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Installing a PYI PSS Dripless Shaft Seal on a Vintage Sailboat
SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #131 : Wrestlin' the PSS Shaft Seal into place On this episode we enter the MAD DASH phase of the haul out! What we don't mention in the video is that we were racing the clock to get the prop shaft and PSS installed before 1pm so we could splash before th...
FORCE 12 SQUALL! Ep 19
In the last episode we made good the repairs from our accident but at the eleventh hour Jamie discovered a fuel leak after filling the tanks with diesel. Eventually Esper launches with four eager crew. They leave the river and head out towards the protected island of Taratao... (con't below)......
FOLLOWTHEBOAT | #56 | Esper post refit 1st look; changing water pump; aerial views from mast
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** s/y Esper has now left the shipyard after a year's refit. For a week Liz, Jamie and Millie t...
Esper Refit 53-55 – launch day – drone footage; Dripless seal issues
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** Finally, after one year and one month, Esper launches from PSS Shipyard in Satun, Thailand. It w...
Esper Refit 50-52 – One year in! Portabote improvements; squid fishing
10:34 SQUID FISHING TRIP! ************************************************ Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** One year in and the ...
Esper Refit 47-49 – Festivities; rudder design; more carpentry
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** 2015 and we're close to hitting a year in the yard. For those of you asking why we don'...
Esper Refit 46 – Christmas Special
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** As Christmas approaches we are inundated with rain, rain and more rain. It’s just like being back...
Esper Refit 45 – tent down, masts up, davits on
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** Big week this week as we finally get the tent down, the masts in and the davitts fitted. It wasn&...
Esper Refit 43-44 – Totem’s fundraising; bow fitting; meeting the yard workers
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** This week we witnessed an incredible fund-raising feat by Behan of s/v Totem. In the space of fiv...
Esper Refit 41-42 – welding rodents; Rocna bow roller
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** As we complete the deck fittings and prepare to remove the tent (though when this will actually h...
Esper Refit 40 – Buat monk ordination ceremony in a Thai temple; Loi Kathrong festival
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** It's been a busy week both in the boatyard and in Satun town. We've finally extended ou...
Esper Refit 39 – Totem crew take over; life in the boatyard
Help support our videos: Subscribe to our youtube channel here: Catch our blog at: And get our email updates by subscribing here: Follow us on Facebook here: ****************************** In this week's special clip we take a departure from the usual and invite the Totem crew to ...
Esper Refit 38 – swim platform installation; Aquadrive and coupling
The swimming platform is pushed through the transom and into custom-made brackets, counterpoising it. We clean up the Aquadrive and coupling system and take a look at the veneer that's been varnished with polyurethane.
Esper Refit 37 – bedding a genoa track with butyl tape; rudder doesn’t fit
In this week's refit video we show you how we bedded down our genoa track with butyl tape. No Sikaflex, no 3M, no polyurethane adhesive, just tape. Also see how we make a stupid mistake with our rudder. Guest appearance by Bobby of Bobby's Pizza, Satun.
Esper Refit 36 – boat wiring; Maxprop grease nipple; Torlon Cutlass
It's a short one this week since it was Eid and our workers took most of the week off. All except Nut, that is. He's made real progress with the mains/charging circuit, basing the charging circuit on a simple solution. We also tap and install two grease nipples in our Maxprop.
Esper Refit 35 – PSS Dripless Seal; LED Dimmer
Dang the varnisher's back, as are the electricians. The sparkies have finally installed the LED dimmer switch and it looks good. Dang is preparing the boat for its last coat of varnishing whilst I remove the old stuffing box in preparation for the new PSS Dripless Seal. I also talk through our ...
Esper Refit 34 – bedding deck fittings with butyl tape, polishing stainless,
We bed our genoa track down with butyl tape after counter-sinking the bolt holes. In this clip we show you how we did it. We also polish up our stainless stanchions. And we say farewell to Fayaway, Southern Wing and one of our carpenters, Tui. On his last day Tui tells us about the caged bird singin...
Esper Refit 33 – boat catches fire; liferaft deployed; everything is breaking
Most eventful week to date, with boats catching fire, the bottom of a ferry falling out and various things breaking throughout the week, all throughout treacherous monsoon weather. We also hint at how we'll be bedding our deck fittings with butyl tape as opposed to Sikaflex or 3M, avoiding Sata...
Esper Refit 32 – invisible stainless welds; how to plug deck fittings
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Esper Refit 31 – swim platform; shaft crevice corrosion
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Esper Refit 30 – LED strip lights; mast blockage removal
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Esper Refit 26-29 six month round-Up
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Esper Refit 25 – rubbing strake & toe rail in all new teak
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