Saildrive Diaphragm Replacement | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵ [Boat Work]

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In this "Boat Work" video I replace the 26-year-old saildrive diaphragm seal on our boat. I disconnect the saildrive from the engine, move the engine forward, then remove the saildrive assembly from the boat. I then split the saildrive leg from the transmission and replace the diaphragm seal along with some associated gaskets and o-rings.
While I'm at it I replace the prop shaft seals and lower bearing housing o-rings on our Volvo Penta saildrive. I then reinstall all of the above ready for our launch, which went successfully: • We SPLASHED (and so di...
We saved $$$$ by doing this job ourselves & I share the mistakes I made during this job with you so that you can avoid making any of them! :-)
Whilst doing this job (on my own) Rossella, Emma (6 months old at the time) and I were living on board, up on top of a cradle, in a gravel car park, hundreds of miles away from our family. At the same time as filming this video, we were filming all the other jobs we were doing on the boat during our DIY refit (including filming separate sections of video about this job) AND editing AND uploading DAILY videos to our KZfaq Channel. We were sleep-deprived, and although we must have been crazy to take on all of the above, we are very proud that we were able to achieve everything that we did in that period.
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Please Note In this description I (Chris) am using the singular, but, for the record, I could not have done any of this work if it wasn't for Rossella doing a wonderful job with all of the things she was doing during this crazy period. We do everything as a team and Rossella's hard behind-the-scenes work is absolutely essential in allowing me to make videos like this, so here's a big thank you to Rossella!
Useful links, including free PDF downloads on how to do this job can be found here: / 23183271 (This is a free post publicly accessible to anyone)
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@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hello there you wonderful bunch of people! Here is a link to a FREE / PUBLIC post on Patreon, where you can download PDF documents about doing this job: www.patreon.com/posts/23183271 Thank you very much for watching, if you want us to keep making videos you can join our 🌟Patreon Crew🌟 for as little as $1 per month, to help us keep making videos. Otherwise, give this video a thumbs up and share it somewhere: on a forum, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, email a mate, whatever you like - just share it! YOU can help us grow and give us the incentive to keep making videos. Thank you! Fair winds, Chris, Rossella & Emma 😊

@Kampup 5 жыл бұрын

what size it your boat? lenght, beam, standing room? cheers

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

@@Kampup Hi there, it's a Bavaria 350: sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bavaria-350 Cheers, Chris 👍

@umcosta 4 жыл бұрын

By far, one of the best hands-on-diy videos out there. Honest, detailed, no stock-media look-a-like. Thanks for the work and keep it up!

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marcos! Cheers, Chris 👍

@SenatorPerry 5 жыл бұрын

I know my gratitude doesn't pay the bills, but I am really thankful for the work you and your family does to include us in your lives.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there, we love all our viewers, especially those who take the time to comment so supportively. We're sure that in time we will be able to grow our Patreon Crew to the point that makes our Channel financially sustainable, and any of our viewers who share our videos help us achieve this. If you would take the time to share this video then we would be immensely grateful. Fair winds! Chris, Rossella & Emma 🙂

@shaneharvey1026 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best, that is to say thorough, clear and well explained, "how to" sailboat maintenance videos I've seen. Well done and thank you. Happy sails!

@dapman2007 5 жыл бұрын

Chris, Just like to add my gratitude to the rest. A very real demonstration of work on a boat in a confined space. I'm about to embark on this task and there is a lot of very useful stuff here. Thank you

@stuartmcmichael5250 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experiences in the servicing and maintenance of your yacht. Having just found your video channel I’m catching up with your videos. Thank guys and as for Admiral Emma for supervising the work.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛵️

@billiondollardan 5 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful service you've done for do-it-yourselfers out there

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Dan, we love helping people and we know how useful it would have been for us to see a video like this before we did this job! Fair winds, Chris, Rossella & Emma 😊

@seanryder7431 5 жыл бұрын

Great work well done. Lovely to watch a REAL replacement instead of a bench type demonstration

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sean 👍

@wings4078 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid !!thanks ! wish I was there to give you a hand……….no head banging music,no dropped cameras,thanks aguain !

@richardtruesdell8289 5 жыл бұрын

You are a loving dad and husband and I love to see you interact with your precious baby. You have a great family and look forward to more videos of your journey.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard! Children are such a blessing and their natural joy and love for the world can teach us adults a lot about life... Welcome aboard and fair winds! Chris 😊

@ivainmartinossi7529 Жыл бұрын

Done! Oh my, it was some work. Definitely not a one mad job for me, there was some heavy lifting involved... but a 2-man 3-days job. Your video was invaluably helpful and saved us so much trouble. Cheers!

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

🙏👍

@jackneff179 5 жыл бұрын

you give clear instructioins as to what you are doing in each job....the sign of a good military man...thanks for your service.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeff. Chris 👍

@flynndex8844 3 жыл бұрын

Great video on the DIY saildrive diaphragm replacement...perfect level of detail and nice to see you and your family included.

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Chris 👍

@ronkoenig4145 2 жыл бұрын

Very well presented and timely as I am going to inspect a 39 year old 27 foot boat for purchase which has a saildrive unit. I now have a few more things to look for and a few more questions to ask of the owner. While I most likely would not try a renovation, as you have done, I now can appreciate the work required if I have it done by a ship engineering company. Thanks again.

@marktheurer00 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Top notch work mate! Very well documented and organized. You will be both an inspiration and a HUGE help to me - a first time boat owner (Lippincott 30 with OCM Zepher sail drive made in the USA). Best of luck.

@TERRIBLYBRITISH 5 жыл бұрын

This was another great video from you Chris. It's one thing doing all the work it's another thing editing it all. Well done.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

The editing on this was a killer. Once I had finished this monster I had about 10 or 15 failed exporting attempts and in the end I had to reduce the quality to 720p to get the video file without glitches. So many hours... I hope this helps people! Fair winds, Chris 👍

@eriknordlund 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I am currently working up the courage to get into this job and I feel so much better after watching this excellent walk through. Again, thank you so much for making this video!

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Erik. Good luck with the job! 👍

@nearlynativenursery8638 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work and thanks for sharing your mechanical knowledge.

@aljotock 5 жыл бұрын

You are such an inspiration! Many thanks

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Don't forget to subscribe 😉 Chris 👍

@gunnarhaldorsen4185 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Thanks from Norway!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Gunnar Haldorsen Cheers Gunnar! 👍

@spelunkerd 5 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant demonstration, thanks for those small details, and for including the locking wire oversight. When you considered applying heat to the aluminum housing to get the sea cock off, I remembered a few disasters I've had doing automotive repair through the years. Heat and aluminum don't go so well, I've stripped out aluminum threads frozen to steel bolts more than once.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there, that is a great compliment coming from you, thank you! I was being careful with the Aluminium as it is delicate. If things had gone wrong a helicoil could have been an option, but I had enough on my plate already whilst filming this, so fortunately that wasn't needed. :-) Comments on KZfaq are fantastic as it give the world a chance to peer review videos like this for the benefit of everyone, so thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. Cheers, Chris 👍

@Servant_of_Christ 5 жыл бұрын

Good job, I enjoyed watching!

@randyowens2717 5 жыл бұрын

Great job! Love ya Emma!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Randy! Emma is our little superstar :-)

@curtisdietz9434 4 жыл бұрын

Hello From Nova Scotia! I have a 110s that needs doing and have been putting off due to the daunting nature of it. This is just so invaluable, and gives my confidence to do this a huge boost. For all their detractors, my md7a with sail drive has never let us down and gives incredible fuel economy. I owe her some TLC. Many, many thanks.

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Curtis, and hello to beautiful Canada! (I adore Canada and imagine Nova Scotia must be a fantastic place to sail) I'm very glad to hear that this video will help you look after your saildrive. We love helping people so it's very satisfying to get comments like this. Cheers, Chris 👍

@dougmrak784 2 жыл бұрын

absolutely great great video

@Cheesemeister1977 5 жыл бұрын

You wait for ever for a Volvo penta sail drive replacement video then two come along at once. Thanks Chris for your take on the procedure. #spiffy

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

😂 Cheers Matthew! 👍

@sailinghector6323 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks for posting and explaining it all so well.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Nick. Cheers, Chris 👍

@diegobiljan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the exhaustive representation, I solved my problem with galvanic currents...top.-..

@JohnJones-oq6ty 4 жыл бұрын

Hey there, thanks for this video and the pro tip on tying the saildrive to the keel... I just did a saildrive replacement and it was super valuable in helping me get the spline shaft of the drive aligned with the engine.

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John, I'm glad I could be of assistance and that the job went well for you. Cheers, Chris

@oboefliks 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this excellent video, it helps me to understand my own engine and saildrive.

@darrelwalters 5 жыл бұрын

Well informed video - well done and thank you for producing it .

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Darrel 👍

@klotzbruno 4 жыл бұрын

Großes Kino - Danke

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Dance schön! Chris 👍

@mikeh9882 2 жыл бұрын

Hi great detail. You make this look simple, but in reality this is highly skilled, with some great improvisation. Thanks

@l1ttleedd1e 4 жыл бұрын

This is a really great video, you have a very engaging way of explaining how to do things. My sail drive seal is due to be replaced this year and we will certainly your video. Thank you so much. Fair winds to Family Britaly!

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dianne, thank you very much. If you need a hand with anything I offer technical assistance by videocall. If you get stuck with something I can help you resolve it in just a few minutes: sailingbritaly.com/videocalls Cheers, Chris (plus Rossella & Emma) ⛵️👍

@jond4532 3 жыл бұрын

Great video 👏. I love your practical approach finding random tools that do the task, and thorough attention to detail .

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jon, Chris

@mikecress3297 5 жыл бұрын

Learned a lot, and got my Emma fix. I'm good!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike! 👍

@lutzweb 3 жыл бұрын

26 years and it is in such a good shape1 THAT RELAX me a lot if I miss of some month the 7 year replacement schedule...

@aleksanderkastelic2214 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo very good knowledge...

@flyingdutchman6984 5 жыл бұрын

Watching this makes me happy I don't have a saildrive. Great job keeping the video family friendly. I would have taken the opportunity to get some line cutters installed. Fair winds Chris & family.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

😂 We have a fishing line cutter installed - a.k.a. the 'poor man's line cutter'! Cheers, Chris, Ro & Emma 👍

@sam-bartlett Жыл бұрын

Excellent video THANK YOU.

@SailingBritaly Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Sam. God bless. :-)

@Kimdino1 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I had seen this in February, just before I changed mine. It would have been a great help, especially as I didn't know what I as going to come across & needed to have everything to hand before I started. This would have been a very helpful video. Hope you had a good year on the water.

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Shame you missed this but I’m glad you got yours done. It would definitely be a lot easier the second time round as, like any job, you learn best by doing. Fair winds mate, Chris 👍

@randyowens2717 5 жыл бұрын

I like your knowledge and techniques!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Owen!

@simonhall5175 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your detailed step by step information, I'm replacing mine next month and your video is an absolute gold mine of information 👍. I'm truly thankful for your time and hard work in recording this. SV Trigger Happy

@user-zk3cx1ww1p 3 жыл бұрын

Please Simon give me the adress of the store you will buy the elastic diaphragm, o rings ,etc. Here in Greece they do no stock old parts. My Rassy 26 haw a saildrive too, and children feel ready to be sailors...

@simonhall5175 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-zk3cx1ww1p Mechanical Services - Volvo Penta Osprey Quay 19 Mereside Portland DT5 1PY

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Simon, good luck with the job and if you would like a hand with anything I offer one-to-one video call assistance. Cheers, Chris 👍

@thomasstieglitz5917 3 ай бұрын

Great vid thanks!

@SailingBritaly 3 ай бұрын

Our pleasure! :-)

@anton_wahrby Жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@SailingBritaly Жыл бұрын

Than you Anton! Chris 👍

@buzzbladz7142 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Job well done. Thanks

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍

@sergiosallenave1635 Жыл бұрын

Very good . I heve the same problem of refrigerations with this plug .

@pauleldridge9721 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul. :-)

@simergr 4 жыл бұрын

Great job you've done and you should be proud of your self. Only one thing for next time when you put back steel bolts under sea level always deep them in marine grade grease first so next time they will come off easily and reduces galvanic corrosion too. I have worked with outboards for some time professionally and instructions are clear about using grease to every bolt except those that are on the engine like head bolts. Greetings from Greece and thank you.

@Medwaydroneexploration 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys, Even though i'll likely never change a sail drive diaphragm in my life i still found it interesting all the way through, gives me an idea how boats work :) Great to see my Drone footage still coming in handy too :) Emma's laugh is so funny :) Catch up soon Garreth

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Garreth! Never say never, you might own a boat with a saildrive one day... Your drone footage is excellent mate! I look forward to seeing you again soon. Cheers, Chris 👍

@igorgusev9827 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job! Thanks a lot

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Igor 👍

@karlsitell 3 жыл бұрын

Very impressive and informative. I did learn a lot! Thanks

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Karl :-) 👍

@johninerie9251 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent job - I, like you, prefer to do things myself - I think it is unlikely that another person doing this in a shop would have spent as must time and care making sure everything was throughly cleaned before reinstalling. Yep it will take you twice if not three times as long doing it yourself but it’s worth it - and these videos are an immense help for the next DIY’er to know what they are getting into before starting a job and the shop manual never has all the information you need when the parts aren’t new and pristine. Keep up the good work!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you John! 🙂

@patricklindahl868 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice work! I have been doing this a couple of times, when I was working in a small boat workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden. I saw some things that should be adressed sometimes in the future: 1) Control wires are brown = very old and often rusty inside the shield. They tend to break exactly in the middle of a maneuver. I would recommend new low friction wires. They are often black nowadays 2) When you have the shock absorbers loose, consider get a new pair. If they are 26 years old as well, the rubber often separates from the steel and then they do no good. 3) The fuel hose was reinforced plastic hose, that get extremely stiff by the diesel oil. It should be replaced by a oil resistent rubber hose, preferable of a type that don't generate static electricity. You have a very good engine, VP 2003, but unfortunately the spare parts are discontinued by Volvo Penta. So take good care of it, never overheat it and change the oil one time too often, it's never wrong to have clean oil, whatever the instruction manual or your boat neighbor says. At least once a year despite running time.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Patrick, thank you for watching and commenting with your intelligent observations. I was aware of the fuel hose before I bought the boat and at the time of filming this video I had already bought the replacement. A proper diesel-greade fuel hose has now been fitted (it's in one of our more recent videos). Thanks again for commenting, which helps any other viewers reading this, as well as us. Fair winds! Chris 👍 (plus Rossella & Emma 🙂)

@PaulusPHM 5 жыл бұрын

Cool video, reminds me of my days in aviation training back in 1970's

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

@kriiigern777 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I love to learn about boats. So thank you for being my teacher :D Sorry you had to run into the issues with the sail-drive (the prop and all).... But you pulled it off literary.. Well done!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bjørn! If you know anyone else who might appreciate this then please share our channel with them kzfaq.info Cheers, Chris 👍

@alainbourjolly8245 4 жыл бұрын

merci pour cette video instructive; on se sent un peu plus preparé a changer le joint par ns meme; cheers

@brockallentaylor 5 жыл бұрын

Damn! That thing was a real pain! Thanks for sharing!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching & commenting Brock 👍

@josipbrezac5824 3 жыл бұрын

nice description professional work- Bravo

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

@habibi-boat4574 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect job, thank you very much for this very detail oriented video. I'll do the same job in August for my boat in Arabic. By

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck with he job! 👍

@gimamotor 11 ай бұрын

Great job as you did it as first time, and great child!! Just to know... Volvo penta recall to put 15w40 oil in SD

@diegomendez2008 Жыл бұрын

Hello body, thanks you very much for this video, it is really awesome. I disassamble my saildrive years ago and really here you are describing very detailed all the things that you have to keep in mind when you want to do it, Again thank you very much.

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

My pleasure Diego! 👍

@dougmrak784 2 жыл бұрын

ok great video

@russell1048 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video appreciate

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

🙏👍

@bigglesone7673 5 жыл бұрын

I did my saildrive 7 years ago so our Bavaria 36 is due a change again this year. Like Chris I am a retired RAF aircraft engineer and well taught in the useful skills for this job (although my experience of aircraft is probably a couple of generations before Chris's!) But this video is a useful reminder of the sequence and pitfalls of the operation. The Bavaria does not have such good access as his boat but I was able to remove our engine completely which made life easier although it did involve disconnecting the engine entirely with the subsequent necessary reconnections and engine bleeding etc.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there, thank you for watching & commenting. I'm sure it will be a lot easier for you this next time round as you've already done the job once. I couldn't find any videos like this out there before I did ours, so I hope that this will be of value to other boat owners who like to do their own boat work. I personally believe that the trade training at Cosford (or Halton as I believe it was before) is amongst the best in the world. I have certainly never seen anything anywhere near as professional anywhere in the commercial world, despite working for a variety of oil & gas companies with vast budgets. Fair winds! Chris 👍

@billgiles3261 5 жыл бұрын

Biggles One I was at Halton back in 1960 aged 15 on a 3-year apprenticeship. I worked on a whole host of aircraft, now all obsolete! I took up sailing in Gib where we lived next to the Sailing Club on the harbour (now filled in). As you say the RAF Training was second to none and set me up with long lasting skills which I am using sixty years on. Good luck with your project and hope that you and your young family have a great sailing adventure.

@CadohaAdventures 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, really easy to follow along. 👌🏻

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carly & Dom, you guys have a great channel and will do very well indeed! Chris 👍

@CadohaAdventures 4 жыл бұрын

Sailing Britaly well as long as our family and friends can follow our travels through the videos and not get too bored watching, that'll do, anything else is a bonus. We too have a sail drive and I have to say, judging how pristine your old one looked, I'm not going to panic too much that ours is dated 2010, although if I do find the nerve to tackle job myself, I'll be sure to bung you £50 to say thanks for the tutorial, and you can hold me to that 😁🍹

@johnperry7534 5 жыл бұрын

Great Work mate Very practical good engineering mate! That thing will last forever because you've done a great job. I've had a boatyard do the same job and leaked straight away and they said it's fine and normal to leak (until the oysters grow and stop the leak that is) So you have aced it really good work .

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you John! 👍

@davywatt9367 11 ай бұрын

Well put together video and very informative spot on repair

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@seanthomas3181 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video on a job I have to do.

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad this was useful Sean, buon lavoro! Chris 👍

@akkemik 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man you are awesome and i tired when i was watching. Now i'm start to think how can i do with mine! well done! You got me and will check all your vlogs. best

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard Murat 😊

@johncollins5021 5 жыл бұрын

I like your vids very useful.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! 👍

@bobrose7900 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Looking at your costs including the propeller it seem to be very good value. A result! Alignment of engine and splined input shaft seemed to go too easily... luck or judgement but rotating the prop shaft whilst in gear would get over any issues. Sealants and gaskets don't usually mix but you've got experience of this with your engineering history. Nice professional job, well done!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Bob Rose Hi Bob, thank you. Positioning the saildrive leg and holding it in position with lines and the stand below was judgement, manually lifting the engine up and sliding it aft straight onto the shaft was pure luck! Cheers, Chris 👍

@WilkoVehreke 11 ай бұрын

Impressive!

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

🙏

@veleiropedepano5377 Жыл бұрын

Good job! Very didatic and profissional Regards from Brazil

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

🙏

@geabyrne 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! The seal is only to control the amount of water so!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@stefanoalioto8160 5 жыл бұрын

Complimenti....sei un temerario per fare questo lavoro tutto da solo!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Grazie Stefano, farlo e una cosa: registrarlo e un altro!... Sono aperto alle opinioni di tutto il mondo. Ci vuole piu' corraggio a metterti in piazza cosi, che a fare il lavoro. :-) Grazie, Chris 👍

@stefanoalioto8160 5 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBritaly Riflettevo che avresti potuto usare la drizza di randa per aiutarti a tenere il blocco motore in linea ed evitarti di fare tutta la fatica con i pali di legno per rimettere il motore in linea.

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

L'ho pensato anch'io, ma in realta' non era possibile perche la cima sarebbe arrivato da 1 metro in avanti dal centro di gravita' del motore. Invece di sollevarlo, lo avrebbe tirato verso la prua...

@yusuftopalogluizmir 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video with lots of interesting information thank you for sharing

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, subscribe for more! Chris 👍

@damianmullin 2 жыл бұрын

You're very calm I would be effing, beeing and ceeing throughout! Lol.

@jjrevelry7913 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Watching your removal of the Saildrive made me recall the old, super helpful, Haynes Manual 'instruction' - refitting is the reverse of removal! ;-)

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Love those Haynes Manuals... 🙂👍

@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I love your videos. They are very informative. I'm saving them for future reference. I like your DIY approach. I'm on the hunt for a boat myself However is quiet difficult so look at boats right due to the covid19 restrictions. I got my eyes on a Ohlson 38. Thanks for Sharing.

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Luis, thank you! A lot can be done remotely, including negotiating on a boat. We have done this many times and have agreed substantial price reductions (well over 30%) from the comfort of our home. Funnily enough I'm currently launching a course on this very subject: www.boatbuyingblueprint.com Cheers, Chris

@cblandblueyonder 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this. We are in the process of renewing the diaphragm on our Bavaria 35. I noticed that you seemed to have solid engine mounts with no rubber bushing - ours has the original, which are rubber, and presumably take some of the loadings. The rear hole, which you had to pack out, is still circular on ours, (despite a lot of use!), and I wondered if this might be related to the fact that the rubber mounts provides some give on ours, so there is less stress on that bolt hole.

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Our mounts do have rubber sections too, but my "stress test" was too much for the stbd one. The packing on the rear mount is still perfect. 🙏 Best regards, Chris 👍

@robertoeser 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you very much! My only access point is through the engine door, so I will have to pull out the engine completely.

@alfred7350 10 ай бұрын

Very good vid mate, can tell you have an engineers mind 👍

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

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@digitalfantazia3953 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video Chris. I havent got a saildrive as I am on outboards and propshafts but if I did I would be watching your video. :) for tips. A good comprehensive chapter. Had a very worrying incident once with a propshaft. Both jibsheets fell over each side of boat while underway because our charter co forgot to put figure of 8 knots on bitter end of sheets after last hire and we overlooked it...duh.... Anyway upshot was (sods law) that they both got wrapped round prop and ripped the gearbox mounting plate off the engine face, causing the prop shaft to slid down inside the outer shaft tube a few inches. Not nice at 8pm at night when the wind drops in the Med. Thankfully it didnt bend the shaft or slide and drop into the med and fill the boat and leak...!!!!. No idea what impact it would have on a saildrive leg in the bottom of boat..... so worth knowing from our mistake. Always put a stop knot in end of jib sheets if they go far enough to back of boat to be near the prop. If your ever up our way send me a ping. Fair winds David

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi David, thank you for your comment and for sharing your experience with the jib sheet / prop encounter, it only takes a minute for a trip to go from super chilled to oh flip! Sunny Blackpool will always be "home" for me :-) Fair winds, Chris 👍

@gjardar 5 жыл бұрын

Very good and instructional video. Can you help us with a complete shopping list including the o-ribgs?

@Bowman339 2 ай бұрын

A method to get the sail drive lined up to the housing is really long bolts. Then swap them out for the correct bolts as you line it up.

@davestrong6472 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job, your RAF training paid off. I think I would have packed silicone grease between the two seals. Dave

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! The fitting instructions are pretty adamant about leaving the diaphragm seal dry under the clamping ring. It's dry so I'm very happy. 👍

@davestrong6472 5 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t clear, I meant to say place silicon grease between the two seals on the propeller shaft. This will help lube the seal on the water side. Love your channel and supper cute baby. Dave

@sxmNice 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thanks. BTW, I changed this seal on a friend's boat. We used the main sheet hoist to lift the engine (thru the companionway). I think its an interesting alternative to the use of wedges.

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Georges, that was my first choice too but the geometry was wrong on our boat and the engine would have come too far forwards (without taking the woodwork apart). This was easy enough, it probably looks harder in the video than it was in real life. Cheers, Chris

@andysutils 3 жыл бұрын

Good lord. I didn't even know what one of these were and I'm about to buy a fairly modern but small mid 90s boat in a few months time!

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service! Good luck with your purchase and if you need a hand with any refit work we offer one-to-one assistance via video calls. Cheers, Chris

@jeffbiesenberger749 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and thank you for posting. While you are at it may I advise you change your brass screens in your air intake silencer on your Volvo. Over 20 years ours fatigued and then got sucked into the #1 cylinder requiring us to remove the head. We replaced with a K&N air filter with foam interior to avoid headache again.

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome. Thank you for your advice regarding the air intake silencer - we can all learn from each other. Chris 👍

@antonynr 5 жыл бұрын

Hi - I changed mine last year - used a winch to drag the engine forward, rather than levering it. A tip for next time (which I expect you will have forgotten about in 7 years) Set up a Spanish windlass between the keel and the saildrive before you start and tension it - this will keep the drive level as you move the engine forward and save you from using levers on mating faces!

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Anthony, the mating faces were intact as I was being gentle whilst levering. As always, doing this a second time round would take half the time (or in my case less than a quarter of the time as I won't be filming it again!) I used a trucker's hitch from the keel to the saildrive in the latter part of the video to achieve the same end and it worked a treat. It literally took about 10 minutes to get the engine and drive engaged with no help from anyone. If I was to do this job again I would use the same tachnique to maintain the position of the saildrive whilst moving the engine forward by hand (In the end I found I could just manhandle it around wherever I wanted it). Cheers, Chris

@Taureau13000 5 жыл бұрын

Hello .. I'am French and i don't speak very well English , but i'have seing all this excellent vidéo. Thank's

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there, that is very nice to hear, merci boucoup. We will be travelling through the French canals down to the Mediterranean and we are looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful country. Fair winds, Chris 👍

@Taureau13000 5 жыл бұрын

Your French is better than my English. I'am from Méditerranée and my boat is in Marseille. Happy to see you in my country. @@SailingBritaly

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

My French is definitely not better than your English! :-) I look forward to learning some French during our trip through the canals. We are planning to enter the Med around Marseille so we will be pretty close at some point in the future... 🙂

@mmanut 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent How To Video. U have such A very Happy Baby & A Beautiful Wife‼️👍👍⛵️. Vi

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I am a very lucky man and I count my blessings every day! Cheers, Chris 👍

@omvaren 3 жыл бұрын

excellent video, thank you! I am especially grateful for you not using stupid free music!

@SailingBritaly 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 👍

@davidjparrott4875 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there Chris fantastic Video ,watched it several times before I did the job on my boat which went very well thanks , one question ,you used a product called CT! to re-install the lower saildrive rubber was it successful ,did it stand the test of time ?

@Etvi Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very useful video. Only now I realized that it seemed as your prop anode was painted over with the antifoul. Hence, the anode was cut off from the water and the propeller got corroded. The kind of things that do not appear obvious until you learn by experience.

@roanjovitaro9013 4 ай бұрын

Fantastisk god video tak jeg har selv en bandholm 27 dansk sejlbåd med samme system

@SailingBritaly 2 ай бұрын

My pleasure mate, fair winds! Chris 👍

@ralph9987 3 жыл бұрын

Bloody awesome mate. What was of the prop coating? Keep up the good work!

@moonshine3333 5 жыл бұрын

I really am no engineer but remember helping my Dad put a gearbox back into a car and had a real problem getting the gearbox spline to mate into the flywheel. If that makes sense did you get lucky because if the shaft didn’t align I’m not sure what you’d do. Turn the engine over by hand? You really are very talented 👍

@SailingBritaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there, the main problem with this (as was seen on removal where it took a while to split the saildrive and engine) is keeping the saidrive and engine aligned - the saildrive can move around quite a lot and if it's not supported then it tends to drop down at the fwd end, this small angle of misalignment then makes it difficult for the splines to disengage (or engage on the way back in). When I was mating up the two the saildrive was held steady and at the correct height by the lines and support outside the boat, so as I lifted the engine and moved it backwards the splines were aligned. There is very little rotational resistance in the transmission and I believe the splined saildrive input shaft could be rotated by hand if necessary, however I believe that anyone who has trouble getting the engine and saildrive to mate is far more likely to be dealing with angular misalignment as outlined above, rather than rotational misalignment of the splines. Thank you! Chris 👍

@pearlwinston5033 4 жыл бұрын

Thats number one on my to do list too but here in belgium we have to have it done by a Volvo penta mechanic otherwise the insurance won't cover anymore ... ! Will be around $1200 or so ... better have it replaced than to be sorry ! Nice work love your videos very helpfull!! new sub ;)

@SailingBritaly 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! Wow, those are some picky insurers. We had an insurance company insist on a survey (which I did myself prior to purchase) around a year ago. Rather than pay £500 for a survey which we didn't need, we just changed insurance company to an underwriter who didn't insist on seeing a survey for the boat. This may not always be an option but sometimes 'voting with your feet' can be a good option. Britaly is in Belgium now, so there will be videos of that at some point. Cheers, Chris 👍