I appreciate the video, could there be another one in tempestuous conditions when the reality is really upon us?

Good tutorial. Thanks much mate! Minor Feedback: Audio could be slightly better. There some hum in the indoor portions, and a wind sock would reduce wind noise in the outdoor portions.

As ex SAS I remember my boss taking a short cut which wrecked our propeller blades. Yes, keep to the channel markers.

Thanks so much for the wealth of info and resources! This will be/has been a big help.

Your videos are awesome. Good on you for showing the whole story. Great for learning about marine engine failure points and problem solving!

I Love Emsworth, been there a few times 🙂

Some wise words in your intro. A lesson I learned the hard way - Boats are not like modern Cars. More like the old bombs I had when I was young. If you just jump in and go, without checking everything first, sooner or later you will regret it. Upside of my experience is that after replacing my boat's engine, I am now intimately familiar with my new engine and peripheral systems. The wallet is a lot lighter, but I'm much more confident and methodical about everything I do on the boat.

Thank you for this useful, warts-and-all film on wrapping a boat, it's the best on KZbin.

Fabulous day out!

I love my d 1 30 its a perkins block with volvo marinising it the 115 am alternator is great for charging and uses only about 2 liters a hour cruising great piece of kit

Hi, are you still sailing?

What an excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Really useful info!

Thank you for your post here's a you tube link on anti-fouling you may find interesting & useful kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6DcpqJvjdyebLM

Well done, my friend. Thanks for the excellent video from FLA USA 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

Brilliant. Answered all the questions I had👍

Nicely done! Clear and concise.

Thanks for that, I'm considering installing such a system on my sailing boat. The location of the heater will be in a aft lock not far behind the rear aft cabin, so vary close in distance. Question how noisy is it, don't want to be left with the choice of either being cold but can sleep or being warm but cant sleep due to the noise. Thanks

Anchoring a small boat.... demonstration shows a 35' boat. I still tapped the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters.

Congratulations on an excellent and well put together video. Some people recommend using white vinegar monthly to fill the toilet system, they say it helps dissolve mineral deposits such as calcium carbonate found in sea water if left within the system for a while. It might be mentioned in one of the Nigel Calder books.

Three mistakes were made there whilst changing the oil filter. The new one needs filling with oil, a film of new oil around the new rubber gasket and only hand tighten which others have mentioned on this thread. Hold the oil filter vertically and just below the housing whilst it is full of oil and fairly quickly move to the horizontal position and screw on. This engine also takes far too long to fire up, maybe the fuel system could do with a good clean out. Try and keep fuel tanks as full or empty as possible to avoid condensation forming within them resulting in microbiological sludge building up in the bottom where the water settles after dripping from the tank walls. Check coolant level, water drain in your filter and oil level before each start up day. Warm the engine up for a good 20 minutes. Use a good fuel additive with each fuel tank fill to keep the system, particularly injectors and fuel pumps clean inside. It is surprising to see when a well used fuel pump is dismantled for reconditioning just how much in terms of black deposits are removed from the small fuel holes if no additive has been used. Check torque of all shaft coupling nuts and bolts and all engine and gearbox mounts ever 500 hours. This will reduce the main machinery rattling loose and falling out of alignment resulting in vibration problems. Good husbandry of your marine engine will help give thousands of hours hassle free boating and save a small fortune over the years. If you have got a bit of technical ability about you or are willing to learn from books, do it yourself, no need to pay a character like me working for a company with a glossy website £60-80+ an hour to do it for you.

Simple, straight to the point and very informative. Very good.

Missing your updates John. Hope all is OK.

Great Video, The seacocks do you leave open or closed while boat is underway? In general if the toilet seacocks are awkward to get to, would you leave them open or closed?

These vids are really helpful for first time anywhere in the solent area. Brilliant thanks

very helpful, thanks

the break down. Good to have the trouble shooting side. Your navigation explanation is so good but I live in Australia …

best series of videos ever. This one particularly really useful .

How is the batteries swap going?

I think that you need to take high tide in to account and not low tide. Basically let out enough rode to handle the highest level so you maintain your ratio.

Well done. Many thanks form FLA USA 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

The Yealm (pronounced Yam, by the way, by locals at least) is one of my favourite estuaries. I used to holiday there staying with an aunt, uncle and cousins of mine in Noss Mayo, and canoed on the estuary.

Have you done any maintenace on the transmissio n (ms10l-b?). I've been experiencing trouble getting into gear (intermittent) and there is little in the way of documentation in the standard volvo canon. However, I drained my tranmission fluid and it was black and rancid. Any tips?

Mining Butter ...hahahahahah..Nice

Good video. In you opinion, what is the best engine, volvo penta d2-60 or beta marine 60?

Are you planning anymore videos?

Great series, very educational for novices like myself. Thanks for posting them 👍

The sailboat around 3:45. Are they supposed to be taking that line through the harbour? I'm clueless when it comes to sailing but seemed like you had to take evasive action unnecessarily.

Why not simply use an electric pump? im sure there are other more convenient ways to flush a toilet.

One of the largest natural harbours in Europe? It's the second biggest natural harbour in the world, second only to Sydney.

Awesome video - we have had a bunch of black tank issues and are gradually solving them. Any advice is welcome - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3vKhYVqataZhdU

42hp from a 1.7l diesel. How on earth did they tune it so that it could produce so little power!? 🤣

Im so glad you posted this. This way I can straight away hire someone else to do the job I wouldn’t be able to do myself but would only come to that realization half way through the process

During our 5-year world trip, we traveled/slept in various weather and sea beds with ultra anchors without any problems. I have an anchor one size larger than my boat needs and a windlass one size larger than the anchor needs.

Hi John. Hope all is well mate. Are you still on the hard at the boat yard? All the best, Paul.

Brilliant thanks just what I need for my Perkins M30...were you the guy that flew out and helped that young couple with their engine?

Brilliant video, very informative, to the point, no waffling & BS unlike sooooo many others.

Is the d 20 the same location for thermostat

I don't know about Jabsco, but pumps from companies like SeaFlo don't hold up! Today I installed a new one, and it is leaking from under the upper valve cover... When I tried to unscrew the 6 screws securing the cover, one of the cylindrical castings into which these screws are unscrewed broke off! Is it really impossible to make a design with screws and nuts? Now what, should I change the pump again or try to drill through and secure it with a screw and nut?

Excelent!!!

Just a heads up to those reading this in 2024: the most limited depth is not in fact over the bar but on the leg up to the harbour entrance. The online depth gauge is for the bar only. I found there to be considerably less depth than that on the final approach to the harbour. As a result, I had around 1m under the keel over the bar but still ran aground. This is, I understand, an ongoing issue, but it’s not widely publicised. Hope this helps!