In this episode of Sailing A B Sea there's an unseen problem that could potentially cause big issues.

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Well that's not good there's obviously

some sort of electrical

discharge in the engine because that's

the only thing that the prop shaft is

connected to. That means calling in an

expert because that's way beyond me

So really we've got to now try and get

to Bodrum

or Marmaris as quickly as possible and get

that looked at otherwise

the prop shaft and the prop are just

going to be cactus and that's expensive

This was our anchorage last night and we

can confirm that the holding here

is mud, sand and small

pebbles it is thick on the anchor so

a really good place if there's a blow

even if it's a lee shore

if you've got an anchor that'll go in

and stay in, no worries

And we've just moved out to this

position here

there's a big boat ahead of us that's

anchored. This is the

northern end of Evia Island, this is

mainland Greece and we're heading

northeast. If we

scale out we're now at 24 miles so it's

about 24 miles

until we exit this channel and we're

hoping to get through here without any

wind coming in because it will come from

this direction

and that will create waves that we're

going to have to fight against

Then once we're out we are heading to

this island here called Skiathos which

is

48 miles away and that's roughly where

we're going to anchor

What you doing Baz? Well it's Saturday

morning so it's time to

put our latest video out to public on

YouTube

and then we've got to put it out onto

Facebook

and just basically ... Share the love

Share the love and answer comments and questions

Whoopsie we forgot to put the cameras on

when we were coming in here sorry

Yeah uh where is here? Here is Skiathos

very close to ... it's the little bay just

around from Skiathos town

We've chosen here because we didn't

really want to get into the hustle and

bustle of Skiathos town itself because

there's quite a few ferries and it gets

a bit

choppy when they come in and out - yeah

so this is a nice

spot we're in about seven metres of water

dropped into a patch of sand in between

sand and weed

and we've got 42 metres out which is

a scope of six to one

which means that when the Meltemi

starts blowing it like billy-oh

on Monday if the prediction is correct

we should be fabulously settled.

Coz it'll be coming from there

yeah and I've just dived the anchor and

it's dug in like a tick all you can see

is the roll bar and just the top of the

shaft so

And that's what we like to see - yeah

So yeah we'll be here for

a day or two

yeah yeah tomorrow and obviously we're

not going anywhere Monday if

it is windy. Well yeah unless it's really good windy

unless it's the perfect wind for us so we'll

take it. Yeah and then we're going south

Oh except we want to go to Skopilos

which is over there yeah

All right. All right! Beer time hey?

Tea time. A cup of tea

Many of you have asked about

the costs associated with

keeping A B Sea on the

hard at Livaditis boatyard

just north of Limni on Evia Island

in Greece for eight months

Let's start off with the haul out, the

hard stand

and the splash cost. The complete cost

for that

depending on the size of your vessel can

range from 300 to 500 euros

We paid 400 for that service. Being on

the hard

per month cost us 100 euros per month

and that

price range would vary depending on the

length of your vessel or whether you're

a monohull

or a catamaran. The onsite studios come

in two sizes

and the smaller studio apartment that we

stayed in

because we were staying over the winter

months and for quite a few months

cost us 150 euros per month with

electricity being extra

and we were charged 150 euros for

five months of electricity usage

Also while we were on the hard our

electricity usage was

metered at the boat as well and that was

charged

at 50 euros. So when you add that lot

together

Haul and splash was 400 euros

Eight months on the hard was 800 euros

five months in the apartment

was 750 euros

and the apartment and hard stand

electrical costs

combined were 200 euros

giving us a total of

2,150 euros which converts to

3,545 Australian dollars

If you're interested in keeping your

boat at Livadatis boatyard over the

winter

then I'll put Xaris's email address in

the description below this video

We're going out for a meal, we're going

out for meal, hahaha

No more water up the arse end

That's good

The gypsies are in town

We're going to get a brand new cover for

the seat and

the storage compartment made when we get

back to Turkey

Our longtime subscribers and patrons

Heather and John Drummond aka

The Old Travel Bums sent us a little bit

of a gift

and said when you get to your first

anchorage here's some cash

go and buy yourself a nice meal and a

nice bottle of wine

to celebrate going through the eight and

a half months of

maintenance and getting back in the

water successfully

yes and it wasn't a little bit of a gift

it was very generous - it was huge

thank you very much, very generous

So here we are in

Skiathos and the first anchorage we were

at last night was

not so special, I think this is very

special so we're going to find a nice

a nice restaurant here. Plenty to choose

from and they're all

begging for not literally begging but

they're so empty and there's hardly

anybody here at all

I mean this is the middle of July yeah

and the place is dead

but that's not going to spoil our meal

not tonight. Not tonight Josephine

And we've chosen this fish tavern

because um they've got a special on

anchovies at the moment so I

think we're going to have anchovies to start

So we were coaxed in by the owner of the

restaurant telling us that the anchovies

were on special

we've ordered them for our starter

Fried crispy - with a Greek salad and then we're

having the

mixed fish platter for two for main

and some white wine

And some lovely white. It's so exciting!

It's actually great and it's a lovely

view and the guy's really nice

I mean you know compared to where we

were three months ago

sweating and cursing and bleeding

and ... Well that was you ... stressing

about the bloody cutlass bearing

yeah here we are now in Skiathos

the engine is running perfectly. I've

been babying it now for two days

I'm going to keep my eye on it for a

week I think

just to be sure to be sure but

everything looks to be running great

and um we're doing okay

Yeah so after eight and a half months of staying

with us

while we've been on hard

this is us now bringing you

more beautiful islands and sailing yeah

so thank you for staying with us

yeah you did good

We'll show you the food when it arrives.

Oops, sorry!

the um anchovies were so tasty when they

arrived

we hooked into them before we remembered

to take a shot of them but they

are yummy yummy yummy

Oh okay Heather and John don't you wish

you were here?

we've got octopus uh this looks like

tuna

calamari and calamari over here

some sort of white fish which looks

yummy anyway and more calamari,

prawns, and more sardines YUM!

Yummo and that looks like sword fish

Oh this looks so good doesn't it?

Let's eat it before it gets cold! Chuckles

All righty

I'll need an antihistamine.

Mm? Antihistamine. You will.

Normally in July this is very very very busy

This year is uh

tragic. This is three years I work here

Yeah. This is the first year that it's very

very dead - c vir us

Last year I started 22 April

Yep. And I here one week only here. Wow

Only one week now? So this year will

be a very bad year for the islands

from I think ia not only from here

For all of the Aegean. Yeah I think.

What can you do? Nothing. Yeah. Just smile and enjoy yeah yes

Thank you, thank you very much

I am so stuffed - laughs

Pleasantly so. Yeah that was fantastic

that food was, I mean,

it's just so good having seafood

when you haven't had it for a long time

that was really good. It was

and it was just beautifully presented

and it was very well cooked and

Dimitrius, the guy that looked after us

was very attentive

and yeah it was great, everything was great

So back to the boat before it gets dark

it gets dark and then

I think i'm gonna have an early night tonight

Yeah it's been quite a big day actually

It's been a large day

I mean look the last

certainly the last week has been so

frenzied with big jobs

you know finalizing things

and then and then

last minute things that didn't work and

Baz having to

you know like pull his finger out in

an extra magical way and ... that sounds bad

Big laughs

but anyway you know what I'm saying

so we've got man stick

flanges and pulling his finger out in an

extra magical way

We're going good here, that's three for three!

Anyway so what we're saying is like it's

been really frenzied and

very stressful and

so busy with just - physically as well

hasn't it?

yeah mentally I think mentally we are just

tired and

all right really really pleased to be on

the move again yeah

it's great. I bet you are as well

Laughs

All right see ya see ya

And with our car

parked next to our hous

we are now back to

our anchorage

The town is just around that little

headland there

and this is what we're greeted with this

evening

A very nice sunset, no wind

not a lot of roll

and the perfect setting for a perfect

relaxing night's sleep

The next day after a great night's sleep

we upped anchor and we headed to

Alonnisos

When I was raising the anchor I noticed

that the last few metres of chain were

twisted

but I had no way at the time of

untwisting the chain

as you'll see when we drop anchor at

Alonnisos

this caused real problem

because the chain jumped completely off

the gypsy [Baz shouts "stand on the chain"]

and fell really quickly into the water

I couldn't hear Baz shouting at me to

jump into the anchor locker

onto the chain to stop it. I knew that if

I tried to catch the chain with my hands

I could do myself some real damage so I

waited until the rode was left

and when I saw this white rope I knew

that it would be easy enough for me to

catch hold of that

which I did and I was then able to pull

up

enough chain to get it back onto the

gypsy and wind it back with the windlass

You can see Baz putting on his dive gear

this morning, that's because he's going

down

to put a new anode on the prop shaft

because

um when I went to dive the anchor

yesterday I noticed that it had fallen

off

and we need an anode on there because it

just keeps it

safe from any stray electrical currents

because any two different types of metal

in the salt water

create a battery and exchange

ions and so you don't want the ions out

of your

stainless steel prop shaft exchanged

so that's why you use the anode because

it is

gives off its ions easier

Give me the anode - 2 pieces

Just the two pieces and

zip ties

Okay

Well that's not good um there's

obviously some sort of uh

electrical discharge in the engine

because that's the only thing that the

prop shaft is

connected to so we're gonna have to find

out

what that fault is and that's that that

means calling in an expert because

that's way beyond me, boat electronics

at that level

so really we've got to now try and get

to Bodrum

or Marmaris as quickly as possible and

get that looked at otherwise we're going

to get

the prop shaft and the prop are just going

to be cactus

and that's expensive

Right let's get

this show on the road

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