Sailing Melody is the official RU-vid channel for the Bennington-Turner Family and our sailing adventures. We live aboard our 46ft sailing yacht and are currently in North Wales with plans to head south in the Spring and Summer of 2024. Follow along as we prepare Ocean Melody for the wide sea and tie up the loose ends of land life so we can head off on the journey of a lifetime.
Hi great work ! BTW, FYI a helicoil is rather lame compared to a TIME SERT ! ( a great American invention ) google them pls! a helicoil can easily kind of get "unwound " and pull out of hole! a TIME SERT is a solid metal insert threaded outside and inside ! FAR stronger ! put in w/ l.ocktite ? 😄 PS do try not to use that threaded rod it is usus weak as hell use bolts or studs . also i would have let those electrical cables coming down fr the windlass have a loop pointing down before they go into the box . so when water runs down them it drips off before running into the box ! 😄
Stick with hank on until you can afford a new furling system that works with your limited space. Hank on will provide better sail performance over the convenience of roller furling.
A view from the UK. May i respectfully suggest that when using tools on or around the deck of your boat you tie them you your belt with a 'lead line' just in case. Once they are overboard they are gone. Adjustable spanners ain't cheap.
WOW!!! I did a little bit of abseiling a very long time ago and we had nothing like that equipment for climbing a rope that ease. Super impressed how things have changed. Thanks for showing it.
Another setback, they seem to have followed you around for 3 years, what a slog, and now you are unfortunately racing the clock, you will need a holiday before you cast off to get yourself in order. I would advise against sailing with a dodgy furling system, you don’t need to be told of the forces generated by a Genoa when unfurled. I feel sure that if you contact rigging companies they will have those pieces in their old stock, they throw nothing away from rigging renewals.
The question is... Were the welds vee prepped before welding? If not and those non-prepped welds were ground back to make the outside look very pretty, then they couldn't in the slightest way be described as suitable for purpose. In hindsight, if the machine shop doesn't under normal circumstances carry out this type of structural welding, then cosmetic welds were the result.
The only reason I can think of for those welds to have broken is because those joiners (inserts) are cast aluminum. Did the inserts snap through the weld, or right next to the weld?
You could always get one of those big round things with poles sticking out and half a dozen folks walking round it while singing entertaining Sea Shanties, that would be a lot simpler for the Anchor 🙂Seriously though, hope everyone feels better soon, I have had a orrid cold, makes me feel right miserable.
Well that was a big day for you and your team. Looking forward to seeing the next episode with the rather daunting situation resolved. I recently took on the ownership of a yacht that has had the halyards pulled up to the top of the mast (hopefully) for reasons that escapes the previous owner. Such are boats eh? Wishing you all the best.
Hi, I would just ask a machine shop to produce a new set of joiners following the dimensions of the old one's. Shouldn't be so hard and you don't rely on broken/welded parts. //R.
So sorry to hear about all the setbacks stalking your timetable. Take solace knowing that you will soon be in warmer waters and these inopportune difficulties will be but memories -- that price paid for a future of sailing enjoyment with your family.
No axes or chainsaws needed 🤣Lee sounds like a damn good bloke! Arborist, Surgeon and Lifeboat crew. Does the mainsail wrap round the boom, like the spinnaker on the forestay? Bugga, go up easy come down slow Gandolph! Thanks m8s, stay vertical Eh!
I got huge Ceder 🌲 trees at my joint chopped down My mate from the Pub did it Who has a 🌲 business same as that dude I can't handle Heights even a ladder I go all Wonky He Just straight up like a Possom or something with his chainsaw Very Impressive 😮
Well I thought they'd been done properly. Mark took them to a reputable engineering firm. People have been saying it's to do with the way welding changes the properties of the Ali which is beyond my level of knowledge but sounds plausible
It's likely to be expensive, but just have a metal fab shop create new joiners. Just a reminder (from many years of storm sailing) how powerful the wind and water is. It is no fun to have your (Harken) roller reefing jamed in heavy air. (Please, please don't ask how I know that🤗)
Time for a helmet for that mast climb!!!! I trust you will find some shops to make these parts for you. With the original a good cad program will be able to pop some out for you in no time!!!! I could be wrong; but, I hope it’s this easy!!!!
Thank you for showing all the gear you use for tree work and also for climbing the mast! very interesting and fun to watch! It is also a specialty that many would never be able to do without training! You are brave! I have been watching the two Melodys since the beginning. So interesting.
Its to late now but I would have took a piece of tubing put inside the brackets drilled and screwed in place on 8 points per bracket. Then had them welded together leaving screws in forever. P.S. better to brake now then rep in the middle of the Ocean.
It's a shame you can't get someone with a 3D printer that prints metalic items to scan and print some new parts for you. Or a fabrication shop to make all new ones for you at a decent price.
I've recently totally stripped and rebuilt an obsolete but very substantial ancient Plastimo furling system, for 12m upwards yachts. The foil joiner sections were originally riveted, many had snapped, or loose, so i drilled, tapped, for counter-sink stainless, as you've done. The joiners were about 20cm total, maybe less ... so, i can't see any issues with you using just half the broken pieces. IMPORTANT lesson learnt ... I followed same advice as you, used a paste,duralac (zinc chromate) on threads, to address corrosion issue, in aluminium. After 5 years, many storms, hurricane last November, some screws worked loose, with the vibration. Serious, as it can block the top swivel sleeve, if you're needing to drop the sail down, say, if fuling jams, and severe weather imminent. So ... Now all refitted, with red Loctite, which will only release with heat! Some advocate Sika 291, but, i really want these to be permanent, fail-proof.
What is protecting those main battery leads from the chain in the locker? Im not sure if Im missing something in the locker that the chain does not lay up against it
Excellent informative episode. Thank You very much for a look at part of a cruisers life. I don't like heights as it makes a part of me quiver and feel loose.
Dear Melissa, Andy, Oliver and captain Jack, Willeke and I feel sorry for the setback in the furling mechanism of the front sail so hopefully in the next episode everything will be fixed properly. We therefore look forward to your next vlog and send you love from The Netherlands
The last time I climbed that high was after closing a twistlock which the bloody stevedores did not close. Climbing down 4 shipping containers was not the problem. Climbing up was....... it was funny to find out that at the 3rd container there were no more good points to grab. I had to litterally let go with both hands and grab the next point above my head. That together with the fatigue building up my muscles..... After that I refuse to do vertical climbs like that again. Wisdom does not come with age it comes with stupid actions 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Worked as a labourer for over 30 years, took my hard hat off got yelled at. Turned round and what is going to hit my head, if it's a plane a hard hat will not work. Just thought you would like a laugh. On a roof.
im outside of your fanbase/groups/patreons etc, ive enjoyed your videos for many years, we have a lot in common. Anyway, my observation as an outsider is you tend to spend your time justifying every one of your decisions. I can only assume this is because of the barrage of criticism you no doubt get on every one you make!. I just thought id post this observation and encourage you to trust your own judgment!. don't seek approval from an audience of internet know-it-alls! a lion worries little of the opinions of sheep. thanks for making the videos. fair winds.
Hahaha. Thank you. Oddly one of the most common comments I get is “stop justifying yourself to people” but I guess I’m just a worrier. Yes we get tonnes of comments criticising my work, and other aspects of our personal life, 😂😂😂 Melissa doesn’t worry about it and it’s water off a ducks back so to speak, but I tend to get more triggered by stuff and head off the criticisms I anticipate re ahead of publishing the video. Learning how to “not give a shit what anyone thinks”’is something I’ve struggled with for the last 50 years but I’ll keep trying 😂😂
Yep - and remember " A picture paints a thousand words" so you can imagine how many words a video clip paints! Don't worry about the 0.01 % that complain about everything in life... great to follow you progress 🎉🎉🎉
What happens when you ask people too Donate through whatever method They feel there Invested in what your Doing witch 🧹 is Understandable I can also see it from Andie's Side, Too all a Trade off Love the channel and what you guys are doing I wish everyone Godspeed
@@SailingMelody Dear Andy. Same here, unfortunately, sigh. But even 10 years longer (also unfortunately and even more sighing). 🙈😁 ;-) Of course there's a big difference between suggestions/constructive criticism coming from people with a technical background and/or experiences to what all these keyboard warriors respectively armchair experts usually try to do. Another big difference to normal people (like matts_shed and me) is the fact, that you try respectively have to make a living by making utub videos (amongst other things). This might have a big influence on your thinking too. But you do not owe anything to "certain" people. Best regards, luck, health and stronger nerves.
Would love to. Can’t afford to. They’re thousands of pounds. This one is in excellent condition and no other parts are remotely worn out: I’m not binning a perfectly good system for the sake of a few small parts which I can get manufactured. The repair I’d have done will probably last forever but I will of course get the replacement parts made to return the system back to the original specification. But I’m sorry I don’t agree with throwing stuff away because of one small part which can be repaired. I do agree that until it’s been fully repaired then don’t push the system to find its limits and treat it sensibly, which I will do, but why on earth would you thrown away thousands of pounds of equipment because of a broken part. I guess if you don’t understand how to get stuff made and manufactured and you’re frightened of complicated engineering then maybe that’s a good way to go. But I understand the problem, and the solution and can work within the limits of what I have until the issue is resolved. Throwing money at a problem isn’t always the answer and to be honest a lot of the newer systems are not as strong as what I have here, even with the fix I’ve done think it’s stronger than lot of new systems
@@SailingMelody I know I have been critical of your methods in the past but, this time I agree with you. Find out from the original manufacturers the type of alloy used, find a machine shop that can rattle out a complete new set of joiners on a CNC machine, plus a few spares while they are at it. Job will be a good 'un. Best wishes to you and your family.
Selfmade joints for this application ? 😮 From the Rigger - according to industry standards, the anticipated lifespan for stainless steel rigging is 10-12 years for wire and 15-20 years for rod...
