#48 - ⛵️Abandoned Sailing Yacht Restoration on a Budget - 🤩
June 23, 2021 by Sailing Melody | Language: EN Play Time: 00:29:28 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
This week we tackle servicing the FORD engine in our boat.
Our good friend Chris is here to help go over the engine thoroughly and help get it running sweetly.
But does it all go to plan?
Do we manage to do the complete service and what else will be left to do after Chris has gone?
Remember we’re doing all of this so we can go full time cruising as a sailing family in a few years time.
We’re hoping eventually to get the boat set up for single handed sailing so we can relax knowing she is an easy boat to sail in any conditions from light winds to rough seas.
Servicing the diesel engine so thoroughly at this point means we’re one step ahead for the day we finally splash and we will have confidence that the engine will run properly and reliably.
This is obviously a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it’s not only time consuming, it’s complicated and quite expensive so we really do value any help we can get, whether it’s helpful advice and comments on the video or gifts through our Amazon Wishlist or actual contributions through Patreon, Paypal and Ko-Fi.
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