A Broken Engine & an Epic Party. E93

After splashing Wind Therapy in Grenada our engine broke! A Broken valve spring causes all sorts of havoc. We are able to change the oil and do basic troubleshooting but rebuilding the the head is something we give to the professionals to do. So while waiting on that we rented a car and did a waterfall tour of Grenada. It was magnificent although driving was pretty challenging. Then we flew to St Barts for an epic party for our friends on sv happy together. Did we say EPIC?
Awesome mechanic in Grenada.Thank you John Fairweather:
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[@thomasbrasse3145]

Bonnie Raitt is one of my absolute favorite artists. A magical presence on stage. A neat surprise to hear her here! Hopefully dropping that valve onto the piston didn't bend the valve stem or hurt the top of the piston/bottom of the valve. I assume that valve stuck from the engine sitting for so long. Nahoa had a similar issue a while back. Not sure how you could avoid that other than turning the engine over regularly. One hell of a party at the end!!!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks. We got lucky and didn’t hurt the pistons. It did bad the valve stem but that was easy to replace we he rebuilt the top of the head. All is well now with the engine but we have an inverter issue now witch really sucks too

[@kennie2904]

Thanks for visiting St Lucia 🇱🇨 ❤

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Kennie for sharing it with us!

[@SailingSisu]

Wow, what a rollercoaster of an episode! Despite the engine troubles, you guys managed to turn it into an epic party. That's the spirit! Hey, breaking an engine spring just makes for a more interesting story. Keep sailing, keep exploring, and keep having fun!⛵😄❤️

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Hi there! It's always so great hearing from you. How are things? I hope you're having a great holiday and doing something fun tonight. The engine is fixed and running smoothly, thank God. And, yes, the party was epic. We're so happy we had the opportunity to go. What are your sailing plans for the summer?

[@SailingSisu]

@@SailingWindTherapy we are in Lauderdale getting a MCA ENG1 medical, yeah, the RYA did not accept the USCG medical. We are in the process of registering for commercial chartering, lots of hoops!

[@svtidetogether572]

Awesome episode! Great to see all the prep and splash including the waterfalls. AND AND we made the final cut with our cameos! Such an epic party!

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We had another cut where we introduced you guys but the audio was terrible and we couldn’t use it 😟. Under SAG rules you guys would have made so much more money if your speaking part would have made the Final Cut. 😁 Looking forward to seeing you guys again!

[@cachechurch1894]

I'm here for the thumbnail! 🎉whoop whoop! Happy New Year! ❤

[@wanabesailer9599]

We saw Randy's boat in the marina in Knysna, South Africa where it was built. Beautiful boat and I subscribed to his channel as well a few months ago ;). Glad to see you guys back on the water. Think I must also start a patreon account🤔 because I bought the diy building plans to build myself a Mumby 48 but dont have money to build it now😢

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We hope you get to build your Mumby. Our friends on KZbin Life on Jupiter seem to love theirs. Good luck and thanks for watching!

[@wanabesailer9599]

I've been following Jaimie and Princess from the beginning 😈 and that was where I saw the mumby for the first time. He gave me the designer's contact details.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

That’s great. They are super nice people.

[@mike57876]

Another great video thanks

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Mike! Even though you’re not in it, it’s still a good video

[@msdixiepearl]

Is that Bonnie Raitt with the reggae song? Gotta be. I like it.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

It is! I think she’s got the sexiest voice ever

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

You guys are having way too much fun, as you should. LOL Happy New Year ❤

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Thanks Paul, we hope you have a very wonderful New Year too!

[@Boody523]

Just started following happy together after seeing their Kinetic, absolutely awesome boat

[@SailingWindTherapy]

While we were waiting years to retire and get our boat out of charter, we lived for their videos. And we’re blessed to have became such good friends with them. They are really awesome.

[@kurtwacker4622]

I have never seen a valve Spring break on a new engine ( even if its 10 years old ). Only on reconditioned engine that have been overhauled multiple times.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

That’s what everyone else has told us too. I guess we’re just the lucky ones? I’ll post something to Yanmar and see what they have to say about it.

[@Kevin-ru8mx]

Hi Guys, We saw your boat four weeks ago in Grenada. Our Leopard 50 Utopia was on a ball outside. We hope your engine is sorted. We're now up at Martinique struggling to get a timeslot with Caraibe Marine. Grenada, on the other hand, is not as busy and we have connected with Allander from Clarkes Court. Melinda and I were wondering if you can refer guys in Grenada that are good for Rigging and Raymarine work. Many thanks Kevin & Melinda PS we were berthed next to Lenny and Randy, in September in Cape Town 😀 Looking forward to crossing paths

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Hey I 🤔 just saw you in Le Marin a few hours ago

[@Kevin-ru8mx]

@@SailingWindTherapy Wow !!! 👌. . . Melinda and I are just watching your video in the front cockpit. Where are you now?

[@SailingWindTherapy]

@Kevin-ru8mx St Anne

[@Kevin-ru8mx]

It would be wonderful if you stop by when next you come into Le Marin

[@SailingWindTherapy]

We’ll try and stop by tomorrow. We can give you our Grenada info then. Ping me your contact info when you get a chance at our email [e-mail]

[@AbNomal621]

I would have rather given money to the drummer, or so I could jump in.

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Yea, we know it was ridiculous but we figured we were donating some money to some guys who certainly had a unique business model. 😊

[@ltremblay7427]

Would you have kept the contact info of your Mecanic who repaired your engine by any chance TKs

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Of course! He’s awesome. John Fairweather from Bravo Marine: [phone].

[@ltremblay7427]

@@SailingWindTherapy TKs for the quick answer safe travels

[@Parr4theCourse]

Sorry about the engine! We rented a scooter when we were there to visit the waterfalls and chocolate factory! We didn’t “Pay the Guy”😂😂😂

[@SailingWindTherapy]

The Guy Jumping Off the Waterfall thing was ridiculous. But we just chalked it up to donating $20 to a local business 😁

[@SailingWindTherapy]

Wait…you rode a scooter around Grenada? I’ve ridden my Harley for many, many thousands of miles but I don’t think I’d ride anything around Grenada. That’s just nuts! 😁

[@Parr4theCourse]

@@SailingWindTherapy It was an experience….and Janis even filmed it for our channel…. I raced pro-stock for 8 years and that was safer🤣😂