ANCHOR WINDLASS STRIP & ASSEMBLE - Quick Argo entire winch assembly
Catamaran Impi
Hi Everyone - We are a couple who gave it all up to be free of ‘day to day expectations and routines’ we as people grow up to believe is a ‘normal lifestyle’. The sea makes us feel free, so we followed the dream to move home from our farm in South Africa to a sailing vessel, a catamaran we call IMPI - and IMPI has been our floating home covering much of the globe over the past 10 years sailing full time. We are about INSPIRATION AND POSITIVE VIBES and much of what we do and share is about YOU, the viewers - OUR MISSION to interact with you all and make ourselves available to assist you as you make your dream become reality. We share beautiful places, beautiful people, our lifestyle and of course, for sailors, ANIMAL WELFARE, we share a ton of sailing experiences the world over, and we drop tips into many of our videos showing how we read weather at sea,how we navigate safely, how we maintain our boat and more. Please SUBSCRIBE with us - this is all about INTERACTION with YOU
Channel Information:
Social Media Links:
Support Catamaran Impi
At WeBoating.com, we profoundly acknowledge the unwavering dedication that Catamaran Impi invests in crafting each and every video or voyage. Their passion for delivering exceptional ocean content shines through every frame, and it's a labor of love that deserves your attention.
We invite you to watch their captivating videos here and actively engage with their content, including their social media links above. Liking, commenting, and sharing their work goes a long way in fueling their creative fire.
We're also inviting you to explore the gear, sponsorships, and boat partnerships highlighted in the "ANCHOR WINDLASS STRIP & ASSEMBLE - Quick Argo entire winch assembly" video description, or directly on YouTube. By engaging with these offerings or purchasing services and items, you directly support Catamaran Impi, their collaborators, and the brands they're associated with.
To ensure you never miss an offshore update, consider visiting their official YouTube Channel to subscribe, like, and join their community directly.
If you have any feedback, corrections, or additional information about Catamaran Impi or their videos, please use the comment form below to share your thoughts with us.
Thank you for being a part of our community and supporting the creators we cherish. Your time and support truly matter!
READ THIS DESCRIPTION FOR BEST OPTIONS:
Catamaran Impi is sailing around the world.
For Impi, cruising pleasure comes from doing preventative maintenance projects and this is about our QUICK windlass strip and assemble project with a 10 year old windlass on a boat that sails full time and occupants who live at anchor all over the world.
I am not one to feel passionate about doing technical videos, however, when folks heard I was stripping our windlass to replace bearings and seals, brushes to the motor and more, they asked me to please video the event.
This video is therefore for ordinary sailors like you and me (and not for the expert) – it is how we achieve this with limited means and with limited resources to tools living on our boat.
To Make Viewing And Going To Relevant Sections Of The Video EASIER For You – We Have Time Stamped Under Headings Below:
We Include The Following:
Overhaul Top Section
Overhaul Gearbox
Some Work On The Electric Motor
It includes parts we use as well as how I built a flange that was corroded after the agent said we had to buy an entire new unit and they do not sell the flange separately.
I will try to help out by leaving some time codes here for those who want to only see portions of the work done:
00:00 Brent Chats About The Video Content
1:34 Intro
2:06 Stripping The TOP SECTION (Also 19:37 Seals, Bearings & Shafts. At 26:36 – Assemble Top Section)
2:52 A Discussion About The Housing Base
3:14 How Debris Is Expelled
3:50 Top Flange Corroded Away Due To Seal Damage In Top Shaft
3:54 Hose Off The Chain When Raising Anchor
4:00 Remove The Lower Section (Gear / Reduction box & Motor)
5:05 Removing The Electric Motor & Housing
5:56 Stripping The Gear / Reduction Box
10:10 I Modify / Build My Flange Due To Not Being Sold Separately
11:10 Checking Seal Surfaces etc.
11:24 Using My Puller To Pull Bearings (We Improvise)
12:18 Preparing Surfaces And Installing Bearings
15:02 A Bit About The Worm And Worm Gear
15:38 Fitting Seals And Which Way Around To Install Them
18:51 Installing My Fiberglass Flange
18:56 Installing The Electric Motor
19:37 Top Section Bearings, Circlips, Shaft & Seals
20:28 Social Media MAte Chuck Lanter Has A Stubourn Shaft. he Shows Me A Great Method To Pull The Shaft Upwards Without A Hydraulic Press (Remember To Remove The Top Circlip
20:47 Removing Circlips
20:54 Shaft Is Removed. It Can Also Be Removed By Hammering Upwards On The Botoom Of The Shaft But Be Careful Not To ‘Buldge’ The Bottom Of The Shaft As It will Make For A Difficult Re Assembly
21:12 Removing Circlips
21:23 Empty Top Housing (shows Casing & Outer Circlip groove That Holds The Shaft Bearings In Place)
21:29 Top Shaft Bearings & Circlips Installed
21:48 Installing The Shaft With Bearings To The Top Housing
22:03 Same Above Different method (without Access To A Press)
24:32 Installing Top Shaft Seals
25:22 Getting The Bed Surface Ready For The Top Section
25:50 Top Up With Oil (overfill And Adjust Level After Installed)
25:58 Fitting The Wiring In Place
26:16 Test
26:23 Quick look At The Top & Bottom Section Coming Together
26:27 Chain Counter Wire Holes (Our Set Up Was Wrong – We Do Not Have A Counter)
26:36 Assembling The Top Section
28:27 Some Stuff About The Electric DC Motor (opening it Up Quickly)
29:12 Unlikely To Happen But If You Burn Wiring Due To A Dead Short & Stuck In A Remote Location – You Can Help Yourself Out
30:52 Testing The Armature (30:56 Bar To Ground Test, 31:25 180* Test, 31:57 Bar To Bar Test)
32:15 Stripping the Motor
32:49 Armature Is Removed
33:06 Removing The Brushes (Different Ways To Do This)
35:37 Cleaning The Commutator Sailor Style
36:23 Clean Between Commutator Bars (ALWAYS)
36:53 Brush Set & Instalation
Sometimes I show Things More Than Once To Explain Myself Better
39:53 Sailing South This Week As We Ran From Cyclone OMA
PARTS CROSS REFERENCE:
BRUSH KITS:
CARGO BSX 124
OR
BOSCH Starter Carbon Brush SET 1007014100
FEMSA 13784 – 27
Euro Reference: BSX12
#multihull #multihullsailing #sailingvideos
Latest Episodes from Catamaran Impi
Explore the most recent voyages. Subscribe to the channel to never miss an update!
PASSAGE MAKING TO NEW ZEALAND
#multihull #multihullsailing #sailingvideos Sailing to New Zealand can be a worry for many sailors - this is our 2nd trip there from New Caledonia and some social media folks asked me to please share a few details about our passage. We have a number of deep low and high high pressure systems aro...
We sailed into covid EP 4 (sailing Indonesia)
EP.4 Impi is a Lagoon 440 catamaran sailing the world . This series is our sail through INDONESIA In this episode we sail from Hoga Island (our previous episode) to KOMODO NATIONAL PARK - we show you some of the islands and we visit FIGHTING Komodo DRAGONS. We hope you enjoy #multihull #multi...
We sailed into covid EP3 (Arborek, Deer Island, Hoga Island), Aircraft Chemtrails, Sinking Ships …
Hi Everyone - In this episode Impi continues exploring Indonesia. We depart the beautiful islands of Raja Ampat for Hoga Island in the Wakatobi Regency. Our departure is from the amazingly beautiful and arty island of Arborek in Raja Ampat and means we have to sail across the top of Buru Island (t...
WE SAILED INTO COVID EP 2 (SAIL TO INDONESIA FROM AUSTRALIA)
Hi Everyone - IN this episode we sail from Australia into INDONESIA - the KAI islands, BALBULOL, RAJA AMPAT - we sail there out of season and having broken away from the Indonesian rally group. This footage is before COVID hit us all and it's shared as some BEAUTIFUL stories emerge from our in...
TURTLES, SHARKS & MANTA RAYS – LADY MUSGRAVE
SAILING, DIVING, DISCOVERING is a great part of what we do with our lives. TURTLES LAY EGGS whilst HATCHLINGS HATCH and dash for beach hoping to escape seagulls and crabs that would make a meal of them. By the time the little ones manage to reach the water REEF SHARKS lie in wait for a good meal of...