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SDA240 Will the Rebuilt Engine Finally Fire?
After weeks of mechanical grit and a completely torn-down engine room, everything comes down to a single turn of the key. On our mooring in Luperón, we install the coolant pump and thermostat on our starboard Volvo Penta MD2030 engine. I battle stubborn boat mold inside the hot, humid saloon. We in...
SDA239 Squalls and Injectors
Waking up in the pitch black to thirty-knot winds is stressful enough, but the radio alert about loose boats drifting through the dark mooring field puts everyone on immediate deck watch. On our mooring in Luperón, we are awakened in the early morning to heavy driving rain as runaway vessels threat...
SDA238 Spicing up the Dirty Work
Cleaning months of diesel grease off a valve cover is tedious work, but it turns out a little rhythm in the galley can change the whole mood of a heavy maintenance project. We are on our mooring in Luperón to tackle the thorough cleaning and reassembly of the Volvo Penta MD2030 valve cover, coolant...
SDA237 Torqued and Topped Off
It is one thing to have a machined cylinder head delivered to the boat, but it is another thing entirely to find the surface contaminated before it even touches the block. I am prepping the engine block for our newly machined cylinder head while Dave works to clean up the contamination he found upo...
SDA236 Stripping the Starboard Side
The rugged trails of Luperón hide everything from deserted ruins to steep cliffs. Finding the source of a cooling issue on the Volvo Penta MD2030 means opening up the starboard engine to see what is really happening inside. In Luperón, we are wandering more trails in search of adventure. We find ba...
SDA231 Boat Problems and Brownies
Life aboard in Luperon, Dominican Republic, including engine troubleshooting, camera testing, cleaning, baking on the boat, and everyday liveaboard sailing life. Combined Life in Luperon has been a mix of engine trouble, cleaning, and trying to enjoy the small wins when they come. This week that ...
SDA102 So Many Boat Chores, I Need a Bubble Bath
In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel we sail out of Big Farmers Cay, and stop just north of Little Farmers to visit Neal aboard 'Harvest Moon'. Then we sail north toward Staniel Cay but a squall forces us into Black Point. After the Squall we sail to Big Majors Cay, where our power proble...
Oil and oilfilter change on my Volvo Penta inboard engine
Important notice: I missed one last important step after checking the oil level. Start up the engine and let the oilfilter be filled with oil. Then do the oil lever check one more time. Maintenance of a Volvo Penta MD 2020 / 2030 / 2040. Oil and oilfilter change. Location of enginge parts. The boa...