TOTAL BATTERY FAILURE! But we’re unstoppable - and we're sailing anyway! [Ep135 RED SEAS]
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 head straight out of the pass in super calm conditions. A massive pod of wild dolphins wave us off and we set sail into the night.
We are still struggling with some diesel bug issues but we're determined not to let that stop us travelling. The winds pick up in the morning and we get our sails up but things soon escalate into a freak storm and we start seeing failures on deck as our hardware breaks in 45 knot winds. We're left battling huge seas and we're in for an uncomfortable ride south to our next destination.
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00:00 Our boat looks after us
01:18 Our starter battery is dead
03:05 Supply ship visits remote island in the South Pacific
05:09 Installing a new engine starter battery on our boat
09:12 Setting sail but there's no wind
12:55 Sailing with wild dolphins
15:04 Diesel bug causing us engine problems
18:06 Where are we going?
20:08 Let's get the sails up
21:33 When sailing goes wrong (storm edition)
23:44 Outro
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TOTAL BATTERY FAILURE! But we’re unstoppable - and we're sailing anyway! [Ep135 RED SEAS] Location
- French Polynesia (-17.679742,-149.406843)
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