Dirt Cheap 45' Abandoned NOSTALGIC Sailboat!! Sailing SV Bohemian Ep. 43
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Dirt cheap 45' abandoned nostalgic sailboat!! In this episode first Brian tests the engine for a head gasket leak. It took several attempts to get results. The results were hopeful. After the engine work we take off to the yard to look at an abandoned old sailboat. This boat is perfect for someone who wants a project boat and has lots of time and money.
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I bought a 53 foot sailboat that caught fire and cracked the the haul. I spent two years fixing it. Replacing all the hydraulic pump gaskets and hoses. The wood woodwork in the master cabin. I got her sea ready and never got her out. Things happen in life and ended up selling her to pay for my girlfriend medical treatment. Much good that didn't. She ended up passing on after 3 years battle. Watching theses videos being back my old memoirs and my dream of sailing around the world. Thanks for sharing your video. Funny how somethings are more important than other things at the time. My friends as me would I have done something different if I could go back in time. I tell them I never ever regretted my decision of selling my boat. I got 3 extra years that I wouldn't of had if I didn't help. So some dreams aren't meant to be. Even if it was so close.
I feel like I dont deserve being told such a story. I think dreams always get the best of us . It showed the best of you .
You are a member of a fast disappearing category of society - a good guy !. I wish you nothing but the very, very best for your future !
You can generally get a boat in this condition for free ($100,000🤯). My friend looked at one in the same condition for $15,000. Boat yards are happy to avoid the high cost of disposal. Looks like your raw water cooling system could be mixing with engine coolant, possibly through a damaged heat exchanger. You will know the boat well by the time your done tho. Lots of luck! 🙂
So true he’ll be able to hire out on a slow boat to China when he’s done I use to own an old wood sail boat I’m any expert varnisher painter now
Hey Brian! I haven't seen any videos lately, i hope things are going great over there! This is Wayne the guy who kept talking to you about the abandoned boat, I still haven't heard anything on the boat yet and I've tried emailing and calling them so not sure if they ever got the title to the boat yet. I haven't forgotten about the boat and seeing this video pop up just brought back the urge again, take care Brian and safe sailing
Sounds like a head gasket or you have a leak between the raw water and coolant side of your heat exchanger. Since your coolant runs at about 15 psi and raw water is not pressurized. Coolant can be pushed to the raw water side and go overboard
I’m going to test the heat exchanger by blocking one side and push air from the output and see If bubbles come out where the radiator cap gos . Cross your finger that would be the best outcome . Easy to fix
Yeah those stairs for the companionway are awesome!!
It is too bad you really do not know what you are doing…but there are plenty of people trying to buy or restore boats that have very little knowledge about what they are undertaking. You are just one of the many. Hope you survive the experience without going broke.
To late I’m already broke
Cool boat tour and I appreciate your work ethic and determination to just, do the work that needs to be done. That is great to see nowadays. On the engine I'm not sure what your pumping into the water with your exhaust but seeing the condition of the heat exchanger, I wouldn't start that engine again without pulling the cylinder head. A milky liquid is usually emulsified oil or perhaps diesel. The antifreeze is going somewhere and removing the cylinder head will most likely tell you what's going on pluse it will go a long way to gaining confidence in the engine going forward. Good luck I look forward to your future videos. P.S. I would stop pumping that liquid into the water
Just because you’re not getting exhaust gasses into the cooling system doesn’t mean you don’t have a head gasket leak! - but I would actually be more confident that it’s still a problem with the heat exchanger. No coolant in the oil, no exhaust in the cooling system…
it’s likely still blowing out the exhaust somewhere…? and from the looks of the sludge coming out of the exhaust… that’s where I would be searching. - Though I do agree that pulling the head is a good idea and will reveal many possible hidden issues that could float to the surface in the middle of the sea at an extremely difficult moment! - when you are off shore there is never a good time for your engine to fail)
As much as it sucks… I’d pull the head.
@@archer721 that’s my conclusion. I like that idea to . It’s just one more system that is dependable. I’m gonna take the new heat exchanger back and have it all pressure tested off the motor to. I’ll pull the head and have it rebuilt in two or three month when my money is right .. and have the injectors rebuilt
Perkins 6354 they had a problem with middle pistons gasket blow between, we used change gasket and coat with red hermitite on block and head, good luck.
Amazing old Sailboat ⛵️!
An old wooden boat that is neglected is fire wood !
Wow I’m glad I don’t have a big schooner anymore lol
Sorry to leave two comments, but it just dawned on me that I had a tractor (here on the farm) that seemed to be losing coolant (anti-freeze) and I couldn't figure out where it was going. Also, now and then, I'd see what I thought was an 'oil sheen' on the coolant when I'd remove the radiator cap. I had a small leak in one of the radiator tubes, so I thought that was the problem and a problem like that can wait when hay season is pressing. The tractor still ran well and I still got a another season out of her (John Deere) and eventually, I decided to change the oil. When I popped the oil plug, water gushed out. About a quart or more. Then the oil. At that point, I figured out where the coolant was going -- besides the tiny leak in the radiator. The engine rebuild cost me around $5k, and damned near another $5k for new tires and brakes. (It's a bitch baling hay on hillsides with a 1960's kick baler and no brakes -- but we were 'farm poor' back then.) Anyway, I had a neighbor who had the same problem with his tractor, but had kids that were mechanical geniuses and could do their own overhaul. Split a big-assed tractor right in half with jacks and blocks in their barn! They'd had the same problem. They fixed theirs (an even bigger tractor than mine) and ran a season or so and then the same thing happened to them again. Water in the oil. We thought it all out and figured that I didn't have the same problem because I was using premixed "John Deere Coolant" (because of the engine overhaul warranty) and they'd been using coolant they had to mix with water. The water was from their well. (As was mine, before my overhaul.) Anyway, they got it all tested out and found that it was the mineralization in the water that had eaten away one of the new cylinder sleeves they'd installed during their overhaul. Apparently, the normal cavitation combined with the mineralized well water tends to pick the weakest spot in a cylinder sleeve and just keeps working on it until it finally grinds through. Which then provides the opening for the oil to coolant mixture to start happening. So, if it were me in your situation, I'd let things sit for a few days and then either change the oil completely and see what settles out, or let about a pint out and see if there's any trace of water there. I'd go further, too, and find out where I could send that oil sample to in order to see if there were any other engine contaminants in it. For a "band-aid" or "quick fix," I'd probably just drain the engine coolant and replace it with something I knew had no possibility of mineralized water (such as "premixed" or mixed with distilled water) and some reasonable amount of "radiator leak sealer," which may or may not work, given the pressure in the cylinders as the engine fires. If there's a "lesson" for any boater (or farmer) here with diesel engines -- don't use tap water if you're mixing dilution-type antifreeze. That nickle you saved by not buying reputable pre-mixed, may be costing you a lot more in the end if it results in an engine overhaul.
well I've worked on both my whole life this seems like a classic case of more money than brains good luck should have got a Bayliner LOL
my diesel truck will have little white smoke on start up on cold mornings its the fuel . that was fuel on top of the water so maybe leaky injectors
Your neighbors must love you!
As long as the wind blows the right direction I’m all good . Nothing like waking up the neighbors with a grinder in the morning
That’s an almost ideal layout of a boat I’d buy, tons of character and I bet it was beautiful once. But yeah that one is firewood unfortunately.
The bathrooms are huge . It would definitely accommodate groups of people. I’ve never seen that layout in a sailboat .
Hey Brian, i hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season, This is Wayne the guy that asked about that abandoned boat, i still enjoy watching that video with it in it, is that good ole girl still sitting there yet? I'm hoping that they will keep me in mind when it comes time that the Marina takes possession of it, i know it needs a ton of work, but that's ok because then i can make it mine, well Brian you take care and maybe one day you'll see me there working on the old girl!
This marina has issues with not having tittles for all the abandoned boat here . I’ll talk to the manager this week and talk to him again . And make sure he knows your very interested . There might be a way to get a contract and a price negotiated on while we wait for the title . Give me some time.
@@sailingsvbohemian1464 Thank you so much for all your help Brian, they should pay you for all of this lol. Take care
You're running that heat exchanger too full, it needs room to expand. Your level is supposed to just cover the tubes. Check all the hoses. Bypass the water heater to rule that out too
Alright . It’s about a pint or so to drop it there .
I think your coolant is going from the sealed engine cooling jacket to the raw water system or direct to the exhaust cooler
Are you sure it wasn't simply an air pocket in the cooling system? One technique is to "burp" the system by running the engine with the coolant cap off, to release any trapped air pockets.
It might not be smoking as badly but it's still smoking white which is coolant.. diesels should smoke a black never white.. have Napa run a oil analysis on it and when you get the results back and it doesn't show anything alarming as far as bearing wear etc then pull the head off and replace the gasket..I'd also have the head gone through.. if it was going to the oil it would be gray sludge and a real pain to get out of the engine
Good engine
Looks like a heat exchanger leak, when the engine builds up pressure it pushes antifreeze into the seawater side, most likely bad brazing on the tubes or just the o-rings are bad
You got ripped the hell off. I've been building and restoring boats for 40 years and that was a 15 thousand dollar boat as purchased. Best of luck ever recovering a dime out of that.
The last boat you showed seems like a good to repair and charter boat to get the invested money back.
That’s a good idea . It sleeps eight and three large bathrooms . Im going back to see how the lowers frames are .
We always enjoy your videos. In regards to your engine and the exhaust film on the water. Have you checked to see if one of the injectors is going bad? Or maybe a dead cylinder? It looks like it might be unburnt fuel? Keep up the great work.
I’ve got a collection of old panels to . Saving them to use as templates . I bet that family down in Clearwater fixing the Irwin 52 would like to no where you can get mahogany paneling . Maynard’s in Kansas City use to have it . Its a big box store in Kansas City . Hopefully when I adjusted the valves it will clean up the fuil in the exhaust. We like your boat . And that panel work doesn’t look to easy
Looks like a petrol engine leak detector kit to me
The only real way to find out if there is water or antifreeze in the oil, other than getting it tested, is to put a drop on a piece of paper, the oil will just be a drop and the water will soak/spread out on the paper. I agree with others that the "milky" substance in the water is antifreeze either mixing with the oil or diesel. The other boat that has been sitting for 20 years, will sit another 20 unless someone can get it dirt cheap (less than the $4K you mentioned) or just was to fall completely in love with it. It needs EVERYTHING and would be a near impossible task for one person and without pros and the money for it. I don't even have to look at it to KNOW there is rot under that fiberglass. Peeling off the fiberglass would be a task not for the faint of heart.
I think I’ll take the oil up to Napa and have it analyzed. Thanks for the insight
It’s water through the engine not the motor. A engine takes fuel to run a motor is electrical. And it looks like you have either a bad head gasket or a cracked block or cracked head. And you can have a blown head gasket or crack block or cracked head and not have water in the oil but you can have oil in the water.
It might be a '70s era cold molded wood epoxy composite boat. Looks fairly well built. Could be very much worth it.
It remind me of some boat a rich guy would own if it was restored to a perfect interior with 8 coats of varnish and brand new teak deck with all the latest most expensive instruments. Then the latest in kitchen appliances. I have to go back and see what the beams below look like . It’s driving me crazy. I wonder if there’s bronze down below to strengthen the stringers. Mahogany must of been reasonable back in the 60s.
I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the fiberglass needs to be stripped away. Step one is to determine how it was constructed. If it was striped plank or cold molded it should not be too difficult to recommission. Some of the finest and most expensive new yachts are built using cold molded triple plank epoxy saturated construction. Look at Spirit yachts from the recent James Bond films. These composite boats are the best of both worlds. The natural flotation and strength of wood combined with the lower maintenance of fiberglass boats . It's a winning combination but far too expensive for production boats. The keel bolts on this boat should probably be replaced anyway and in the process the keel itself gets inspected and serviced as required. It would be great to get a full profile shot of the boat, possibly from the deck of another boat on the hard, or via drone. It's hard to see what you are working with. It's an interesting boat that is not a cookie cutter Tupperware or Clorox bottle. It might be very much worth saving. But be very picky. There are lots of old boats out there to fix up. Pick the right boat.
@@sprezzatura8755 I went and checked out a cold molding process. When I go back to the boat we will see . There a spot in the back that was deteriorating maybe I can see if theres layers crossed
Love how thing guy talks.
I don’t know how it works for diesels but I had an awful problem on my gasser and there was a milky look to the water. After spending a fortune turns out it was a faulty injector that was stuck wide open. Just a thought. Good luck.
I am crazy but even I am not crazy enough to buy that wood boat lol.
It takes crazy , by the end only the transom is left . The English chap comes to mind . Talley ho
Looks like you've got a break in the head gasket between the exhaust and coolant exchanger ports. This would explain where your coolant is going because you seen it in the water in the beginning. That milky stuff shouldn't be there in the water. Take the head off and you'll see it right away
I've got to know who's the builder of this old boat that you showed us?? That thing is cool and what I see when I close my eyes and think of a sailboat.. please ask the marina who's the manufacturer
After looking I'm almost certain this is either a Abeking&Rasmussen boat or one built by their plans.. if not they look similar
@@bendaves77 I think your right , I looked at some on the internet. They do look the same , the steering in the cockpit looked exactly the same . I think you nailed it . I’ll take the oil to Napa and check it out . Thinking of sailing is a curse . But what a good one .
That is the A&R kit that Whitby bought out and sold plans to be built in Wood, Ferro, or Fiberglass.
that wood version is too far gone to be restored at a reasonable cost. It should be stripped of all thats re usable and find another good gutted hull to use the donor parts in. With regards to your boat ,, I'd run it as is OR Yank it , sell it, and put a new BETA in her so it greatly increases the value after all the other hard work you are doing. Simply fixing your tired diesel does nothing for the tine/money investment you are putting in , whereas a new BETA will immediately increase her worth by the same amount you spend on it. Hopefully that makes sense. After a dozen refits i've come to grips with fixing tired parts just never makes long term sense.
Maybe 30 years ago I asked Dean T Stephens for his autograph. He picked up a post-it and before his signature he wrote "Keep the Faith".
Charity would be a good name for that boat .
@@sailingsvbohemian1464 I have spent many hours aboard Charity, which Dean built; she has an oil painting over the port settee permanently painted on the locker front by William Gilkerson.
All I wanted to say is do not let anyone discourage you from attaining your Dream.
@@martyspargur5281 I promise Ill spend everyday pushing myself in sailing across an ocean . And following my dreams . . That’s so kind . I promise
Need to pressure test coolant side of cooling system I,E where the anti freeze is to make sure it’s not being forced in to the raw water side , to rule out heat exchanger remove raw water exit hose and see if anti freeze is coming out when you pressurise coolant system
Very nice boat , lotrs of work but worth to save i think. Would be very interested in her and to know how much she would cost to buy. I will try contacting the yard to get an idea.
I think if you're losing antifreeze you have no leaks, it's not going in your oil, than it has to be going out the exhaust, there's no other place for it to go. The oil would be milky if it's going in it, no way to mistake it.
I’m going to take off the mixing elbow and keep adding water every morning until it stops or comes out the manifold. That’s my next idea.
It's the head gasket pushing it out through the exhaust..you would know if it was in the oil or leaking from a hose etc.. the white smoke before changing the heat exchanger.. the heat exchanger did need replaced..
Gorgeous boat, too bad nobody has time or money to fix it up
Did you use the aluminum type antifreeze?
Build a roof over it and spend years turning it into a cool house.
Ok now regarding your coolant disappearing . Where those water connections are from the tube stack to the main cooler your coolant is getting past into the raw water system because the clamps are either not tight enough or the clamp is not positioned correct . I have had these type of heat exchangers and it was always a problem as when the pressure builds up in the fresh water cooling system it them pushes past the clamps and it is then exiting via the exhaust
I’ll buy some nicer clamps. Maybe west marine has some nice ones that will tighten better than the kind that have slots on the bands all the way thru . Or wider . Napa dosent have a good selection of stainless ones . Maybe Amazon
@@sailingsvbohemian1464 If there is enough of the stack protruding each end you could try putting 2 clamps on each end just a thought Good luck and am sure this is what is causing your problem
@@howardbeer5214 only one will fit on each side .I just got off the phone with Trans Atlantic Diesel. That what he was worried about the ends leaking on the boot . He told me how to test the heat exchanger for leaks . I’ll make a video of it . It’s brand new but who knows .
Maybe you didn't need the adapters to attach the pressure cap. It may have just fit where your cap was.
I tried that ,It leaked . Trans Atlantic said it should hold pressure at 12 pounds . I think my buddy has a different kit . I’ll go borrow his and see. Good eye .
@@sailingsvbohemian1464 That pressure tester kit originally came with some thick rubber washers that fit in the coolant filler neck. Probably lost in the rental process. Some filler necks aren't 3/4" deep, some are 1" deep, (or in some cases, some other dimension), thus the washers are required to allow the centre spring loaded part of the tester cap to seal. Worth the minute it takes to measure. It is also quite possible the pressure tester is defective, it is a rental tool.
The block tester will indicate the presence of combustion gasses in the cooling system, as is found in some types of cylinder head gasket failures, but will not help diagnosing, for instance, a crack in the cylinder head in an exhaust port, a cracked block, a leak in the heat exchanger, a breach in the water heater, (this one can cause an awful death) or a loose hose clamp.
The pressure tester will lose pressure as the coolant is pushed out, then it is a matter of looking for where it is being pushed out.
100k for old boat 150k for refinishing, (?) might have well just bought a nice boat. Seems like a good guy to work on boats with though. If you need a mate to go to Europe let me know. I'm down
Hey, where are you at on the Chesapeake? I have a gaff-rigged, Colvin Gazelle schooner stashed away at Fell's Point. I'm looking for a marina on the Patapsco (or nearby) to haul her out for a year or more refit. Any ideas? By the way, I'm you're newest subscriber!!!
In the middle of the C and D canal about 5 Mille from Chesapeake City . Summit North Marina. I think its 600 bucks in and out . And working on the boat here not to many rules .
@@sailingsvbohemian1464 Hey, thanks for getting back to me so fast! I saw that marina when I went through the C&D a few years ago. I thought it was called Bear Creek Marina or something like that. There is another marina that I've used up that way, Bay Boat Works in Northeast. That one was actually my first choice, and is about the same distance from Fells as Summit North. (About 40 mi. or so.) But my plan is to try to find a place on the Patapsco R. and keep my other boat, a Westerly Centaur, at Fells, and use it to go back and forth to work on the schooner. I do plan to do a LOT of gunkholing in the little boat, so I may get up your way sometime around mid-summer. Thanks for the reply!
You can also put presure on your cooling system, if the presure drops, there is a leak, most likely in your new exchanger, have it tested.
And that wooden boat is beautiful, maybe mr Musk has enough money to restore it
Where about was that abandoned boat at, i see past the ugly and look at the beauty it could be again. I would love to know where that boat was, love that stair case
It’s in Summit North Marina in Delaware. About 60 miles from Annapolis Maryland.
@@sailingsvbohemian1464 Thank you so much for the info on that, i know she looks rough but in the right hands as you said, i to would love to see that boat returned to her former glory, I'll keep you posted on whether or not it can be bought!
Good morning, i wanted to keep you posted on that abandoned boat i had asked you about, i have been calling the Marina but the girl who answers doesn't really know about the boat, so I'm hoping that maybe i can get ahold of the owner of the Marina and he will know, in your personal opinion do you think it's a boat that's worth rebuilding, from what your video showed i think it is with alot of work, but that's what I do for a living, i remodel homes and I've been a mechanic nearly all my life, take care Wayne Parry
@@wayneparry7189 a guy named Cris is who you need to talk to . He’s hardly ever in . You have to call every morning until he’s there . When I see him I’ll tell him your interested . I think it’s worth it if the hull isn’t ruined or delaminated really bad . It’s a cold mold . If it was just a wood boat there wouldn’t be a fiberglass skin on it . Wood planked boat move around to much to fiberglass . It is a lot of work . Ill look for Cris . Then get back with you
@@sailingsvbohemian1464Thank you very much, i know I'll end up stripping some of the fiberglass but that's ok as long as the bones of the boat are good i can fix pretty much anything
Some FREE boats are still too expensive ! I hope all is well with you guys, I hate to see anyone being burned by some of the criminal dealers in the boat business ! I have seen so many people pay far too much for a boat that should have been sunk . I hope that ANYONE thinking of buying an big old boat sees your video's and learns to think it through and not get dreamy eyed in the presence of the many unscrupulous people in the marine industry. I hope you and your lovely family survive this without too much aggravation. All my best wishes ❤️
🙈😱....$115K is "Dirt Cheap" ?? What do you do for a living...print money ? 😮
Saved a bunch of pretty bad things made of wood, but that boat I'm afraid is dump fees from being restored.....as is bring back to us all the space it's taking up. Really sad for sure..
Space is a concern at this marina . Plays well with negotiations in getting a project boat. Especially if you hauled it off .
Where Is that's beatifulllll boat,,,I wanted yo fixeit for Ferre 🙏🙌👍😉
It’s in Summit North Marina, Delaware. I’m going back to check out the frames below ,I’ll do more video of her then
Do you know if Bohemia was ever located in Grand Cayman in the name of an American who lived there? If so, I have some interesting info about the boat and the previous owner.
I bought from a guy named Dave , he bought it from the original owner that took very good care of her by the logs he kept . The boats name was Delilah when new . Let me go see if I can find his name, Brad
She is beautiful
A perfect example of standing in the shower and tearing up $100 dollar bills!
I don’t think that boat was dirt cheap.
Landfill and don't stop
There is no saving her.
listen to the engine, it doesn't run properly on all cylinders, you have to dismantle the engine's injectors one by one and pressure test them and the cylinder
She runs good . But your plan is getting close
06:20 diesel?
I’m going to adjust the valves then see if it cleans up a little .
115000k thats abit to much mate
160000.00 boat
Crappy music almost drowned out the audio for a bit.
$115,000 is dirt cheap?????
He wanted 130 grand . My offer was if he waited for my house flip to close I’d pay full price . Then he said ,sign a contract at 115 grand with 5 grand in escrow. He’d hold it till the closing date of my flip. If I didn’t up with the money when the contract was up Id loose the 5 grand . I signed it
I saw abandoned, that usually means free 😂
It is if you look at newer 55-foot boats. 🤣
A beautiful 55’ boat for $115K… I’m retired with a reasonable pension… I would love to have that boat for $115K I have all the time I need to tinker it back to immaculate! 😎👍
@@archer721 I hear you, $115k barely buys a shack on land. I'm not able to retire yet, but when I am, in the not too distant future, I hope to be able to find something like this. Good luck, I hope you find the perfect boat.
Boat needs scraped no one will ever restore
If your wife likes old boat don’t let her see it . You’ll be working for years . My wife’s eyes where gleaming . I seen that look before when flipping houses
You paid what ?...
The Tayana 55 cc staysail schooner cost me 115 grand.
Interested in the boat. Email sent.
Attn Cris on that Email, he’s hard to get in touch with . I just talked to the dock master her name is Samantha . Talk to her to set up a time to come and look. I’ll talk to her today and make sure she know people might call and want to look . Summit North Marina, Delaware
You wasted your money on that boat with price of fuel. Fish killer antifreeze in water.
You got got..