BIG PROBLEM with our YANMAR ENGINES! [Ep122 RED SEAS]
We’re replacing both our old Yanmar engines with brand new Nanni N4.50s. In this video, we spin our boat round so our port side is against the dock and remove our second engine.
Unfortunately, we then get stalled as we face difficult customs decisions and have to fight an unexpected $7000 bill. We explain the complicated rules for Yacht in Transit status in French Polynesia and then come to a heart wrenching decision as customs seize and destroy our engines before they’ll release our new ones.
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00:00 Coming up
00:44 Last time on Red Seas
01:09 Moving our boat without engines or steering
01:43 Removing the exhaust from our Yanmar engine
04:14 Disconnecting our SeaFrost engine driven freezer system
06:19 Do you need to pay someone to install an engine?
07:12 How we lift the engine out of our boat
11:43 Lifting our engine with the boom on our boat
12:59 We removed both engines from our catamaran!
13:41 We have a problem. It's complicated.
14:26 Removing our boat freezer
15:26 Import duty in French Polynesia for boats
20:01 Throwing our Yanmar engines in the trash
20:58 Customs agent destroyed our Yanmar engines
23:46 Outro and blooper
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