SailAway | Sparky the Sleepy Sailboat Starter | Sailboat Living Sailing Vlog
July 16, 2018 by SailAway World Sailing | Language: EN Play Time: 00:06:26 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
How to make your diesel shoot sparks…and start. This week’s bonus episode of sailboat living with SailAway is a “Maintenance Short” (see all maintenance stuff in the “Messing About On Boats” playlist) We let you in on our ongoing starter/batteries conundrum and Eric’s rather unusual way of starting the sailboat diesel that’s kept us cruising so far. When it works it works…especially if you’re a hundred miles from nowhere (most recently in the middle of the Gulf Stream)! Eric narrows down the problem and takes you through it. A sailboat working is big part of sailboat living! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE for WEEKLY CONTENT! Cheers!!
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ESCAPE NORMAL. Frustrated with the confines of "normal life"? Wish you could ESCAPE and really EXPERIENCE the WORLD? Our small family DID JUST THAT! WE SOLD EVERYTHING and moved aboard a 46' SAILBOAT to TRAVEL THE WORLD! There was no big lump of cash, just a modest boat loan and the HOPE that we could continue to work aboard our FLOATING TINY HOME while on the move. We are Loren, Eric, 4-year-old Rivers Danger, and trusty boat dog Zeke, and we are the globe-trotting crew of SV Cecilia. Let us bring you along EVERY FRIDAY as we SAIL THE OCEANS to the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Central America and beyond. It's our mission to embrace the cruising lifestyle in the pursuit of FUN, CULTURE, and BOLD LIFE EXPERIENCES...all while keeping things afloat, literally AND figuratively...AND to bring YOU along for the ride with vivid, honest, beautiful, and educational videos of the highest caliber possible. SUBSCRIBE NOW and RING THE BELL so you don't miss a single episode. Cheers and WELCOME ABOARD!
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