining two intakes together with some kind of valve system to switch between them 🧐🍻
Cheers, I think the calm weather, sun and distance off shore made staying calm just that bit easier. Slightly different conditions and I may have sworn a fair amount more 😂
We used your bucket technique to get us into a port with a seacock blockage but 2 of us in the cockpit were collecting sea water and passing it down to top the bucket up....lucky the engine was a small very low revving engine. Personally I think you did really well rigging that system up .
Wowzers, well I'm glad to hear you made it in ok! The idea of this video being of any use to anyone also makes it feel worthwhile to have made too then 😁⛵️🙏🏻 Did you try using a dingy pump to blow out the blockage?
@@CadohaAdventures No we didn't, I've just read about that technique in the comments section, which may well have worked so sound advice.....turned out to be a jelly fish, quite a big one too. You did well making this video considering the anxiety at the time. Some great advice in the comments section too 👌👍
It would have been useful to put a call out for help. Someone would probably have towed you into Studland Bay for a beer. We all know its you today, but us tomorrow. At least let the Coastguard know. Remember you crossed the Poole entrance shipping lane. It's horrible as the light fades and your options decrease and your thinking gets foggy. Good call on keeping the engine revs low. Anyway, good on you for sharing this ... many wouldn't!
........ Well! .. your first foray forth and made sure that you didn't conclude that it was all sandy beaches and turtles ..... sure loved the drone shots you included .... thx for sharing a peek into your lives .... never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ......
It is not how we do when all goes to plan that defines us but how we cope when the plan exits through the heads. How we balance risk against reward, fear against over confidence and determine what is the actual situation is whilst suppressing emotion and from that what are the feasible courses of action are that one might take. Seems to me your team had a great training sail, well done. I expect over the course of the next few thousand miles of sailing there will be as varied a list of specifications of fan as there will be consistencies of excrement impacting them, you will overcome them with what you have and each other. Great media and drone shots btw...
Appreciate the comments and yes, I'm sure the more miles we get under our keel, the more weird and wonderful problems we'll encounter and have to solve 😁
Such a pleasure to watch. We are preparing to sail long and have been sailing short ( from Panama City Fl) for the last couple of years preparing. I have been watching several TH-cam Sailing Channels ( recently becoming a Patreon on a few) You are next on my list to contribute to because you guys are so good. Fun to watch, informative, smart, and most of all you are DOING IT! GREAT JOB!
That's super kind of you to say, and we're just glad someone gets some enjoyment watching us fumbling around in the dark, trying to get the hang of it all 😂😂 Best of luck with your adventures too, you sound a little bit more advanced than us though 😁⛵️🍻
Just keep sailing and the learning curve gets easier. My first boat was a dufour 2800 in the early 1980s. First trip Bembridge to Fishbourne (stub keel with lifting plate, and a unplanned dry out on two posts rafted up.) 2nd trip Bembridge to Cherbourg missed and ended up in St Vast le Hougue. After that I was off whenever I could and now have around 20-25k miles under my belt. Currently own a 30ft Cat on the river Dart (and just done round the island last week.) West towards Scilly islands as soon as I get my prescriptions renewed (74 yrs young.) What was blocking the intake? My initial reaction would have been to blow furiously down the intake pipe while your partner wiggles the intake seacock.n If that didnt work it would be to get as near to a protected shore as possible, drop the hook and break out the beer and food. (then think about next move.)
A great video, warts and all. My second time solo sailing, my outboard failed, the wind dropped and I suddenly felt ill. So I requested help and was airlifted to hospital. The lessons were learnt and have sailed happily since. You show sailing as it really is. Not the walking along palm lined streets or light blue seas. OK, like all your followers, I am waiting for these videos from you because I know you will show it good and bad
Jeeeez, glad you were ok and are back out again now. I did feel very nauseous through the whole affair, it's beyond my understanding how I didn't throw up though 🧐😳😂
Good idea I fitted a two way valve in prep for a separate intake. I use ASAP supplies they are fast efficient and provide the right stuff instead of the non standard kit from Volvo.
Well done guys for staying calm and I like your logic re your trip. One idea for you would be to use your dinghy pump and try to blow down through the the seacock to dislodge the partial blockage. Always good to be flexible while passage planning.
Cheers, James, it's amazing how calm selective editing can make you look 😂 Yes the dingy pump idea is a great one, I get the feeling that many a seasoned sailor has this trick in their arsenal given how often it's come up as a go to idea 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Yep, there was alot of weed around a couple of weeks ago. Your logic for problem diagnosis was sound. Pat on the back. The problem had to be a) in the through hull, b) in the valve, c) in the pipe between the valve and the strainer. The bucket proved that. We are also a couple of (almost) newbies in the Solent. We got weed in the Hamble/Itchen on our very first trip to Poole 3 years ago. Managed to clear it with a coathanger. Later advice from others is to have a short peice of pipe in the locker, sized to fit on the through hull fitting, and long enough to come above the waterline, and a fitting (even gaffer tape) to the footpump. That allows you to impact/blow weed clear out of the through hull. It is possible to blow down the inlet from the (disconnected) strainer pipe, if you have big lungs and only a partial blockage.... It happened again to us only 3 weeks ago, around Lymington heading for the Needles. Luckily managed to blow through, and quickly, before we got to Hurst. Suggest you prep and check all that whilst on a mooring, including checking how quickly you can change the impeller. And the sign of a keen but novice(ish) yachtie...spending free time browsing and learning on the YBW help forums :). Very helpful people there. Have fun and keep safe. Good choice with the Warrior btw.
Appreciate the feedback and yes, you're right about the YBW forums, so much great info in there too. We found that our dingy hose was a good enough fit (with the help of some rags and cling film) to create enough pressure to blow down the pipe. We also have a secondary fresh water intake off of our sail drive, so I think we may (in the winter) connect that in a kind of three way value situation so that we have a back up ready to go?
Thanks for another interesting video. Visited your new website and I find it a pleasant experience to get to know the "crew". Both of you have interesting background and stories, and I feel I know you guys more now rather than just another TH-camr. Love the section on Hank, and the photos are precious. I can envisage an interesting journey ahead for you guys once the environment permits international travel again, and I can't wait to follow your adventures in the high seas. Until then, stay safe and blessed. Cheers from NZ.
Cheers, Daniel, glad the website filled in some of the blanks as to who we are. Fingers crossed we eventually make it down to your part of the world?! 🤞🤞🤞 Hope you're safe and well 👌🏻🍻
Hey guys, i know this probably won't get seen, but i just wanted to say you are a HUGE inspiration to me and i love the videos (and Hank). I'm 14, and my dad got a 23ft boat last year, we are now planning to get a bigger boat and go to the Mediterranean too. (i also used to have a Viszla too :))
It did indeed get seen my friend and if it really inspired you, then that alone makes the video worth making! Very best of luck to you and perhaps we'll cross paths with you all in the Med some time? 😁
You may have figured out the problem, but if not I will tell you what has happened with my motor a few times. At times after sailing I have started the engine on my boat and little to no water came out of the wet exhaust. I keep the engine in neutral and bring the revs up high to re-primed the wet exhaust lines. The problem was that the system lost its prime after sailing in rolly sea conditions. Just a thought and one possible solution if it happens again, then again maybe it was a blockage? Alfy
Always used to carry a backup pump on my boat, and a second long shaft seagull engine stowed away somewhere. The old seagull; wasn't very quick but it got me out of trouble on a couple of occasions especially when limping into the harbour.
Another thought... while you are learning and still on the south coast / Solent area you could join SeaStart. They are like the AA for boats. If you are in trouble but not in danger you can ring them up and a fast Rib with an engineer on board comes racing out to you. If they can't fix it then I think they tow you home or to a safe place. I decided while I am learning and while I am adding bits to the boat it was probably a wise investment. If its of interest just google SeaStart.
Hey Dom and Carly, you did good, IMO. The work around for the engine was great, it worked. I might have tried to disconnect the hose from the seacock and push something down it or even use he dinghy pump to blow down the pipe as it may have dislodged the obstruction. Yes could feel scary when water comes belching in but it would only be for a few moments. The constant reappraising of your plans was good too. Things change all the time, so many factors to consider in sailing a boat. Good to share this and how things can escalate. Many a lesser sailor would have been on the blower to the RNLI which shouldn’t be the case. Happy days, look forward to seeing more. Btw South Deep in Poole is a lovely Anchorage, but only when your engine is working ok... Andy UK
cheers, Andy, and yes I like the dingy pump trick. I had no idea at the time, but thanks to this situation, it's something new we've learned and we actually used it to unblock anything that may have been in there 😁
Well done Cadoha I sailed the Saint Lawrence (Quebec) in a Bayfield 26 for four years...and I dont remember any outing that didn't come with one lesson or another! Cheers
I didn't see any clueless sailor in this video :) From my own experience, just wanted to add another note to your Plan A-B-C. Informing other vessels in anchorage about your problem before your arrival can be helpful. Speaking calm and a clear explanation on radio will prevent alarming all of the anchorage :) If things go wrong, at least some people will be ready to assist. Good luck, be safe :)
Diesel tank gunk is the worst. I installed two 5" inspection covers on my 20 gallon tank that allows me to easily clean out future fungus/algae growth. Your backup 5 gallon fuel tank is a great idea, fair sails crew of Cadoha!
Like your plan A,B,C or as we call our backups here “One is none, two is one, three is two”. Suggest getting a good outboard for that dinghy. Last resort strap her to the side of Cadoha and use as alternate power source to limp to safety. Done this a few times. Love your videos! Cheers to you guys for getting out there.
Hello, it's probably been said, I have a 3 way valve behind the sea water intake valve. On this I can connect a simple garden hose. Then I can take water out of the sink iff needed, or use it as a Back up bildge pump. No extra holes needed. Grtz from sailingdogsofia
That sounds like an interesting back up! And I like the idea of it being a back up bulge pump, I guess providing your bilge isn't full of horrible stuff 😂
@@CadohaAdventures or to winter service the engine, fluch the engine with frech water when repairs needed on the salt water bits. It's endless my friend. Greetings to hank from Sofia the sailingdogsofia
Well Dom, I have previously complained at you wearing the Captain's hat. However, you managed to devise a way of keeping the engine going without harming it. There might have been other options, but you achieved by your ingenuity a successful solution. So I think now is the time to give you a promotion. No longer Deck Hand. Now it has to be Chief-Engineer Dom!
wow This is the real side of sailing and boy you not only managed to keep a cool head and deal with it you were still smiling Big respect to you sir I'd have panicked chucked the rib over the side and got it all sorts of trouble trying to tow the yact You might be a novice sailor but goodness me id sail under your command any day keep it up
That's very kind of you to say. I'm sure we're making mistakes as we go, but trying our hardest to get better is all. The command really is a team effort though, I just happen to hog the camera more 😬😬
So what was stuck in the skin fitting in the hull, I've had to use a fishing rod to back clear one before, after that I fitted a second seacock to supply the engine if necessary
I used a sail batten to unblock our sewer pipe at home. I can't begin to tell you how much fun that was, because it wasn't. The smell lives imprinted on my memory, and I don't know or care what I did with the batten afterwards. It's gone along with the blockage.
First time watcher and have to say this was a very interesting and excellently presented video. Too many sailing channels present a fluffy utopia of life on their channels. This gave a much more realistic (and salutory) reflection of life at sea. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it, and yes we're are just conveying our story in an honest, albeit trying to be a little entertaining, kind of way. We were sucked into this life by the allure of bikinis, azure water, and rum cocktails every day. Lies, lies, lies!!! 😂😂
That's sailing for you, self reliance gets you in. I usually found at least 3 things would conspire on an interesting passage. Liked the flow monitoring system, it worked! Only thing missing was sending a few blasts from the dinghy pump back down the inlet, see if it cleared a blockage. Nice story, well delivered.
Cheers Andy, and yes we never even thought of the dingy pump to unblock a pipe until we started getting the feedback from the more seasoned salts. Great bit of advice there 😁😁😁
Given that you were behind schedule and by the time you reached Hurst the tide was slack and by the time of the engine problem the tide would have been flooding you could have considered turning around and using the flood to get to Yarmouth. Good visitors swinging moorings just outside the harbour or a very helpful harbour master who no doubt would have helped you onto a pontoon.
In the cold light of day that doesn't sound like a bad idea, although given how much we'd built up the needles channel to ourselves over the weeks/ months, I think the idea of tackling them again, with no engine as a back up, may have been a bit too brave for us 😬😬
Nice video, good lessons learned, but you found a good solution to the problem and got your engine working. Well done. Brought back memories of when I was a kid and we used to sail our family Westerly GK29 from Itchenor to Studland Bay - about 40 yrs ago ! Pool is stunning. . Theres a nice walk up to the top of Old Harry Rock there and on a clear day you can see the Needles and I always wondered as a kid whether at some point in time the two were joined. Do visit Lulworth Cove if you get a chance on your travels Westward.
I have just found your channel and love this video. learned so much from sailing channels on youtube and this is a great new lesson. Thanks. I have been so inspired and bought a new yacht myslef. (Never had one before). We are in ocean village, very close to you. I can tell you our own stupidity has lead to engine failures on a brand new boat. I was not as cool and calm as you! Well done, I look forward to your adventures.
Welcome aboard, Darren! We'll be back in that neck of the woods come winter, so maybe we can grab a beer sometime and we cam swap rookie mistake stories 😁😂
I'm thinking that Patrick Laine would do this instinctively, but from my flying days it was always impressed upon us. Keep choosing the best place to land if plan A doesn't happen. The instructors and examiners always would look for the slightest relaxation in your eyes then spring engine fire or failure on you. Where are you going to land would be the first question. I do the same in my boat, and where was my first engine failure, only 36 miles from the only port in seas so big that the coast guard could not come out to help. Thanks for doing this video, it's not always pretty or easy, but it makes us all think, what we would do given the same circumstance.
Great video. I’m a clueless seakayaker and your adventure reminded me of mine. On a 7 day trip I crossed from Hurst Castle to the Needles which I loved but it was not flat calm. Being clueless about tides I then carelessly headed back for Yarmouth. Passing Fort Albert, let’s just say - oh my goodness. Anyway, like you, I’ve got stories. Advice - I started my trip in Poole Harbour and had wanted to go west, but at Kimmeridge discovered (from a patrol boat) that the military fire stuff out to sea from around there. Have a plan D.
So many positives in this video and in the end you made it safely to the anchorage. If you're looking for advice, mine would be to give yourself plenty of wiggle room.A delayed start from the Itchen might make pausing in Yarmouth/Lymington a good option, then making the most of the next suitable tide. Tidal gates shouldn't be feared but treated with respect, I'm excited to see how you guys did around Portland! Looks like I'm subscribing. Oh good job with the jury rig engine. :)
Thanks, Roy, appreciate the kind words. Although we do feel like we've come a long way, it also feels as if we realise more and more just how much there is to still learn!
Guessing by your insta stories you have fixed the issues!? You should get a lifting bracket for the outboard which canterlevers up and down to use it as a spare motor. Fair play sticking to safe plans and doing the research. My old boat used to be in Poole and the chain ferry can be chaos at times! Try and blow down the intake pipe to blow any blockage out, or a longer hose to above the waterline and it won’t come in and you can rod it through with wire coat hanger or something. Also you could put the engine suction onto another seacock for another system, no strainer but would get you home, even put it onto the kitchen tap and run the fresh water in a real bad situation....depends on water pump flow. Looking forward to the next ep! 🤟🏽🤟🏽
I actually really like the idea of a lifting bracket now, and this seems like a perfectly sound reason to upgrade our 6hp to something more suitable, like a 25hp?! You know, for emergencies 😬😬😬😂
Well done you are learning things and that is what’s important, have confidence in your ground tackle, you probably have given the engine a squirt for 30 seconds just to set it. Love your drone work and choice of music.
Thanks Ian, I wasn't sure about using the engine at all when we had no water, but a few people now have said it'd be fine just to set the anchor in this scenario. So it's good to know that too 😁
Similar thing happened to me; first thing I knew was the engine overheating alarm. Eventually found a plastic bag sucked into the raw water intake pipe, which was removed by poking a stick down the intake pipe from the seacock. The tendency is to exaggerate (catastrophise) problems ...my first thought was that the head gasket had blown... when a calm exploration of the system would be better begun from the beginning of the system, in this case, the raw water intake area.
Great episode & well done. You might find it easier putting the main halyard on and unzipping the stack pack before you leave port/anchorage, it just stops you needing to go on deck whilst moving. Also might be worth considering a motoring cone for when you motorsail - helps with insurance, should something untowards happen. I think you did a good job on the bucket to give you some motion, you could always use your dinghy and outboard to move you ascwell if you need to (lash the dinghy to the rear quarter of the yacht and use the yachts rudder to steer). You were both really calm and Studland is a great place to anchor ⛵️
Seriously great, I wish all the sailing couples would share their backgrounds, It adds to a rich understanding of what you are now.. Love your channel & rich web site. Be safe and enjoy the life you two have chosen!
Good video, sailing always has it challenges (glad its not just me!) Have had the water intake blocked before, now keep a length of stainless welding wire on board to push down the seacock. Massey business but gets the job done. Fingers 🤞 crossed next passage is better. As you said you learned something, always take the positive from a bad situation 👍🏻👏⛵🏴
Thanks for the tips and yes I think it's fair to say that we've learned a lot from this experience, which is always a good thing. We will have more supplies for our next outing now for sure. 😬
Ok, so I haven't been following your channel so I do not know how much engine work was done but- Did you pull the rubber impeller out of the pump and ensure the tines are not curled and deformed- it may be an old impeller that looks ok in the housing but may be crap. It may also be sucking air in the strainer somewhere. Ex Coast Guard mech tech and 40 years turning wrenches!
hey Michael, the impeller was new only about a month ago. I did take it out and check it before I created the bucket/ pumping contraption 😂" sucking in air sounds quite likely though now.
What was the issue with the intake? I've had no water going through the system twice, first time was a plastic bag in the intake, removing the hose and sticking a screwdriver down that cleared it. The second time was when the metal bush of the impeller parted from the rubber fins! The spare impeller sorted that out. As billymonkey111 says, blow down the hoses that will tell you if there is a blockage deeper in the system.
I'm not 100% sure if it was a partial blockage or just air getting into the system, as we did both 'fixes' at the same time while we had the pipes off. We didn't see anything physically come out though, so maybe it was air getting into a strainer that wasn't sealed properly?
Great video, keep doing the real stuff that happens, just don't make stuff up. Also always do what you have learnt on this one, plan A, B, C for all the legs of the trip, you never know what mother nature, mechanical or human elements will throw at you. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode and will definitely be checking your website out.
Great video, first time watcher. Wonderful drone sequence editing plus you are good talking to camera. Another time Your engine is not going to overheat if you had just started it to set the anchor. Bucket system a great idea as you can monitor flow safely. If sailing with crew I would always crack on to try and fix the problem ASAP rather than waiting to tie up. Well done.
You guys popped up on my suggestions today. I think you guys are going to be big 😁 love the filming and editing plus your honestly. Lovely to see some sailing from my neck of the woods for a change. Looking forward to sharing your adventures
Great video guys well done getting over one of the many sailing problems you'll encounter on your travels. We will keep a look out for you at the marina. We sail our boat Scout out of Itchen Marine on the mid river pontoon. Keep up the good work
Well done, you reasoned it out and put safety first, you should be proud of yourselves. Have you heard of “sea Start”. They are a bit like the RAC for boats, probably others out there, but could be a comfort blanket to you especially whilst your learning. A friend of mine had an engine failure entering Poole and although they couldn’t fix the problem they towed him into a marina.
The raw water impeller may be your problem! Also, maybe keep a small air compressor on board to attach to your water intake lines so you can blow air through to clear any blockages you may have.
Thanks for the tips! I did check the impeller, and it seemed ok, although I'm temped to replace it again now (had only changed it a few weeks back) as we ran it dry several times and I imagine that's not too great for it? 😳
love your channel good to see you arrived safe im sure on your travels around the world you will encounter more tressfull situations but im sure you will overcome those good luck in the future. Yorkshire John.
That looked like a good system to me. I did think you could join the 2 hoses together and bypass the strainer but the bucket showed you your max RPM so best option. You also asked for advice on a sailing Facebook page , I know I read it just didn't realise it was you🙂. That's also an important point , not always easy to do as you can get roasted but you were willing to do that. As it was you were given a lot of praise for what you tried and your description. Remember if your options getting smaller and risks increasing call RNLI.
I'm just glad it worked, ha ha. As far as posting to ask for help goes, I don't mind the potential for a bit of a roasting, as long as I end up learning something it's all good. I grew up on an army base, as one of only a few a civilian kids, with red hair, in the 1980's, the perfect environment for the thickening of ones skin 😂. As it happens everyone (on that facebook page) was super kind and helpful. In fact I think it's remarkable to be able to tap into such wisdom so easily, and that so many people were so generous with their time, as many went into great detail to share their wisdom with us rookies 😁🍻⛵️
Been there, or somewhere like it. My problem turned out to be, ran out of fuel! Just did not think to check as I freaked out when the engine stopped. I did manage to sail in very light airs into a bay on the North coast of the Isle of Wight, Anchored, had a cup of tea, then set to to work out what my problem was. Pulled out the spare jerry cans of diesel, filled up and in the next morning carried on down the channel. In light airs you are not going anywhere fast, so no immediate danger. GPS will tell you where you are within a couple of meters. On that bit of coast as I remember the biggest danger is a mole coming out along the Poole harbour entrance channel Your position seemed South of that. If you had closed the land with no power you probably could have stopped your progress with the anchor out to full scope and if the wind did pick up, well then up go the sails. Two of you onboard so you could sail forever if you needed to. Single handed to the Caribbean it wasn't the only time my engine quit on me so best be prepared. Always possible to tie the dinghy alongside and use the engine on that if you have one.
You certainly sound like you've seen and done it a few times now! 😳 I think you're right about being prepared for it better next time and in the case of the inlet getting blocked, I think the answer may be to have a back up intake on some kind of switch?
@@CadohaAdventures I think that single raw water inlet on boats is the one weak link and on a monohull you've no backup, apart from sails of course but as noted in light airs you are pretty well screwed for motive power. A second engine on a transom bracket could be an option or how about fitting a 3 way valve into the water inlet line with a removable hose fitting with a long enough length hose, with a filter, to drop over the side? The pump may cope with the extra rise but if not an additional pump to a tank or plain old bucket might do the job.
@@crikycrocky That's certainly an idea. I've got much better aquatinted with the engine over the last couple of weeks 😂 and as such I've noticed that our sail drive has a raw water inlet and sea cock that's not being used for anything? I'm thinking of attaching that to a three way valve on the system intake, what do you think?
@@CadohaAdventures That's an interesting one, one of the benefits of a sail drive I guess. If there is an inlet there then yes, why not use it. Presumably it would already have a filter and I guess the normal intention at some point would have been to give the boats constructors the option to cool the main engine off the same intake as the saildrive. Maybe fit a reinforced clear plastic hose so you can see if water is flowing and make a regular check that sea life is not growing to a pint that it constricts either inlet. Best solution ever as I guess the saildrive could have it's own pump?
Hi to you all. Came across your videos about a month ago and I am hooked. There are thousands of you tube videos out there but I can relate to yours as I have had the same dreams as you have had. Down to earth people like us .All be it that my wife and I are 65 years old we still want to do the same as you. And also with our Vizla Molly . Love to get in touch and tell you about us. Steve, Thelma and Molly
As an mechanical engineer, I'd have used more revs to set the anchor, for the short burst of power you need, it wouldn't have time to overheat the engine, and given you a little more peace of mind that the anchor was well set. If the engine did get very hot at any point, an oil change would be a good idea though, overheating the oil will effect it's lubricating properties.
I think an oil change is on the cards the as the engine certainly got hot a few times. I'm assuming you mean rev the engine to set the anchor quickly if we had simply sailed the whole way? Or even if we had been motoring at 1100 rpms the whole way when we were limping over? Appreciate the feedback.
An option if the tide was about to turn to flood up the needles channel and the wind is from the SE you could have headed back to Allum Bay. Nice safe little anchorage. Hindsight, a wonderful thing 😂
Another epic video ... thanks for sharing your experiences and and your story so far. Your story telling and quality of video editing makes you one of the best sailing channels by far. As 'novices' you have a lot to learn but your journey is inspiring, funny and brilliantly captured with fantastic visuals and perfectly matched music to compliment the experience. Thank you and take care.
Cheers, Derik, just trying to get up to speed with it all and get the hang of it as quickly as possible. Glad you enjoy watching the little adventure unfold and appreciate the kind words.
Nicely done guys , lived to sail another day! Ideas , poke a coat hanger down the intake hose to clear any possible blockage? Is the impeller really good? Ripped, but still connected vanes is possible, is the keyway attaching the impeller damaged / missing. Some other drive issue with the raw water pump. It should be able to suck more water thru the restricted inlet than come in under 'gravity'. But it does suck bucket dry so it looks like a water feed problem, could you connect a different inlet say from toilet to pump if you have the hose? Or to fill the bucket faster with possible using a bilge pump or pressure water pump? Could you flood a bilge compartment and use that as a bigger bucket for higher RPM ? ( obviously you checked the sea cock was fully open....). Also note the strainer should be close/above to the water line so you can open the clean out without closing the seacock so you can judge flow etc. Anchoring ......so, long before we had engines or when we only had tiny engines in boat you size , 8-10 hp common there was no backing down to set the anchor ....you could try backing your sails to help a little , maybe some tide, but really you are Just dropping the anchor and crossing fingers! It worked, mud was your friend. Use a good transit to check position and wait and see. Oh good move avoiding Poole harbor , a lot of shallows in there , complicated currents etc. Cheers Warren
Wow, lots to think about there, appreciate the detailed thoughts! We have an over sized Mantus anchor that's fairly easy to set, and the plan was to lay it on the outskirts of the anchorage when turned to wind (which was due to pick back up by this point) and yes, I guess hope the wind was enough to push us back and set it. In my head I thought worst case scenario I would have to dive down and dig the anchor in manually? But wouldn't of done that if it was dark. I was glad we managed to get a bit of engine back, that's for sure 😬😬
Sailing Cadoha all good' FYI, I sailed for 20 years in English waters with a Real Scottish made CQR , and the thought of diving on an anchor for any reason never even occluded to me. I'm sure the mud has not change that much! Prop maybe. Many times it's just the weight of the anchor and chain that hold you , digging it it is not as big a deal as people think. Your doing fine, I'd sail with you any time , carry on! Cheers w
You did good in the circumstances and getting a thumbs up from Patrick Laine is an accolade indeed.😀👍 You have received good advice on clearing the seacock from others (esp Ant and CID) so I will not repeat those, except to say that as long as there is not too much tide against you and any wind is either light or favourable strapping the dinghy alongside one quarter and giving the 6HP a ‘calibration run’😉 should give you enough control to anchor or get to a jetty, of course much better if you have conducted a wee practice in a safe area first (to establish the truth of it) Anyhoo you tell a good dit.⛵️
I honestly didn't think the 6hp would be up to task, but we will give that a go when we're next able to and see how that works. If not, I was looking for a good reason to get a faster (I mean more powerful in case of emergencies) outboard 😬
Sailing Cadoha I had another thought too---connecting another seacock to the raw water pump suction. Not wholly familiar with the layout of your boat but of course you need the hose long enough to reach - worth checking for future preparedness.😉
Another great video, glad you learned something, wise boatswain mate once told me remember Murphy is an optimist, so you have to be ready for anything. Also glad you are safe, keep up the great work.
Wise words. Yes we learned a lot I think and going by peoples feedback, we're very much still having ' ah ha' moments with other peoples ideas that we didn't even think of. 😁
It's nice to see a successful British channel and you've got some big hitters in the comments section I've noticed. Love the boat... not seen one with that interior arrangement most seem to have a V berth but much prefer yours. PS your music choices are fantastic!
Thanks for the kind words and yes we too loved the layout of the boat, it's was the biggest feeling 38ft boat we had seen that still felt 'old school tough' 😁⛵️
Hi, always carry 2 spare impellors and thermo stats,gaskets and tools to change them and a spare length of pipe and clips. check that the heat exchanger is not blocked.and fit an exhaust alarm Great video ,nothing like a drone shot of the needles with you all passing by .I take it you are still not in Studland bay ? stay safe .ttfn
You did good, you adapted and overcame with what you have at the time, you thought through the problem, jury rigged up a solution and you learned from the experience, your missus was in good spirits, you were in good spirits, your dog was lickin his chops, I might induct you as an honorary solo sailor :) I made the right decision to sub your channel. One thing I have learned from stuff like this and this is a perfect example is that issues cascade, a small issue can trigger another issue which can trigger another issue, its like a choose your own adventure of issues, one thing I like to do is go back to basics when this starts to happen,
You're not wrong, things seem to have a habit of compounding on you just as you really don't need them to. Glad we got through it all unscathed and managed to learn plenty at the same time.
@@CadohaAdventures also the engine on a sailboat is called an auxiliary for a reason, practice sailing on and off the hook so that you can build confidence if the engine does go tits up on you, which it will, because you have a volvo.. haha joking not joking :)
Hey you guys are so cool in the heat of the moment, much respect After being a TH-cam sailor for the past 4 years we've just joined the experience with a Moody 34, just down the road from you, in fact, I can see you from our apartment window! We should meet up when you get back to Itchen River!!
I love this video. So relevant to what we do. Many thanks. Could you please do a video on what happened to the Raymarine autopilot error you mentioned on your video?
The auto pilot error was simply a course that had been entered into the old chart plotter. I’m not sure who did it but once we cancelled it, everything was fine again.
Enjoying your channel! While I believe that you received a number of helpful suggestions that will add to your future preparedness and safety, I was impressed that you employed your backup plans and worked through a series of logical potential solutions. Glad you're all fine. As to "Ratus Bagus" suggestion about servicing your heat exchanger, I think that's good advice. Suggest you check out Sailing Britaly and Sailing Project Atticus, as they both have good videos on how to remove and service the heat exchanger. Fair winds . . .
Hey there, thanks for the input and yes, you're right, we've had so many pearls of wisdom shared with us, it's been great. I hope others reading these comments may also pick up a few new tricks here and there? I think the heat exchanger is going on the winter to do list for sure! 😁😁
I thought you two handled a tough situation quite well. Staying calm, thinking things through and evaluating options will get you through almost anything at sea. Well done.
When a man of your calibre says that was handled quite well, we'll take that! 😳
I feel ever so slightly less sheepish about my Frankensteins water pumping concoction now 😂⛵️
Fair winds to you. 😁
Patrick's right (gedday Patrick), problems rarely solve themselves and you can work most tings out by being methodical as you were. But never mind your A and your B, there's always a C - staying out. Being comfortable out at sea at night goes a long way towards removing one constraint you seemed concerned with - time. Yes, traffic etc but no need to be worried about anchoring if you don't have to anchor.
Except Patrick, they weren't at sea. They were off Hurst (massively fast stream) and also trying to avoid hives.... sorry shingles....which when angry, is as frightening to behold as a dose of!
Their little drama is a reminder that sailing is 90% about colregs. Where collision avoidance includes the IoW, England and those bumpy bits between.
It's actually safer at sea!
But yes. They did well to not transmit stress to each other and remain calm.
Hi guys, just popped onto the website and read the “about us” section. Remember the last sentence ? “Perhaps there's someone out there reading this, or watching our videos, just sat on the fence about if they can actually head off on their own adventure, too? If that person is you, just know that if we can do it, you almost certainly can.
That person on the fence is me and still dreaming !!
Love the videos, thanks for the frankness and wafts & all content. Take care.
Hey Dave, Glad you enjoy the wafting. Never stop dreaming! 😁⛵️
I keep a 2m length of 6mm rigging wire on board for stuffing up from outside the hull or down from the inside to try and clear a blockage in a thru hull valve/pipe, has come in useful a couple of times on a holding tank outlet🙈 and on a jelly fish blocked engine and freezer cooling pipes.
In the US, we would call that a snake. Therefore, I assume in the UK they would call it a hamster or something similar🤪?
Good tip that thanks
Another great video, it’s nice to see someone putting the bad stuff on here showing that it’s not always plain sailing things do happen and explaining your thoughts on how to fix the issues and not panicking. Can’t wait to see how you fix everything
Appreciate the feedback there and yes, things do seem to go wrong, a lot! 😂
Hope the honest look into the adventure is enjoyable to watch 🙏🏻😬⛵️
Sailing Cadoha you need things to go not to plan ( sometimes) it’s a learning curve. Not everything runs to plan in life. Keep doing what you’re doing love your adventures. Give me a wave when you pass Swansea Steve
Don't forget that boats don't sink when the sun goes down.
One thing I have done is when it's getting too late to get into a strange port is just to stay out. Summer nights are short and dawn soon arrives.
Poole is my (was) my home port and it's a good decision not to go in there for the first time in the dark and the ebb through the entrance can be very strong.
As Mrs. Cadoha said the pub (Banks Arms) has a few mooring balls. But anchoring is good if you can find a good spot. Me? I'd have hoped to stay as calm but maybe thought about Portland harbour after an overnight sail.
You're right, and I am more than happy to stay out sailing in circles after dark, although I'm not sure the rest of the crew are quite up for that just yet ⛵️🍻😂
Lovely video , happy you pulled it off and got yourselves to a safe anchorage !
Had a peek at your website ....those old photos are pure gold . Your adventure has just began ...
Ha ha, yes, there are some gems in there which should be plenty of ammunition for people to roast us for many years to come 😂
Great Video!
It's nice to see how honest and transparent you are about your level of experience, and how eager you are to learn as much as possible.
I'm sure these situations will stand you in good stead for the future; being able to plan and be prepared for any eventuality is so important.
I'd love to be at the start of an adventure like yours!
Keep up the good work!
Not much point in pretending we have that much sailing skill, most of the people watching these videos seem too know what they're talking about and so we'd be busted as Walter Mitty's in no time 😂
Hope you're well 🍻
Enjoy your honesty. Coat hangers are a good router tool. A backup helps to have a dingey motor. Then you can use your dingy as a push tug or side by side sister in very light winds. The best Tom
Just as I was looking for a stronger argument to make for a larger outboard, it's now a matter of health and safety 😁😁
What you needed is a stick. Or a couple of metres of fine bore 6 to 8 mm stiff plastic airline hose. Or a length of stainless welding wire. I now carry all of those on board. Since the day when I got a plastic bag sucked into the water intake on a near windless day at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour. We made it to the Gosport Fuel pontoon and then rodded out the obstruction with the fuel dip stick.
We've just added some old, thin (ish) wire rigging to the tool box 😬
Sailing Cadoha on my 47 year old Westerly Centaur the filter sits in a vertical bronze tube with a screw top directly above the seacock and thru-hull. This is very old style but it does have the distinct advantage that you can remove the cap and with the seacock open you can rod it right through. If the engine is running then the seawater doesn’t overflow the top. I had to do it three times in three hundred yards once due to an enormous amount of seaweed in the water.
I love your explanations of the problems/issues you encountered, the process of each issue and then summing up with "lessons learnt". Excellent.
Screaming in my head "blow down that hose!!!"
Agreed. Dinghy pump and some electrical tape. One or two foot pumps should do the trick.
Handled well. Pushing air or water back down the hose as a back wash would have been my first thought, but I’m at home not stressing using that wonderful thing called hindsight!
I think that in the lottery of life, if you have a lifetime companion as wonderful as Carly, then you really have secured the jackpot. Very glad she has a decent bloke like you too Dom. Bless your dear hearts, you lovely couple. From Mike, Titchfield.
Thanks, Mike, and yes, in the grand scheme of things, we're both really blessed, especially me (Dom) 😁😁🙏🏻🍻
Had a similar problem and found (after a lot of trial and error) a long pipe brush that freed up the growth of small crustaceans reestablishing water flow. All done from the inside of the boat. Another method that I have not yet tried is using a CO2 cartridge pump used to inflate bicycle tires that will blast the blockage out.
Yes I really do like the idea of staying in the boat to clear the blockage. Now it seems crazy how quick I was thinking about jumping in the water to unblock it! 😳
In an emergency take a spare hose direct from your galley sink overboard seacock direct into the raw water pump (if you can rig it pre the strainer so much the better). This way you will bypass any blockage from the seacock inlet to the raw water pump and can use the engine normally without limitation. If you still have a problem you know where it isn’t. I learnt this trick the hardway .. good luck!
Appreciate the tip, Matt, and will remember that one and get a bit of hose cut to size just in case! 🍻
Adrift with no wind at all. The engine blowing smoke, and of course, the possibility of an engine fire. A rather large fear on any boat. You handled it well, and most importantly you are all safe.
Good video, I thought you both did well in a stressful situation. Some great comments & suggestions.
Wishing you safe & pickle free voyages in future.
Hi Guys, I think you did very well considering the options and finding solutions both for the engine problem and where to stop. There is rarely only one way to solve problems but yours worked and that’s what counts.
On a previous boat with a sail drive I regularly had issues with a blocked intake although nothing found in the strainer. My solutions in order of preference were to stop the boat (or try motoring backwards) as often there was a piece of weed or plastic held in place over the intake on the sail drive by the forward movement of the boat (especially at slow speeds in flat seas). Second (it has been mentioned already) was to use the dinghy pump to blow through anything stuck in the intake. I could do this without even disconnecting the intake pipe as the tube for the pump fitted exactly into the bottom of the strainer once the lid was removed. When I had a more serious problem, I used a spare hose to reconnect the intake to the strainer to the heads intake. Your experience that day adds to your knowledge bank and like the rest of us, you never stop learning.
Appreciate the feedback. I've only just realised that we have a water intake on the sail drive (does that show my level of mechanical skills or what?). Our raw water intake is right under the strainer.
Perhaps if I hook them both up on some kind of three way valve?
Nice to see a problem sorted. Goes in the ‘shit happens’ folder.
I have had this problem before and solved it by blowing back down the intake pipe, seacock to strainer. Probably a poly bag sucked into the sail drive.
Other things that you can do.
Fill up stained to top and put a little bit of washing up liquid into the strainer, put lid on and see if washing up liquid bubbles are being discharged from the exhaust. This will ensure that their is not a blockage past the strainer.
Check the seal on the strainer. If you do not have a water tight seal then air will get in and the siphon action will stop. You can lubricate the strainer seal with washing up liquid.
From the video, it looks to me like a problem between the seacock and the strainer.
Their is also more complicated solutions like using an electric bilge pump to draw water into the strainer inlet or hooking up the fresh water pump to the strainer inlet.
Sailing is a learning process, I honestly think that I learn something everyday I go on the water.
Look after your engine, get to know and love every bit of her and all your boat systems, toilet included! 😂😂😂
Enjoy your sailing and laugh at your mistakes. We have all been their.
Will do David, I think this winter we're going to become much better aquatinted and I'm going to brave the tools just that bit more. 😁
Wonderful drone footage and beautifully edited btw. Respect your humility and ability to assess situation and make changes to plans. Shall be checking up on your adventure as you progress. Really great so far.
Love this thanks for sharing. What I don't understand is why risk tide for a reefing line. May sound silly but if you checked weather a dozen times you knew reefing wassent necessary anyway and it's pretty easy to reef with a temp line.
This is a pretty old video now but if I’m honest we were brand new to sailing at this point, first boat, no clue what we were doing, kind of figuring it out in the fly and just way more cautious about everything.
Excellent work, you guys did great. Hind sight is 20 20 as they say, but, having a length of pipe on board long enough to drop over the side in case there is a block on the external intake side is a good idea. Also, I did once manage to clear a block by blowing down the intake side. But great work. Never panic, think it through.
Thanks, Charlie, thankfully it all worked out well and we got out of trouble unscathed and also learned some valuable lessons 🙏⛵️
Great video! Well done for the practical thinking and planning. It’s a scary situation when you have no wind or power👌
Yes it got a bit hair there for a second for sure.
Another positive to take, It’s better this happened now and you learn from it rather than it happening in the middle of no mans land
Yes, you're right, happy to be learning while we have so many seasoned salts around us for help. 😁
How strange... watching this while anchored in Studland Bay with engine failure!
Meant to be crossing this week... if all fails, I'm fitting my outboard and carrying on
This is the first video of yours I’ve watched and I definitely enjoyed it. Nice videography!! The military taught me to always have a PACE plan for everything: Primary, Alternative, Contingency, and Emergency! Smooth sailing.
That sounds like some solid military training, good advice to live by let along sail.
Hi well done. I know that feeling been there a couple of times. I still have the same problem which is a Volvo Penta 10HP with a sail drive. I found if I took it to help revs she runs fine. Once you found the water was coming through at certain revs I would have connected it back up again. What you did also worked well done.
Still haven’t resolved my problem looking to fit a separate intake bypassing the saildrive. Love the videos
Roy
We've got an intake on the sail drive that isn't being used, so may look into joining two intakes together with some kind of valve system to switch between them 🧐🍻
Another great video. You both stayed calm and worked through you problems. Everyday is a learning experience.
Cheers, I think the calm weather, sun and distance off shore made staying calm just that bit easier. Slightly different conditions and I may have sworn a fair amount more 😂
We used your bucket technique to get us into a port with a seacock blockage but 2 of us in the cockpit were collecting sea water and passing it down to top the bucket up....lucky the engine was a small very low revving engine. Personally I think you did really well rigging that system up .
Wowzers, well I'm glad to hear you made it in ok! The idea of this video being of any use to anyone also makes it feel worthwhile to have made too then 😁⛵️🙏🏻
Did you try using a dingy pump to blow out the blockage?
@@CadohaAdventures No we didn't, I've just read about that technique in the comments section, which may well have worked so sound advice.....turned out to be a jelly fish, quite a big one too. You did well making this video considering the anxiety at the time. Some great advice in the comments section too 👌👍
It would have been useful to put a call out for help. Someone would probably have towed you into Studland Bay for a beer. We all know its you today, but us tomorrow. At least let the Coastguard know. Remember you crossed the Poole entrance shipping lane. It's horrible as the light fades and your options decrease and your thinking gets foggy. Good call on keeping the engine revs low. Anyway, good on you for sharing this ... many wouldn't!
Appreciate the thoughts and some good ideas there too. Every day seems to be a school day for us right now.
........ Well! .. your first foray forth and made sure that you didn't conclude that it was all sandy beaches and turtles ..... sure loved the drone shots you included .... thx for sharing a peek into your lives .... never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ......
There was eventually a sandy beach, ha ha, eventually 😂
Hope you're safe and well too Peter 🙏🏻
@@CadohaAdventures .... Excellent ..... thank-you Carly and Dom, I am well, I trust you both are well as well, you look well in your video .....
It is not how we do when all goes to plan that defines us but how we cope when the plan exits through the heads.
How we balance risk against reward, fear against over confidence and determine what is the actual situation is whilst suppressing emotion and from that what are the feasible courses of action are that one might take. Seems to me your team had a great training sail, well done.
I expect over the course of the next few thousand miles of sailing there will be as varied a list of specifications of fan as there will be consistencies of excrement impacting them, you will overcome them with what you have and each other.
Great media and drone shots btw...
Appreciate the comments and yes, I'm sure the more miles we get under our keel, the more weird and wonderful problems we'll encounter and have to solve 😁
Such a pleasure to watch. We are preparing to sail long and have been sailing short ( from Panama City Fl) for the last couple of years preparing. I have been watching several TH-cam Sailing Channels ( recently becoming a Patreon on a few) You are next on my list to contribute to because you guys are so good. Fun to watch, informative, smart, and most of all you are DOING IT! GREAT JOB!
That's super kind of you to say, and we're just glad someone gets some enjoyment watching us fumbling around in the dark, trying to get the hang of it all 😂😂
Best of luck with your adventures too, you sound a little bit more advanced than us though 😁⛵️🍻
Just keep sailing and the learning curve gets easier. My first boat was a dufour 2800 in the early 1980s. First trip Bembridge to Fishbourne (stub keel with lifting plate, and a unplanned dry out on two posts rafted up.) 2nd trip Bembridge to Cherbourg missed and ended up in St Vast le Hougue. After that I was off whenever I could and now have around 20-25k miles under my belt. Currently own a 30ft Cat on the river Dart (and just done round the island last week.) West towards Scilly islands as soon as I get my prescriptions renewed (74 yrs young.) What was blocking the intake? My initial reaction would have been to blow furiously down the intake pipe while your partner wiggles the intake seacock.n If that didnt work it would be to get as near to a protected shore as possible, drop the hook and break out the beer and food. (then think about next move.)
A great video, warts and all. My second time solo sailing, my outboard failed, the wind dropped and I suddenly felt ill. So I requested help and was airlifted to hospital. The lessons were learnt and have sailed happily since.
You show sailing as it really is. Not the walking along palm lined streets or light blue seas. OK, like all your followers, I am waiting for these videos from you because I know you will show it good and bad
Jeeeez, glad you were ok and are back out again now. I did feel very nauseous through the whole affair, it's beyond my understanding how I didn't throw up though 🧐😳😂
Sailing Cadoha I have always found abject terror and fear is a good antidote to seasickness
@@Sailing_Antrice 😂😂😂😂😂
Good idea I fitted a two way valve in prep for a separate intake. I use ASAP supplies they are fast efficient and provide the right stuff instead of the non standard kit from Volvo.
Awesome, I'll be sure to check them out! 👌🏻🍻
Well done guys for staying calm and I like your logic re your trip. One idea for you would be to use your dinghy pump and try to blow down through the the seacock to dislodge the partial blockage. Always good to be flexible while passage planning.
Cheers, James, it's amazing how calm selective editing can make you look 😂
Yes the dingy pump idea is a great one, I get the feeling that many a seasoned sailor has this trick in their arsenal given how often it's come up as a go to idea 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Yep, there was alot of weed around a couple of weeks ago.
Your logic for problem diagnosis was sound. Pat on the back.
The problem had to be a) in the through hull, b) in the valve, c) in the pipe between the valve and the strainer. The bucket proved that.
We are also a couple of (almost) newbies in the Solent. We got weed in the Hamble/Itchen on our very first trip to Poole 3 years ago. Managed to clear it with a coathanger. Later advice from others is to have a short peice of pipe in the locker, sized to fit on the through hull fitting, and long enough to come above the waterline, and a fitting (even gaffer tape) to the footpump. That allows you to impact/blow weed clear out of the through hull. It is possible to blow down the inlet from the (disconnected) strainer pipe, if you have big lungs and only a partial blockage....
It happened again to us only 3 weeks ago, around Lymington heading for the Needles. Luckily managed to blow through, and quickly, before we got to Hurst.
Suggest you prep and check all that whilst on a mooring, including checking how quickly you can change the impeller.
And the sign of a keen but novice(ish) yachtie...spending free time browsing and learning on the YBW help forums :). Very helpful people there.
Have fun and keep safe.
Good choice with the Warrior btw.
Appreciate the feedback and yes, you're right about the YBW forums, so much great info in there too.
We found that our dingy hose was a good enough fit (with the help of some rags and cling film) to create enough pressure to blow down the pipe.
We also have a secondary fresh water intake off of our sail drive, so I think we may (in the winter) connect that in a kind of three way value situation so that we have a back up ready to go?
Thanks for another interesting video. Visited your new website and I find it a pleasant experience to get to know the "crew". Both of you have interesting background and stories, and I feel I know you guys more now rather than just another TH-camr. Love the section on Hank, and the photos are precious. I can envisage an interesting journey ahead for you guys once the environment permits international travel again, and I can't wait to follow your adventures in the high seas. Until then, stay safe and blessed. Cheers from NZ.
Cheers, Daniel, glad the website filled in some of the blanks as to who we are. Fingers crossed we eventually make it down to your part of the world?! 🤞🤞🤞
Hope you're safe and well 👌🏻🍻
Hey guys, i know this probably won't get seen, but i just wanted to say you are a HUGE inspiration to me and i love the videos (and Hank). I'm 14, and my dad got a 23ft boat last year, we are now planning to get a bigger boat and go to the Mediterranean too. (i also used to have a Viszla too :))
It did indeed get seen my friend and if it really inspired you, then that alone makes the video worth making!
Very best of luck to you and perhaps we'll cross paths with you all in the Med some time? 😁
You may have figured out the problem, but if not I will tell you what has happened with my motor a few times. At times after sailing I have started the engine on my boat and little to no water came out of the wet exhaust. I keep the engine in neutral and bring the revs up high to re-primed the wet exhaust lines. The problem was that the system lost its prime after sailing in rolly sea conditions. Just a thought and one possible solution if it happens again, then again maybe it was a blockage? Alfy
Always used to carry a backup pump on my boat, and a second long shaft seagull engine stowed away somewhere. The old seagull; wasn't very quick but it got me out of trouble on a couple of occasions especially when limping into the harbour.
I'm thinking of a slightly bigger outboard and perhaps some kind of lifting bracket to be able to use it in an emergency now 🧐
Another thought... while you are learning and still on the south coast / Solent area you could join SeaStart. They are like the AA for boats. If you are in trouble but not in danger you can ring them up and a fast Rib with an engineer on board comes racing out to you. If they can't fix it then I think they tow you home or to a safe place. I decided while I am learning and while I am adding bits to the boat it was probably a wise investment. If its of interest just google SeaStart.
You know it doesn't sound like a bad shout to be fair 👌🏻
Hey Dom and Carly, you did good, IMO. The work around for the engine was great, it worked. I might have tried to disconnect the hose from the seacock and push something down it or even use he dinghy pump to blow down the pipe as it may have dislodged the obstruction. Yes could feel scary when water comes belching in but it would only be for a few moments. The constant reappraising of your plans was good too. Things change all the time, so many factors to consider in sailing a boat. Good to share this and how things can escalate. Many a lesser sailor would have been on the blower to the RNLI which shouldn’t be the case. Happy days, look forward to seeing more. Btw South Deep in Poole is a lovely Anchorage, but only when your engine is working ok... Andy UK
cheers, Andy, and yes I like the dingy pump trick. I had no idea at the time, but thanks to this situation, it's something new we've learned and we actually used it to unblock anything that may have been in there 😁
Well done Cadoha
I sailed the Saint Lawrence (Quebec) in a Bayfield 26 for four years...and I dont remember any outing that didn't come with one lesson or another!
Cheers
I didn't see any clueless sailor in this video :) From my own experience, just wanted to add another note to your Plan A-B-C. Informing other vessels in anchorage about your problem before your arrival can be helpful. Speaking calm and a clear explanation on radio will prevent alarming all of the anchorage :) If things go wrong, at least some people will be ready to assist. Good luck, be safe :)
That's a really good point. I'll be sure to do that if there's ever a next time. 😬
Diesel tank gunk is the worst. I installed two 5" inspection covers on my 20 gallon tank that allows me to easily clean out future fungus/algae growth. Your backup 5 gallon fuel tank is a great idea, fair sails crew of Cadoha!
Cheers Daniel, here's for hoping we never need to use it in anger! 🙏🏻🤞🏼
Like your plan A,B,C or as we call our backups here “One is none, two is one, three is two”. Suggest getting a good outboard for that dinghy. Last resort strap her to the side of Cadoha and use as alternate power source to limp to safety. Done this a few times. Love your videos! Cheers to you guys for getting out there.
I told Carly we should have a bigger outboard, now it's a safety issue, I think there's no argument left 😬😬
Hello, it's probably been said, I have a 3 way valve behind the sea water intake valve.
On this I can connect a simple garden hose.
Then I can take water out of the sink iff needed, or use it as a Back up bildge pump.
No extra holes needed.
Grtz from sailingdogsofia
That sounds like an interesting back up! And I like the idea of it being a back up bulge pump, I guess providing your bilge isn't full of horrible stuff 😂
@@CadohaAdventures or to winter service the engine, fluch the engine with frech water when repairs needed on the salt water bits.
It's endless my friend. Greetings to hank from Sofia the sailingdogsofia
Well Dom, I have previously complained at you wearing the Captain's hat. However, you managed to devise a way of keeping the engine going without harming it. There might have been other options, but you achieved by your ingenuity a successful solution. So I think now is the time to give you a promotion. No longer Deck Hand. Now it has to be Chief-Engineer Dom!
I will accept my promotion from deck hand with pride 😬😬⛵️
wow This is the real side of sailing
and boy you not only managed to keep a cool head and deal with it you were still smiling
Big respect to you sir
I'd have panicked chucked the rib over the side and got it all sorts of trouble trying to tow the yact
You might be a novice sailor but
goodness me id sail under your command any day
keep it up
That's very kind of you to say. I'm sure we're making mistakes as we go, but trying our hardest to get better is all. The command really is a team effort though, I just happen to hog the camera more 😬😬
So what was stuck in the skin fitting in the hull, I've had to use a fishing rod to back clear one before, after that I fitted a second seacock to supply the engine if necessary
I like the idea of the second seacock! I don't know what was in there as we ended up using the dingy pump to clear whatever it may have been.
Sailing Cadoha that’s a good way of doing it, I had one either side of the keel coming into a y fitting and into the single strainer
I used a sail batten to unblock our sewer pipe at home. I can't begin to tell you how much fun that was, because it wasn't. The smell lives imprinted on my memory, and I don't know or care what I did with the batten afterwards. It's gone along with the blockage.
First time watcher and have to say this was a very interesting and excellently presented video. Too many sailing channels present a fluffy utopia of life on their channels. This gave a much more realistic (and salutory) reflection of life at sea. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it, and yes we're are just conveying our story in an honest, albeit trying to be a little entertaining, kind of way.
We were sucked into this life by the allure of bikinis, azure water, and rum cocktails every day. Lies, lies, lies!!! 😂😂
That's sailing for you, self reliance gets you in. I usually found at least 3 things would conspire on an interesting passage. Liked the flow monitoring system, it worked! Only thing missing was sending a few blasts from the dinghy pump back down the inlet, see if it cleared a blockage. Nice story, well delivered.
Cheers Andy, and yes we never even thought of the dingy pump to unblock a pipe until we started getting the feedback from the more seasoned salts. Great bit of advice there 😁😁😁
Given that you were behind schedule and by the time you reached Hurst the tide was slack and by the time of the engine problem the tide would have been flooding you could have considered turning around and using the flood to get to Yarmouth. Good visitors swinging moorings just outside the harbour or a very helpful harbour master who no doubt would have helped you onto a pontoon.
In the cold light of day that doesn't sound like a bad idea, although given how much we'd built up the needles channel to ourselves over the weeks/ months, I think the idea of tackling them again, with no engine as a back up, may have been a bit too brave for us 😬😬
Nice video, good lessons learned, but you found a good solution to the problem and got your engine working. Well done. Brought back memories of when I was a kid and we used to sail our family Westerly GK29 from Itchenor to Studland Bay - about 40 yrs ago ! Pool is stunning. . Theres a nice walk up to the top of Old Harry Rock there and on a clear day you can see the Needles and I always wondered as a kid whether at some point in time the two were joined. Do visit Lulworth Cove if you get a chance on your travels Westward.
Appreciate the well wishes, Simon. Yes you're right, it really is a stunning location, especially when the weather is on your side 😁😁
Very interesting to follow the learning curve with you both went through. You've just notched up another follower, an armchair adventurer.
Welcome aboard and yes, this is basically the documenting of a very steep learning curve 😬
Young man it’s easy to put up with your talking because you have such a beauuuuuutiful Captain Cheers 🥂
I knew she'd come in handy! 😬🍻
I have just found your channel and love this video. learned so much from sailing channels on youtube and this is a great new lesson. Thanks. I have been so inspired and bought a new yacht myslef. (Never had one before). We are in ocean village, very close to you. I can tell you our own stupidity has lead to engine failures on a brand new boat. I was not as cool and calm as you! Well done, I look forward to your adventures.
Welcome aboard, Darren!
We'll be back in that neck of the woods come winter, so maybe we can grab a beer sometime and we cam swap rookie mistake stories 😁😂
Well done guys. Every day is a learning opportunity! This was just another one.
It certainly was indeed 😁
I'm thinking that Patrick Laine would do this instinctively, but from my flying days it was always impressed upon us. Keep choosing the best place to land if plan A doesn't happen. The instructors and examiners always would look for the slightest relaxation in your eyes then spring engine fire or failure on you. Where are you going to land would be the first question. I do the same in my boat, and where was my first engine failure, only 36 miles from the only port in seas so big that the coast guard could not come out to help. Thanks for doing this video, it's not always pretty or easy, but it makes us all think, what we would do given the same circumstance.
Man I'm glad you made it in ok, that sounds like a super scary situation to be in if the coast guard said you're on your own!! 😳
Great video. I’m a clueless seakayaker and your adventure reminded me of mine. On a 7 day trip I crossed from Hurst Castle to the Needles which I loved but it was not flat calm. Being clueless about tides I then carelessly headed back for Yarmouth. Passing Fort Albert, let’s just say - oh my goodness. Anyway, like you, I’ve got stories. Advice - I started my trip in Poole Harbour and had wanted to go west, but at Kimmeridge discovered (from a patrol boat) that the military fire stuff out to sea from around there. Have a plan D.
You did all that in a Kayak? 😳
So many positives in this video and in the end you made it safely to the anchorage. If you're looking for advice, mine would be to give yourself plenty of wiggle room.A delayed start from the Itchen might make pausing in Yarmouth/Lymington a good option, then making the most of the next suitable tide. Tidal gates shouldn't be feared but treated with respect, I'm excited to see how you guys did around Portland! Looks like I'm subscribing. Oh good job with the jury rig engine. :)
In hindsight I think stopping in Yarmouth wouldn't be the most idea ever, to make sure we've got plenty of time when we do decide to push off. 👌🏻👌🏻
Great going, team! You’ve come a long way since those early days. Sail on ..... 👍🏼⛵️ ..... by the way, that sideways-moving tug .... Voith Schneider ✅
Thanks, Roy, appreciate the kind words. Although we do feel like we've come a long way, it also feels as if we realise more and more just how much there is to still learn!
Guessing by your insta stories you have fixed the issues!? You should get a lifting bracket for the outboard which canterlevers up and down to use it as a spare motor. Fair play sticking to safe plans and doing the research. My old boat used to be in Poole and the chain ferry can be chaos at times! Try and blow down the intake pipe to blow any blockage out, or a longer hose to above the waterline and it won’t come in and you can rod it through with wire coat hanger or something. Also you could put the engine suction onto another seacock for another system, no strainer but would get you home, even put it onto the kitchen tap and run the fresh water in a real bad situation....depends on water pump flow. Looking forward to the next ep! 🤟🏽🤟🏽
I actually really like the idea of a lifting bracket now, and this seems like a perfectly sound reason to upgrade our 6hp to something more suitable, like a 25hp?!
You know, for emergencies 😬😬😬😂
Sailing Cadoha your tender will go along at 45 degrees with a 25 on the back hahaha
Well done you are learning things and that is what’s important, have confidence in your ground tackle, you probably have given the engine a squirt for 30 seconds just to set it.
Love your drone work and choice of music.
Thanks Ian, I wasn't sure about using the engine at all when we had no water, but a few people now have said it'd be fine just to set the anchor in this scenario. So it's good to know that too 😁
Similar thing happened to me; first thing I knew was the engine overheating alarm. Eventually found a plastic bag sucked into the raw water intake pipe, which was removed by poking a stick down the intake pipe from the seacock. The tendency is to exaggerate (catastrophise) problems ...my first thought was that the head gasket had blown... when a calm exploration of the system would be better begun from the beginning of the system, in this case, the raw water intake area.
Great episode & well done. You might find it easier putting the main halyard on and unzipping the stack pack before you leave port/anchorage, it just stops you needing to go on deck whilst moving. Also might be worth considering a motoring cone for when you motorsail - helps with insurance, should something untowards happen. I think you did a good job on the bucket to give you some motion, you could always use your dinghy and outboard to move you ascwell if you need to (lash the dinghy to the rear quarter of the yacht and use the yachts rudder to steer). You were both really calm and Studland is a great place to anchor ⛵️
No matter mate !! All will be sorted .Fare winds an following sea's!!
Thanks Donna, all is fine (ish) now 😬
The cluelessyachties web site is exceptional!! - great background and details.
Just something we threw together to flesh out who we are a bit more. Glad you enjoyed reading it 😁
Seriously great, I wish all the sailing couples would share their backgrounds, It adds to a rich understanding of what you are now..
Love your channel & rich web site.
Be safe and enjoy the life you two have chosen!
Good video, sailing always has it challenges (glad its not just me!) Have had the water intake blocked before, now keep a length of stainless welding wire on board to push down the seacock. Massey business but gets the job done. Fingers 🤞 crossed next passage is better. As you said you learned something, always take the positive from a bad situation 👍🏻👏⛵🏴
Thanks for the tips and yes I think it's fair to say that we've learned a lot from this experience, which is always a good thing.
We will have more supplies for our next outing now for sure. 😬
Ok, so I haven't been following your channel so I do not know how much engine work was done but- Did you pull the rubber impeller out of the pump and ensure the tines are not curled and deformed- it may be an old impeller that looks ok in the housing but may be crap. It may also be sucking air in the strainer somewhere. Ex Coast Guard mech tech and 40 years turning wrenches!
hey Michael, the impeller was new only about a month ago. I did take it out and check it before I created the bucket/ pumping contraption 😂"
sucking in air sounds quite likely though now.
What was the issue with the intake? I've had no water going through the system twice, first time was a plastic bag in the intake, removing the hose and sticking a screwdriver down that cleared it. The second time was when the metal bush of the impeller parted from the rubber fins! The spare impeller sorted that out.
As billymonkey111
says, blow down the hoses that will tell you if there is a blockage deeper in the system.
I'm not 100% sure if it was a partial blockage or just air getting into the system, as we did both 'fixes' at the same time while we had the pipes off. We didn't see anything physically come out though, so maybe it was air getting into a strainer that wasn't sealed properly?
Great video, keep doing the real stuff that happens, just don't make stuff up. Also always do what you have learnt on this one, plan A, B, C for all the legs of the trip, you never know what mother nature, mechanical or human elements will throw at you. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode and will definitely be checking your website out.
Thanks, Paul, we will indeed keep sticking with back up plan on top on back up plan. Glad you enjoyed it 😁⛵️
Great video, first time watcher. Wonderful drone sequence editing plus you are good talking to camera. Another time Your engine is not going to overheat if you had just started it to set the anchor. Bucket system a great idea as you can monitor flow safely. If sailing with crew I would always crack on to try and fix the problem ASAP rather than waiting to tie up. Well done.
You guys popped up on my suggestions today. I think you guys are going to be big 😁 love the filming and editing plus your honestly. Lovely to see some sailing from my neck of the woods for a change. Looking forward to sharing your adventures
Thanks, Richard, that's kind of you to say. We're just happy other people enjoy joining in with our humble little adventure 😁⛵️
Great video guys well done getting over one of the many sailing problems you'll encounter on your travels. We will keep a look out for you at the marina. We sail our boat Scout out of Itchen Marine on the mid river pontoon. Keep up the good work
Hello there. We'll be sure to keep an eye out for you when we're back that way in the winter. Always good to know a few locals to share a beer with 🍻😬
Always carry a spare impeller and gaskets, check the old one and replace it if its missing blades
Well done, you reasoned it out and put safety first, you should be proud of yourselves.
Have you heard of “sea Start”. They are a bit like the RAC for boats, probably others out there, but could be a comfort blanket to you especially whilst your learning. A friend of mine had an engine failure entering Poole and although they couldn’t fix the problem they towed him into a marina.
Sea start doesn't sound like a bad shout as a plan b, or perhaps c, yeah I lie the sound of plan c, ha ha, at least then I can say I tried. 🧐😬😬
The raw water impeller may be your problem! Also, maybe keep a small air compressor on board to attach to your water intake lines so you can blow air through to clear any blockages you may have.
Thanks for the tips!
I did check the impeller, and it seemed ok, although I'm temped to replace it again now (had only changed it a few weeks back) as we ran it dry several times and I imagine that's not too great for it? 😳
@@CadohaAdventures It could be a blockage in your heat exchanger or mixing nozzle.... Call Mads!!!
We were here filming recently too! Glad you are OK ❤️⚓💙
Ah, good stuff, do you have a video of your filming posted anywhere for us to see? 😁
@@CadohaAdventures not yet but will be coming soon 😁
love your channel good to see you arrived safe im sure on your travels around the world you will encounter more tressfull situations but im sure you will overcome those good luck in the future. Yorkshire John.
I hope so too, cheers, John! 🍻
That looked like a good system to me. I did think you could join the 2 hoses together and bypass the strainer but the bucket showed you your max RPM so best option. You also asked for advice on a sailing Facebook page , I know I read it just didn't realise it was you🙂. That's also an important point , not always easy to do as you can get roasted but you were willing to do that. As it was you were given a lot of praise for what you tried and your description. Remember if your options getting smaller and risks increasing call RNLI.
I'm just glad it worked, ha ha.
As far as posting to ask for help goes, I don't mind the potential for a bit of a roasting, as long as I end up learning something it's all good. I grew up on an army base, as one of only a few a civilian kids, with red hair, in the 1980's, the perfect environment for the thickening of ones skin 😂.
As it happens everyone (on that facebook page) was super kind and helpful. In fact I think it's remarkable to be able to tap into such wisdom so easily, and that so many people were so generous with their time, as many went into great detail to share their wisdom with us rookies 😁🍻⛵️
Been there, or somewhere like it. My problem turned out to be, ran out of fuel! Just did not think to check as I freaked out when the engine stopped. I did manage to sail in very light airs into a bay on the North coast of the Isle of Wight, Anchored, had a cup of tea, then set to to work out what my problem was. Pulled out the spare jerry cans of diesel, filled up and in the next morning carried on down the channel. In light airs you are not going anywhere fast, so no immediate danger. GPS will tell you where you are within a couple of meters. On that bit of coast as I remember the biggest danger is a mole coming out along the Poole harbour entrance channel Your position seemed South of that. If you had closed the land with no power you probably could have stopped your progress with the anchor out to full scope and if the wind did pick up, well then up go the sails. Two of you onboard so you could sail forever if you needed to. Single handed to the Caribbean it wasn't the only time my engine quit on me so best be prepared. Always possible to tie the dinghy alongside and use the engine on that if you have one.
You certainly sound like you've seen and done it a few times now! 😳
I think you're right about being prepared for it better next time and in the case of the inlet getting blocked, I think the answer may be to have a back up intake on some kind of switch?
@@CadohaAdventures I think that single raw water inlet on boats is the one weak link and on a monohull you've no backup, apart from sails of course but as noted in light airs you are pretty well screwed for motive power. A second engine on a transom bracket could be an option or how about fitting a 3 way valve into the water inlet line with a removable hose fitting with a long enough length hose, with a filter, to drop over the side? The pump may cope with the extra rise but if not an additional pump to a tank or plain old bucket might do the job.
@@crikycrocky That's certainly an idea. I've got much better aquatinted with the engine over the last couple of weeks 😂 and as such I've noticed that our sail drive has a raw water inlet and sea cock that's not being used for anything? I'm thinking of attaching that to a three way valve on the system intake, what do you think?
@@CadohaAdventures That's an interesting one, one of the benefits of a sail drive I guess. If there is an inlet there then yes, why not use it. Presumably it would already have a filter and I guess the normal intention at some point would have been to give the boats constructors the option to cool the main engine off the same intake as the saildrive. Maybe fit a reinforced clear plastic hose so you can see if water is flowing and make a regular check that sea life is not growing to a pint that it constricts either inlet. Best solution ever as I guess the saildrive could have it's own pump?
Hi to you all. Came across your videos about a month ago and I am hooked. There are thousands of you tube videos out there but I can relate to yours as I have had the same dreams as you have had. Down to earth people like us .All be it that my wife and I are 65 years old we still want to do the same as you. And also with our Vizla Molly . Love to get in touch and tell you about us. Steve, Thelma and Molly
A fellow Vizsla man, hello there. I hope she takes to the water as well as Hank seems to have ⛵️🤞🙏🏻
Sailing Cadoha Thanks for the reply much appreciated.
As an mechanical engineer, I'd have used more revs to set the anchor, for the short burst of power you need, it wouldn't have time to overheat the engine, and given you a little more peace of mind that the anchor was well set.
If the engine did get very hot at any point, an oil change would be a good idea though, overheating the oil will effect it's lubricating properties.
I think an oil change is on the cards the as the engine certainly got hot a few times.
I'm assuming you mean rev the engine to set the anchor quickly if we had simply sailed the whole way? Or even if we had been motoring at 1100 rpms the whole way when we were limping over?
Appreciate the feedback.
An option if the tide was about to turn to flood up the needles channel and the wind is from the SE you could have headed back to Allum Bay. Nice safe little anchorage. Hindsight, a wonderful thing 😂
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and so is having an amazingly rich comments sections with loads of local knowledge to learn from 😁😁😁
Sailing Cadoha often the safest thing to do is head out to see and give yourself sea room to sort the issue out. Happy sailing.
Another epic video ... thanks for sharing your experiences and and your story so far. Your story telling and quality of video editing makes you one of the best sailing channels by far. As 'novices' you have a lot to learn but your journey is inspiring, funny and brilliantly captured with fantastic visuals and perfectly matched music to compliment the experience. Thank you and take care.
Cheers, Derik, just trying to get up to speed with it all and get the hang of it as quickly as possible.
Glad you enjoy watching the little adventure unfold and appreciate the kind words.
I'm just a new subscriber but I wanted to tell you I really enjoyed today's episode and you guys are so much fun to watch. Thanks and happy sailing
Welcome aboard, Joseph!
Glad to see that selective editing is paying off 😬😬😬
Nice to have you here 🍻🍻⛵️
you picked the right anchorage! Studland can get very bouncy at night
Nicely done guys , lived to sail another day! Ideas , poke a coat hanger down the intake hose to clear any possible blockage? Is the impeller really good? Ripped, but still connected vanes is possible, is the keyway attaching the impeller damaged / missing. Some other drive issue with the raw water pump. It should be able to suck more water thru the restricted inlet than come in under 'gravity'. But it does suck bucket dry so it looks like a water feed problem, could you connect a different inlet say from toilet to pump if you have the hose? Or to fill the bucket faster with possible using a bilge pump or pressure water pump?
Could you flood a bilge compartment and use that as a bigger bucket for higher RPM ? ( obviously you checked the sea cock was fully open....). Also note the strainer should be close/above to the water line so you can open the clean out without closing the seacock so you can judge flow etc.
Anchoring ......so, long before we had engines or when we only had tiny engines in boat you size , 8-10 hp common there was no backing down to set the anchor ....you could try backing your sails to help a little , maybe some tide, but really you are Just dropping the anchor and crossing fingers! It worked, mud was your friend. Use a good transit to check position and wait and see.
Oh good move avoiding Poole harbor , a lot of shallows in there , complicated currents etc.
Cheers Warren
Wow, lots to think about there, appreciate the detailed thoughts!
We have an over sized Mantus anchor that's fairly easy to set, and the plan was to lay it on the outskirts of the anchorage when turned to wind (which was due to pick back up by this point) and yes, I guess hope the wind was enough to push us back and set it.
In my head I thought worst case scenario I would have to dive down and dig the anchor in manually? But wouldn't of done that if it was dark.
I was glad we managed to get a bit of engine back, that's for sure 😬😬
Sailing Cadoha all good' FYI, I sailed for 20 years in English waters with a Real Scottish made CQR , and the thought of diving on an anchor for any reason never even occluded to me. I'm sure the mud has not change that much! Prop maybe. Many times it's just the weight of the anchor and chain that hold you , digging it it is not as big a deal as people think. Your doing fine, I'd sail with you any time , carry on! Cheers w
You did good in the circumstances and getting a thumbs up from Patrick Laine is an accolade indeed.😀👍 You have received good advice on clearing the seacock from others (esp Ant and CID) so I will not repeat those, except to say that as long as there is not too much tide against you and any wind is either light or favourable strapping the dinghy alongside one quarter and giving the 6HP a ‘calibration run’😉 should give you enough control to anchor or get to a jetty, of course much better if you have conducted a wee practice in a safe area first (to establish the truth of it) Anyhoo you tell a good dit.⛵️
I honestly didn't think the 6hp would be up to task, but we will give that a go when we're next able to and see how that works. If not, I was looking for a good reason to get a faster (I mean more powerful in case of emergencies) outboard 😬
Sailing Cadoha I had another thought too---connecting another seacock to the raw water pump suction. Not wholly familiar with the layout of your boat but of course you need the hose long enough to reach - worth checking for future preparedness.😉
Another great video, glad you learned something, wise boatswain mate once told me remember Murphy is an optimist, so you have to be ready for anything. Also glad you are safe, keep up the great work.
Wise words. Yes we learned a lot I think and going by peoples feedback, we're very much still having ' ah ha' moments with other peoples ideas that we didn't even think of. 😁
The ‘Murphy was an optimist’ is actually also a law: Smith’s Law
It's nice to see a successful British channel and you've got some big hitters in the comments section I've noticed. Love the boat... not seen one with that interior arrangement most seem to have a V berth but much prefer yours. PS your music choices are fantastic!
Thanks for the kind words and yes we too loved the layout of the boat, it's was the biggest feeling 38ft boat we had seen that still felt 'old school tough' 😁⛵️
Hi, always carry 2 spare impellors and thermo stats,gaskets and tools to change them and a spare length of pipe and clips. check that the heat exchanger is not blocked.and fit an exhaust alarm Great video ,nothing like a drone shot of the needles with you all passing by .I take it you are still not in Studland bay ? stay safe .ttfn
Some good tips there, I have spare for most things now but not the thermostat!
You did good, you adapted and overcame with what you have at the time, you thought through the problem, jury rigged up a solution and you learned from the experience, your missus was in good spirits, you were in good spirits, your dog was lickin his chops, I might induct you as an honorary solo sailor :) I made the right decision to sub your channel. One thing I have learned from stuff like this and this is a perfect example is that issues cascade, a small issue can trigger another issue which can trigger another issue, its like a choose your own adventure of issues, one thing I like to do is go back to basics when this starts to happen,
You're not wrong, things seem to have a habit of compounding on you just as you really don't need them to. Glad we got through it all unscathed and managed to learn plenty at the same time.
@@CadohaAdventures also the engine on a sailboat is called an auxiliary for a reason, practice sailing on and off the hook so that you can build confidence if the engine does go tits up on you, which it will, because you have a volvo.. haha joking not joking :)
Well done, keep testing yourselves great viewing ⛵⚓
We will do. Thanks 😁⛵️
Hey you guys are so cool in the heat of the moment, much respect After being a TH-cam sailor for the past 4 years we've just joined the experience with a Moody 34, just down the road from you, in fact, I can see you from our apartment window! We should meet up when you get back to Itchen River!!
Ah the first ever boat we did any serious distance in was a Moody. Cool boat! ⛵️🍻
I love this video. So relevant to what we do. Many thanks. Could you please do a video on what happened to the Raymarine autopilot error you mentioned on your video?
The auto pilot error was simply a course that had been entered into the old chart plotter. I’m not sure who did it but once we cancelled it, everything was fine again.
Enjoying your channel! While I believe that you received a number of helpful suggestions that will add to your future preparedness and safety, I was impressed that you employed your backup plans and worked through a series of logical potential solutions. Glad you're all fine. As to "Ratus Bagus" suggestion about servicing your heat exchanger, I think that's good advice. Suggest you check out Sailing Britaly and Sailing Project Atticus, as they both have good videos on how to remove and service the heat exchanger.
Fair winds . . .
Hey there, thanks for the input and yes, you're right, we've had so many pearls of wisdom shared with us, it's been great. I hope others reading these comments may also pick up a few new tricks here and there?
I think the heat exchanger is going on the winter to do list for sure! 😁😁
Nice website, real and honest video footage..keep up the good work..
Thanks, will do!
And thanks again for the boat layout drawing, it has pride of place on the website too 😁😁⛵️🍻