We can't get the bloody drive shaft off - Sailing boat maintenance - Ep 243

Removing the drive shaft (prop shaft) on SY Esper is never easy. But we begin with some spot welding of the dodger...
00:00 Spot weld with argon
00:26 Boat yard work continues...
00:56 Replacing the dripless shaft seal
01:46 Removing the drive shaft
03:45 Thanks for the very special gift from one of our FTBMates!
04:57 Two old men go shopping
07:44 Decanting gas
08:17 Cleaning the hull (still)

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[charlesthomas]

Welder, plumber, electrician, painter, sail maker, tool and die, electronics, and by the way, we sometimes get to sail the boat! Lol I love your show!

[svhulda]

The next time re split hub: Don't use vedges. Put the screws in from the threaded side. Insert some sheet steel in the splits. Tighten the screws, and the shaft will come loose. In a controlled manner.

[tomd.]

Took me 2 hours to do the packing gland and change the shaft anode. First anode fractured upon tightening. The second one, I broke the damn screw. I'm having a Monday on a Sunday 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Edit: If it doesn't budge, you need a bigger hammer. If it still doesn't budge, you need an even bigger hammer. If you break it, it needed fixing anyway.

[Bradley_Clark]

That pottery was really lovely. So nice for him to have sent it. Fantastic episode! And, to add to the the hammer analogies:

Hit it with a hammer, if that doesn't fix it, it's electrical.

Thumbed

[p.d.smithjr.]

Greetings. Vlog could’ve been 30min.; however, 10 min. was very adequate! Nice job.

[pnwesty]

Wow. Surprised twice! Interesting to see the difference from FTB Mates videos to YT posts.

[svbarryduckworth]

Every boat needs a BFH onboard. And perhaps a big silly C&#$ as well.

We have found that products with a bit of oxalic acid in them work well for mineral stains -especially iron/rust stains. A cheap but slow method is using straight lemon juice. Here in the states we can buy a quart of that for a dollar at the dollar store. Just put it into a spray bottle and mist the hull. Let it sit for days, hose off and repeat.

Later in the video those poor sick doggos are heartbreaking to see. That must be hard to witness day in and day out.

The pottery is beautiful. I can imagine filling that big breakfast bowl to the top.with cornflakes and chowing down in the morning.

[OneGenericName]

Stunning pottery amazed it got to you unbroken. They will be a lifetime treasure.

[bluedog]

They were bloody good sized prawns at the fish market there.

[markdearman]

Put loads of copper slip on that shift for next time a job

[edrymes]

Remember Jamie, It's not the size of the hammer but how you use it. LOL!
I like the 10 minute video format.

[MonkPetite]

Wow, nice jobs done. You guys are under way soon.
Awesome pottery 👍🏻

[stevenplancich]

Geez...A whole day to remove shaft an improvement from 3 days😜 Oh Well...At least the food looks Great 😎

[vivianbond]

The salt water and air kills things like we know to

[R.E.HILL_]

To much progress, it will never be a year in the boatyard going at this tempo... 😉🙂👍

[flomads]

Was that the Hungarian Smoked parika that you guys got? It'll change your life.

[svhulda]

Well. Usually a bigger hammer solves the problem :-)

[BobbieGWhiz]

Aren’t there any vets in town that can help that dog? I sure we would help fund the bill.

[harrybloom]

6:40 I know it takes Iots of time to service those BIake's seacocks... But, may I suggest You buy some Dog biscuits at the groceries and give them to the Dogs aIong your way back to the hard? Yeah! Thats what I woud do. As aIways +1

[SVImpavidus]

If at first you dont Get a bigger hammer. Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.