Thanks for the details on the "In the Water" shaft removal! WOOHOO! ALSO...kudos to you for sharing more goodies with the children. They are the future! And THANK YOU to the person who donated the funds for those supplies. many blessings to you!!! Ü
Cheers legend! I hope the video was insightful and you learnt something new. We did! The children are the future and they all deserve the option to be able to go to school!
If you didn’t know your yacht intimately before, you do now.. great job you two, your amazing, this is how the old generation lived, if it broke you fixed it.. 🦋💕
You are such nice people. Every time I watch one of your videos, that thought comes back again and again. It's important, too, because we all know there are some very not nice people on this planet with us. So we should really take notice of the good people among us. And if we do, we'll see they're everywhere! I'm just so glad that you guys are able to spend your lives sailing Nandji. I hope your adventures never end!
We were docked across from Sand Pebble in Key West a little over a year ago! When you said you were meeting up with a vessel named Sand Pebble, we were thinking, hey, we know a boat with that name...I wonder if it's the same one. Sure enough it was them! So happy to see they made it over there safe and sound. We hope to raft up with you sometime in the future as well! Keep up the good life!
Interesting seeing Tubi (Xanthostemon Melanoxylon) aka Queen Ebony used for the sleeve bearing. Apparently it originates in the Solomon Islands and is a slow growing, close grained, heavy hardwood and is hard wearing. It turns black when oxidized, hence the gesticulation to the black plastic canister. It's also favoured for traditional carvings and is rare and supposedly sustainably harvested.
Beautiful episodes guys. Taking that stationery over for the school kids reminded me of my trip to Nepal as a teacher, we took over donated stationery for the very poor Nepali school kids. Well done you two.
What a great story of solving problems with local talent. Great publicity for the local expertise for yachties in strife out in the Pacific. Just heard that an Aussie eye surgeon is heading out to Pacific Islands on his yacht with all the medical gear to perform operations in remote places. Maybe you will come across him, he recently did the Sydney to Hobart race so should be up to speed with blue water sailing. He's in today's ABC News Web page.
Great video you frothers. I have say, the guys that replaced your cutlass bearing without taking your boat out of the water did an amazing job. I doubt you would find many competent marine mechanics in the developed nations of the world that would have the same skill level as the team of marine mechanics/divers in the Solomon Islands. They are impressive to say the least. And now that they manage to repair Nandji you definitely headed off into the boonies, places where few people in the world travel. Your video skills were superb in capturing the scenery of the isolated bays you were visiting. I always thought Nandji was a relatively small boat but not compared with the small sailboat you rafted up with. I can't imagine sailing that boat across the Pacific with a crew of three. They must really get along well. Have fun Bonita and Yosh.
I was just passing this on to some people who have a lot of skill doing things with wood ect, but not a lot of money, so maybe they won't have to haul out to do that job. they would need help though. Not sure they could get it. But, I noticed that I may not have commented on how cool this was for you to do. Michael, a patreon.
What a wonderful video and all the stuff for the kids .... you guys keep showing us life lessons ... be a giver and build relationships and foster trust. Bonita, the white dress for the party was magical.
We had a diver try to replace our cutlass in the water. He did the same with the bungs, but he "lost" our drive shaft. $4300 later we had a new drive shaft installed and the rear of our boat rebuilt to fix the hacking the diver had done. Looks like your guys did it right. Loved the ending shots of the raft up. Nice trawler, but I would not want his diesel bills.
There were PT Boats all over that area in WW2 and apparently they lost more boats to hitting reefs than to enemy fire! Of they were operating mostly in the dark. Imagine trying to that there! Great video! Thanks.
Excellent video! Though I'm curious. What were the symptoms that the shaft log bearing was bad? Were you getting a vibration? I have older boats (1932 and 1950) and have never had a bearing in any shaft log that I know of. The shafts are one inch diameter and 5 feet long and made of stainless steel. (use to be bronze. I changed them out to stainless in prep for small block V8 power) The alley hole is usually quite a bit bigger than the shaft all the way through to the bronze shaft log. The only part of the boat touching the shaft is the stuffing box bearing and seal which is supported by the engine coupling on the inside end, and the strut and outer cutlass bearing on the outside under the hull. The shaft has always been allowed to move side to side or up and down in the shaft log (ideally is centered in the shaft log hole during the alignment process of the engine to the shaft) before tightening down the engine mounts. A hose on the the shaft log attached to the stuffing box which seals and floats on the spinning shaft. And I use a drip-less double EPDM seal, grease packed with a grease fitting, water cooled with a small amount of raw water, stuffing box. Never needs adjusting, never vibrates, never gets warm, never drips or leaks. A few squirts of grease from a grease gun every now and then.
Robert was a very skilled worker and the young Phillappino manager of the boat yard, Greg, was very knowledgable and a great guy as well. He let us stay tied up to the wharf as long as we wanted to stay. Sesape boat yard, could not recommend them enough!
When I read the title of this new video...I thought for a minute you guys started making dirty movies mate...Ha Ha .. Kidding of course!!! Keep living the dream...love from Oregon!
I hope all is well, and that y'all are loving life.. And as much as I love these sailing video's, I would REALLY love to have a long distance trawler yacht, kinda like the one you guys/girls were just on.. That is my dream.. Peace!
Wow such skilled operators. A v scary thing to do, open a hole in the boat. But looks like you were in safe hands. Breath again😂 Another great vid guys, as always. Keep watching for those bommies... Great drone shots! See you again next time yew!
It was a little nerve wrecking as the water first came flooding in, but with some quick moving everything was plugged fast. Not much water came in at all really! They did a very good job. We were very impressed!
Wow I was looking for insight as to how to pull my prop in the water and I got this video and as I was watching I realized it was you ! We met you guys at the Blue Container on Noro back in March! You were stocking up and we were talking to you outside the store. Way cool ! Nice to follow your adventures and making the bearing out of wood is epic and so Soloman Islands. Are you still there? Also couldn't quite tell but how did you keep water from rushing in? Thanks
Hi guys great video I'm interest in those skilled marine mechanics What was the cost on the repairs and I hope you got him to make you a second bearing Fair winds Cheers
Amazing the different ways to solve problems. Wood. Who wood of thought? Maybe you can give us a rough idea of what it cost in the end? Like somewhere between this and that? In the USA that repair would of been $4500 smackers. Prolly $200 bucks where you were. Great channel guys.
The great thing about the Solomons is that everything is negotiable! Greg, the young man who was in charge was very understanding and keen to help. It started as $6000 SBD (approx $780 US or $1000 AU) but we bargained him to $4000 SBD ( approx $520 US or $666 AU) we were very stoked because everything is the Solomons is expensive! This same job in Aussie land would have cost a pretty penny as well! We were very happy and they were very skilled at their jobs. We left extremely happy and confident in Nandji once more! Cheers Mike, be great if you told your friends about our channel! Help us spread the Nandji love! Yew!
Hello , May I say if you would use brass tubing for exhaust you would not have a rusty exhaust , You could put that in at the same time your putting prop shaft
So Yosh , when you were standing at the wheel in the trawler , how'd did it feel ? Could you ever see yourself and the lovely Bonita owning something that didn't have sails ? I guess the fuel thing would probably be the first deal breaker . Ok , sails then .... how about a cat ? (I know , you already have Marly and one pet is enough :-) ) or are you a monohull sailer through and through ? What is your dream boat ( realistically speaking ? ) Lots of great footage, and I can't believe how glassy that water gets . Thanks kindly for a very enjoyed video p.s. Yosh , if ever we were to hit a karaoke together , compared to me , you would sound like a velvet-voiced crooner Bob from Calgary
Bob, standing at the helm of the Motor vessel felt different but left me very curious. Maybe in the future for work I would like to operate a vessel like that, but for pleasure craft, I am sails all the way. Yep, the fuel bill is a little ridiculous! A catamaran... No thanks. Maybe if we had lots of money but to be honest our dream boat is Nandji. She is everything we need and more. We were lucky to find her and because of that, we love her to bits. We are in no position of getting any other vessel and Nandji ticks all of our boxes. She is perfect for us and perfect for us to handle. I thought I was very similar to a velvet-voice singer... Cheers legend!
The boat yard only use the hard Ebony wood for bearings in all their vessels. They usually deal with commercial vessels such as tugboats etc. If good enough for them, I reckon Nandji will be fine.
Stand corrected looks like it works www.core77.com/posts/25224/Lignum-Vitae-Wood-So-Bad-Ass-Its-Used-to-Make-Shaft-Bearings-for-Nuclear-Submarines-and-More
