Our Most Dangerous Boat Failure (Since We Started Sailing) | Ep 369

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We discover the most dangerous problem we've had on SY Esper since we started sailing. What should we do?
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Liz and Jamie
00:00 Our autopilot stopped working (but that's not the worst problem)
02:32 The wind has trapped us (but that's not the worst problem)
03:17 "No Rudder Response" B&G autopilot still not working (but that's not the worst problem)
06:30 Is our steering mechanism damaged?
10:41 Is the wind against us?
13:19 Should we haul out the boat?
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@georgeburns7251 4 месяца назад

Too many boat channels. Do something entertaining.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Too many armchair idiots. Say something constructive.

@Jolie_sailor 4 месяца назад

@@followtheboat More idiots than sailing channels. Keep on FTBing!!!

@Dreancaidi 4 месяца назад

I love this boat channels. Have another scotch it might lift your spirits 😂

@andradaanghel5168 4 месяца назад

If you don't like it, don't watch it! I love them and thanks to them I will visit Indonesia soon!

@skippercirelli2097 4 месяца назад

just another useless troll. love this channel - keep going mates!

@millzee60 4 месяца назад

When sailing near land I don't bother much with the wind forecast and just assume it will be on the nose :) That way I'm never disappointed.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Hehe, a good mind-set to avoid disappointment 😄

@sailinghjem 4 месяца назад

😂 now that’s managing expectations!

@nooneanybodyknows7912 4 месяца назад

What ever it is the matter, I hope it isn't expensive. Jamie, I love your photography. Thanks for sharing.

@jimmyhvy2277 4 месяца назад

Every Thing in Sailing is Expensive ! Unless you can fix it , All by yourself !

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Jimmy beat me to it! Appreciate the feedback on the photography 🐻🤗

@clairepapadatos1116 4 месяца назад

Hello, my darlings, I'm so sorry for the s..t situation, but really appreciate your honest 'through thick and thin' vlogs 😊👍🏼 I dearly hope that you can get the steering sorted out!❤️❤️

@svhulda6157 4 месяца назад

I have a rather strong SimradRobertson electro hydraulic autopilot (ram). It is rated for 500 kg push/pull. Testing your ram at 1000 kg could be too much for the gaskets and the valve. The valve is like a hydraulic clutch, if that valve fails it will mimic the error you see. A standard electro mechanic 'ram' (like Raymarine) gives in the region 300 kg push/pull, and are used for sailing boats up to around 16 tons. My 'ram'' as installed now, is for sailing boats up to region of 25 tons with a ruther arm of 300 mm. And of course, things will wear out, the first to go is normally the electric motor (brushes, commutator, bearings). Whish you all the best.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Thanks for that useful info. I guess the rating will always err on the side of caution but honestly, I had no idea what kind of forces are being applied while underway. This is a good ball-park 👍👍

@sailinghjem 4 месяца назад

We feel your pain! We had a similar issue with our steering during our rounding of the UK last summer, where any swell on either quarter would laterally move the rudder post causing an awful grinding noise and an unbelievably heavy helm. Really disconcerting to hear when you’re on a night watch! I worried about it constantly not knowing what the issue was. We too suspected the rudder bearings and we were right. Previous owner had used some questionable grub screws and Sikaflex to hold our ‘god’ pin in place, meaning it had come out. The entire bearing assembly had sunk down and the only thing holding the rudder in place was a pinch on the bottom bearing given the slight angle this had caused. I hope you get sorted soon and if your relief is half of what we felt once we fixed ours, we will hear your screams of joy from Blighty! Thank you for your content.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your story and posting your experience. The relief isn't just from getting it fixed, there was huge relief from when we simply identified the problem! We've had a heavy helm for a while so it's great to finally get to the bottom of the cause. Fair winds to you and Blighty!

@andysaunders9483 4 месяца назад

Can't quite see if you have a rudder tube with the stock inside, with the top end of the tube above the waterline. If so, you can drop the rudder (with care, lines rigged to stop it falling etc, and preferably in shallow water (in case you actually do lose grip on it). Mind you, if it's the lower rudder bearing that's the problem (and I'd say it's a racing certainty) then you will almost certainly need to haul out.

@user-pf5xq3lq8i 4 месяца назад

Thank you for teaching me about these boat issues.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Glad to help

@jonathanwetherell3609 4 месяца назад

That funny looking half moon key is known as a "Woodruff Key". So now you know and can sound impressive.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Yes, I did know that once upon a time (like, last year) but I often get my worms middled in front of the camera 😅

@jonathanwetherell3609 4 месяца назад

Ship worms?@@followtheboat

@junecluett382 4 месяца назад

Oh I do feel for you - hope your steering probs are sorted properly and convincingly. Stay safe🥰

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Thank you, June. I hope you are keeping well. Lots of love from the two of us!

@junecluett382 4 месяца назад

Great to hear back from you. We are both doing really well, thank you. Very busy and enjoying life - love following Follow the Boat♥@@followtheboat

@jessicanaser2939 4 месяца назад

Absolutely GORGEOUS photos! Great video. Hopefully, you guys get everything all figured out asap and be on your way 😊

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Thank you, Jessica, glad you enjoyed them 📷

@normanboyes4983 4 месяца назад

Long time - no speaky. Have you got an emergency tiller that fits on the rudder post directly? If so disconnect the wheel steering system completely and operate with the tiller - that will speak to where the excess resistance is coming from. You could do that before you haul out. Although it is probably all fixed now.😉 Good luck.👍

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Thank you for pointing this out, Norman, because we forgot to include that in this episode! That was indeed the nail in the coffin and confirmed our suspicions. I think because we didn't actually record that test I just forgot to include it. I'll make a point of including it in a voice over.

@ooweesaler 4 месяца назад

There are lots of worse places to be stuck......and better sorted now. 🙂 Fingers and toes crossed its a simple fix.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Not sure if you caught last week's podcast about sourcing gear for the boat in remote places. That's the biggest headache, that and visas. Otherwise, can't complain 😁

@SailingYachtSaltyLass 4 месяца назад

Definitely a sailor's nightmare, but pulling the whole system for an overhaul and update is the wisest option. On our type of boat, stiff steering is usually a swollen rudder bearing and many people replace them as soon as they can. It will be interesting to see if the cause is a bad commutator, leaky seal on the internal piston of the ram or a bearing issue.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Second haul in a year! It's normally once every three years for us 😅

@jimmyhvy2277 4 месяца назад

We were Sailing a Hansie 53 up the Aussie East coast and our Rudder De laminated , leaving only the Frame . No Steering at all . Luckily we were Toed to Great Kepple island and waited a week to get another toe to Gladstone to get fixed .

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Losing the steering is probably second to hitting a submerged object in terms of my fears while underway. Illness is up there, of course. Glad you managed to get a tow, I know a few sailors who were less fortunate. There's a cat here that sailed over 600 miles after hitting a tree, putting a hole in its transom and taking out a rudder. When you see the damage it's a miracle they actually made it that far.

@jimmyhvy2277 4 месяца назад

@@followtheboat: I Know a Hansie 53 did the same thing Mid Atlantic , the crew was Rescued , the Boat was Lost ! Contractor made a Bad Batch of Rudders . Luckily we Were Coastal at the time .

@pvdneste 4 месяца назад

We had an issue once with the rudder BEARINGS, which are/were under the waterline. The aluminium housing was oxidized which 'clamped' the rudderstock. It became harder and harder to move the rudder. replaced the rudderbearings with needlebearings. Kind of sounds like your bearings are also 'gone' 😞

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Where were you when this all happened, eh? Without giving the game away your knowledge and experience would have been very relevant at this point 😉

@pvdneste 4 месяца назад

@@followtheboat sorry. Was not earlieraware of your predicament 😞

@roberth721 4 месяца назад

Yeah, it looks like a horrible place to be stuck. Things are stiff and there's a lot of moaning, wait, what are we talking about? :)

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Hehe, that would have made a good title for the episode!

@suepeck2772 4 месяца назад

Would you ever consider a windvane? We have a Hydrovane on our boat and just love it!

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

We've had one for years, Sue. Unfortunately it's been decommissioned due to the whacking great big solar panel on the back of the boat!

@Andre-yu3qs 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Our pleasure!

@jeromehebert3184 4 месяца назад

damn that bites as you just had it hauled out a while back; if you would have known, could have changed that steering and/or bearings at that time,

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

In all honesty, Jerome, we should have done this years ago. Perhaps we wouldn't have been in this situation in the first place 🤔

@MarleyMarlz1234 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video and hope it all works out for you. Indonesia can be tough. Not sure why you were so surprised by the wind, other than just being surprised at a bit of bad luck. These winds are fairly regular each season. That Southeasterly monsoon will blow everyday until about November. In November it starts to switch back and forth between SE and NW then in December it's steady as she goes from the NW. I am assuming you filmed that in November or around there. If that's the case then any plan to sail up the Java sea to the NW will be no good and you will have to wait a good number of months for that.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

I think you may have misunderstood about the wind (we know all about the trades, two distinct seasons with transitionals in between). Jamie was talking about the local wind, which had promised an easy day sail to Medana Bay. At this point of filming we were bang in the middle of the SE Trades... Cheets! Liz 🌬️⛵

@pauls9830 4 месяца назад

Do you have air on one side of the ram? It sounds like the pump is running but not pumping as if I has air only on one half of the ram that enters the pump when it operates in one direction. Good luck!

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

No, what you saw there was a repaired, fully functional ram. We'll discuss in more detail what the problem was in the next episode.

@gpdewitt 4 месяца назад

I am astounded. Your boat is not equipped with an emergency tiller? I'm not a sailor, but I thought all boats of any size had something like this in case the linkage failed. Of course, you would not sail anywhere without a backup for critical parts, if possible.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

We do have an emergency tiller but I forgot to mention that test in this episode because I didn't record any footage of us using it 🤦 I'll talk about it more in the next installment but it didn't make any difference anyway. What it did do was highlight the eventual problem!

@dracey1778 4 месяца назад

Very enjoyable.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Cheers 👍

@shaunreid5898 4 месяца назад

Good luck

@Zeb1432 4 месяца назад

''It's a jungle out there''..!!! **( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )**

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

"It makes me wonder how I keep from going under" 😁

@jonnieinbangkok 4 месяца назад

Seems like owning and sailing a boat is a real PITA.

@realulli 4 месяца назад

"Boat" is derived from an old norse word meaning "hole in the water that you throw money into" ;-)

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Owning, yes. Sailing, no! They are two very different things. They do say the best boat to sail is someone else's 😅

@jonnieinbangkok 4 месяца назад

@@followtheboat I know you love it, just feel bad for all your travails 😏

@keangwooichoo6138 4 месяца назад

Just like a car. Steering wheel is nightmare stuff

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Like many things on the boat, it's fiddly and requires the body of a contortionist!

@keangwooichoo6138 4 месяца назад

@followtheboat I respect both of you. I could never sail as it gives me nightmare. Coz I hv sea sickness. No knowledge of sailing. Cars are OK. I know how cars work.

@davidbrayshaw3529 4 месяца назад

I hope that I haven't cursed you. I haven't caught your channel for a while and of course, as soon as I do, you're staring down the barrel of a haul out and repairs TPD. They do say that there are three certainties in life. Death, taxes and boat maintenance. I will keep my fingers crossed for you, hoping that you're not up on the hard for too long and are at least able to pay your tax bill after the maintenance, before you die! Good luck.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the kind thought, David! Unfortunately the taxes have already been paid this year so I can't die yet. I want to leave this mortal coil in arrears 😅

@NortyNige 4 месяца назад

What have you broken now Jamie?

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Only the boat, not my spirit, Nige 😉

@animapulcra9205 4 месяца назад

What ever you two plan Esper always seems having a different opinion.

@realulli 4 месяца назад

Why do you think boats have female names? ;-)

@animapulcra9205 4 месяца назад

@@realulli Esper Origin and Meaning The name Esper is a boy's name meaning "god bear". Rare Danish variant of Asbjorn or Esben.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Interesting, thanks for this meaning we were unaware of. She's actually named after the computer in Blade Runner (although in the movie I think it's spelled Espa), but that explanation goes over people's heads so instead we just tell them it's almost French for 'hope' (espère).

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

Oy! @realullu. Liz...

@realulli 4 месяца назад

@@followtheboat 😛

@davidpawley7022 4 месяца назад

Well you got 3 stuff ups, well done, I'm assuming that the rudder bearing has got salt scale on it, and the poor Auto pilot has had to work extra hard and something has gone amiss, has it got a clutch?, hope so, Next fancy stuffing up pulling the steering wheel off, you've done some subsequential damage there, you ran out of contingency didn't you!. Duffer. Braver than me, you were on the hard just months ago, didn't you check the free rudder movement then. Fair dingum thought it was the younger generation who were poor at anticipating problems.

@followtheboat 4 месяца назад

It must be great being you. 😍 Liz

@davidpawley7022 4 месяца назад

@@followtheboat Yes good answer, I was expecting to get beaten up a bit, Oh yes i make mistakes, stupidly some times the same ones, going thru a costly one now, another one was my hypocritic one to you.