Hi! We are Ben & MP and we now own a massive wooden schooner that needs A LOT of work done. Many people told us the boat we chose was doomed, but we refuse to settle on that thought and we are going to do whatever it takes to make this boat a happy sailor again.
We are both rookies when it comes to boat ownership and carpentry, so this is going to be a steep learning curve for us which we are ready to embrace. Luckily we found an amazing team of shipwrights that accepted the challenge of bringing Yabá back to life.
But we are not only watching them work, besides documenting everything, we are also very keen to learn so we can do as much as possible ourselves, always knowing when to leave it to the experts. Follow our journey to watch how this story unfolds and... wish us luck!
Great episode and that fish looked absolutely wonderful. A couple of beers next to it and you’ll have food sponsors willing to pay for your new tender motor, or more than enough cash to mount a full scale retrieval. Don’t fish radar or depth sounders give you a vague profile of the bottom? Nice to see you two settling into life at sea.
Ben and MP , I got a name for the dinghy - ( Sailing Yoda )....And please repair the ring that you have removed the bottom of the dinghy it will hard to toe it !!!...
That chair is going to reek once all of the growth starts baking. Art first I thought your outboard was stolen. It happens very frequently. The tightening handles on my outboard have holes that I can padlock together. You need a key or cutter to get it off my dinghy. Lock your motor up.
You might have just started another stupidstition like throwing a pinch of salt over your shoulder or knocking on wood if smooth sailing and favorable winds replace the clouds and rain all the sudden. lol
If you notice, there are holes in the bottom of an outboard motor clamp so the clamp can be through bolted to the transom, also the motor should have a safety chain, or cable. You ignored doing either of these things, and lost an expensive piece of equipment. I suggest you wise up before going offshore before someone has to risk their life getting your bacon out of the fire.
Golden rule:Always attach your boat dinghy engine to the transom with a chain.We learned this when i was doing my Rhodesian Boat Sqn training.We nearly lost our engine on our Zodiac on Lake Kariba.Sorry you guys lost your engine,pity you couldn't find it.
Maybe its a good time to leave the dogs on land. That is where a dog belongs and it might not be fair towards the dogs to keep them on the boat. It always seem romantic but eventually reality strikes back.
My motor almost twisted off the boat when I applied power. Didn't lose the motor, but it taught me an important lesson. Always cable the motor to the boat. 🙂
Hola , podrían usar el sistema de avioncito para buscar el motor, se construye en madera ,como una especie de cruz se le hacen unos pequeños alerones para controlar su dirección y es remolcado suave, se puede cubrir un espacio mayor de busqueda
I learned three days into my first cruise, never leave the dinghy in the water at night. My new dinghy and new motor were stolen and never recovered. Other friends had their dinghy break loose at night and never recovered. Salt and Tar had their dinghy and motor stolen too. The simple answer is to make a rope bridal to be able to hook the dinghy in three places and lift out of the water with a halyard. Leave it over the side at deck level, ready to lower at a moment notice but safe and secure.
That's why I ALWAYS had a rope tieing the Outboard engine to the dinghy. This way, even if the OB Engine gets lose from the support, it can still be easily retrived, even if flooded.
We just knew you found the motor. We just knew you were leading up to the big find but ohhhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooo, you only found a chair, oh well you tried .................
A waste of breath for your digest. Keep your ropes tidy. Carry a razor sharp knife. And lastly throw that damn tetanus risk back into Davey Jones locker. 😅😅😂😂 LOL . MP sings so sweet I could not help but feel her joy. Best of luck finding the outboard. So wonderful to see you both enjoying the start of your diving adventures. ❤
Oh my goodness, you don't need tetanus shots if you scratch yourself on a barnacle or a rusty chair from the ocean. ClostridiumTetani is found in the dirt and dust around animal stock yards. Stop getting these poisonous shots when it is completely unnecessary. They are not good for your immune system to be had 'for just in case there's a 1 in a trillion chance you get tetanus.' Like all marine injuries, they are inclined to become infected easily, so keep the scratches clean, bathe in hot salty water and apply a sterile dry dressing to the wound.
I lost My Outboard over the side once , Got it Back Up , Took it Home Drained out the Carby Fresh Fuel Started first Go LOL Don"t Bring any Worms On Board After all That
THAT WAS A BLESSING! i mentioned u guys needed a 4 stroke motor for the dingy, in a previous episode! that 2 stroke motor was trash, it's scrap metal! 4 stroke is the only way to go
When I was a kid we were carving it up with a jon boat and a 9.5 HP Evinrude and the motor came loose and lifted off the transom as we took a turn. Luckily my brother was able to hold on to the tiller and we got it back aboard. We kept a safety line on it after that!
