Sail Life - 4000 GPH bilge pump installation & tons of smaller jobs 🔥
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- This week we installed an emergency bilge pump aboard Athena and got many smaller jobs crossed off the to-do list.
00:00 Intro
00:50 The plan for the week
01:08 Strikers, washer plumbing, engine room hatch
01:56 Johnson 4000 GPH bilge pump
04:16 Ultima switch
05:30 Installing the bilge pump
06:50 Walk around Cherbourg
10:29 Rodkicker rigging
11:44 Nav station hatch
13:04 Charging station
13:26 Nessesary trim
15:32 New jack lines for the cockpit
16:29 Finishing the preventer
17:04 Tasks next week
18:14 Cya!
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2:10 My 'Emergency Bilge Pump' is; make sure that you have a 'Waka-Waka (manual)' pump, and at least 1 person on board that does not know how to swim. When combined it will be the cheapest and fastest way of getting liquid out of your hull.
Mads? How about drilling a fire supression port in the engine room hatch? Usually just a little wider than an extinguisher nozzle, with a small cover to close it. That way you can fire an extinguisher without removing the hatch and feeding oxygen to the fire. Maybe one for the tech room too?
When diesel catches fire, the boat is doomed. Only a halon fire suppression system might be able to extinguish the blaze, if the fire is in a compact area.
@@wallacegrommet9343 Halon replacements and Halon are still available. And even a diesel fire can be smothered, in a contsined space, by killing the fuel supply and flooding the compartment with plain CO2. And that's assuming the fire is caused by diesel. There can be other reasons for it. That's why some regulations actually require fire supression ports, and manufacturers build them by default.
@@lyfandeth Fires are cased by "lightning". That's what my accountant said.
Thanks, wasn’t aware of those details.
@@wallacegrommet9343 diesel can be extinguished.
Like all fires, you can remove the oxygen, or the heat or the fuel.
A drychem extinguisher would interpret the chemical reaction and have some effect on displacing oxygen.
A CO2 extinguisher would displace the oxygen and cool it down.
A foam extinguisher would cover the fuel and prevent access to oxygen and cool the fuel.
And, believe it or not, plain water CAN be used. It's really not recommended because it's very hard to do and requires specific techniques.
But as a firefighter, I have trained on fighting and extinguishing liquid fuel fires with water.
France has been good to you, the "to do wall" is back!
Still the best DIY sailboat video on UA-cam.
Another great morning with Mads.
Glad you had a good morning :)
Hi Mads i actually died rounding the Mull of Galloway after coming out of Kirkcudbright where you bought Athena with seasickness, thankfully after 6 hours i managed to recover and help moor up in Stranraer:););)
Wow.... I haven't seen you power through that many tasks to completion in a single episode in a loooooong time. Nice.
I know, right? It's a good feeling!
I was a bit tired at the start until I heard awaka waka wak. Go mads
OK we got a new T-Shirt saying "Whacka Whacka Whacka" !
Wow Mads, haven't checked in with you in over a year. I'm simply stunned at your progress and how professional everything looks. Amazing, good sir. Btw, that's the same brand pump I use on my Morgan. Seems like a solid design.
I love your Energy this Episode, Mats. You can really feel it in the Voice and also the editing.
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Voila is the new spiffy
Be well!
Thank you Eva I enjoyed your segment on Cherbourg very well presented. I think we have a budding reporter in the making. Well done you.
Thank you :) I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Oh the year was 2022
How I wish I was in Cherbourg now
A letter of marque came from Mads
To the pretty dang spiffiest vessel I’ve ever seen!
CRIKEY....after 5 odd years the light at the end of the tunnel is blinding......🌅
I’m enjoying the added tourism bit mixed into the standard DIY template. 👍
In France we pronounce Cherbourg as Share-boor
once upon a time, on a small sailboat in hawaii there was a handle labelled, "Man. Bilge Pump." i just finished printing up some new labels that now say, "Waka-Waka Pump." Much better!
Another “emergency bilge pump” that people often forget they have onboard is the engine.
Add a Y-valve on the inlet, and a hose that goes to the bilge. That thing draws a lot of water when under load.
It’s also nice for preserving the engine, as you can just switch that Y-valve and use a hose to run freshwater through.
Glenn- In theory, true. But if you look at the usually small stream of water coming out an exhaust, it is nowhere near what a damage control pump needs to be. A true "trash pump" or similar indepedent pump, kept stowed util needed, running on its own fuel and with a hose like a small fire hose, is what will dewater a boat after a collision. And they all need a big fat screened intake. On Athena...there might be room for that.
Love it. wacker, wacker, wacker………..
Pacman waka waka waka at 2:15 had me laughing
I watch for the great content...I wait for the "SEE YOOOOOO"
Both such a hard workers
Mads it's a pleasure to see you and available enjoying life together,Athena has come a long way to become a new boat.
Really enjoyed the city tour.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Still loving your videos and I’ve been watching for years
Wow Mads, you guys never cease to amaze this 73-year-old, great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The spice rack has aged beautifully. You got a lot of stuff done in a single episode. Athena is looking great!
I think you'll find the trim details are called fiddles. The dyneema soft shackles are great for so many things and prevent metal on metal wear and galling. Great video!
I thought all of the DIY stuff would be done, but always stuff to do, which is most enjoyable. Thanks... see you
Ava's B Roll is on point! Her narration is skillful as well.
Thank you! I have a good teacher ;)
Productive week!
Nice to see another points of interest segment from the Captain. Looking forward to seeing you sailing soon!
Great progress on all of those little pesky tasks that never seem to end Mads and Ava. Ava, thank you for the tour. Have a good week ahead.
Your welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Garmin 86i as mine has been sitting largely unused at the nav station.
PYI in Washington used to sell an engine driven emergercy use bilge pump. Diesel engines will run even when the batteries are dead.
Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
Nice Job!! Thank You! I loved seeing Ava correct Mad's French on the name of the town.
Very cool editing.
Your organizational skills are masterful! Look at all those completed projects in just one video. I’m jealous!
The AFT cabin is a Mess Mads. Sounds like a job for Ava. Good Sailing and great video.
I love it tic every last thing off the list!! I can't say C...Borg France either.. lol! I love watching cuz never Kno what's up... Sunday made!! ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Watching your channel brings back fond memories of sailing Bonduca a warrior 40
I raced with the owner in the AZAB two handed
We came 13th beating some really fast boats
The warrior is a great boat for long distant sailing and looks after you in bad weather if you know what you are doing.
Keep up the good work guys we all like the way you do it
👍🏽
Loving Eva’s travelogue. Keep ‘em coming 🇨🇦
Thank you :)
For the dry dock: Today, most of the boat maintenance activities are already done in the commercial port where PNA (Ports Noramnds Associés) has a one-hectare nautical platform and two lifting machines : the syncro-lift, for ferries and heavy tugs, and the travel-lift, for the category below. Exit one emblem of the city… The famous dry dock, witness to the maritime past of Cherbourg. It was built in 1878 and could accommodate ships 75 m long and 18 wide. This granite basin still allows for dry docking and fairing but is no longer adapted to the size of the boats or to current environmental standards.
Oh wow, very cool. Thanks for the info :)
Q: How do you know Ava and Mads have left Denmark and started their sailing adventures?
A: Because now they only spend 80% of their time on maintenance and upgrades, instead of 100%.
Thanks for the great videos you two. I look forward to them each week!
2:30 ha ha...when your boat is going down you'd be surprised how long you can sustain the waka waka's...😂 while at the helm, while communicating with the coast guard 🥵
They go quackè, quackè 🐥
Wow yall got alot done and even a trip around town bravo to u both
Always great!
Loved the history and lessons👍
Hi guys - not sure if you have actually left yet, I know that there is a difference between real time and video posting it. But if you have not left: I just watched an older video, where you went through your ditch bag. In it, you made some decisions about what to have that were based on the assumption that you were sailing in northern Europe, and that if you had to abandon ship, you were likely to be rescued within days, because there are a lot of boats in the area. All very reasonable. But - now you are prepping for a transatlantic passage, so a rethink of the ditch bag may be warranted. And, then happily forget it, again, because you don't need it.
Lots of comments about the placement of the outlet hose for bilge pump but over all if it were mine it would be scheduled for examination and testing on a routine schedule never allowing its state of readiness to be a mystery. My career was driving a commercial vehicle requiring a overly involved vehicle inspection every morning. Not doing these things when your safety and life may depend on it some day would not be prudent.
Wow. You guys been busy!! Still trying to find the energy to wash the dishes here. ;)
love every video you have made Mads
Enjoyed very much today's progress.
Another great video Ava and Mads .
That boat is sure looking good!
Thank you :)
Thanks for the update. What are those little strips of orange tape behind you in the salon? Up near the ports... I love your tours, Ava.
The orange tape is holding up our elegant paper towel curtains. They are all the rage these days ;) Curtains are a project for this summer :)
Somebody learned to cut hatches from This Old Tony...
Mads: you might consider rounding corners to avoid cuts as you’re staggering around the cabin in high seas.
Great video! (I particularly enjoyed the gallivanting. 😎)💕
Great progress Regards 🇦🇺
I enjoy Eva's town excursions/history lessions, she should do one every week.
Glad you enjoyed it :) we are definitely trying to incorporate more!
Getting there!
We're in the process of buying an older boat (1975 Westerly Berwick) which has only the manual bilge pump (waka waka) and that wasn't working, yet the guy was sailing regularly on it...😳.
He's getting that fixed and I've made an emergency pump that uses a battery drill operated system that can be used anywhere on the boat, or even on someone else's. We will install an automatic one when we get her home.
Your videos are inspiring, as to what can be achieved when you're organised and break things down into manageable 'chunks'...👍
Spiffy Sunday once again.. best wishes to both of you
Thank you :)
its a sure different from ww2. i love the updates on your vessel keep up the great work and i hope the crossing goes uneventful. stay safe and have a great week ahead
Dunno about "fulltime sailing" as you've said on your intro. It still looks like fulltime boat work to me. 😁
😂
Getting there ;)
Wow, so many DIY projects AND an informative walking tour all in one video. Good luck!
Thanks so much!
Mads, put a bead of silicone around the fiddle/trim you put on top of the charging station, inevitably something will get spilled ;-)
You guys sure ticked off some tasks this week
Those are the best weeks 💪
Once your electric bilge pump bails water faster than a "frightened man with a bucket" its probably the right speed
Nice episode..
you should go and visit the french nuclear submarine - very interesting
Just did that this weekend. It was great!
Great video, we literally did the same style of bilge pump install a few weeks ago. Looking forward to the Iridium Go video as this is an upcoming project for us as well.
Utah beach is at south east from Cherbourg, not North east. 😉
That was some speedy work, good to see Athena getting ship shape. A big contrast to the mammoth tasks during the refit/rebuild. I hope it is downwind to Ireland for you.
Excellent
Can I ask what part of Ireland do you plan to visit as I'm from cork not to far from kinsale
Thank you! Cheers!
I would love to see a test run on that bilge pump!
What about that stuff covering the windows? The stuff that’s held in place with the eye catching yellow tape!!
Sjovt som energien i denne video og afslutningen var som i "gamle dage", skønt med alle de ting der blev taget af boarded!
Mads how many hours was the seach for the floaty switch?😃😃💖
And many other good things found...;-)
🤣😂🫣how does the pump go LOL…. Wakka wakka wakka
Some constructive criticism: The position that you choose for the bilge pump outlet is a pretty bad one. As soon as you start sailing upwind in choppy waters there will be water ingress. It will only be some drips as long as the flap inside the pump is working fine, but these tend to break after some time, especially when there is always water standing in the hose. My advice would be to either install some kind of gooseneck on the outlet or add a valve directly at the outlet. It looks like there is not enough space for a proper gooseneck and a valve is obviously not without disadvantages too, but it's at least better than the current solution.
Ummm no.... He won't be submerging the rail in that boat, even upwind in choppy water.
I was about to make the same comment. The hose should go up as far as possible and loop down to the outlet. The elbow should face up, not down. That way splashed water will drain out from where it came, not into the bilge. That simple flap on the pump is likely to fail.
@@SteelDoesMyWill Based on my experience of about 20000 miles of offshore sailing on a comparable boat i am absolutely sure this is what will happen.
yes, I think a more durable flapper valve somewhere on the top would be a good idea, the little valve in the pump itself will probably not withstand the pressure of a good wave or ten pumeling the outlet
I might be missing something here, but the point of ingress is a pump outlet. Wouldn't this mean that at most, water ingress would sit at the pumps own check valve if it's centrifugal?
Mads... as soon as you empty that aft cabin. Its going to get filled again with the next D I Y fun! 🤓
Oh, don't worry it was filled before we were even able to finish the sentence 'The aft cabin is empty"!
Mads do you always do the drill / fill / drill for any holes you drill? I assume always on the deck, but do you on things like where you attached the bilge? Asking for my future self 😉
See you👍🏽
Wacka Flacka pumps.
that rail looks to be still in use. pretty shiny.
We found out later, that part actually isn't in use anymore but a little further down the track is the train line that goes throughout France 👍
wacker, wacker, wacker… haha. A lot of jobs done !
You two are geniuses 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🎤fairwinds
Ava is a great add on with her boat tasks and I really enjoy the tours! Great job!
Glad you like the tours :)
Nice job on the history tour! You can do more of that all in it's own episode. Maybe you can create a channel where you can do more of the history tours that you can't fit in these episodes.
Maybe you can call the channel- Eva's extended version of Sail Life.
@@tkjokester #AvaLife ;)
Don't let too many of those stories rollover Mads or you'll kill your velocity which may result in a sitdown with the program manager (ie Eva) :)
*WHACKA WHACKA WHACKA*
🫣😂🤣how does the pump go? …. Waka waka waka
installing the trim on the washer prevents rolling things from going under and needing rescue in heave seas.
Mads &Ava be safe in your Sailing traveling. Mads just one little question where all your lines come in the Dodger cover would a thin Brush cover the oval hole 🕳 help with water coming in ? Maybe one on the outside and one on the inside should do the Treat. Or a rubber cover with one slice will work to keep water out.
Another project waiting to be done on the list 👍
I love watching your list disappear!
Us too ;)