New Engine mounts, raised waterline/ fresh bottom paint, sail modification, water jet boots and more 

The patience one has to have for boat and especially engine upkeep is immense.

Sam, Glad you received your new stainless steel motor mounts in time for your maintenance. They look great!! Let us know if there's anything we can help with. We're researching manufacturing more parts for Yanmar motors. We mostly manufacture in stainless steel, so making upgraded Yanmar parts is right up our alley! Cheers my friend!!

Sam, I just wanted to say a quick thank you for inspiring me to get into sailing. I bought a boat this year and I’m loving every minute of it. My background in adventuring was of the 2-wheeled motorcycling variety, but since starting a family that’s not really possible. Sailing and getting out on the water has opened my eyes to the adventures just outside my door, and allows me to enjoy it with my family. My son will grow up learning the joys of the water, and in no small part that’s down to you. Many thanks my dude! From Cornwall, UK.

Don't forget you have to align the drive train now that you changed engine mounts. This is done by loosening the shaft then using feelers to measure the gap as you turn shaft. It is adjusted at engine mount level

Wow the Pickled Herring looks fantastic! Its been a awesome boat! ⛵

That bottom paint job very satisfying outcome!

I did not realize how much I missed seeing you tackle all these projects till I saw this. That year in NC was a great series.

Thanks Sam for showing the rest of us what is possible with desire to pursue goals and willingness to learn.

I love your videos, very inspiring. I'm becoming obsessed with the idea of sailing and have a modest budget but you're showing me that it canbe done with the right level of motivation. I live in the south of england so not such a bad place to start from. I've recovered spiritually/mentally etc from some pretty bad times and now the most important thing is that I enjoy myself a bit over the immediate. Keep doing your thing, you look very happy and I hope life treats you well.

Thanks for the engine mounts code. Perfect timing for us, just ordered using the code 😊.

To catch a halyard. Tie a light line to the top of your pole, let hang down to your hand and trap the halyard with the wedge formed at the top .

Its relaxing to watch your videos Sam, your coolness, seeing you swim in the middle of the Atlantic by yourself, tackling the boat issues, etc etc. You and Popeye!, true blue water sailors!

Good morning.. Skipper Sam Holmes. Good job, that Dory girl is like new, appreciate it because she takes you everywhere. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I sure do enjoy your programming. Thank you for a few minutes of distraction from the worries of the day.

Pickled Hering looks great! I bet it was a lot of hard work but you must be happy its done and your back on the water. Be safe my friend, good sailing!🎉⛵

Sam Holmes, the master of boat project videos-Thanks for the great footage

Tackling the engine mounts on your own- I’m impressed

Your level of patience is amazing. Every time I go in my engine compartment the swearing starts and I say I will never do the work again- just pay someone. They never make the compartments the right size.

I really like your energy always positive even when you get frustrated you quickly move on and do what has to be done. The boat looks great, good job!

Your depth of knowledge is impressive and coupled with your can-do attitude and tenacity at tackling any job, your results and progress seem endless. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures!

Sam, your boat looks great! It's good that you're very handy and can do many jobs on your own. I look forward to watching a season of Sam Holmes Sailing.

What I love about your work is that you are infectiously HAPPY and POSITIVE. Thank you for giving others some of that! 🙏

Sam, you gotta get yourself some sandpaper flap wheels in various grits for your angle grinder. Woulda made life a lot easier redoing the bottom paint. Turns the grinder into an angry sander. Cheap too

Good job on the motor mounts. Close working quarters in there. Pickle looks great ready to do some sailing.

I would keep an eye on throws bolts that holds the motor mounts in…lag bolts and fin thread are completely different.

The heavy wire from the battery goes on a bell housing bolt. You probably have another heavy cable from the engine to the lightning plate in the bilge, and one or two 10 AWG ground wires from the bell housing to the switch panel for accessory loads. SV Jane Ann, 1979 CD 27

I cannot tell you how happy I am that you finally fixed that sail. Whatever disorder I have made it very difficult for me to watch you sail your boat with the sail not fully extended....lol. Also, your water line looks great.

I am a mr fixit type but I was very impressed with your motor mount replacement. That was out of my league. So cool.

You have some really cool neighbors.

typo repair: 26:51 - NOW THAT'S a proper view for when you're taking a break. "CHEERS!" And worth another look. 30:00 - back on the water! Malta might be one of the coolest-looking destinations I've seen on more than one RU-vid sailing channel. Good onya, Sam.

Sam....there are a few things you can do to make your vessel even more reliable....every electrical connection you service...use a wire brush to completely clean all the lugs and once you reinstall them use diaelectric grease to coat them. this will prevent or inhibit future corrosion. also...if you think you have enough, of anything...as far as hose, wire etc, you dont....always allow 20% more. Never skimp out on the little things. take the extra time to completely clean and future proof every single repair/renovation. this will see you into the future much better than just barely getting it done.

If you ever need to change the motor mounts again, you may find it easier to remove the 2 bolts from the block and the 2 lag bolts from the stringers. Then you only have to lift the engine about a 1/4”. Always enjoy your videos….

My dude, I'm excited and jealous for/of your upcoming adventures. You've got a great attitude, humble yet confident! Fair winds skipper!

You're an amazingly hard hard worker Sam. I know you cut a lot out but I have some idea of what we didn't see because of your editing, and it was a ton of hard knuckle busting and harsh finger blistering stuff. Hats off.. smooth and safe sailing, good luck!

Check those lag bolts. If they loosen over time, pour epoxy in, then put them back in and let it harden.

Love your stuff bro. The music and sowing reminds me of a mister rogers episode!

Beautiful view & lovely people helping u out. Hoping to start some boat life adventures of my own in the next few years.

Good chance to change everything

Those new motor mounts look sharp.

Sitting on my boat watching your video as I change my engine compartment exhaust fan. Much more enjoyable working together. I love spelling back the tape on a paint job, very satisfying

Sam, those engine mounts look identical to the ones on my 1982 CD33. The yanmar ones I’ve seen have a rectangular isolator, not circular. There’s a good chance those are original to the boat and were just re-used when they swapped out the old md7a for the yanmar

Great job doing it yourself, chainplates mainsail and yanmar feet. So many don’t and man there goes the budget and the independence spirit. Respect , you’ve come a long long way in so many ways - priceless.. can be fun separating the drive shaft in order to feeler guage the alignment but hey that’s the final and farsighted job!

Malta seemed like a great choice to rest and repair, well done!

Sam, great video (as usual) - we also replaced our boat engine mounts a year or so ago. We had a similar issue where the machined bolt was spinning as the thread in the engine bearer was stripped. Although you resolved that, would look at possibly getting a helicoil kit so you can replace threads in future if needed. Keep up the great videos and happy sailing....!

You are amazing you can do just about anything. I really like your haircut short you look like a gentleman. That’s a great thing.

Nice work..maybe paint the chain plates blue, won't be so noticeable. Cheers

I enjoyed that half hour Sam, thank you for sharing...

Hi I did the lift method before when changing mounts then I saw the Elebogen engine mounts company who put out you tube on how to change mount pretty cool you just block up under the sump and change em one at a time I'm doing them that way now and it seems quite easy compared to lifting the whole motor

We rigged up a hose to a gas can full of water and flip the can over to keep the flow of water going. Works great.

really impressive stuff Sam, much respect and always wishing you the best on all your adventures, you bring us all so much joy and inspiration and fun and educational things to watch, and as others have mentioned your positive attitude is remarkable, thank you... onward!

Rhubarb Juice or a fresh stick of rhubarb (even better) - Cleans rust of fiberglass, being a natural product it can drip into the water without harm to microlife!!

I always try to take a picture before I do any work because I know I’ll forget haha - good stuff, Sam - always worth a watch ⛵️🤘

Great to see your adventures Sam and good to see you get the maintenance caught up.

She looks great Sam!

Looking good.

Diablo steel demon carbide Sawzall blades will zip through a couple of hardened bolts and not make sparks. Just keep speed slow. The cheap bi metal blades not so much. Just a possible future solution. Cheers!

I already am looking forward to seeing how well that prop coat holds up. Been looking for a good prop coat forever.

Such an awesome lifestyle, prepping a boat for the next few years out at sea...

Hey! Great to see the engine mounts were the thing. Looks like a really nice place. Sounds smooth (at low torques). Water line looks great!

Appreciate you sharing the numbers. Ahh boat work videos.

Love the music with the bottom sanding Sam.

Great episode - awkward job ... I'm not looking forward to when I have to replace my mounts 😕

Love the vids. I would just pick up a ratchet extension set they’re very inexpensive.

When I sand my antifouling paint I always do it wet, using a sanding pad and paper used for sanding cinder blocks (or breeze blocks for those in the UK) the holes in the paper stop it getting blocked up with paint and the water makes the whole job easier and cleaner. I just wet the surface and then regularly dunk and wash the paper and pad in a bucket of water as I go.

spent two weeks in that area of Sliema a few years ago. I wish i was there now, what a great place!

I Always enjoy a video from you Sam. Nice work on getting everything ship shape and ready for More adventures.

I'd like a mix of sawdust and sand to scrub out a motor compartment, when it gets scuzzy. Vegetable oil mixes with motor oil and lifts it. Then more sawdust, rubbing alcohol, paint. I carve motor mounts, but your small ones look capable.

Barbara is a natural with the camera! Such luck to find a sewing machine, hell yeah dude! 🤙

Nice job Sam. Have to keep on top of it. Theres always something. Micron is good bottom paint as well although I use Americoat ABC#4 ...its ablative and the boat comes out clean every year.

Sam. Electric connectors could do with dielectric grease to stop the connections degradation or corrosion. It's real cheap and worth doing on all your electric contacts. 20:30.

Nice work. Well done.

So nice view over the port for this appartement

Great to watch the work, beautiful boat!

You got the boot stripe just right, your light at the moment as soon as you load up for crossing a ocean perfect. Those two back engine mounts looked like a case of beer job and a lot of bleeps.

Paint ! an episode I'll really enjoy . . .

I’ve always loved your blue color!

Changing engine mounts are a huge pain, did it once, it was terrible. I'll have to do it again someday, and I'll just tell myself 'Sam did it without problem'! The corroded bolts that hold the mounts themselves in-place were my problem, the bolt-heads broke off.

Got a lot done ! Good work !

lovely

Great work Sam!!

i would be concerned about crevice corrosion on buried ss chainplate bolts. Don't want to loose the rig. Might want to ask a rigger what they think of buries bolts.

The Joys of Sailing .

*Good* work on the ol' girl ⛵Samuel, as well as your neighbors of the 👍perfect👍 age-bracket! 🙏🦉

Nice work as always Sam!

Enjoy all the work your doing, been watching your travels from the start....prices are dream prices here..San Fran 240 day haul out. 1200 rt crane...I'm saving to haul, change all through hulls, valves, and bottom paint, hopefully before summer is over....fly boarding looked awesome, I follow kite boarding and paragliding, surfing....keep up the interesting travels...Mark and Andrea...

Nice episode that sewing looked intense

Boat looks real good..like a well used vessel should

Sam's quote, "Maybe I'll do that later." end of quote.

Great vid as always ❤ you been a big inspiration to me , I’m on my second week sailing from lake hjälmaren down the Swedish east coast to Ystad (next doors to Kåseberga where I saw you did some paragliding) got a few days left before we’re home ! Thanks again for the inspiration ❤

Great work Sam, you’re my inspiration.

Pickle looks amazing!!

Hello Sam Always nice to see a nice makeup on your boat Cheers

I thought I saw some fiberglass matting near the rudder, did you do any glass repair? Also do you thing the sonic anti-foul worked that you had installed, the bottom looked pretty god really?

FYI a lot of toilet bowl cleaners have a bit of acid in them and make excellent cleaners for rust and other stains on the hull and deck.

The video is excellent! Could you let us know when the video for our KIWIFOTOS products will be released?🥰

Im surprised that you didnt just 3D print some little covers for the bottom of the chainplates!

Covering the stainless steel chainplates might cause them to corrode. It deprives it of oxygen and in the presence of water can cause crevice corrosion.

Boat looks great!

Good job you're an awesome young man keep up the good work. I wished I could have been a sailor like you

Sam I'm a little bit concerned about those lag screws to secure your new engine mounts. I hope they hold