Taking Anticipation down to the shipyard for a bottom job and some other work! Special thanks to my best friend for letting me stay with her while all of thi...

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so on one of the previous videos I

talked a lot about the autopilot here or

Auto helm I should say it doesn't work

anymore

I believe the belt inside of it has

burnt out and I'm gonna have to open it

up to check it already taking it off the

steering column here and now I'm going

to be the wheel to get it off the wheel

it's gonna be a little bit tricky

because I need to use my magical three

millimeter hex key wrench and that is a

suspended at so it involves using a very

specific swish and flick kind of motion

kind of like Wingardium Leviosa but you

know a little bit different because it's

an auto helm not a feathering class or

something like that so let's give it a

try thanks Louis this ridiculousness

okay and there it is off the wheel you

might notice that the Sun has

repositioned itself and the time has

also changed but that is just a side

effect at that magical spell and now I

mean I take it to the store and find out

if they have spare parts for it okay so

before I take it to the store actually

went ahead and took it apart and

confirmed yes the belt has shredded

which is good because that is a cheap

fix and one that I should be able to get

done in a little bit try the two stores

that would have what I need

guess I'm buying it online

all right so today is take the boat down

to the shipyard day I'm cleaning up here

in the morning gonna go get some

breakfast real quick and then got to

take the boat about three hours away to

the shipyard with the motor and the wind

is terrible it's going to rain and I'm

not really looking forward to it I so

I'm off the dock and we're on our way so

the goal is to go from here all the way

down D from here all the way down to

there the wind is pushing to the south

which is pretty ok for what we're trying

to do and it is drizzling very very much

drizzling I've got my waterproof pants

on as well as my waterproof jacket and

hopefully we'll get there before the

wind picks up too much it is forecast to

pick up earlier than it was forecast

yesterday so we're gonna find out okay

so I all about the jib and we're making

about four and a half five knots going

with the wind here to about only think

I'm gonna do that for a while before I

turn the engine back on just to save on

fuel and

engin icin nine years

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Christmas are my self tailing winches

that would be a lot easier right now

then so I've got a the chart water kind

of setup with a little track on my way

to shipyard and right now having working

Auto helm would be pretty cool because I

would not have to constantly dance with

the wheel here challenge about failing

and foul weather is that a normal

landmark study used to have to get

around here are pretty much hidden by

the blog tweens that I have to use my

heading a lot more which is a little bit

difficult win

by myself so as we we around the point

over there the waves actually shifted

they're no longer pointed in the same

direction as a wind which is a picking

for a little bit of a weird ride having

to dance with it right now and

not my favorite but we are moving along

at about six knots so can't complain too

much we are coming up to keema means we

have about twenty minutes boooring back

get to wave it all done people standing

on the boardwalk and I wait we have just

died down a lot now that I've get closer

to the channel

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Plus now nowhere in sight so it's pretty

good

stay warm and because it is cold out and

I don't really like this

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so I think next time round I'm going to

do this how do I eat where I don't have

to deal with any cold weather also will

be weird coming back to the popular

without my back my time and lunch

so that is where the mast was you see

the footprint from the step okay so I've

got the mast pulled out

well I didn't do it but somebody pulled

it out with a giant crane that is the

corrosion that was affecting it and I'm

really glad that I did not try and take

it all sure because that was sucked well

it's off of the boat I'm also going to

work on getting the spreader lights over

here these two need to be replaced and

all the way up at the top the masthead

360 light usually used for cankered it

needs to be replaced and something that

I didn't know about but our wonderful

rigging specialist found this shackle is

not fit for purpose in fact this entire

bracket needs to be cannot be that so

that needs to be corrected and we've

already talked about that so hopefully

over the next few days we'll have more

I'm glad that it is out of my boat now

though because the wind tonight is

ridiculous and if it wasn't for the fact

that this is out of the water yeah it's

bad okay it is my time I've already

eaten so I'm just gonna stay in tonight

but this is one project I've got going

on every window has a little ceiling

piece around it and the original ones

are pretty terrible they shattered as

soon as I touched them so because I need

to replace pretty much every single one

of my windows I've bought the PVC

sheeting

got two of them stacked on top of each

other I'm gonna be tracing out

patterning that I cut from wood onto

that PVC and then try to cut it later

but yeah it is going well today is

holiday I've got to get my boat all the

way from over here all the way over to

there out of the water before that

happens I'm gonna try to take out the

propane tanks so I got the propane out

problem with this one is that when this

valve is opened begins to leak right

there and that means that it is

basically unusable so I got to find out

how to get rid of it

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sebastien you excited to be roommates

for the next seven days yeah okay so I'm

taking out the shredder lights and I'm

gonna replace all the wiring with bits

of string that way when I come back with

the new wiring I can easily thread it

through all the intricacies of the mast

okay so up at the top of the mast I've

taken off the wind indicator which is

broken and corroded I've gotten the bulb

out of the anchor light but I need to

get a actual new mount for it I don't

like this one I want to get one with a

tricolor on it say hi to the coastguard

probably go ahead and try to find a

better shackle for that as well because

that one is not fit for purpose can't

buy after hours to check on the boat you

think they got it all the way down to

the fiberglass there I'm pretty happy

with how how quickly that went looks

like they've already painted some spots

on there to make sure that the stands

can be moved over and continue painting

pretty happy with that colour - yeah

just checking on my boat

one thing that not happy about is the

actual prop shaft was severely damaged

inside the boat I have to get a picture

of that later but uh yeah so that is

actually gonna have to come out of the

boat and be replaced but other than that

everything looks okay I did want to

check on this to see how that was

looking it looks like some of that metal

is actually coming exposed it's not the

end of the world

so that fiberglass was completely gone

yeah overall not bad looking forward to

seeing your painted while I'm here I'm

going to look at the mast as well looks

like they've already chopped the bottom

which is a excellent and I cannot wait

to see you back in the boat okay I came

down here to check out the status of the

boat and it looks like they have it

mostly painted are you happy with how it

looks it looks pretty good compared to

how it looked before few items are still

pending now

they are going to have to put the dome

over this air-conditioning Inlet that is

where all the dead fish have been coming

in I think they've already replaced the

through ball valve valve so that's nice

after that they'll have to put the shaft

back in a new shaft that is so I'm

looking forward to seeing that and done

and it looks like there's a few other

tiny spots where there's still paint

pending but other than that I am pretty

pleased with how they are doing and to

top it all off at the end they will buff

and wax the whole boat which it looks

like they've already done actually I'll

be giant black marks that we're up there

we're now gone and the hole looks pretty

clean so you know come back tomorrow and

check it out and okay so I got one of

the spreader lights on got the other one

wired up the mast should be going in

tomorrow and hopefully we'll have that

done you can see there the new wind

indicator is indicating that we are

horizontal as it should and let's walk

down to the

so they've already kind of epoxy the end

of the mass here and that will help with

the bonding to laser and guessing I've

got the new wires run here label them

before I leave and other than that we're

in business okay so the mass just going

through

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so the bottom looks painted asked is

back in will get the driveshaft back

later but it shouldn't finish it up like

how shiny this is

it's very aesthetic okay so while

there's still on the water I got the new

belt in the mail for the auto home of

Amazon it's a reproduction of the

original one they don't make the

original belts anymore so fortunately

there's other people that do make them

meantime I'm gonna go ahead and put it

in and we'll have to try it out when the

boat gets back in the water I'm not

gonna talk about that right now because

that has turned into a nightmare for me

but let's take a look at this

so with the belt on the sprocket here I

think it's kind of neat you can see the

mechanism here that actually makes it

work this cam here moves and locks it on

to be sprocket which drives the belt

this other one just kind of sits here

and you've got these rollers here and a

belt actually as a friction fit on this

Ridge right here that actually moves

spins this part of the wheel which is

connected to the actual steering wheel

on the boat and that is how that

actually works so we're learning

learning new things today so I've got

recombobulator here checking it out the

top half the wheel spins freely with it

unlocked but when I lock it down it's

hard one-handed we don't have that

freedom anymore which is exactly what we

want

it is pretty good so excited to get back

on the boat and in water okay so I'm

back on the boat I checking out

everything we've got the new through a

hole right there on the air-conditioner

looks like they went ahead and repacked

that got the new drive shaft and it

looks like they actually that one on

that up to here which goes back around

and I lose it

looks like they have it going out the

deck which is good that is out of the

way though so yeah overall I'm happy

with how much work got done with time

and I look forward to getting out of

here and going back home okay so it's

drizzling right now and before I leave

like to change into my waterproof pants

so in three two one

okay the back waterproof pants next step

I'd like to put the auto helm back on

the helm and if you remember that spell

requires a three millimeter magical hex

key so I'm gonna have to find that real

quick okay got it right here my set

three millimeter all right and

put it back Ulis like it was Ulis so

it's back on and last up I'm gonna put

the wheel back on the actual helm and

then we'll get out of here all right

we're headed out now going to knots here

in the marina because this is an

unfamiliar Marina for me I've only been

in here once doubt gonna take it nice

and easy coming out one thing I'm

worried about is the flow going out of

the channel because the next after this

I have to go into channel right there

and I can get a little bit hectic when

the tide is shifting and I should have

checked the tides but I was focused on

the way man because the wind is light

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suppose we into the channel just looking

at the way the water is it looks like

I'm gonna be fighting the current coming

out not my favorite but guys take what

God gives me and use it I can feel the

bow of the boat getting pushed already

and the stern is now getting caught up

yeah yeah we're gonna be fighting that

current so let's see how we can get out

of here we've got some rainbow action

going on over there probably doesn't

show up on camera very well but you know

that's a sign of some sort right

hopefully we'll make it back

pretty rainy up ahead

got a wave at all the people who were

smart enough to not buy about just

kidding

break out another thousand though that

has never felt so real before then it

has this last few weeks yeah

so I'm gonna test out the autopilot here

when we get on the main part of the

channel here and also turn the radio on

because I forgot to do that hopefully

that storm will have passed by the time

we get over there drag it all the way

over there okay we've got that autopilot

actually going it's not doing that great

of a job but it is trying sometimes

that's all you can really ask for when

we are facing a giant flood current

we're out of the main part of the

channel I need to be final few marks of

it I think I'm gonna have to motor the

whole way because fails not really set

up right now and we'll work on that

later this week but uh hopefully at five

knots we'll get there pretty soon so in

a 10 10 or so mile journey

get a little autopilot go you can do

this

I believe thank you

that said the autopilot I've put a point

about a mile ahead of us one point two

seven miles ahead of us in and watching

the off course they are to see how I've

rated actually hold the course that we

were on

I'll probably have to adjust it a little

bit there's a rule plus or minus buttons

on here in the panel that's how you

adjust the heading that it's holding

and it was the further out we're getting

the more speed we're getting so I may be

able to throttle back a little bit I

don't like right now we're at 2,000 rpms

which is actually pretty safe rpm for

this engine but I prefer to use

something a little bit lower

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yeah no rain yet however yeah taking a

look around the boat well she's Auto

piloting we're almost to be in the

channel now kind of like that new boot

that they put on there looks classy yeah

everything else looks pretty good I'm

happy thank you to the contractors thank

you to everyone else thanks to those who

didn't believe in me and all the haters

in the world just kidding there's no one

who hates me that I'm aware of if you

hate me let me know in the comments all

right so we've made our turn northward

GPS says that we'll be at the next

Waypoint at 5 o'clock and we'll put a

time there check it out everything

autopilot seems to be doing ok

about 4 degrees off right now let's

change that having two degrees to it see

what happens there you go

we'll let it do this thing for now can't

wait to get home

grabbed a room-temperature beer

therefore the journey get a little bit

wet unfortunately but we're almost there

the time keeps shrinking on the arrival

estimate so I'm happy with that every

minute you know saved is another minute

of daylight I get sunsets around 5:30

nowadays way too early if you ask me

they should change it

I should definitely change it next up on

the list after I get back I'm gonna have

to get the refrigerator replaced and the

plumbing redone

appropriate system I removed everything

all the old hardware I need to get new

hardware and

your tank and the water system still

needs to be worked on

all that'll come in a later video but

for now I'm happy with what we got done

here

stuff that I definitely couldn't have

done by myself you might be wondering uh

you know all these other YouTube

channels they they like to do it

themselves right but I'd rather pay a

professional to do the big stuff

correctly the first time

then accidentally damage it and end up

paying more for my mistake and anyway

that's all I have on that we're almost

to the next Waypoint I went the

autopilot drive the whole time

and it did a bang-up job frankly yeah

increase the throttle just a little bit

to get us there quicker

I am very happy with how is working and

couldn't ask for any better performance

out of it right now but that said it is

pretty combat here so we'll see how it

does on a rough day finally almost home

have a little bit of daylight but but

smooth sailing no actual rain cannot

believe it all right Elan back and got

the boat docked when I correct the lines

because right now they're kind of a

tangled mess and after that I'm gonna

plug in the boat go grab all my stuff

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