It's so refreshing watching a 'real' person living afloat, as oppose ṭo all the 'richies' in their flash catamarans and product sponsors. In don't know how you do it, but bloody well done, lady. Lastly, always better luck than good, as they say.
Holly is the Genuine Article. Nothing about Captain Holly is fake. She is the kind of person we should all support. She's everything that is good about RUclips. I hope she never goes the way of Delos or La Vagabond.
Also I found out that a lot of people sailing on RUclips did a go find me to buy a boat. Personally I think that is wrong Then some of them have decided to sell and move on land. So they got a free boat sold it and bought property
One of my favourite sailors.This plucky lady sails the seven seas with aplomb better than most men.I wish you all the best with your problems i have great confidence you will eventually solve everything.Bon voyage.
Are you kidding! She is a badass MacGuyver teaching young people they can do other stuff besides live on the iCloud. I love Holly's grit. This is what astronauts have to do. Figure it out.
Any thing that screws into a blind hole has to be shorter than the hole or it will bind on the hole bottom before the top pulls tight. That's why your banjo bolt is shorter than you expected. Decisions are made at the time, lessons are retrospective.
This gave me flashbacks to having to come in to Nelson marina in NZ under sail. it's incredible how quickly things go from fine to incredibly stressful. That's boat life, I guess.
You give me mixed feeling. On the one hand, at 83 yrs, you remind me that you are living the adventurous life that I was too cowardly to live. On the other hand, you make it able for me to live your adventures vicariously through you. I admire you more than I can express and devour your uploads like a hungry animal. You go, girl!!
Holy cow, what a frustrating project! As many nice things as solo sailing has to offer, having Dan there to offset the pressure with a problem like that just has to be a huge bonus!
I'm sorry you keep having problems with your engine. But I know this is going to come across as harsh but I have a lot of experience in engine mechanics. I don't know what availability is for motors where you are. However I will give you one word of advice which I have given to many people over the decades that is always come back as the best advice. Yanmar. Find yourself a 2QM15 of which they are plenty and call it a day. There's a motor you never have to baby. Change the oil once a year and change the impeller every few years and it will never fail you. As long as you have decent Diesel and and a steady stream of ocean going through it, it will run forever. Volvo's are the worst and universal and westerbeke are not far behind. But also whatever you put in there has to be properly aligned. If your engine is off even a few millimeters, you will put a tremendous strain on your transmission, your Cutlass bearing, your shaft seal and just about everything else. The vibrations will do the most damage.
over the 4 boats my family and then I have owned in my life, every boat we removed the volvos and perkins which were nothing but trouble and istalled Yanmars. Zero issues at all with the yanmars. My current Hallberg Rassy has a 10 year old yanmar 4JH5E in it, it looks like new, starts instantly and has (touch wood) has zero issues. I'm half way through a circumnavigation and I can trust it. The best feeling.
I got a 3gm30f 27 hp 3 cilinder in my 32ft nicholson and it runs like a clock. Am happy with that engine but know little about it if it has weaknesses.
Great job! You can reuse the copper washers by annealing them. Heat them until they glow and then put them in cold water. That way the copper becomes soft again. Good luck!
You do NOT anneal copper by quenching in col water !!!. The correct method is to heat to CHERRY RED and allow to cool SLOWLY.. Quenxhing in cold water will HARDEN the copper and make it brittle.
@@davidkruger5590 Hi David, I googled it again and the opinions vary from quenching to "how quick you cool it has no bearing on the softness". Most recommend quenching in water.
@thommw Check again .. The different effects on metal structure caused by quenching in water as opposed to cooling slowly have to be vastly different.. Simple mechanics of heat application vs molecular structure vs cooling method used must apply. I study metal work at school for 5 years and was a tradesmen electrician and air conditioning technician for 10 years.. soldered and brazed enough copper to know
Holly, I miss you between posting of your videos like a friend that I cannot wait to see. Great editing in this video too. You're so cool Captain Holly ❤
You could replace the whole thing with an oil pipe with the correct thread. It will either be metric or imperial and has to be the right size either 10mm or 12mm from what I've seen. Best place to source would be a good motor spare suppliers. It is unimportant just how far it threads into the block as long as catches enough to tighten up and make an oil tight seal. Benefit of a suitable oil pipe will be only one compression washer needed each end and therefore less p[aces to leak.
No point in having an anchor you don’t trust. Try it out see what it does they are pretty good. Change the oil in the engine it will be fine great job you are one in a billion x
I Warned You About Dealing with the Aussie Bukh Brothers when you were in NZ. Regarding the Cooling Water Problem; There is a 10mm Copper Pipe on the Front of the Engine that Clogs with Calcification. Remove and Clean. Good Luck.
You need a "thread chaser" its like a tap but more for cleaning than actually making threads. You can make one out of a bolt you know it is the correct thread by simply cutting a straight line down the length of the bolt. Make sure there is no burrs on the cut, then simply run that bolt down and the dirt will collect in that cut. Clean it out and do it again if necessary.
@@mr.m325can’t use the wd40 to knock grime off because you risk the grime going in instead of out…. At least in my logical thinking. 🤔 I’m not a mechanic soooo there’s that lol😂😂😂
@@mr.m325 Yes but in this case that threaded hole has ports for a oil line. I would rather the garbage be removed with something that physically holds onto the debris vs having it just pushed around and possibly enter into one of the pathways for the oil and cause issues later.
You can change the angle of the flukes. It has 2 possible positions. Plus there are the mud palms that come with the anchor. I used the mud angle and the anchor held so well I had to dive on it to pull it out.
Lesson learned: never ever ever not have a proper anchor to anchor your home! You are quite lucky the boat did not burn! Absolutely love your videos and your life! Thanks holly!
Anyone can live this life with 100$ bills hanging out of their ass. To do it as a regular person is quite the accomplishment I’m always impressed with the skills on your channel. Good Luck
Considering all the joy and fun you get to have with your engine, have you ever considered adding a sculling oar for those "almost there but...oopsie there we go again" situations? Would be an interesting video.
Fortress anchors are my fav because they're so lightweight to haul aboard and don't add a bunch of weight to your bow (which affects sailing perf.), AND they work really well in mud or sand. Try using it to gain some confidence in it, you'll be surprised.
Built my 34' cold molded Kauri boat in NZ, then spent 9 years sailing 'round the pacific, eventually selling it in San Diego. Anyway, twice I had the issue of limited water coming out of exhaust. Turned out to be carbon build up in the mixing elbow.
Just subscribed recently. In an earlier video when you bought your boat, the word caravel is used. The word hit again as a rock song title with Greta Van Fleet. So I looked it up in a dictionary. It made much more sense. It actually mirrors the great wooden ships now sailing on Lake Erie during the summers. Just finished watching sailor James and Rhonda's video at Whitsunday. Only sailing I have ever done myself is there on a 64 foot converted steel racing yacht. Glad you all got through your engine troubles. Travel safe!
A Fortress will hold better than most anchors for a straight pull. So so great for swinging tides and wind direction. Fortress also has a sand setting and a mud setting in the pitch. The problem with mud and a Fortress in strong wind is the Fortress and dig down about 4ft into the mud and you have trouble getting the anchor up.
if its any consolation the boat I use has a little 3 cylinder nanni engine, so far we have blown it up 3 times, with engine overruns, the last time it bent a con rod, but every time we have rebuilt it and we are still using that engine , this time it had a new con rod, fuel pump, injection pump and head gaskets (sourced from a kubota repair place) (we think our main issue was a split diaphragm in the fuel pump allowing diesel into the sump, then the last time oil got into the cylinder and hydrolocked the engine bending the con rod. so never despair, its probably fixable.
Well done guys, what a bugger with the motor. Feels like you made the right choice for overall safety. Cheers for the vid am looking forward to the next one 😊
It is possible to rig a "Get you home" electric saltwater pump to feed into the heat exchanger alongside the original inlet, or to tee into the existing pipe, any centrifugal pump will work as long as it can be easily primed if it needs it , but I always rig keel cooling and run a water-cooled or air cooled dry exhaust vented above the deck or at least the waterline. A lifting davit stanchion post with an insulated exhaust pipe inside it and a blow-open water-shedding vent on top makes a good outlet. Yes, it can be a little noisier, but it is trouble free and all commercial boats use this system because heat exchangers and rubber impeller pumps and sea water are not a great combination. If I can not use keel cooling, I use a fan forced radiator from a truck or tractor which serves quite a larger vessel up to forty feet, and vent the hot air from a ventilation hood facing downwind. In winter it provides useful clean cabin heat. For your small yacht, the couple of cubic feet space taken up by the radiator and its coolant tank is just the price one has to pay for reliability, but for such a small engine, a small car radiator with its own built-on thermostat-controlled electric fan would work fine.
Big adventures on the high seas! Reminds me of the time the exhaust blew on mine and I had to do a rush redo and partial delete of the exhaust while my totally unskilled crew member did her best to keep us from running aground. We made it, just like you. Looking forward to heating what's up with your engine. The whole squealing when it's even a little keeled over has me scratching my head...
Impressed with your mechanic and measuring skills, Holly! I recall a comedian said something like, 'we should not expect women to be good with measurements, because all their lives they've been told that 6 inches was really 12 inches'!
If the engine is a Bruck, the blocked water line could be at the front left side line into the heat exchanger. Ours was blocked with salt(condensed when stopped for a period), Take out the fiddly line near the edge of the flywheel and scrape out with a wire? Good luck and keep sailing.
Hi! Oh my-this episode reminded me of why I sold my old sailboat. Thankfully Dan loaded up on booze. Just watching this made me want a beer🍻😂of course you worked it all out!🎉
Good video, I can see later in life you will be awesome,you are dealing with alot of stuff that comes with a boat and you are problem solving. Hope everything goes well. My yacht is there in Rosshaven too. Grace 2
SO proud of you, Hols, and you too, Dan, for the hard work and brains you two have. I know you need a hug, Hols, b/c of that g.d. engine, so here it is {. } I'd trust you with my life any day of the week XO. Dar
Didnt she just get this engine? And where is the original banjo bolt? I mean, shit happens but a bolt in a baggie must be on the boat somewhere, right?
@@saylaveenadmearedead so true! Lots of hidey holes. Once spent three full days looking for something on my boat only to find it by accident a few weeks later
Had the same problems with cooling. In my case I needed a new impeller, new lid for the impeller housing and a new cam plate. I also changed the thermostat…
You got balls , mate and I parked in Nelly bay marina , he's a hull cleaner but after 1 night he had something trying it's hardest to get in . He ain't. A hull cleaner no more 🎉 great vid yay
Jack Nicholson. "Here's Johnny!" Famous catch phrase shouted by Ed McMahon to introduce Johnny Carson every weeknight on the Tonight Show. The line was improivesd by Nicholson in the Shining. Anyway, it's so impressive the work you and the Teulu Tribe guys do on your respective boats.
It is nice to use an ethanol spray like "start ya barstard" (funnilya legitimate brand in aus) to clean hard to reach threads as it cleans well and evaporates fairly instanly. Especiallt good with a butchered tooth brush. Of course, as mentioned elsewhere in these comments, an appropriate sized tap is the best but few of us carry all the tap sets with us cruising.
Banjo bolts don't normally fail. The crush washers can fail. The cooling failure may be caused by the water cooling intake ingesting perhaps barnacles in the intake from sitting for 3 mths and wiping out the impeller. That motor is pretty bulletproof. They were used as lifeboat motors, so the testing at the time for longevity and reliability was pretty extensive
Further to my earlier comment you could even buy two blow fittings with the correct thread and join them with neoprene hose and jubilee clips. Adapt the bloody thing so you don't get caught out again.
Wow, lots to sort. Fortresses should work well in soft mud, works on area rather than weight. 4lb is kedge sized for gecko tho. Would work ok in light conditions. Watch out for heat delamination damage in the exhaust hose, they aren’t rated for those temps. Could be the source of the black smoke. Best put a knife through the unsafe life jackets & bin them too. Stopping vs pressing on was a tough call handled well - more experience gained!
God I had a similar experience with a nut on our prop! Had us going all the place over looking for the right nut thread size etc when in the end it actually fitted but needed to be cleaned n gently turned more n more. 😅
Hahah, you’ll be surprise how the Fortress will outperform any other anchor in muddy and sandy seabeds.. don’t let their lightness fool you. excellent anchor for those situations, hence they are that expensive…. I have one and haven’t use it that much, because every single time I used it, it digs that well that had to release it by moving boat forward with engine power….
I reckon you need to invest into a reliable back up to your motor, like a sculling oar, or large rowing oars or a pedal drive like they use on Race To Alaska. Especially since there are two of you now, you can take turns rowing. Maybe even ditch the engine all together and save loads of time and money fixing it and the troll hole becomes a useful storage space with the troll banished
In case no one told you; get a thread guage next time. It’ll tell you what the thread pitch is of a threaded hole or a bolt. Would have saved you a ton of time
One can take a brass plug,one of the long stem type, center drill it and then cross drill it and either reuse the original copper banjo crush washers by heating them up to cherry red and then dropping them into water which will anneal them and return them to their original thickness... Typically banjo bolts are not tapered pipe threads but straight threads and I've even used a standard bolt that I center drilled and then carefully cross drilled when there wasn't any other choice... Any decent machine shop can do this at a fairly reasonable cost if one's in a pinch or there's a time crunch... You cannot run the engine without it unless you find a straight threaded nipple and then cross drill it at the appropriate depth and then clamp the hose end on which often times requires a step down in hose sizing..
2 thangs, banjo bolts can be made out of a regular ole bolt, just drill the center and cross drill it, 2 its better to not bottom out the bolt, as the internal oil passages may get blocked off by the long bolt, and 3... you may have the notorious British "Whitworth" threads... depending on how old the engine is, standard SAE may or may not jam in there... And 4th... worst case scenerio... mash it together as best you can, if it leaks a little bit, you're at least moving and getting somewhere that you can fix it properly
That bolt is absurd. Who designs an engine that depends on oil flowing through a bolt. Well apparently they did. Crazy world. Sorry for your troubles Wind Hippie.
I have the same size BUKH engine but mine is SW cooled in my Laser 28 (4000lb displacement Farr design), this engine is intended for lifeboats rather than sailboat auxiliary engine. It is a very lightweight engine for a fast sailboat... I plan to go electric engine eventually.
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It's so refreshing watching a 'real' person living afloat, as oppose ṭo all the 'richies' in their flash catamarans and product sponsors. In don't know how you do it, but bloody well done, lady. Lastly, always better luck than good, as they say.
Holly is the Genuine Article. Nothing about Captain Holly is fake. She is the kind of person we should all support. She's everything that is good about RUclips. I hope she never goes the way of Delos or La Vagabond.
Also I found out that a lot of people sailing on RUclips did a go find me to buy a boat. Personally I think that is wrong
Then some of them have decided to sell and move on land.
So they got a free boat sold it and bought property
The ‘richies and their catamarans’ 😂😂 if you’re speaking of la vagabond or Delos… they built their empires… 😂😂😂😂😂
Nothing wrong with $$$ it’s what you do with it once ya have it
Also as a man i find it nice to not have ass and pussy,titts showed into my brain .
One of my favourite sailors.This plucky lady sails the seven seas with aplomb better than most men.I wish you all the best with your problems i have great confidence you will eventually solve everything.Bon voyage.
Are you kidding! She is a badass MacGuyver teaching young people they can do other stuff besides live on the iCloud. I love Holly's grit. This is what astronauts have to do. Figure it out.
You're not wrong, but please don't send Holly to space. She is my favorite RUclipsr 😮
Still can't get over how good this is!
Any thing that screws into a blind hole has to be shorter than the hole or it will bind on the hole bottom before the top pulls tight. That's why your banjo bolt is shorter than you expected.
Decisions are made at the time, lessons are retrospective.
Troll hole - that’s a keeper.
Anyone slithering within restrictive boat engine spaces can relate
This gave me flashbacks to having to come in to Nelson marina in NZ under sail. it's incredible how quickly things go from fine to incredibly stressful. That's boat life, I guess.
Take care be careful ok been watching you since you first started hun ok take care ❤
Brilllllliant ⛵️ good decisions- especially Dan's 100 bottles of beer 🍺 cheers
You give me mixed feeling. On the one hand, at 83 yrs, you remind me that you are living the adventurous life that I was too cowardly to live. On the other hand, you make it able for me to live your adventures vicariously through you. I admire you more than I can express and devour your uploads like a hungry animal. You go, girl!!
Holy cow, what a frustrating project! As many nice things as solo sailing has to offer, having Dan there to offset the pressure with a problem like that just has to be a huge bonus!
You always bring a smile to my face. Dan seems cool too.
Why did I have the theme to Deliverance going through my head? Amazing perseverance folks.
Banjo bolts dont go bad, but crush washers do
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Unless someone strips threads, but then the block is likely to suffer......
You are cracking me up. No anchor, no dinghy, bull sharks and crocks.
I'm sorry you keep having problems with your engine. But I know this is going to come across as harsh but I have a lot of experience in engine mechanics. I don't know what availability is for motors where you are. However I will give you one word of advice which I have given to many people over the decades that is always come back as the best advice. Yanmar. Find yourself a 2QM15 of which they are plenty and call it a day. There's a motor you never have to baby. Change the oil once a year and change the impeller every few years and it will never fail you. As long as you have decent Diesel and and a steady stream of ocean going through it, it will run forever. Volvo's are the worst and universal and westerbeke are not far behind. But also whatever you put in there has to be properly aligned. If your engine is off even a few millimeters, you will put a tremendous strain on your transmission, your Cutlass bearing, your shaft seal and just about everything else. The vibrations will do the most damage.
over the 4 boats my family and then I have owned in my life, every boat we removed the volvos and perkins which were nothing but trouble and istalled Yanmars. Zero issues at all with the yanmars. My current Hallberg Rassy has a 10 year old yanmar 4JH5E in it, it looks like new, starts instantly and has (touch wood) has zero issues. I'm half way through a circumnavigation and I can trust it. The best feeling.
I got a 3gm30f 27 hp 3 cilinder in my 32ft nicholson and it runs like a clock. Am happy with that engine but know little about it if it has weaknesses.
Great job! You can reuse the copper washers by annealing them. Heat them until they glow and then put them in cold water. That way the copper becomes soft again. Good luck!
You do NOT anneal copper by quenching in col water !!!.
The correct method is to heat to CHERRY RED and allow to cool SLOWLY.. Quenxhing in cold water will HARDEN the copper and make it brittle.
@@davidkruger5590 Hi David, I googled it again and the opinions vary from quenching to "how quick you cool it has no bearing on the softness". Most recommend quenching in water.
@thommw Check again .. The different effects on metal structure caused by quenching in water as opposed to cooling slowly have to be vastly different.. Simple mechanics of heat application vs molecular structure vs cooling method used must apply. I study metal work at school for 5 years and was a tradesmen electrician and air conditioning technician for 10 years.. soldered and brazed enough copper to know
You should have life jackets and should go out till have4 them.
Thank you for the upload. You handled that situation well. Major respect. All the best! Cant wait to see the next video!
Joseph
I love your problem solving ability
So true! Holly, is like a sailing captain MacGyver.
Holly, I miss you between posting of your videos like a friend that I cannot wait to see. Great editing in this video too. You're so cool Captain Holly ❤
If you count out ten threads on a bolt and measure the distance using your vernier callipers, 10mm is 1mm pitch and 12.5mm is 1.25mm pitch.
You could replace the whole thing with an oil pipe with the correct thread. It will either be metric or imperial and has to be the right size either 10mm or 12mm from what I've seen. Best place to source would be a good motor spare suppliers. It is unimportant just how far it threads into the block as long as catches enough to tighten up and make an oil tight seal. Benefit of a suitable oil pipe will be only one compression washer needed each end and therefore less p[aces to leak.
No point in having an anchor you don’t trust. Try it out see what it does they are pretty good. Change the oil in the engine it will be fine great job you are one in a billion x
On the edge of my sit, once again, watching your video!
I Warned You About Dealing with the Aussie Bukh Brothers when you were in NZ. Regarding the Cooling Water Problem; There is a 10mm Copper Pipe on the Front of the Engine that Clogs with Calcification. Remove and Clean. Good Luck.
@@mickeykeymoaw yep no good at all
You need a "thread chaser" its like a tap but more for cleaning than actually making threads. You can make one out of a bolt you know it is the correct thread by simply cutting a straight line down the length of the bolt. Make sure there is no burrs on the cut, then simply run that bolt down and the dirt will collect in that cut. Clean it out and do it again if necessary.
or use a few shots of wd40
@@mr.m325can’t use the wd40 to knock grime off because you risk the grime going in instead of out…. At least in my logical thinking. 🤔 I’m not a mechanic soooo there’s that lol😂😂😂
@@mr.m325 Yes but in this case that threaded hole has ports for a oil line. I would rather the garbage be removed with something that physically holds onto the debris vs having it just pushed around and possibly enter into one of the pathways for the oil and cause issues later.
hello and good to see you this Monday, greetings from YVR
For future reference, the genuine fortress anchor like yours are actually pretty good in mud despite their lightweight and what you might think.
You can change the angle of the flukes. It has 2 possible positions. Plus there are the mud palms that come with the anchor. I used the mud angle and the anchor held so well I had to dive on it to pull it out.
Lesson learned: never ever ever not have a proper anchor to anchor your home! You are quite lucky the boat did not burn! Absolutely love your videos and your life! Thanks holly!
I'm so glad you both made it to the dock safely! I’m looking forward to the updates, and I always learn so much from you with all the fixes! 😍🙌💖
Anyone can live this life with 100$ bills hanging out of their ass. To do it as a regular person is quite the accomplishment I’m always impressed with the skills on your channel. Good Luck
For future reference, you can just drill holes in a standard bolt to get you working , I have done this several times
don't think she has a drill press onboard
@@mr.m325 possible to drill by hand no probs at all , I ve done it a few times
@@mr.m325 by hand , I m meaning a cordless drill and a pair of vice grips to hold the bolt
Once you go through the process. Next time is easier. Like the measuring equipment.
Excellent understanding of threads.
With plenty of reefs. Engine has to work well.
Excellent understanding of threads? Are you kidding?😂
Considering all the joy and fun you get to have with your engine, have you ever considered adding a sculling oar for those "almost there but...oopsie there we go again" situations? Would be an interesting video.
Fortress anchors are my fav because they're so lightweight to haul aboard and don't add a bunch of weight to your bow (which affects sailing perf.), AND they work really well in mud or sand. Try using it to gain some confidence in it, you'll be surprised.
@@WaterTrails nice! Ok maybe I'll give it a try in a more controlled situation
I had a similar issue,no one had it after a week of frustration, found a machine shop wasn’t cheap but had the part the next day.
Semi pro fixing of the banjo bolt. Good work chef on the cold snaks for the fridge. The adventure continues
Built my 34' cold molded Kauri boat in NZ, then spent 9 years sailing 'round the pacific, eventually selling it in San Diego. Anyway, twice I had the issue of limited water coming out of exhaust. Turned out to be carbon build up in the mixing elbow.
What was the design of the Boat. That would have been a good experience.
@@nearlynormal that sounds like an incredible trip!
Nice video-cut! We stille hope for a parade in Copenhagen Habour when/if you and your danish 27 feet Bruun-design: Grinde, ends up here.
@@larsnormann8992 woukd love to visit there one day
You took the right decisions. There's no need to run an engine you can't rely on.
Just subscribed recently. In an earlier video when you bought your boat, the word caravel is used. The word hit again as a rock song title with Greta Van Fleet. So I looked it up in a dictionary. It made much more sense. It actually mirrors the great wooden ships now sailing on Lake Erie during the summers. Just finished watching sailor James and Rhonda's video at Whitsunday. Only sailing I have ever done myself is there on a 64 foot converted steel racing yacht. Glad you all got through your engine troubles. Travel safe!
I'm glad that Down Home sails on fresh water! No barnacles.
The not so fun part of owning a boat ….😊 good luck with this situation 👍
A Fortress will hold better than most anchors for a straight pull. So so great for swinging tides and wind direction. Fortress also has a sand setting and a mud setting in the pitch. The problem with mud and a Fortress in strong wind is the Fortress and dig down about 4ft into the mud and you have trouble getting the anchor up.
You are sooo pretty with your hair like that! WOW! You need a NEW RELIABLE engine!
Ps. Awesome video. Looking forward to the next one.
if its any consolation the boat I use has a little 3 cylinder nanni engine, so far we have blown it up 3 times, with engine overruns, the last time it bent a con rod, but every time we have rebuilt it and we are still using that engine , this time it had a new con rod, fuel pump, injection pump and head gaskets (sourced from a kubota repair place) (we think our main issue was a split diaphragm in the fuel pump allowing diesel into the sump, then the last time oil got into the cylinder and hydrolocked the engine bending the con rod. so never despair, its probably fixable.
@@grendel1960a love that. These types of engines are so bullet proof
Well done guys, what a bugger with the motor. Feels like you made the right choice for overall safety. Cheers for the vid am looking forward to the next one 😊
It is possible to rig a "Get you home" electric saltwater pump to feed into the heat exchanger alongside the original inlet, or to tee into the existing pipe, any centrifugal pump will work as long as it can be easily primed if it needs it , but I always rig keel cooling and run a water-cooled or air cooled dry exhaust vented above the deck or at least the waterline. A lifting davit stanchion post with an insulated exhaust pipe inside it and a blow-open water-shedding vent on top makes a good outlet. Yes, it can be a little noisier, but it is trouble free and all commercial boats use this system because heat exchangers and rubber impeller pumps and sea water are not a great combination. If I can not use keel cooling, I use a fan forced radiator from a truck or tractor which serves quite a larger vessel up to forty feet, and vent the hot air from a ventilation hood facing downwind. In winter it provides useful clean cabin heat. For your small yacht, the couple of cubic feet space taken up by the radiator and its coolant tank is just the price one has to pay for reliability, but for such a small engine, a small car radiator with its own built-on thermostat-controlled electric fan would work fine.
Exciting times for sure but just a step for a stepper. U guys got this. B safe sister…
Good job Holly & aussie squeeze!
🙏🦉
Big adventures on the high seas!
Reminds me of the time the exhaust blew on mine and I had to do a rush redo and partial delete of the exhaust while my totally unskilled crew member did her best to keep us from running aground. We made it, just like you.
Looking forward to heating what's up with your engine. The whole squealing when it's even a little keeled over has me scratching my head...
Impressed with your mechanic and measuring skills, Holly! I recall a comedian said something like, 'we should not expect women to be good with measurements, because all their lives they've been told that 6 inches was really 12 inches'!
If the engine is a Bruck, the blocked water line could be at the front left side line into the heat exchanger. Ours was blocked with salt(condensed when stopped for a period),
Take out the fiddly line near the edge of the flywheel and scrape out with a wire? Good luck and keep sailing.
Hi! Oh my-this episode reminded me of why I sold my old sailboat. Thankfully Dan loaded up on booze. Just watching this made me want a beer🍻😂of course you worked it all out!🎉
Might be an idea to buy a tap and tap wrench to clean the threads with it'll restore the threads and clean them
So glad you made it in safely. Looking forward to the next installment. Where are you?
Good video, I can see later in life you will be awesome,you are dealing with alot of stuff that comes with a boat and you are problem solving. Hope everything goes well. My yacht is there in Rosshaven too. Grace 2
SO proud of you, Hols, and you too, Dan, for the hard work and brains you two have. I know you need a hug, Hols, b/c of that g.d. engine, so here it is {. } I'd trust you with my life any day of the week XO. Dar
Didnt she just get this engine? And where is the original banjo bolt? I mean, shit happens but a bolt in a baggie must be on the boat somewhere, right?
Trust me, even the smallest boat has a black hole that things fall into.... glassed, credit cards, tools. It's a thing!
Yea even if you look right at what your looking for it might not register if you have bins of parts..also a thing
@@saylaveenadmearedead so true! Lots of hidey holes. Once spent three full days looking for something on my boat only to find it by accident a few weeks later
@@WindHippieSailingthis is the way… want to find something? Stop looking at it will find you!
Had the same problems with cooling. In my case I needed a new impeller, new lid for the impeller housing and a new cam plate.
I also changed the thermostat…
@@ChristianBorchert-d9l sounds like a lot of work!
You got balls , mate and I parked in Nelly bay marina , he's a hull cleaner but after 1 night he had something trying it's hardest to get in . He ain't. A hull cleaner no more 🎉 great vid yay
.. banjo bolts don't go "bad" sometimes a crush washer may need to be changed if it develops a leak. Don't throw anymore hardware away.
Thank You.
Jack Nicholson. "Here's Johnny!" Famous catch phrase shouted by Ed McMahon to introduce Johnny Carson every weeknight on the Tonight Show. The line was improivesd by Nicholson in the Shining. Anyway, it's so impressive the work you and the Teulu Tribe guys do on your respective boats.
It is nice to use an ethanol spray like "start ya barstard" (funnilya legitimate brand in aus) to clean hard to reach threads as it cleans well and evaporates fairly instanly. Especiallt good with a butchered tooth brush. Of course, as mentioned elsewhere in these comments, an appropriate sized tap is the best but few of us carry all the tap sets with us cruising.
Banjo bolts don't normally fail. The crush washers can fail. The cooling failure may be caused by the water cooling intake ingesting perhaps barnacles in the intake from sitting for 3 mths and wiping out the impeller. That motor is pretty bulletproof. They were used as lifeboat motors, so the testing at the time for longevity and reliability was pretty extensive
Further to my earlier comment you could even buy two blow fittings with the correct thread and join them with neoprene hose and jubilee clips. Adapt the bloody thing so you don't get caught out again.
My (limited) experience of the Fortress anchor is that it DOES work in mud.
I was going to say that, an excellent anchor for mud and sand
Wow, lots to sort. Fortresses should work well in soft mud, works on area rather than weight. 4lb is kedge sized for gecko tho. Would work ok in light conditions. Watch out for heat delamination damage in the exhaust hose, they aren’t rated for those temps. Could be the source of the black smoke. Best put a knife through the unsafe life jackets & bin them too. Stopping vs pressing on was a tough call handled well - more experience gained!
Espectacular las vistas 😂❤
God I had a similar experience with a nut on our prop! Had us going all the place over looking for the right nut thread size etc when in the end it actually fitted but needed to be cleaned n gently turned more n more. 😅
Make sure to check the whole exhaust system ,its easy to burn any rubber hose or a muffler if you have one. I speak from experience.
Oh I hate stainless screws-always galling and seizing unless you put a good amount of anti seize on..
Woohoo! Hi Tripp 😁
Brilliant! - how did you have the spare capacity to film all that?!
@@georgemorris9971 Dan's good at grabbing the camera
Second guessing an already made decision wrecks confidence... Make a decision and own it... You doing just fine...
@@colinboniface194 thanks :)
Great work
Is that a Bukh?
I bought a used one to put in my sailboat. DV29. Hard to find parts online, but seem like great engines.
The Fortress ought to work well with a boat length of chain and 7:1 scope.
Holy, the 'guy' in the Shinning you're trying to think of is a list superstar Jack Nicholson. 😯
Hahah, you’ll be surprise how the Fortress will outperform any other anchor in muddy and sandy seabeds.. don’t let their lightness fool you. excellent anchor for those situations, hence they are that expensive…. I have one and haven’t use it that much, because every single time I used it, it digs that well that had to release it by moving boat forward with engine power….
You can make those pretty easy...
"Here is Johnny! "
Here’s Johnny!
If frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their ass. Great job.
I reckon you need to invest into a reliable back up to your motor, like a sculling oar, or large rowing oars or a pedal drive like they use on Race To Alaska. Especially since there are two of you now, you can take turns rowing. Maybe even ditch the engine all together and save loads of time and money fixing it and the troll hole becomes a useful storage space with the troll banished
@@dominictarrsailing i did consider banishing the troll in new Zealand when troll #1 died. But having an engine is so convenient.. when it works
... check for barnacles or mussels blocking your cooling system :)
You are so adorable! If I win the lottery I’m buying you a newer boat! lol ❤
In case no one told you; get a thread guage next time. It’ll tell you what the thread pitch is of a threaded hole or a bolt. Would have saved you a ton of time
One can take a brass plug,one of the long stem type, center drill it and then cross drill it and either reuse the original copper banjo crush washers by heating them up to cherry red and then dropping them into water which will anneal them and return them to their original thickness... Typically banjo bolts are not tapered pipe threads but straight threads and I've even used a standard bolt that I center drilled and then carefully cross drilled when there wasn't any other choice... Any decent machine shop can do this at a fairly reasonable cost if one's in a pinch or there's a time crunch... You cannot run the engine without it unless you find a straight threaded nipple and then cross drill it at the appropriate depth and then clamp the hose end on which often times requires a step down in hose sizing..
2 thangs, banjo bolts can be made out of a regular ole bolt, just drill the center and cross drill it, 2 its better to not bottom out the bolt, as the internal oil passages may get blocked off by the long bolt, and 3... you may have the notorious British "Whitworth" threads... depending on how old the engine is, standard SAE may or may not jam in there...
And 4th... worst case scenerio... mash it together as best you can, if it leaks a little bit, you're at least moving and getting somewhere that you can fix it properly
That bolt is absurd. Who designs an engine that depends on oil flowing through a bolt. Well apparently they did. Crazy world. Sorry for your troubles Wind Hippie.
Banjo bolts are common on most engines!
I'm curious...are engine mechanics required to wear their T - shirts inside out when replacing Banjo bolts?
@@watchingyoutube7330 definitely helps :p
Actually, the Fortress anchors hold really well in muddy and sandy bottoms
Rosshaven marine, I am on the same dock at the moment.
Glad the engine smells "the normal amount of bad". The extra amount of bad must have been from when Dan "shat" himself.
@@ghotiiii1 LOL!!
That crud in the threads could be thread sealant or anti seize.... good luck...
I have the same size BUKH engine but mine is SW cooled in my Laser 28 (4000lb displacement Farr design), this engine is intended for lifeboats rather than sailboat auxiliary engine. It is a very lightweight engine for a fast sailboat... I plan to go electric engine eventually.
@@mailbagps it's a solid bugger
Gud stuff, well done
This is when you find a machine shop.