WE NEED TO TALK | engine issues [Ep94 RED SEAS]
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After receiving some bad news about our engine last week, we decide to sail to a nearby island to gain a little perspective and try and figure out what to do next. We explain our three options - to replace our engine, to rebuild it or to run it into the ground. The first two require money - a lot of money that we don't have - but we need to figure out a way to be able to afford these repairs or we can't keep sailing.
We hike to the top of a ridge of the island of Tahuata and decide to sail north to the main island of Nuku Hiva. It's a short overnight sail but we're hit with a whole bunch of squalls and see sustained 40 knots for a while!
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00:00 Coming up
00:42 Last time on Red Seas
01:18 Hiking clears the head
02:01 Engine talk
04:31 Why we don't make travel videos
08:07 Sailing without an engine
08:36 Our anchor is stuck
09:35 Setting sail at night
11:44 Sailing in a squall
14:42 Will we catch a fish?
16:00 Anchoring without an engine
17:13 We need your help
19:38 Outro
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