Winch Override Nightmare! Cutting the Jib Sheet + Watermaker Fix & New Anodes | S04E07
In this episode, we head back to Sant Agusti to escape a building southwesterly wind. The passage quickly turns into a rusty start-of-season reality check when we get a serious override on the winch and have to cut the jib sheet to free it!
Once safely anchored, we go ashore for a quick grocery run and well-earned ice creams in town. Back on board, I swap out the membrane and housing on the watermaker — it’s now producing better than ever, but we still have a small leak to sort.
Later, we meet up with Marcus on the water to collect our long-awaited parcels he brought all the way from Cartagena. And finally… after 10 days of waiting, Helios gets her zinc anodes back on!
A bit of drama, some boat jobs, and plenty of cruising life in the Balearics.
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Episode S04E07 Recorded: Early May 2026
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Chapters:
00:00 Lifting anchor in Formentera
06:13 Freeing an override on a winch
08:14 Back to Sant Agusti
10:47 Fixing the Watermaker
14:51 Visiting Sant Agusti - Interesting souvenirs
19:37 Collecting Amazon parcels at sea
26:50 Zinc anodes back on the boat
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