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We hadn’t planned to spend long in the Port of Bundaberg Marina but unfavourable winds and a long list of boat jobs conspired to keep us there for over a week. Thanks to one of our generous Patreon supporters, Griff, we made good use of a loan car and hi...

In today’s episode we finally leave Gary’s Anchorage at K’Gari and wind our way through the narrow channels of the Great Sandy Straits to Big Woody Island for a catch up with friends. Our early start next morning goes awry when the engine won’t st...

Our engine better run or else! We've bought a big box of engine parts and Garrett is working his way through it. Hoping to prevent any more surprises... Thanks for watching! ~Ruthie p.s. if you’re near the SF Bay Area and would like to volunteer you ca...

I replace the heat exchanger on one of my generators and give you a "how to" on replacing yours. This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content by becoming a patron http://www.patreon.com/sailingdood...

Sailboat maintenance in Mazatlán Mexico. We finish the engine maintenance and complete the dingy chaps.

The mystery behind our engine running warm is solved, so we sailed 800 miles north. Barnacle Buster saved the day! We had a hot running engine, so we came back to Ft Lauderdale to troubleshoot. One of our earliest Patrons, Patrick Laclerc saw what was goin...

The Oyster service team in Las Palmas had suggested engine service tasks, but there wasn’t time to do them, so I arranged for the necessary parts to be ordered through the Yanmar service center at Rodney Bay (Island Water World is distributer for Yanmar ...

All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance An edited version of this video is now hosted there. In pt1 ( ...

Zivile returns to Aquarius, and brings all the part required to complete the engine work. We celebrate our 10 year anniversary at a party put on by SevenStar Yacht Transport. https://www.sevenstar-yacht-transport.com With a bit of smoke we finally leave...

All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance An edited version of this video is now hosted there. So how do...

This is Part 1/2. Part 2 is now live here: https://youtu.be/T4IfnhP0kvQ --- Glad to be (nearly) done with our bottom job, we move on to our diesel engine, which needs maintenance and upgrades. ‘Course, no boat project is without hurdles. We get a serpen...

After successfully getting the saildrive back in, it was time to test the engine. We put the heat exchanger back on after testing the thermostat and replacing the bleed off valve that was stripped. The test turns out great, except Kruger broke the return f...