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Sailing into a boat cemetery...On this episode of Sailing Sitka, we sailed from Esiritu Santo to La Paz but little did we know the destructive mess we would be sailing into... 6 month ago La Paz got hit by Hurricane Norma and left a catastrophic aftermath....

This week we try sail around the northern end of New Zealand, but firstly have smoke coming out of the engine room, then we hear a knocking noise coming out of he Saildrive, which puts a halt on the entire New Zealand Circumnavigation! 00:00 Introduction 0...

Sailing upwind in Patagonia with FPV cameras. Fixing a rigging failure and preventing engine damage by shutting it down and anchoring with no motor in a tight fjord. There is no one to call for help, no escape, we must fix it ourselves. After hundreds of ...

Splash Day looms as refit nears completion - sailing Malaysia It is with boat work on our mind that we welcome back once more to Rebak Marina, Malaysia, where the maintenance continues. Our sailing catamaran is hauled out, sail drives removed, seals and ...

Yanmar sail-drive diaphragm and seal change - Sailing Malaysia While sailing the coast of Thailand the alarm on our starboard engine sounded alerting us to water ingress into the lower sail-drive diaphragm. We hauled out our sailing catamaran at Rebak Isl...

In this episode we find everything is breaking. The cone clutch on our starboard engine is slipping. Our port side engine has an oil leak. Our generator exhaust elbow has a hole and the house batteries completely die! If you have Yanmar SD50 engines you w...

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Hey all! Last time we started our biggest project yet, repowering our 40-year-old, Gulfstar 50 sailboat. The old Perkins that powered Magic Dragon had seen better days and it was time to move on. Well, this week, our new-to-us engine (a Yanmar 4JH110) ...

Hi all! When we bought Magic Dragon, we knew that the engine ran but was in rough shape. After consulting with several mechanics and a surveyor, we decided to pull the trigger and do a complete repower of the boat. Originally, we placed an order for a ...

Last week we had this alarm coming on intermittently, it was pretty alarming at first as it warns of water breaching the outer seal on the sail-drive. We walk you through how we trouble shoot and find the issue! Cheers for now, stay tuned for episode 2 on...

Servicing our YANMAR ENGINE. Drifting Boat Tour. Welcome to our Beneteau sail boat tour where in this video Robin gives our Yanmar Engine a full service. If you ever wanted to know how to service your sailboat engine, and especially a Yanmar Engine, then...

This week we are hooking up the engines and taking our newly floating baby for a spin! Want to support us? Here's a couple ways you can: Like, Follow, and Share! facebook: https://facebook.com/svdauntless/ instagram: https://instagram.com/svdauntless/ D...