We leave Staniel Cay and attempt to make our way To Waderick Wells. However, our starboard engine dies, forcing us to find an anchorage. We spend the next three days doing engine repairs in paradise!
Well, this is why you folks need to keep making these videos. Your adventures are so fascinating, too good not to share! Ed, your diagnostic abilities and problem resolution are the best. I love how you break it down for us.
I admire your patience and resilience to get your yacht going again… I work on both my Duramax Diesels although I wouldn’t call myself a mechanic, Thanks to RU-vid and tutorials it makes those tasks much easier
They are setting good example for the rest of us. I am reminded of the Tshirt slogan "I'm sorry for what I said when we were docking the boat" Only in this case "I'm sorry for what I said when the engines stopped again"
I'm a liveaboarder myself, and after seeing your chili dinner, it made me think about all the unique dinners that cruisers make when you're living on a boat and thought it would be pretty cool if you all made a video showing the types of meals you prepare. I've been following you all for years, and I'm always impressed with how mechanically inclined you are and can fix basically anything, glad you got everything working.
Can’t imagine a more beautiful place to tear down a Detroit Diesel! As they say, owning & cruising a yacht is another way of saying boat maintenance in amazing places! Great work!!
Following you from the carver days ! You guys are an inspiration ! your videos and others are what keep boaters going when things are not going well so we can continue to enjoy and seek out the great times that come from being on the water . Smooth sailing . Thanks !
Like 241 👍 Greetings from your friends in Naples, Florida. Great episode! Glad you figured everything out. Thanks for sharing with us, have a great weekend. 💯
Maybe the engine decided it was time for you to spend a few days in Paradise before you moved on to the next truck stop! You guys are great, and your humor in the face of trouble is very addictive! As Jimmy Buffet would say, "It's five o'clock someplace". Take a break and enjoy the scenary while you can! Good luck!
I'm having one of those years on my KhaShing 40. She has been so reliable but every time I go out something breaks! Let's see: oil sender tube, raw water pump, two heads, macerator + hoses, stbd transmission rebuild....but last night we had an amazing sunset cruise below the Golden Gate Bridge. Hang in there.....
Please don't sink!! I love your lifestyle in spite of the trials you face. Being a Pirate Captain, You know , your Parrot+ Ship= You both have kidnapped us and stolen our hearts with your adventures, Arghhh Mates, Rik Spector
I can only imagine the frustration, but you handle things so well on screen... Abd the views probably make things so much better... Until the next problem arises Thank you for the good and the bad and wishes for fair winds and following seas.
You always got it Captain Sperrys. That kinda of diesel engine blower shaft situation drives one to drink. Lovely camera visuals Chicha M8! Happy Labor Day weekend you two! Where'd the summer go? Kiss Kiss😘😘
another good video, great troubleshooting skills and nice to have a Navy guy onboard! things will get better, I like how you still make time to have some fun
Hi! I was aboard one of the 3 Texas-Flagged catamarans (12:15) that anchored near you at the Aquarium and hailed you on the radio to say hello. We didn't realize the mechanical challenges you were dealing with! Anyway, it was great to see you out on the high seas and glad you got the engines running from there for your run up the Exumas.
Oh yes, I remember. You guys left earlier than we thought you would. Dana and Eric that were onboard ay the time, are also from Texas. They were very excited to see 3 Texas flags!😜. How was the rest of your trip? Did you get a chance to check out the aquarium there? Winds were definitely unusual for that time of year...you guys probably loved it for sailing 🙃
@@cleothepirateparrot2841 Yes it was just a lunch stop for us, though we probably should have stayed the night as we were stuck in Pipe Cay that and the next night and had some overnight anchoring excitement with the winds and currents in there. The weather was definitely not like in the videos I'd seen! We had 15-20 kts out of the west for our time at Staniel Cay and big chop throughout the area. Overall it was a good time and we had some big sailing days, but there aren't many places to hide in the Exumas when you have frequent west winds and are trying to stay on a charter schedule so we had some sleepless nights!
I've followed your videos for a number of years and am impressed you can always find enjoyment even with lingering mechanical problems. Most people would be nervous wrecks with worry. Glad you have communication resources, and ability, to always come up with the answers to fix your boat. Guess that's boat life...expect the unexpected. Not for the faint of heart. Cruising paradise seems to overcome dread.
Yes. I think if these things happened anywhere else, it would be much more stressful. As long as we have a backup plan (and we always do) it is easier to relax.
It would help installing a camera in your engine room sir. With a monitor on your dashboard. They're not expensive. I even had one near the props. Good luck!
Tracked vehicle Army mechanics always have a few quill shafts stashed somewhere. The blower wants to keep spinning after the engine stops. Everybody knows about idling turbos before shutdown. Same with a blower.
Great job🍸 Are you always so calm and collect? Jeez😮😅 You are right about having knowledgeable resources at hand. RU-vid and Google are god sent when the skill set is sometimes minimal. I also do all maintenance on my boat. God speed ❤
Home grown mechanics at their best. A couple of exquisite Bahamas anchorages. The water is mesmerizing. Interested that your socializing spot of choice is on the bow. Do you use the aft deck salon much? Thanks for sharing the ups and downs, very enjoyable video.
We almost never use the aft deck since it is enclosed. We spend a lot of time on the fly bridge but, when in the islands, we like the bow for the almost 360 degree views.
I wish I had that much room around my engine to work. To do anything on my BMC 1500, I need the flexibility of a snake just to get at anything. Thus far I have not had to do anything major while at sea but when I do it will add another dimension to the problem.
Maybe it's just my imagination but I could have sworn you had a problem with a shaft that looked just like that not too long ago... either that or I'm experiencing deja vu...lol Glad you got both engines working again🥂🍸🍸
@@tryingnottosink9107okay, then it must have been my ESP. And I remember seeing you get the new shaft for the supercharger you ordered at one of your future destinations. This really freaks me out when it happens.
@@tryingnottosink9107now I'm really freaked out, because I just saw your latest video and you getting the new shaft for your supercharger in nasau,, just like I saw it weeks ago. It's strange that I'm experiencing deja vu on here involving you and your boat troubles. I know it's very strange indeed. I'm not crazy, honest. LOL
Well interesting. First off and didn't watch the full video yet but I decided to just comment. The guy I work with who has been around bouts his whole life of 66 has an offshore fishing Hatteras with 2 12v71's for power. Big time power of 1000 hp each. When he did the sea trial before buying the boat, the inspector noticed that one of the engines lost power so they powered it in with one engine. The inspected more and sure enough the one engine had a major issue but could be operated for short periods of time with little load. Well then he had a decision to make pass on it and keep the boat he has or buy and fix. The boat is a 1985 but you could never tell because it looks new as the day it came out of the manufacture. That person that originally owned it also did a lot of upgrades to it and so on. Anyway he decided just to jump in and get the boat and that he would rebuild the engines. They live on the boat full time in the marina in Galveston, TX area. Well the problem was that he search and searched for someone that could rebuild the engines in the boat. Took forever to finally find one guy out of KY. The problem is that everyone wanted to remove the engines out of the boat to rebuild them. No one wanted to rebuild in the boat. That would be very expensive to remove. Also no one really works on these old Detroit engines anymore. So he found the guy and he came out and removed all the main components of the engine to take to his shop. Well this has been 2 years in the making and he is supposed to get back to his boat to put together soon. He did have an agreement that he would be able to work on it as he found time because he works on other boats. Sorry for dragging this out. One thing these engines are absolutely bullet proof and extremely reliable. That's why they are still used in many applications in the marine industry.
@@tryingnottosink9107 Totally agree. They should last as long as you need. Soon the electric motors should be available for boats. totally run a solar system on the boat. Imagine the savings operating a boat when they do this.
@@tryingnottosink9107 You can't run electric, unless you bring a huge power plant with you. However, you can repower with much smaller modern engines, and save a huge amount on fuel. The Detroit 92 series aren't bullet proof. You're thinking of the 71 series. The main difference being the 92's are a 'wet liner' engine, so a tiny pinhole in a liner can leak coolant into the cylinder. 71's are dry, in that coolant cannot come in contact with the outer side of the cylinder liner.
@@bradh7472 Yeah but simple math will show you you would need over 100 acres of solar panels. Not going to happen. I run my house off of 12 solar panels, and it works, I've only paid the minimum connection fee for last two years. But it only works because I switched all the energy intensive devices like water heater, stove, and heating system from electric to natural gas. The only thing the solar has to run is the air conditioning, lights, TV, washer, small appliances etc. The whole house if I turn on everything and plug in a vacuum cleaner only pulls around 30 amps @ 240volts. This boat needs roughly around 500 horsepower, so doing the math means even if you had say 95% efficient electric motors, a 250 horsepower 3 phase electric motor will draw roughly 250 amps at 600 volts (347/600 Y system). Or nearly 300 amps at 480 volts. That's a lot of kilowatts, and with even a 500 watt solar panel, you can see pretty quick it's not feasible. And a battery system that would hold enough power to run a few hours in the evening or at night would weigh more than the total gross weight of the boat. Check out how much a Tesla Megapack weighs, they're the size of a full size shipping container, and then you have the fun of what if all those 44 tons of batteries catches on fire. LOL.
@@brnmcc01 Yeah you are right, you actually put the pencil to it. lol I'm just thinking someone probably Elon Musk will come up with something fantastic that will work. Who knows but you do have a valid point. I'm a big Tesla fan and that Megapack is the size of a small ship container. Welp, diesel it is. HA
8v71's are solid motors. Check all your hoses and mixing elbow. I was 100 miles off shore in our w 6v92's and the damn hose to the turbo blew. Was it exhaust smoke (soot) in the engine room? Good thing they are detroits....Cummin's or Mann's and you are f'd outside of the US!
The little clam @ 4:42 is a coquina clam . they make a delicious broth or clam sauce for pasta. google recipes. They come in a wide variety of colors and easily found in large numbers along the beach in swash area of the beach. Don't get much bigger than what you found. They dig rapidly back into the sand.
Ya know, I feel so bad about seeing you go through another batch of mechanicals that I'm not even going to rant and rave about how you get a big fat zero on your Roger Out score. Even though people depend on some good Roger-Outs in every episode, they have to understand that you deal with a lot of stress during these difficult times and Roger-Outs don't always take priority. Even though people will be really sad about it, I saw another channel being sponsored by Better Help psychological counseling and it gave me the idea that all the viewers who are all upset about no Roger-Outs in this episode could seek out some help through professional counselling. Roger Out?
funny i have a hatters yacht fish i broke a blower drive in Spanish wells had to ship the parts in two years back. I guess there getting old. Mine is hull# 1 of the 58 yacht fish.
I know this is a costly suggestion. But it seems you guys are starting to have more and more issues with those engines. Maybe it’s time to have them both rebuilt or replaced? $
Nah, we moan a lot but the problems are always minor on these engines. The blower shaft costs $85. The fuel pump $150. The things that break are normal for engines of this age, which is why we carry spare parts for most things.
What was wrong with the shaft? I didn’t notice the difference in between new and old or turning it around. They all looked the same but I didn’t pause it to see? Worn splines, key way gone or something? Whoever knew that has been around a little!
Nah, the problems we have with these engines is normal for their age and can happen to newer engines as well. With these Detroits, at least the parts are cheap. The shaft was $85.
The answer "The reason a diesel can run without a turbo lies within the fact that the turbo is not necessarily a vital part of the engine but rather a performance component that increases horsepower and torque drastically. A diesel engine may run without the turbo but not without diminished performance and drivability. As stated before if you lose a turbo it is a bad idea to drive it for long periods in that manner. The most I would recommend doing is limping it home or to a trusted shop until it can be properly fixed. What if I just remove the turbo and drive it like that? Some may ask. If you remove the turbo without replacing the exhaust manifold with a non-turbo manifold then it is very likely the vehicle will not even start. The intake and exhaust air are both routed in a specific way to accommodate for the turbocharger to make it function properly. Total removal will not be a sufficient course of action."
Detroit Diesels are way way better than new engines full of electronics. Just overhaul your screaming Jimmies and you’ll have solid engines for another 30 years!
@@tryingnottosink9107 exactly! We have owned several classic Hatteras with Detroit Diesels…best engines ever. Rebuilt them several times…they will go on forever. My das just got a Viking with MAN engines and always issues with electronics….
@@tryingnottosink9107 Yes they're great if you completely disassemble and rebuild carefully with modern parts, seals and gaskets. Check out Bus Grease Monkey's channel for lots of tips and tricks on these engines. He works on a lot of vintage buses that have these engines. If you have any questions about what's good or not, or where to get new parts etc, I highly recommend it. The key things with those 8v92's is, you must use the correct oil. Delo 100 straight 40W, or the equivalent, it's too bad Rotella discontinued their Detroit two stroke oil. But there's alternatives out there. They need a low ash oil, or it clogs stuff up. Also you need to stay on top of the coolant and flush and clean the cooling system and use the right additives and check that frequently. Using cheap green antifreeze will blow pinholes in the liners, the additives coat the wet liners with a kind of slime, and that slime stops the cavitation pitting. That's the two things that kill 92's, wrong coolant and/or wrong oil. With meticulous maintenance, they do last a very long time. But the flip side is they can die in very short time if a liner gets pitted and the coolant gets into the engine, that will quickly destroy all the bearings and it'll just eat itself.
Nah, the problems we have with these engines are normal for their age and can happen to newer engines as well. With these Detroits, at least the parts are cheap. The shaft was $85.
