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In this episode we continue with our diesel tank dilemma, as we pull out our starboard fuel tank seeing the condition of our port tank. We had a severe case of diesel bug, which corroded the bottom of the tank, but there was also corrosion on the outside of the tank from the wooden frame. Hope starb...
We set sail for Belitung expecting a straightforward passage, but before long one of our engines begins to fail.
After investigating, we discover the culprit — the dreaded diesel bug. With contaminated fuel clogging our filters, we find ourselves troubleshooting the problem at sea. As filter after ...
Jay and Kenna are now tied along a dock in Shelter Bay marina after undergoing two of the most stressful days of their lives. While transiting the Panama Canal, their Yammer 56 engine failed several times in the worst possible scenarios. Surprised they even made it all the way through, they now can ...
We tried to leave this island in the South Pacific ocean but our engine starter battery was completely dead so we were stuck. We ordered a new one from Tahiti but had to wait a week for the supply ship to arrive before we could install and test it. Now that things are moving again we lift anchor and...
We installed brand new Nanni engines on our sailing catamaran and all was going smoothly until this week when we discovered a problem. We picked up some dirty fuel somewhere along the way and now our diesel tank is clogging the pick up lines so our engine won't run. We are way off grid and supe...
Sailing Catamaran Escape - Cruising the Queensland Coast - Episode 64
After coming down from the hardstand at Boatworks in Coommera we take a work berth. We finish the window installation, change the LED in the tachometer to regain the hours. Another job we had put off for some time was sorting ou...
We learn about Liz's least favourite job in the boatyard, after Jamie discovers a nasty surprise lurking under the bed...
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After 10 days of hard labour, we are ready to launch Jupiter2. Now on a mission to complete the "Great American Loop" we waste no time. First stop in Norfolk, Virginia... home of the largest Naval base in the US and headquarters of NATO. Join us aboard the mighty USS Wisconsin an Iowa-clas...
When voyaging the galaxy on a performance cruising catamaran, you pick up the odd ALIEN lifeform. Finally its a good time to clean out the diesel bug from a few years ago, which called our fuel tank home. What's living in YOUR fuel tank?
We continue on the jobs list which include anchor chain m...
Our own laziness has made the boat a total mess and none of the winter projects have started yet, and we are running out of diesel as well...
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DIESEL BUG In FUEL and STRONG WINDS 40+ knots - it was quite a week and we are indeed still SAILING TURKEY. We can't enter Greece since the beginning of C*rona - but we just got the good news that as of this week (current time) we are allowed to sail to cross the border from Turkey. But in this...
Diesel bug, dirty fuel, water in your diesel tanks, all of the above can cause serious problems aboard your boat and lead to engine failure just at the worst moment possible.
As many of you know we had this exact (diesel bug) issue last year and got caught out. This season, with your help, we'...
15:15 Death marches (Borneo) sequence.
The Sandakan Memorial Park commemorates the WW2 loss of 2400 prisoners of war from Australia and Britain, along with hundreds of local resistance fighters, in the death marches across Borneo.
Dirty diesel (diesel bug). What would you do if you were on the oc...
We head to the English Company Islands and Wessel Islands where we see some beautiful eagle rays, go current surfing at the Gugari Rip and catch and lose a fish or two!
Featuring:
2:44 Barra Blowout
3:25 Hand sewing a mosquito net for our front hatch
4:27 Water in the diesel tank! Why It happens an...
Isabelle suffered an engine failure due to a blocked fuel line at an awkward moment -- during a gale in Episode 12. Safely home in France, I build a home-made 'diesel polisher' to remove water and sediment from my tank. (No sailing in this one friends.)
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