Towed by the fire department back to Cartagena - #36 ( From top to tow Part 2/2)
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2019
- In this video, we share the story of how a beautiful day at sea ended up being towed back to Cartagena, Spain by the fire department.
We recollect the succession of events that led us to this situation and share our lessons learned with the community.
Armchair sailor warning! This could have happened to anyone, and we share this story in the spirit of learning together ;)
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I had a similar experience last year. I was on a bareboat charter out to the Farallon Islands off San Francisco. There wasn't much wind, so we motor sailed the whole way, but on the way back the engine started to overheat 8 NM from the Golden Gate. No engine. No wind. Sun setting. Luckily, the boat came with the tow package! Those guys found us in the dark, drifting northeast towards Stinson Beach in Marin County. They were awesome - they took charge, gave us clear instructions, and put us right into our slip like a baby in the crib. I will never be on a boat without one now. It was a great day on the water, with humpbacks, orcas, sea lions, a sun fish, and a huge bloom of sea nettle jellies. And a lesson learned - know your boat! (I'm pretty sure we sucked up a sea nettle into the raw water intake).
I realize this video is 2 years old, but I'm just watching now. :) Anyway we had an engine failure situation about 10 years ago. We had a 27ft Chrysler Sailboat with an outboard engine. We had just sailed across Lake Michigan from Frankfort Michigan to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin-about a 10 hour sail. I was new to sailing, and this was only about my 6th time ever out. As we were approaching the entrance to the shipping canal (it's a very narrow canal but it was also July 5th so there was a lot of boat traffic....plus we had 20+ knot winds blowing on the port side of the boat with lots of chop) our engine died. We quickly did a 180 and tried to head back out to the open lake with just the head sail out, but we didn't have enough speed. I quickly grabbed our largest fenders tossed one to my husband, and I tossed one over the side just moments before running into the break wall. This break wall has a light house at the end of it, but thankfully was also located right in front of the Coast Guard station. We hailed them for help and with in moments they had 3 boats out coming to our aid. They pulled us off the wall then through the canal down the channel towards our home marina. There are 3 bridges that need to open so they called them for an emergency open of all 3. My husband was able to get the engine started along the way before getting to our marina. The Coast Guard guys were amazing! We were given hand shakes and high fives once everything settled down. Bonus....no charge for that tow either since it was from the Coast Guard. We did end up with a pretty nice sized gash in the very tip of the hull thankfully above the water line. My hubby had it all patched up the next day and we went back out sailing. We did however have it professionally fixed the next winter during the off season. We also bought a brand new outboard motor that winter. We have since upgraded to a Catalina 320-inboard Yanmar Engine. That was a day we'll never forget! Learning experience for sure.
My first sail in my brand new dinghy - a 1952 Wayfarer, plopped it on the Thames in the middle of London on Boxing Day and promptly got the mast stuck under a railway bridge, with the top of the mast poking through above the railway line & between the tracks. Panic about what would happen if a train were to go over us! Pre-mobile phone days... we shouted to a passer-by on the bank to call someone to stop the trains - luckily no trains on Boxing Day and we waited until the tide dropped and freed us. Lesson learnt about desperately wanting to get on the water RIGHT NOW in your new boat!
I wish I was a sail,
That's what I want to be,
to misbehave and flutter
and get a hug from Sophie!
On one of my first sails I had the same problem with my Moody 336. We didn't know that the batteries could be switched in different settings. At number 1 both starterbattery and householdbattery were seperated, but turning them into number 2, the householdbatteries drainded the starterbattery. Then we had to sail into the marina. Luckily our VHF-radio was still working and we were able to inform the harbourmaster that we would come in sailing. By furling the genoa little by little, the speed of the boat reduced, and turning into the wind we could dock the boat. Lesson learned...
Had it happen on my uncle's 34' Hunter. Engine died due to no fuel even though we "filled up" prior to departure. Tank wasn't venting properly so we only got a gallon or so before the pump handle clicked off. We we're buddy boating so a tow into Bodkin Creek was no problem. Rafting up with another boat already anchored wasn't going to be be easy. Used the dingy as a tug boat to raft up. Since that day 30 some years ago, someone invented portable jumper boxes. I have one in the vehicle and I'll most definitely have one on my next boat.
The nic 35 is an awesome boat. I had one built in 86 and crossed the atlantic. That boat will take care of him. Things do break at the most inopportune time, just fix it and keep sailing.
Had the engine pack it in on a trip from Port Townsend headed back to Seattle. Dropped the dingy and put our 6hp motor on it. Tied it off to the stern of the boat on the port side and used it to get us home on a no wind night. Only went about 20 miles at 3 knots. Oh yes we were pushing a 42ft MapleLeaf. Stuff happens and you move on.
Great Story. I saw Dan from Sailing Uma do just that. Much shorter trip though.
I've been becalmed before on our sailboat with a bunch of guests on board and we weren't far from the mooring when it happened. (In all our years sailing the boat, we'd never used the engine and didn't have gas on board. All we had were a few oars we used as paddles and we kept the sails up in case the wind came back. Our afternoon/sunset"sail" ended up taking an extra 5 hours until we finally made it back to the mooring and our dinghy at 11 PM. Luckily everyone was in good spirits, although a bit hungry for dinner, but not starving as we'd brought snacks and refreshments.
Sophie is great at doing this show, good in the camera, fun, smart, easy on the eye. That said, I'm thinking Ryan is a very patient man.
I bought my motor cruiser from Ebay after a quick hour look at it, then went back up to collect it a few weeks later and bring it on a 90 mile coastal trip down the east coast of the UK. I had almost no boating knowledge and about the only thing i did right was to buy a radio in case of emergencies, pretty much nothing on the boat worked other than the engine and the steering, my electrics all died as tthe batteries went flat but he old Gardner kept running.
I still know almost nothing, but i know enough to know how stupid I was! At least you all survived unhurt and learned some lessons, that's what I'm telling myself anyway. ;)
Arm chair sailors aye? Well I loved the video and thank you for presenting it and a thank you to Marky as well. I am in the process of purchasing an 88" 31 ft Pacific Seacraft that is on the hard but, what I am find interesting is what Marky didn't know about his boat. But it just gave me pause to, " note to self " check everything, down to light bulbs. I have been dreaming of having and cruising in a sailboat for the last 16 yrs and am so close but realizing that knowing your boat BEFORE that wonderful day is the best that one can do for themselves, passengers and all concerned. That being said, better safe than sorry. One of the great take aways is no matter what, stay calm and you guys all did well in that department.
So easy to judge, but having a working radio, adequate safety equipment and leaving in the morning with plenty of daylight is about it. In the UK you would let the harbour master/coastguard/friend know your intentions and ETAs on the first outing with a "new" boat (does anyone use SafeTRX?). Your friend had spent a lot of time checking things and had the engine running, taking the boat out is the only way for a shakedown to be completed. A busy marina and shipping area, someone will always help, and what is the worse that can happen - don't think about it but carry plenty of bungs! Yes, a working outboard and so on, but testing everything so thoroughly to cover every eventuality would mean no sailing, ever! The weather was good, no dangerous tides or obstacles, so give up the armchair and get sailing. Everyone learnt a lot from this experience, but boats are just so complex and any piece of equipment can fail with consequences. Some bad luck, but then some good luck, the boat is still floating, with a rudder and keel, everything else can be sorted, in time.
Better to try and fail than never try! All's well that ends well. I did think the rib or your own dinghy could have got one of you to shore and then arrange a tow or bring out polar seal to tow with.
A friend sold a small keel boat to somebody that was sinking at the dock, he bailed it out and we pulled it out on the trailer. On the way home my friend convinced the buyer to buy it. The worst possible thing happened and he survived. He could handle anything ! He was very happy with his purchase and fixed the hose on a they hull. The point being Marky survived and can now probably be prepared for anything.
You guys are such fun! Cheers Warren
Great episode! I am in the process of 'resurrecting' a 28ft powerboat that has been idle for 4-5 years. I am trying to be very careful on getting the electrical/cooling/fuel/exhaust systems all the best they can be but still have a good backup outboard engine ready to take me back to the dock and a good anchor rode/chain ready to deploy as I wait for a tow. I am 51 years old and have been boating in the pacific northwest USA for most of my life. You can NEVER be too over prepared for a problem.
Putting together a westerly cirrus 30 years on a trailer I don't know what the guy did for a living. he clearly loved the boat but I'm reasonably sure marine electrician was not his career. Good luck with the restoration
If you get into a situation where you cannot furl the genoa and also cannot lower it you can use a halyard to wrap it from top to bottom. Bunch it up like you did to gather the foot. Then take a spare halyard and cleat it so that the shackle is long enough to reach the tack and then make a bunch of small coils until it is about chest high and secure with a couple of half hitches. Use this coil as a handle passed from hand-to-hand as you spin the halyard like a jump rope around the fore stay, wrapping the sail from top to bottom. Undo the coil and finish wrapping and tie off to the tack. Cinch the halyard up to tension the top and it will be completely secure. I used to do this to my genoa after every sail when i used a genoa sleeve instead of a sacrificial cover.
Great vid and thanks for bringing us along. First off I think Ryan and I would get along great because we think so much alike. I too want to know what every button does and check as many system as possible. I also realize that you can't check everything and that's what a shakedown cruise is for. Now...to answer your question Sophie. What would I do if the engine stopped and a sail was stuck up and so on. I think the first thing to do is assess if you are in danger and then take action to avoid getting close to the danger if there is any. Being in the middle of a channel with some large boats and not having lights could be considered dangerous. Ö Had the firefighters not been there I'd grab my phone or radio and make a call to get towed...no matter how much it cost. If there's no danger and it's just an inconvenience, I may go someplace and wait till morning to recharge using the solar panels. In ending, I think you guys called it spot on but I don't know all your options and what level of danger you could have been in so this is all speculation on my part. Final thoughts are always remembering and living by our Boy Scout motto.."ALWAYS BE PREPARED!" If you're crossing an ocean and thinking about you water supply. Fill your holding talks with water, have extra parts for your water maker and bring enough water in one gallon jugs to keep everyone hydrated in case of the worse case scenario. (i.e. water tanks rupture and water maker broken beyond repair) I have said this in other posts and will say it again. I own and run a hiking club here in AZ with over 200 member. When I take one member or 20 members on ANY hike, I treat is as if were hiking 23 miles through the Grand Canyon and everything comes along. When people tell me it's just a short hike and nothing will happen, I cringe. I have two of everything and three of some and even four of certain items. For example. I have two GPS hand held units along with my cell phone and a another cell phone called a Garminfone. So in reality, I have 4 GPS capable units. I could go on and on about all the equipment in my pack but I won't bore you. I will tell you that my day pack weighs 10 pounds from all the safety equipment I have in there. And yes, I even carry a tampon as weird as that sounds. Ya just never know. Ü Super glad everyone is safe and thanks again for sharing your adventure! PEACE OUT! Ü
Oh yea my first day with my Band new Hobie 16' was a not go! I had sailed all summer on a friends boat and went to the winter sail boat show in Atlantic city, NJ an bought boat with trailer and oversized tires for trailer. My neighbor helped me build a box to carry parts, boom, and one case of libations. I picked up the boat in mid may and the first nice weekend invited two of my friends to go sailing at a local reservoir in NJ approximately one hour away. We offloaded the boat and got everything on the ground. Unbeknown to me, one of my buds put a critical part in his pocket. There mast stp piece that holds the mast to the top cross bar connect the two pontoons and once the rigging is up you remove so the mast can swivel a bit the int cup on cross bar. We could not find the part, thus we could not put up the mast. we stopped at a bar on the way home since it was a bust, after a few beers Rick said hey I just found this in my pocket what is this???? The day was a bust but at least I could go sailing the next weeked and I was more organized..Barney
You live and learn. Every time something goes wrong it adds to your store of experience. I'd have sailed somewhere I could anchor (it looks like there was just enough wind to move). An improvised anchor light would be handy but not really necessary in anchoring depth. In the morning you'd probably have enough wind to sail home even if the batteries didn't recharge with the sun. The two most important safety features on a yacht are the sails and the anchor but you need to be able to really use them. I'd recommend learning to manoeuvre a yacht at close quarters under sail. Having said that I've been towed a few times so no shame in that. Towing alongside is more efficient than a long tow line. p.s. I'm enjoying binge watching your channel :-)
So sad to have the first sail end like that feel sorry for Marky. When we got our boat Pelorus (38ft 1972 steel hulled motor sailor) I motored her back single-handed across the Auckland harbour about 15NM. When I docked in the marina the batteries were completely dead and would not start the engine. I was so glad that the 15 knots of wind had put me off trying to sail her back. Yes I think I would like you suggest use dingy and outboard to try and tow the boat.
Having experienced this... I inflated the dinghy and towed the boat into the nearest anchorage, which was luckily only a couple of miles away. Then used my portable radio and, from the dinghy, flagged down a passing boat that happened to have a portable generator onboard.
Dead battery... iam always afraid of that. I run a fishing charter boat and every time I kill the engines offshore I isolate one battery with my switches and run my electronics off the other 2. If for whatever reason I cant start after that I can use jumper cables to make it happen.
Lessons learned..all turned out well and he knows more time to sort the boat out is needed..good luck!
another great video thanks guy's!!! Not much anyone could of done different. I bet Markie doesn't get stuck out with dead batteries again!!! Boating is lessons learned every time you leave land!!! I have been boating for 40 years and I rarely leave the dock without learning something.
Some good rules there about what not to do with the new old boat.
A lot of the older Yanmar engines ( I don't know about Volvo etc) have decompression levers on the top. It is still possible to start an engine with a battery that is so flat that it will not turn over the engine by flicking the levers, cranking the engine over with no compression, then releasing the levers one by one as each cylinder fires.
they even had manual crank handles for when the battery was really shot .... we were saved by this on a mate's boat once...
@@markwebb3764 Interesting, I have had a go at starting a 20hp engine with the crank handle, even the strongest of us cound't get it to turn over fast enough to start the engine. They obviously must work or they wouldn't have the crank handle.
I had my new boat for two months out of the water before it went back in. It was on shore power until the night before launch. On launch day I tried to start the engine and the batteries were flat. I had left them connected together for the solar system to charge . Basically the starting battery was dead and sucking the life out of the others. So I bought a new battery and a lithium jump start pack the size of a small box of chocolates ready for next time.
About those small lithium jump start packs. Check the small print "does not work on diesels". I bought 2 before learning the hard way.
Mmmm... chocolate....
I absolutely love your videos. They are both informative and very entertaining. I just don't understand why why why some of these viewers give you a thumbs down. Thanks for brightening my day with your videos. I can't get enough of them. Very soon I plan on becoming a patron and supporting your dreams. It's the very least I can do. Thank again you guys.
Aw thanks Doug! That means a lot to us! :)
Fortunately thumbs up or down does not matter to you tube, all they care about is activity. Cheers Warren
@@CheersWarren Very good point, mate.
Not sure what make of engine that was. but most diesels have a decompression lever to help with priming and possible hand start. But in a low voltage situation you can flip the decompression lever let the engine spin up and then release the lever. I have used this in the past when the stereo was run to much during a sail. Great video. Cheers from Key West. Ken and Liz
Very old ones … maybe ! Not so much any more …
I know I’m late to the party, but another idea - at least on smaller boats - is to have an engine mount at the stern for the dinghy outboard. It’s probably very underpowered, but could push the boat along a little bit, especially when there’s no wind…
Sophie has and incredible personality. Wonderful sense of self-deprecating humor. Considering Marky wants to circumnavigate, I'd have bought a different boat.
Ryan is the hero/Sofía of this Lessons Learned episode
One of the main reasons I got a cat. Redundant systems are a wonderful thing... When the switches are where they should be.
First time off the dock in a new boat we tend to buddy boat that way you have your tow with you, Not always possible I know but we were very lucky when we were sailing. Nice vid and a good lesson for all.
Hopefully, lessons well learned. Thanks for sharing!
I always have my lithium battery jump starter with me boat and car $60. If you tow your boat with a painter lash the dingy midship with the sailboat stern. Far better control than an actual tow. We just did that on my buddies boat that had overheating problems. Made it through the locks that way. Sailboat steers dingy just does propulsion. 35 ft Ericsson 9.9 Yamaha. Worked great until dingy ran out of gas. Lol thank Neptune for fellow boaters ;)
In the UK you need to know (or research) the marine law re salvage before accepting a tow/ accepting a line on board (or bite the bullet re fees.) With my latest yacht I tested the halliards to find which was which with the engine running and had a similar problem letting the furling Genoa down a couple of feet. Its all a learning curve. (One of the winches still needs servicing as its stiff but it will get done.)
Many times I have heard "Just sail it" and I guess that is the lesson here, everything has to be checked out before you take a boat to sea. A checklist of things to check with in this case the sails work, the battery selection switch in the right position, batteries are charging when the engine is running and many other things. Otherwise looks like a nice sail and a good signaling with your phone--his savior.
Thanks for making this video, can’t help but have to think through how l would handle this issue. BTW, loving the vibe, style and your personalities coming through!
Thanks for the nice comment Peter! Glad you got something out of it :)
Pressing the starter switch is the most stressful thing to do on a yacht.If it has not happened to you you have not sailed enough.If there is wind ramping a jetty is the next drama because no brakes!
On a car I have found that turning everything off and waiting a bit can help, as the battery may recover enough to turn the engine over.
You learn by the burn. It is pretty safe to say that he won't interconnect the battery banks again. It is also not a bad idea to invest in a small 1500-2000 watt generator to store away for emergencies. And keep the rookies away from the lines.
Wonderful channel I’m learning so much from you guys and now I’ve seen this I think I would anchor if safe and possible then see if the batteries charged by solar in the morning if not I would test and charge the best battery Independant of the boats systems and maybe even reach fir my emergency battery to start the boat if I had one ha ha great leaning film guys I love it.
Buy a portable jump starter, make sure its charged when leaving the marina and find a source on board to charge it by solar while on passages if it needs charging
Maybe there would have been a chance to mount the dingy outboard motor on the stern or on the little bathing ladder or platform. I don't know if it's a stupid idea or worth a try. Fair winds.
Take away - any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Good cockpit management, constant evolving decisions, not a lot of loosing ones head going on.
Maki did awesome in bringing along a couple well experienced friends.
impressively - as things were going south, Ryan and Sophie continue refer to Maki for decisions, supporting him and avoiding in-cockpit arguments and loss of leadership.
Frankly - while this probably could have been avoided, it also demonstrated good team work and skills to solve the problems.
BTW, my dad always stored the outboard engine on the stern in a mount that could be lowered into the water if need be, instant backup engine, just pull the pin and drop the spare.
*if this puppy had required a type-rating, think its safe to say nobody in the cockpit read far enough in the book to know VR - but who the heck cares - all worked out.
First sail on our “new” used sailboat and just out of a shipping channel the engine overheated and would not restart. Evening not far off and a long way from home or a known (charts) port. Barely making 2.5 -3 knots, I wondered about a tow. Wife reminded me we had a sailboat! So a slow, nervous few hours finally got us into an inlet where we could anchor for the night. Make it to a slip without an engine and a strange boat - no! But make someplace safe enough to anchor or sort out the issue - yes! Over the years have lost an engine more than once...always able to out sail the problem! Make sure that the sails work and you know how to sail, and the loss of an engine is not usually a big deal.
I would have panicked like crazy. Lots of respect to 3 of you.
We didn't even have time to panic, took only 5 minutes for us to get in tow of the firefighters rib! 😳
You are a lovely couple! Keep up the good work and good winds!
Spot on Ryan. New to you is not necessarily a guarantee it's reliable. I guess I learned from flying, you need to know your machine and its equipment before you put yourself in a vulnerable position. Sure, a sailboat isn't going to fall out of the sky but any new boat needs to be learned and part of that learning is checking and testing all systems.
Hi Roy. Thanks for the note. Sophie agrees with this now... just hard to convence people after you have the experience yourself. Marky did as best he could but sometimes you cant find everything. this was one of those cases. -Ryan
I carry one of those lithium jump starter battery things. They’re small, but able to jump start your aux. just be sure your size it to your engine and check the charge on the jump pack every month or 2.
Exactly the same happend to us on our first sail out! Seems to be normal :-)
Luck protects the audacious! Thanks for sharing the experience!
Great episode you two :)
3 years ago I got a bug in my fuel, which clogged the system. I was about 30 nautical miles from home. Luckily I did have plenty of wind (max 26 knots) and could sail home, and right into my marina berth ! Was still quite stressful !!!
Kind regards, John. Wellington, New Zealand.
Another great video.
Thanks Ken! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Guys. We think this is one of those situations where a number of small things contribute to a bigger thing. So yes lessons learned. However, your question was what would we do? First thing is not to put yourselves or the vessel in to a any more danger. So probably cal Pan Pan all ships and inform other vessels to give you sea room. assuming the windlass works and the depth is good, get the anchor down so you maintain your position and dont put yourselves in any further danger. Again assuming, phone a friend in the marina for a tow or a battery/generator? While the dingy alongside is a good idea to bring the boat in. If that fails in the main fairway your really in trouble and danger, especially as you have no nav lights. So, place of safety first. Ant would have split the battery's and found the best two. With a few mins off load, recovering and in parallel they would have started the engine. Probably............ Great video, it asks the right questions! Sail Safe. Ant, Cid and the pooch crew. xx (Now in Cartagena).
And this is where a Multimeter would have come in handy!
Hi guys. You are exaclty right. Issues never happen becuase of one event they happen because of a series of smaller events. putting a stop at any point would have stopped this event. Maybe starting the battery without shore power or going out earlier in the day. See you guys soon - Ryan
That is one very steep learning curve :-)
Great story. Yes, as I have learned is / check motor n all associated items ( electrical, water flow, transmission ) , sails / furling, jib sheets, roller furling sheets-anchor, and anything else that looks stupidity rearranged by the previous owners. Then go sailing and find all the other things that are needing replacement . But it’s all fun n it’s your dream
When it rains it pours!
Captain Ron said it best " If anything is going to happen, it's going to happen out there". Maybe bring along a charged handheld VHF radio to call for assistance.....
Great info .My own boat is older 1970 type 27 foot but I think I will remain closer to EU sail Iceland Greenland canaries Cape Verde Norway and Mediterranean circuit . as I am a much older dude based in Ireland . I have done Mediterian and canary island sails before but leaving the North eastern Atlantic would probably break my budget . Maybe one day our paths will cross at some anchorage .keep up the good work
guys - thanks for sharing (a lot less adds this time around) - my tip on engine issue is to keep a battery charger/booster onboard - with lithium batteries, these are getting a lot smaller and a lot more powerful ... along with my handheld VHF, handheld sat.phone and offshore lifejacket (with PLB and AIS) and bring one of these with me when being asked to crew on other boats (then my own Oceanis 40), in my experience marine sailor engine issue are 1 of 3 issues in 90% of cases - fuel, battery or cooling ... keep up to good work guys !
Nice video ! Murphy's law will get you everytime in sailing!!!! When i was young (slim and good looking) i had fuel problems, electric problems, sail problems....
Now I check and change everything in the winter period :)👌
Always have a multimeter on board. it would have helped to quickly identify which battery was dead.
9 out of 10 times when a foresail furler refuses to roll, the problem is aloft and not at the drum.
Multimeter...mans second best friend. WOOF!
I think the clicking noise when turning the key already identified that just saying!
Chad, agreed. I knew right away. But you always have to keep a little hope alive :) Ryan
@@cnc75adventures49 When you have a whole battery bank showing low voltage, it doesn't mean that all batteries in the bank are at the same low voltage. One will always be healthier than the others. You find it with the use of a multimeter, you pull it out of the bank, and you try to start your engine with it.
Fesh Fesh Sailing so if the hooked in series wouldn’t they be already combining all the voltage?
well i'm in my executive desk chair sipping on some tea. i would i hope, have spent more time checking my boat out before a shakedown sail and i certainly would not have taken it out at dusk. but, leasons hopefully learned.
It might be batteries, it could be dodgy fuel, it could have been something wrapped around the prop, the real important thing is to keep thinking. When things go wrong, and they will, you must not stop and give up, which is what you will probably want to do. My bet is that when you saw that rib, that was your last ditch solution, at least that is how it comes across in the video. Interesting thing is that with no wind you are not going anywhere anyway so not in imminent danger and Sophie says she has a source of light which could be used to warn others of your presence. Did you have flares onboard? please tell me you did. With a flat sea, it is surprising how little wind it takes to move a boat at least in the direction you want to go. All weight to leeward to stop the flapping and sails set for maximum drive. Single handing my own engine quit on the way out of a Portuguese harbor, fortunately I always kept my sails ready to hoist and I managed to short tack out the entrance and sail into the open ocean. P'd off a bunch of guys fishing off the harbor wall but the boat and me were fine but that was not the first time nor the last my engine quit on me.
my comment: it could have happened to any of us.:) Best regards.
One of the best comments - Ryan
Los bomberos, amigos de los todos personas. Glad we could ld learn from it with you!
Couldn't agree more with Ryan's comment regarding wanting to check everything and learn the boat before going out for the first time, we had the exact same disagreement, Hannah wanted to go out straightaway and thankfully I got my way and we learnt about the boat first. Gav
I have a starting handle for my 2qm15 and the first thing I did when I bought the boat was check that I could crank start. I can, and do it every now and then for practice.
This is interesting Buck... I'm going to look in to this. - Ryan
Please say Cartagena gain, and again, love it.
Awesome story guys. I enjoyed watching.
your audio left channel is voice and the right is only playing soft music.
Carry a set of lanterns on (their own) battery, drop the anchor and hope the depth is not too deep.
This situation has reminded me to buy a emergency starter power pack for emergencies like this.
one man's boat misery makes for good You Tube episode -Nooo!!!
I have all batterys separate fused nowdays, I've seen first hand what an internally shorted battery can do to a house bank.
Johnny! Good to know. I'm putting that in my notes!
I'm sat at my chart table not my arm chair so am I allowed to say I would have anchored somewhere close by and used any battery powered light I can find to show our position until morning? Good point about not doing test sails at dusk, I'll remember that.
Oh yeah..I concur about not doing a test sail near dusk. Good thought!
Sailboats ALWAYS breakdown and especially when new to you... so you always want to have a couple of outs. A second (really third) power source like the outboard but also a standby battery not connected to anything as well (like they jump start batteries you can get for cars to boost). Of course if the problem is with the main engine, then you are hooped without the second motor to bail you out but at the end of the day you were never really in any danger as you had a main sail and a set of solar panels so you could have put someone on watch through the night and turned on what juice you had (even Sophie's iPhone) to illuminate the lights and then turned them off when it was clear there was no collision danger. Hanging the anchor down would ensure you wouldn't go ashore assuming it wasn't too steep and frankly after sunset, the winds usually pick up again anyway. You all handled a series of issues well so should be proud as well as humble. Love Sophie's antics... she's a keeper Ryan!
You put out. the Genoa. ? Was it on fire?
Sophie a hair episode is coming soon? Hmmmm?
Nobody got hurt in this episode. No boats sunk. Victory!
Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time that I get a request for a hair episode 😏
One day, I will. And it will be real good 😁
I have tried not to be able to shut an outboard engine off because the handle was stuck between the boat and the hood of the engine. I couldn't even get to the deadman switch or turn down the gas. So we were sailing a maxi 68 at full speed inside a packed summer habour. I was sure we would ram some million dollar boat and be ruined for life. But we all survived and no damage done.
Oh god. That must have been a little scary :/
some of my best memories are when things go wrong, but no one hurt. Back in the 60's we had the coil on our engine die during a night cruise in San Francisco Bay, California. I was able to use hand spot light to send SOS to Coast Guard and we were towed to the marina . It becomes a learning moment for Next Time. Enjoy your videos.
That's an easy fix, trip breakers, isolate starting battery, take off the alternator belt, get a socket to fit the alternator belt pully attach it to battery powered impact driver set the proper direction squeeze the trigger should provide enough power to start the engine by the time the battery is dead
Great trick if you have all those parts on board
Well I hope you rewarded them with something !
It would make sense to have a 10 or 15 hp outboard, and a mount on the transom.....just in case.
Or if the dinghy had an outboard, put the dinghy in the water and lash it to the side of the sailboat at the stern and use it to push the sailboat the way tug boats push barges.
Dead Captain voyage - not under command. Ultimate right of way! Lol
Yanmar do make a hand cranking handle don't know if it would of helped in this situation (no idea what engine he has) but might be a good tool to carry just incase :)
When I bought my little boat
1 st purchase new full set of new batteries
Ohhhh I do feel for you though
Hi Sophie and Ryan. Our Sundeck Trawler is being shipped in a few days time from Port Everglades to Italy and we are bringing her to Almerimar in Spain as our base for the next year or so. Basically just want to ask is it a nice place to be? It is a 2 hour flight from Ireland where we live and we based our choice on its proximity to Malaga airport and cost of marina fees. Any and all advice would be wonderful. Merci beaucoup Sean et Mairit.
Hell Sean. I personally loved Almerimar as a place to get work done. Spenser and Mike at Alamar Centro natutico are great at helping get parts and get things done (tell them we say hello). The town itself is only so so but if you have a car it helps. In the summer it might be hard but in the winter you can rent a car from goldcar at malaga airport for almost nothing (i think the record was 0.63 eur for three weeks.... thats a total price, and im not joking). There are some good places to eat and the community in the winter is really good (VHF net, hikes, get togethers). As with any place it is what you make of it. I always felt safe and the lack of major town gave me a lot of focus on my projects. And yes, its very cheap!! If you want some other details please send us a message on facebook as there are a few other pointers i could give. Ryan
What happened to the sound? Only in one channel? So I have one side of my headset blank
LOL, take your boat and "try her" 18:58 wow!
Dumb question. Wouldn't it be a good idea to label the lines when you get a new boat before you go out for the first time?
Generally running rigging lines should all differ in colouring - this is a way to "label" them - and honestly I probably would just have assumed that they are ... ;)
Where’s the fun in this you’d ruin the excitement party pooper 🚽
@@psychollek color coding is a legitimate way of marketing.
@@WmCRobison the problem is that If I charter a boat I am assuming it to actually be the case at least for the most important lines - what I'm saying is that I would probably not check this claim beforehand an end up in similar situation - this probably would have been a little different if I bought the boat as then I would be the one responsible for the boat's state but nevertheless if such a thing would happen on a charter boat I would end up in similar situation.
I would never purchase a sailboat without having a thorough Marine Survey completed which should be in-the-water and out of the water. Also includes Mechanical (also called Engine Survey) & Rig Survey.
After the Survey, boat seller should demonstrate boats seaworthiness by taking you out on a sail!
He didn't have a dinghy with an outboard to use it as a tow?
Not sure there was a dinghy onboard, but that's a good thought!
Like Titanic you should be on the front singing Im the king of the World! (You could put your glasses on).
Always keep a portable kicker pack on board, they're cheap insurance, has gotten me out of trouble starting my 20hp 3cyl yanmar before. In hindsight he should have checked the condition of all the individual batteries long before taking the boat out. Not being judgemental we've all been caught with our pants down at some stage, i wonder what the engineless purists would do.
System check lists, Battery exercise and isolation in port and at see. LED back up anchorage lights makes sense. . Then the engineer in me thinks if I was to modify my exercise bike so the engine alternator/generator could be isolated and hard wired to the starting battery....so McGiver.
These days there are many, many volt meters you can install permanently to monitor each house bank and what gets to the starter solenoid (examples at www.amazon.com/s?k=2+wire+dc+meter&ref=nb_sb_noss) . Don't worry about them being LEDs as there should be many, many hours of capacity to run them full time. If you use red ones, they can help with your night time visibility too.
We recently installed a battery isolator/combiner Cyrix -ct from Victron. While it automatically connects and disconnects the batteries based on the charge current, we found out that if the house battery is depleted and the solar array starts to input a low charge (say +0,3amp), the Cyrix will connect both battery and like that the starter battery will drain "into" the house battery. We are not very happy about it and Victron is giving us very fusy answers. What system would you recommend for a simple setup the boat on this video? An old relay, even though they have high voltage drop?
Does it stop transferring power if the voltage drops below say 13.2v?
@@doo262 that is what they say but imagine one battery is 50% and the other 100%. When the charger engages even at as low as +0.3amp the cyrix connects both batteries and than the start battery starts giving juice to the house battery. Its not good and we just decided to return it.
Ah, I see it is the combiner. I think that those are basically controlled relays. Check out battery to battery chargers by sterling, would be interested in your thoughts on that.
Would Have Could Have Should Have All belong to Shake Down lol. Did well all made it back safe to dock lol. Only thing i am not sure about is why Most Sailors don't carry a Car Jumper Pack for a Battery Power Supply just in case and it also can be charged by the S/panels when it need to be charged. ?????????? Can also be used for other power outlets jobs.
Flares?
Your audio when recording inside the boat and on voiceover is L ear only with the music on the R ear only, all the other footage is in both ears just in case anyone listing on headphones, it’s fine just a little weird on playback :) - keep up the videos
I know, struggled with the microphone a bit on this one :/