There’s a HOLE IN OUR BOAT! (And it’s bad news!) [Ep161 RED SEAS]

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, we have a major problem when we find a hole in our fuel tank and have to make an emergency stop at a small atoll we never intended on visiting. It’s a huge task to get the repairs done but we hope they will hold up and if we can find a place to buy more fuel then we can continue on our way to try and reach the Gambiers.

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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Boat life is hard work
01:07 Everything went wrong!
02:17 Our fuel tank exploded
04:41Removing our aluminium fuel tanks
06:33 We have a hole in our boat
09:38 Repairing our fuel tank
10:45 Come and sail with us in the BVI!
11:22 We need to find diesel
12:25 Searching for fuel in Makemo village
15:43 Have we been recognised?
17:30 Best time to visit French Polynesia
19:59 Good news!

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We're Iain and Brioni [The Reds] a couple of redheaded Scots who sold everything we own and moved halfway round the world to buy a boat that we could call home. We have a habit of finding ourselves in the most unusual circumstances, but that’s what makes life interesting! We live in search of the most remote places to live and sail so hit subscribe and join us on this adventure!

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[Sonnell]

Thank you for reassuring me in my goal to electrify my future boat, getting rid of every ancient combustion engines...:)

[dirk]

You two compliment each other better than any couple I've come across. The way you work together to solve fairly complex and at times very dangerous/serious problems is a true wonder to witness. Wether it's a blown out sail, changing engines, rebuilding an entire steering system while under passage, in rough seas at night, dealing with a busted autopilot, or a hole in your fuel tank in the middle of nowhere. Happy New Year to you both. You are together very exceptional humans indeed. Cheers 🥂

[trevhedges]

17:17 oh my lord! Duncan is there? That’s amazing, please say G’day to the Dunkster! 😂

[JTtravelAdventures]

Glad the fuel tank repair went well. Y’all left us hanging in the last video.

[latitudeash]

Bri always the ever optimist... Bless her 🙃

[michaelmeinberg]

Man... how did you find such a great spot to get stuck? Wow.
As we have all heard before: "Cruising is fixing your boat in exotic locations!"

[scottdoran-pn]

We loved Makemo, and we will love it a second time in the future.
Currently we are departing Thailand 🇹🇭 this morning and off the the wild world of the Indian Ocean 🌊

[trevhedges]

20:33 there the two cars are, it’s must be peak hour, i wonder if they have a Cop sitting there running Radar? 😂

[dutchglobetrotter]

Ahh come on guys. Not having a pre passage pizza is jinxing it.
Great video guys., looking forward to the next one.

[davidblackbeard]

You guys should coat the inside of the tank with resin, it won't leak again...
I have done it with dinghies fuel tank and it's been keeping for 3 years already

[latitudeash]

Have you tried playing the lottery? May be time to start so you can replace that cat….😂🤣

[latitudeash]

If stuff stick out above the lid of our bin, the council bin collectors will give you a warning, and if its really bad they will not empty it. I could have made that bin lid close easy…Bri’s a light weight at bin filling.😂

[latitudeash]

Water floats, so you could filter it out the bulge into the tank?

[latitudeash]

Where in the world can you walk for miles n the main road in the middle of the road? Cool beautiful place.

[clivestainlesssteelwomble]

😂 had the same problem on a similar shaped tank on one of my kit cars ... Smaller and petrol 😬 And horizontal fitted.

Beautiful place to spend your X mas break... X mas piza thats posh. 😂🧙🏼‍♂️

Lost the old Glasgow born friend over the same time period. A mix of 27 heart attacks and surgeries called time on him sadly something like his 3 rd time heart stopped.. maybe more. 😔🫡
Stay healthy guys.. 😎🧙🏼‍♂️

[latitudeash]

Now is there a fueling station in the middle of the ocean.

[faircompetition]

OK, you can smell diesel leaks a mile away in a boat . If you smell diesel you have a leak . Pinesol cleans it up and gets rid of the smell .

[julesmoto]

Had leaks along the welded seams of my stainless steel water tanks and rather than get a new tank fabricated I used an epoxy based product which you pour into the tank (and then roll the tank end-to-end inside to side a few times) and it seals the tank from the inside which also obviously protects you against other parts which you can't see which may be getting very thin. The product is intended for motorcycle and car petrol tanks. It was 2 or 3 parts with the first two parts being rust converter and primer I think. The final epoxy based stage of the product was not two parts. 4 years later and the water tanks are still fine.

[Hotzenplotz]

This looks like galvanic corrosion is going on there. If the tank has water contact more or less often, you may check if there is a possibility to drain the bilge better or more often or you need some galvanic protection like anodes in there. A humid climate may be enough already on the other hand to start the damage. There are also other methods to protect things inside. Do your research. There's a book in German from the Palstek publishing house. Don't know if there are any English ones about maritime corrosion in particular.

[faircompetition]

The fix for that tank is as soon as you get somewhere there is a welder to cut out the bottom and weld in a new bottom.

It bothers me you pumped a tank of Diesel into the ocean and have the potential to do it again .