New Crew, Another Engine Fail! Moorea to Raiatea, Sailing is Too Hard! S3E3

Linus takes on a new crew member in Tahiti and it does not work out well. The engine overheats and the propeller shaft separates AGAIN. They limp into the boat yard in Raiatea after a much too hard overnight sail.

This episode was filmed in 2017.

Thumbnail picture from free to use photo by Anete Lusina from Pexels.

Captain Linus Wilson is the author of the travel narratives SLOW BOAT TO THE BAHAMAS, HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME, and SLOW BOAT TO CUBA. He has also edited the annotated editions of SAILING TO TREASURE ISLAND by Captain J.C. Voss and SAILING THE OGRE by Mabel Stock.

On the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Linus Wilson has interviewed the crew of Sailing SV Delos, WhiteSpotPirates (Untie the Lines), Chase the Story Sailing, Gone with the Wynns, MJ Sailing, Sailing Doodles, SV Prism, Sailing Zatara, Adventures of an Old Seadog and many others.
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also, i would love to do an interview with you about my experiences here in philippines and boats, etc, take care .