Episode 23: Lucky to Be Alive
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- We're lucky to be alive! Literally. The fumes emitted by overheated batteries are potentially explosive and toxic, and it was evident that the battery banks located under the master berth had been emitting these fumes for at least several days before we discovered the issue.
Here's what happened: Our already long day of very bouncy cruising - we planned for about 8-1/2 hours - became even longer when we couldn't get our anchor windlass to deploy the anchor once we reached our planned destination. After discovering that the windlass and bow thruster battery banks had melted from excessive heat obviously caused by a severe system failure, we cruised for another couple of hours to Grand Manor Marina in Belhaven, North Carolina.
The crew at Grand Manor Marina (grandmanormarina.com/) provided service that went well beyond what we could have ever expected from the moment we arrived until we departed about a week later. We didn't get to the marina until nearly two hours after their normal closing time, but they stuck around to ensure we landed safely (our bow thruster was also inoperative because of the battery meltdown and it was very windy when we landed).
River Forest Shipyard (riverforestshipyard.com/) got on the job the very next morning and made great effort to get us back on our way as quickly as possible.
In the end, we were blessed to spend time in Belhaven, a small town with incredibly kind residents. That was the silver lining on what could have been a very black cloud. If you get a chance, make some time to visit.
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Episode 23 Music
Weather any Storm, Cody Francis
MVP, Blue Steel
Wow, you were very lucky. That could have been much worse as you know. I would go through the boats remaining major electrical connections to make sure they’re made correctly. Maybe the boatyard already did for the $9000 which sounds like a lot and is but there was a lot of damage there to at least two major electrical devices and systems on the the vessel. I know your pain. My boat cost me $8300 on a cruise two years ago. I wish you better luck from here on. Fair winds and following seas friends!
The Neuse River is not to be underestimated on a windy day! Wow, that story is from a long time ago when we met you in Belhaven. How is your new battery system running and where are you now? We're on the north shore of Long Island
Man, you aren't kidding about the Neuse! It was some of the toughest conditions we've seen other than during summer storms on the Gulf of Mexico.
The battery system is doing a great job. In fact, it's running the windlass and thruster so well that I think it had been slowly degrading for at least a few weeks and we just really didn't notice because it was gradual.
We're currently cruising the Erie Canal on our way to Lake Ontario and into Canada.
Thank you for writing.
Cheers!
Great to hear it and safe travels!
NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS?? She gulped. 😳
Oh, we gulped too! 😮
Yeah, we gulped too! It hurt. But it is what it is and there is no option but to fix it correctly and move on.
@@vw7616that is true. UGH.
Sailor: I hope this doesn’t affect my treat quotient. Grrrrr
I am a full time marine electrician and damn that is really quite something. Just look how hot the DC ground buss has gotten!! Every one of those terminals are not crimped well at all. Lots of resistance there. Probably much more that we cant see from the video. Some lucky ! thats crazy
What was the bulk of the expense ? New thruster AND Windlass i hope for that kind of money. What's their shop rate?
We were lucky, indeed. We had smelled the rotten egg/sulphur scent for at least a week or two but had no idea that it could have been a battery thing till we Googled "what does an overheating battery smell like."
The entire expense was related to replacing everything that sends power to the windlass and bow thruster, but not those two pieces of machinery. Five AGM batteries, new charger, all new cables, wires, busses, connectors, fuse terminals, battery selectors, etc. The shop rate was somewhere in the $100-150/hour rate, which is in line with what we've seen over the past few years.
Where are you based?
@@CruisingOnward Im leaning you were overcharged. Not sure what size AGM's they fitted you or how big your charger they installed, but I thats pretty darn high. Might have 2 grand in supplies, 2 grand in batteries and a $400-650 charger. 10-20 hrs labor. but again without seeing the invoice and the boat its hard to tell just how much it truly was. Im from the coast of maine
@@nwmi493 The invoice looked legit to me and the boatyard that did the work were trustworthy. 🙂 We didn't have time to shop around and were just happy to get back underway as quickly as we did. 😎
Do you remember that movie “the money pit?”
Yes! Sometimes it feels like we're living it...but it's all still fun.
Yes, I do and yeah, I get the connection. Boats are boats. 😉😊
@@vw7616 lol. Boats are boats! 🤣😂
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Wow, you were very lucky. That could have been much worse as you know. I would go through the boats remaining major electrical connections to make sure they’re made correctly. Maybe the boatyard already did for the $9000 which sounds like a lot and is but there was a lot of damage there to at least two major electrical devices and systems on the the vessel. I know your pain. My boat cost me $8300 on a cruise two years ago. I wish you better luck from here on. Fair winds and following seas friends!
Thank you for your kind well wishes.
That was a big hit to the pocket book, but we're alive and the systems are working better than they ever have, so we're grateful now. 😎