Installing Our Rudder Once AGAIN (but this time with a little piece of string) | Expedition Evans 25
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Installing our rudder once again...This is a huge step in restoring our salvaged sailboat back to her former glory. It really should have been pretty easy, but nothing ever is. The lower bearing (bushing!) would not stay in place, nor stay the right size. We had to channel all our inner MacGyver to pull it off before we no longer had the travel lift to help. Soon enough we'll be sailing...but not without a rudder :-)
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Here's what we think we know about her past. Keep in mind we bought her at auction without ever meeting the owner! The owner was sailing along and ran aground - hard. Hard enough that the keel pivoted and pushed the aft end up into the hull. This force cracked the internal grid in several places and broke a portion of the grid free from hull. At some point an inspection was done, insurance was called and decisions were made. See • We Buy a SALVAGE SAILB... for how we came to own her!
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Not sure why people would want to throw shade on you and your videos. This has been so much fun watching you guys from the start. Your perseverance is amazing and and your videos are quite informative and educational to us wannabe sailors! Keep you the great work! Look forward to the day you finally splash!
You guys are the salt of the earth, the best of us, have just discovered your channel and binge watched all episodes. Thankyou sooo much for the inspiration.
I just love competent people. Keep on keeping on!!!!!
Awesome! Glad you got the rudder sorted. Happy sailing
Speechless. What you have taken on and accomplished is amazing. I would have quit 100 times already but you guys perceived. I know I’m a couple years behind but I started watching Jade’s recent video about people reporting the channel as inappropriate and had to start back at the beginning. I can’t wait to keep watching the amazing things you are going to accomplish. Congratulations
I've always admired how Jade really uses her head to solve a problem, like the rudder sleeve coming down
So sorry to hear you receive hateful comments . Some people seem feuled by envy and hate. It's a pleasure to view your videos, it's a pleasure to see you doing such a major project and doing it so well. Keep going you are a lovely young couple with great energy and a super work effort . The man who never made a mistake never did anything. Much love to you pair Peter Leyland from the UK.
that's one sexy boat....can't wait to see it sailing!
What makes certain RUclips channels compelling and desirable to watch week after week - the personalities of the main characters and the story. Something this channel has in spades.
Awesome graphics this episode. Very nice add.
So pleased for you both. There is now light at the end of the tunnel.( and its not a train coming ). You have worked so hard. But for me I’d like to say thank you for helping me through lock down here in England. Watching your journey unfold has been a pleasure. Well done guys
Thank you so much. We're very glad to be avoiding any on coming trains 😂
We're glad our project helped make the lock downs a tad easier.
I see the rudder installation as a metaphor for your adventure. The rudder steers the ship, keeps you on course, and allows for adjustments when necessary. Getting it installed straight and firm is essential to the proper operation of the boat. I can tell by your work effort, your attitudes, and your willingness to solve and overcome all problems that your rudders are straight and firm. I look forward to watching your expedition in the future. Please keep up the good work. Wishing the two of you fair winds and following seas.
Our Wauquiez (was a Beneteau company) has an identical rudder bearing setup, we also had a floppy lower bearing when we purchased the boat, but oddly the surveyor said it was not the bearing. We had a yard drop the rudder and what was happening was the glue has come undone and the nylon collar was rotating in it's housing. By chance the yard used to do commissioning for Beneteau and back in 2005 and had seen this problem a lot, and did quite a few repair jobs at the time. They re-glued the collar in but also fitted some grub screws to stop it slipping. Bearing has been great ever since (5 years).
Looking better every episode💪
"Necessity" being the mother of invention. Very good problem solving.
many accomplishments, good job
Great video. I love how you put your heads together and problem solve your way through one step at a time.
I'd like to retract a statement I made on an earlier episode concerning Beneteau. If I can find the original I'll copy this there. In the video where you described the damage caused by it's grounding I was very critical of Beneteau of the damage inflicted by that one single accident. However, in spite of the insurance surveyors missing the critical damage between the hull and reinforcing grid, and the ham handed patch job applied there after, that boat sailed safely for 4? more Years until someone finally noticed what damage had truly been done and she was written off for salvage. This speaks to a design and construction method that is sound beyond expectation by Beneteau. So kudos to Beneteau for that.
I'm still critical of Beneteau for not being more forthcoming on recommendations to fix the damage or at least in recommendations what Not to do in your rebuild. At the very least I would have expected Beneteau to send a rep and inspect the damage for themselves once you had it exposed. What a missed learning opportunity Beneteau had to bring back first hand unexpected data to their design engineers. C'est la vie! Their loss.
If you give credits to Beneteau - what is your opinion on all those findings from them while dismantling?
I was very disgruntled about the SEVERAL bad bonding between the layers - in the hull as in the grid. For me that was no good workmanship in building.
I didn't have time to leave a comment about all the negative commenters from the last video but I REALLY wanted to say something. I love that you share your journey, especially with all the challenges we're facing with covid, watching you both every week gets me out of my head and lets me join you on your journey and I can't thank you enough for that. I think you're both doing an amazing job and I love your enthusiasm and the fact that no matter what challenges you encounter you always have smiles on your faces. Can't wait to see you finally hit the water and get sailing!! Thank you so much for sharing and for making my life a little bit better every week!!!!
Good job getting the rudder taken care of before the big launching awesome job
Well done guys. If at first you don't succeed......I find that a nice cup of tea helps, but I'm British and therefore odd.
Carry on! 😁
Hey guys you must not stop uploading ur vids plz I love watching them and they give me motivation to keep doing what I love (sailing) I love you guys stay awesome
You guys are a testament that anyone can do anything with enough effort and study. We have become a society that defers everything to professionals. This lends itself to thinking thing some are better than others, yet in reality the only difference between professionals and beginners is effort and study.
Well done peeps.
This is my new favorite sailing channel!
Ditto.
Hey guys a big hello from New Brunswick Canada. We are so pleased that you are not letting the negative comments get you down.
Your journey this far has been wonderful to watch. A big thanks for sharing it , with us all.
Keep up the great videos and stay safe.
I love refit videos, everything from detailed re-design, problem solving, quick fixes, and the "right way".
From my standpoint, these series are of two very upbeat, ambitious individuals that have a goal and are allowing us to watch them work through issues with grace and the "can do-will do spirit".
thank you for the light you together shine the world need this especially now thank you from holland and love to you.
That is a big milestone. Well done. You have a great work ethic. ATB. Stay safe. Fair winds & regards from the UK
I have been watching since the start. That was an amazingly edited video. You guys are doing amazing. Keep your chin up to those haters. 100% disabled veteran who is greatly enjoying each and every video. Can't wait to see you out on the water.
You guys are awesome love what you are doing it’s very inspirational please keep going
Thank you again for sharing your journey with us. I love you both. You display the best part of humanity, while the haters display the worst. I’m on your side for all of your adventure. Your smiles and attitudes make my day!
Great content guys I'm late to the journey but loving it. You guys are living the dream hats off.
Seeing you move those batteries in sandals had me holding my breath. Great work on the problem solving.
I’m so impressed with your drive and commitment to your beautiful boat. You two are such an inspiration. The video where you spoke about the “hatters” was so hurtful to watch. Those who posted mean and disrespectful things are the least of us. You two should be very proud of what you’ve been able to accomplish and I think more importantly who you’ve become through this journey. If ever you start to feel down about something some asshat felt the need to post to you just remember this is my first day with a new brain🤪.
fantastic effort on your rudder , well done , regards Deano New Zealand
Look at what you guys have done
The last Video I watched was the one where you were telling us how surprised or shocked you were at the trolls out there. You seem to be doing better for which I an glad. Keep your chin up kids. You are doing well. Don't be trapped like I was. Live your dream.
Awesome, positive thoughts and vibes!!!
It doesn't matter if anyone else is proud of you (which I am). It matters that you are. You look at your challenges and do a great job of coming up with solutions that work. That is a huge accomplishment. Keep moving forward and don't ever stop marking the successes. We have a huge problem as a society in that anyone could feel anything other than remorse for putting someone (anyone) down. We need to fix that. I wish I knew how. For now, I will keep preaching. If you have nothing good to say, say nothing.
Ingenuity is the mother of most solutions. Great job!😉
Fantastic spirit. I admire your energy, humour, resiliency and skills.👏💐❤️
A great win for you both, congratulations, and celebrate your victories.
You guys are amazing. Love watching your progress. Keep up the good work.
Play in the rudder bearing is a good thing. If you have it tight, it will eventually bind. I've sailed yachts with tight bearings and it is no fun whatsoever. The play you had at the beginning of the video looked fine to me.
Hi Jade & Bret, we have a 43 oceanis and did ocean crossings with our boat. If i may give you a litle advice ? The rudder post construction of you Beneteau is made with some sort of plywood "chair" glued to the hull. This in itself is not a bad construction, but on some Beneteau it is only attached to the bulk head in front by 2 smallish bolts. In that case when you go out on the ocean you will notice squeaking noise and looking down through the hole for the emergency rudder, you will see that the chair wil be moving some millimeters side to side. We replaced the smallish bolts with thicker ones and put 4 more bolts through the bulkhead in place, to reinforce the construction. This works like a charm. (Advice from Beneteau is to glue it to the bulkhead, but that's really difficult to do). The movement i speak about is only when on autopilot. The hydraulic autopilot is really really very strong and causes the movement.
Well done guys!
Awesome sauce! Great video!
Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us.
UGH! Feeler gauges! My first husband owned a large independent garage back in the day. He'd keep me busy (and out of the way) by handing me tools and parts to tune my vehicles. Most of it was fairly straightforward. But gapping the spark plugs was my Waterloo. I'd try so hard, and my husband would double check and laugh his ass off. So annoying. I never was able to acquire that skill. You guys are delightful. Sorry I'm late to the party, but it's a heck of a party to join.
So glad y’all decided to keep posting especially after all the hate mail in the evil people out there my wish for y’all is nothing but smooth sailing in the future
GREAT JOB
the boat looks so good with the keel on... congrats on the result of MASSIVE amounts of work!
you guys are doing great !!! thank you for the great videos.
Great problem solving, both of you ! Surprised Beneteau doesn't provide a pair of set screws, circular wedges or shims etc to manage that fit problem. Your solution will hold for long enough, until next major re-fit in a decade or so.. was thinking you could use a waxed cord/stuffing box type mat'ls if needed as a push up/wrap in place bushing filler if there was too much tolerance left at bottom. Now we'll have to settle for 100% Jade all these next videos !
Thanks guys, all round a momentous occasion, so happy for you, who ever said that hard work doesn’t pay.
Good teamwork and adapting to make a solution work to overcome a problem. Well done.
I can't decide...binge watch 24 or binge watch Expedition Evans...??
You glass in fiberglass tape 4 inch wide ,then use a flap wheel to fit bearing and no play
If someone is scrolling looking for a more correct way of doing it, this is it!
Magnifique bateau et magnifique capitaine
You guys are a breath of fresh air during these crappy covid times. I hope You don't let a bunch of losers negativity deter You from Your goal. I am so looking forward to seeing Your beautiful boat sailing the big blue. She has such awesome lines!
I am so looking forward to seeing you guys sailing off ( into the sunset ? ) for the first time !
She’s a beautiful looking boat and I just know you’re going to be proud of what you’ve achieved when the finished article is completed 😊👍
you took it from a non-boat to well a boat . nice job
A great tape that people overlook is simple packing tape. Doesn't stretch and has high adhesion. I keep duct tape, aluminum tape and packing tape and the packing tape gets most use.
Awesome!!!
He gave a very accurate definition of a furlough, in the course of claiming he wasn't on one.
Love how you have learned, accomplished, and managed to stay together as a team. Great work!
Awesome work guys 👍🦘
Beautiful boat, great job at putting it all back together. You should be so proud of yourselves and accomplished. I enjoy your videos thanks for sharing.
Cool cool so cool good video !!!!
Ja, es gibt eine Welt außerhalb der USA die eure Reise in eine tolle Zukunft schaut und in meinem Fall von eurer persönlichen Leistung sehr fasziniert ist.
Excited for you both 😂
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You have done a most excellent job and your yacht will take you to far flung and exciting places. Love your videos they are wonderful. Cheers
Thinking outside the box for the rudder fix, excellent. Great video, thanks.
Again another great video.
Very nice love watching your channel!
so fun
You’ve got a great folding prop. We had one of those. In case it helps: be sure to grease it every haul-out; if it gets sloppy you can get shims; when sailing (engine off) it may auto-rotate - stop that by putting the engine in astern gear. One day after sailing (with the engine off but in astern to stop auto-rotation), when you come to start the engine you may find it impossible to get the engine out of astern gear; the reason for this is that you have something fouling your prop. What you do then is start the engine in gear anyway. It will start. Then of course you can use bursts of ahead and astern to try to clear the fouling. BTW, this happened to us one time, but an hour before it happened we met up with a school of dolphins that played with us.... and (weirdly) a few kept zooming through the gap between the keel and the rudder and then coming up on their side and looking at us with their upward eye. They were trying to tell us something?
Another milestone :) , love seeing your progress
You guys are so amazing and inspiring!!!! We love your videos and live our sailing dreams vicariously though you!
Very impressed with how you fixed the rudder. Literally thinking outside the boat.
Congratulations!🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🥳🥳
The project is progressing well. Bite sized chunks and the job gets done.
Looking good 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Whoah! That 'gorilla sound'I almost rolled out of bed laughing. Loved your little rudder bearing dance routine together. Great episode. Mega progress. Keep em' coming you goof balls. 'Michael'
Not sure why but I kept holding my breath each time you refitted the rudder shaft.
Pheeww!
Such a joy to watch you two
Great work guys! All the best from Sydney, keep up the good work 👍🏻🦘🍻
A great job from such a lovely well matched team, some couples look good together and you're one of those. Loving the enthusiasm and tenacity....we could all do with a bit of Evans drive, can you bottle some for me ? Hugs all round.
Well done guys - I'm really impressed with your determination, skill and team work. Good luck with the rest of your journey!!
Well done, you two, and what a clever couple you are. Fair winds my face book friends.
You two are simply adorable!!!
That is a beautiful boat. Your hard work will be well rewarded. Great job!
So nice to see, you’re on your way
Again, you guys are awesome….i am happy that i predicted your success! :-) I haven’t seen the rest of your vids but with this determination, graft and madness you will succeed…I’m convinced. Nothing is not possible without madness….i love it! keep doing what you are doing. Brilliant!
Good job! I look forward to every episode. It is a ton of work and you two just keep getting it done.
Look forward to your videos every week, you guys are inspiring.
Another great video!
Thank you 😊
Congratulations and well done!
7:35 - 8:05 is a very interesting conversation out of context....lol
Thank you, as always, for sharing your adventures with us. I like the way that you guys problem solve issues. You both are very creative. A threaded rod and a couple of bolts might have worked really well to hold that bushing in place.
I was thinking back on the way you reattached the grid to the hull and thought, "If it's worth doing it's worth overdoing." She's gonna be one very strong vessel. With the keel and rudder she'll also be stable. Nicely done!