The Fear of Dragging Anchor with Dodgy Engines [Ep. 134]
Riley and Josje left me onboard by myself to go and hike a red hill on the island of La Graciosa. The wind picked up to 32 knots, gusting to 35 and the two boats next to me left to find shelter one having dragged anchor first. I’d stayed home to catch up on some work but because stress levels were through the roof, I didn’t get a thing done. But I’m glad I did stay home, because we would have never of known about the sudden change in the weather all the way up on that hill. One engine wasn’t working and the other wasn’t 100% reliable (the same problem with the control boxes needing replacing and a jump start was required if you wanted to fire it up before then). Not the end of the world unless you need to get out of somewhere quickly and you’re a one woman show. Join us in the Canary Islands for an ADVENTURE.
Thanks for your support! We couldn't do it without ya!
Elayna & Riley
xo
The Fear of Dragging Anchor with Dodgy Engines (Sailing La Vagabonde) Ep. 134 (YouTube)
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OCEANVOLT HYBRID SYSTEM! Just saying ;)
Yanmar is the way to go.....I just replaced my oil leaking 4-108 Perkins with a 57 hp Yanmar.....love it!
As we sit in our chairs across the world, you put a smile on all of our faces, as we watch another adventure unfold before our eyes. You are amazing.
Watched again this morning. Always better on second, third, fourth viewing! Noticed this time ur friendship, respect, love, enjoyment, laughter & peace on the sea & traveling the world together. Thanks forever for allowing us to sail with u! Luv 'ya as always!
Love the video as always! Nice butt crack Riley!
Rad video! Hope to see you out on the water someday soon! Cheers.
Love the content! Super inspiring what you two are doing. Catch yas in Great Guana Cay in the Abacos? Keep up the great videos and stay well!
hay guys, when I first saw the most beautiful La Vaga a few months ago I was kinda shocked that you selected Volvo enginas, here in Au parts and service for these little wonders (not) cost an arm and a leg, Kubota, Nanni, Yanmar are the bestest, Kubota and Nanni share engine blocks and lots of ancillary parts, tend to be noisy but are super tough and most of all RELIABLE with parts still available for 40 year old engines. Yanmars are quiet (er) NOT as reliable after the 10 year mark. Deep six the volvos at your earliest opportunity or when the warrantee runs out, personally I'd lose em now. Great episode, awesome drone footage
Have a great crossing. Will you be coming up to the Chesapeake Bay this summer?
Here's a link to a French Marine engine site ,they supply Yanmar (japanese ) engines amongst others, the only well known Japanese make for inboards I can find is Yamaha. <a href="https://www.frenchmarine.com/Inboard-Engines-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.frenchmarine.com/Inboard-Engines-1</a> xx
Geoff, I'm not familiar with marine engines, only car ones but if my car engine broke down 6 times already this year I would definitely look elsewhere for something more reliable and Japanese, in my experience are the most reliable car engines if not cars. hopefully they make excellent marine engines too.unfortunately gone are the days when engines needed NO fancy computers to run them, it's just something else to go wrong,on a boat especially you need a reliable engine in all conditions There appeared to be other problems with these Volvo engines apart from electronics. I still run a computer free 24 year old Suzuki Jeep, I've had it 15 years and all its had is a new distributor rotor arm, set of plugs and ignition leads , carbs never been touched,starts on the button in any weather. just got a Honda Civic but has a pesky computer ,so far so good......they are supposed to be very reliable..a Honda dealer mate said they are bomb proof,we'll see....
Loved it 😻
I ask some of my coworkers how they're doing in the office and they say "living the dream!". I just smile, they think i'm agreeing with them, but i'm really thinking of you and how you are truly living the dream. Yeah there are ups and downs and stuff breaks but I love your positive attitudes and the videos are great.
Love to see Josje back on, good people you all are. Keep surrounding yourself with good people and stay who you are. Looking forward to more vids!
Wonderful video you guys!! So nice to relive these memories 💛
Hi Ms J when can we expect to see you sailing again. Love Ya since you Delos days!
You just get better and better ⛵ Miss my boat, but as soon as my daughter's are finished with show jumping I will be sailing again🤞
love love love
Great episode. I'm interested in what Volvo/Outremer are doing to resolve the engine issue. This doesnt seem like an Outremer issue, but I would expect they want to protect their investment in the lease and publicity. From a Volvo standpoint, it seems great that they have warranted the controllers, but something seems awry and with something on the order of over 200k people (times several videos) seeing these engine woes, that must register somewhere...
Bart, I agree with you, this is not an Outremere issue. Case in point "with sails adorned, La Vaga performs, with sails down trouble abounds". It's typically more cost effective for an engine manufacturer to source engine control units from a supplier. Volvo will be nursing their wounds on this failure. It will be "Marina" talk in my region for sure. Dear Volvo, we respect you, please make an effort to accommodate our travelling heroes and provide a fix for your failed engine controllers (that you probably didn't make; but please correct me if I am wrong).
I look forward to your crossing videos! We got our boat last week and had our first family weekend on it...so glad to be back on the water. Thanks for the continued inspiration!
Thank you for the video. Always a great way to start the day. :-)
Glad your ok with the engines now. Be safe on your next journey across the atlantic!! Look forward 2 seeing the videos! Peace
Riley, why didn't you get Yanmars instead of Volvos? just want to know the pros and cons you though for choosing Volvs... or maybe Volvs was Outremer only choice? Thank you
When at the outremer factory I asked Matthieu the same, they simply switched to Volvo Penta because of the better after-sales-service in the region. However both seem to be very reliable make of engines, in this case I assume it’s just the remote box which causes trouble...
What a great way to wake up this morning! I have 1 day off this month from my part-time jobs & u certainly refreshed my batteries. Sorry to c Josje leave again, wish her the best. Riles, u make all plummers proud! Good job on the engine. I'm getting anxious for ur crossing & excited. I am totally right on board with u guys thanks to ur vids. Luv 'ya!
You are extra special people Elayna & Riley. You brighten many days for many people. Speaking of people, I'm hoping father Tony joins you for the Atlantic crossing. He's overdue for a cameo!
cheers Tim! dad (Tony) is meeting us in the caribbean mid year. He's convinced ratings spike when he's on the the channel. He's just had his opposite knee drained of fluid. I'd hate to be his travel insurance broker :D
Always exciting to be part of the build up for an epic voyage. "Wishing you fair winds and following seas, nary a broach nor swamped poop".
For how long can you hold your breath? o_0
Another good one....Your engines ,seems to me they're always playing up,I don't know the make you have but if any Japanese car makers make inboard marine engines I would swap em if poss,as far as Japanese car engines go like Honda, Suzuki,Toyota, they are incredibly reliable. A reliable boat engine is much more important than a car engine,it could be the difference between life and death.
...plumber's smile
hey Riles - nice plumber#s
enjoyed your video as always........ and riley you do inspire a lot of people.....+
What a sketchy time to lose both engines! On a brand new boat to boot! Dramas... I love how you guys are always running into people that you have inspired to take up sailing. Your videos, among others, inspired me as well. Can't take off and sail the world just yet but, am refitting an older Catalina 22 and learning to sail. Even on such a small boat, there are so many jobs! I guess its not all sunshine and margaritas! Looking forward to your Atlantic crossing. Safe travels!
Let's start a war. Start a nuclear war.......
Keep it real here great Vid. P.s. Just noticed Riles butt Cleavage and reminded me of one of my Fav Old skool Internet Funnies Crack Spackle <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yICoZNmTCo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yICoZNmTCo</a> Always great to see it happening / Slightly jumped ahead in time C/O Lost LeBlanc in Caribbean time line is a funny thing and the stories are great. XX Pete
Just more goodliness.....😀👍😁
You guys are awesome...Much love and Patronage from NSW AU xx
Hi! I've never sailed. What one need to start sailing? Just a boat or a captain's licence is a must have?
P&L Wind at your backs!! Safe crossing. And oh yeah E. Your hair grew back hella fast huh? Lol. Will miss Josje too!! Ciao
I love watching you guys travel the world and I would love to meet you when you get to the east coast of America ! You are in for a real treat here !
Another good one!.. name not pulled :( / if one of these lucky blokes can’t make the meet up, I’d be more than thrilled to fill in for them!!
Whhhhhhyyyy? That butt crack scared me for life! I cannot unseen it! lol
Legends!! 😁
xo