Sailing Hinchinbrook Island - Episode 59
It's up! Join us as we continue to sail around the spectacular Hinchinbrook Island in Queensland. Along the way we experience an engine failure (specifically a blocked Racor filter), we have a very peaceful sail down the Hinchinbrook Channel and we undertake a bit of ambitious shallow water pioneering! We're so happy to be able to share this truly beautiful part of our country with you.
All the best
Troy and Pascale
Sailing Hinchinbrook Island - Free Range Sailing Ep 59 (YouTube)
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You better hope that engine dose nt take up any more of your time or Pascale will start getting jealous!
It's a happy fact that Pascale is less needy than a 20 year old diesel engine!
(OOPS!) what a great video this time. Your methodology for tracking a fuel issue was brilliant! I so enjoy all your vids. Keep up the quality and the very personal approach. My daughter is down in OZ with her new boyfriend in Melbourne. It's looking serious, so I may be down there for a wedding soon. If so, I would love to catch up with you two and have a gam. Cheers! Capt. Rick
Congratulations on your daughter's happiness, we hope it brings joy to your family. A meeting would be most welcome.
Troy and Pascale,
Such a beautiful area! Wow! Always like a few maintenance tips as well, thanks for that. Is it ok when turning the engine over to leave the stop lever up? Meaning it wont start (intentionally) but bleed the air from injectors. When I replaced my racor primary filter with a new one, I just filled the filter container with diesel and she started fine, no additional bleeding required. Maybe I am doing it wrong but engine ran fine?
Replacing a RACOR filter won't usually require bleeding the system and not all diesel engines require bleeding. If she started, you're doing everything right!
Awesome, as always!! Sadly, your routine maintenance slip made for a fantastic tutorial. Certainly not worth the risk, of course but worked out extremely well with the calm conditions this time. And your added bit about how you might have managed had the conditionS been otherwise was fantastic! Bit of extra fuel line and creative rerouting could be life, or at least boat saving advice down the road, so to speak. Thank you!!!
Good judgement, comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement ;)
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You folks always make me smile. Whether it is the lively banter or the "oops"moments and the incredible vistas you photograph, I know I'm in for a real treat when I get that e-mail, "Patreon Video for you". Thank you so much.
You're very welcome Tom!
As always... beautiful video... all the best to you both!
Great work on the engine. So many folks would be lost when the motor stops.
Hopefully sharing these episodes helps someone else in the future to deal with a problem. Also showed how not to conduct routine maintenance!
Hi guys :-) I loved the visit from the swallows. Hope they didn't leave too many gifts behind! I'm really enjoying the close up views of bits and bobs of Mirool's hardware, its the kind of stuff I love taking still shots of :-). Keep the cinematography coming please, your videos are one of the brightest parts of my week. tim
Since arriving in this part of the world, visits from those little guys had been a welcome start to every day. As for their droppings, nothing compared to a gaggle of Boobie Birds having an evening party on deck.
man cave moment - all your lovely men said was AOK correct how scary men in engine issues. P.s. I had an old mercury dingy 4.5 80's engine (refurbished me and experts) this weekend. know all about chokes issues and like a chainsaw.. choke out fire, slight break, pull Choke in 80% fefire AOK .. wind in next fire wind choke in done perfect. So when we get in the water -Choke out first fire, second choke in mostly 50% (all pre prepared) and yes no fire - everything was perfect on dry land but in the water - also another dingy tip is don't pump more on the fuel bulb it helps flood the engine hence it will not start irresistible frustrations - the joys of motors - best respects Pete p.s Its like the Movie African Queen do we drink the GIN or sink the boat you should all watch it to refresh your memories
In theory all motors should be subject to defined rules that if obeyed they will always run but they do have some idiosyncrasies like people.
I use Memory Map on land in remote areas. Great product.
Thanks guys, thoroughly enjoyed.