My sailing instructor told me that non-swimmers can operate hand pumps much faster than people who can swim.

I've had a 34' wooden boat for many years and you learn to deal with leaks quite often.. a good trick for small leaks is to have some sawdust in a jar or container and tip it into the water near the leak, the leak will ingest the sawdust into the hole and seal the leak. Another trick is where you have the water inlet for the motor pump, I put a T fitting and valve with a fitting and have a hose to reach any part of the boat to use as a pump if needed. Always Always have several different types and sizes of pumps both hand-operated and power operated as you may not always have power. I'm also ex RAN (Royal Australian Navy) and we have to learn how to seal leaks on ships etc.. and do a 1 week course on leak sealing.. always keep lots of rags, corks and pieces of rubber, band clamps and rope/string for sealing leaks.. Make a Leak kit!... You will never know when you will need it.!!

*Sailing* *Nahoa* : Here is how you stop your boat from sinking *ME* (living in a landlock country & gets sea sick very easily) : ahh yeees... I need to know this.

Me: *doesn't have a boat* Also me: "this is interesting"

My sailing instructor always said "There is no pump more efficient than a scared man with a bucket"

Hand pump first 10 gallons: 1:28 2nd 10 gallons: 3:00 3rd 10 gallons: 5:00 4th 10 gallons: My arms are falling off, get in the life raft.

18:40 the most efficient way to use the hand-pump is to pull a little bit slower and pull all the way until the handle hits its stopping point, then all the way back down and not pumping inbetween points. You will double your output. I've done this for decades. Love your videos!! ☺👍👍

I really enjoyed this. I recognised a few of these from previous videos. Insane. Really brings it home seeing those wrecks. Must be horrific to experience. I guess it keeps you on full alert and at optimum performance. No room for error. I think what you both do is incredible. Thanks for always bringing us for the ride! All the best!

How to stop your boat from sinking. - "Keep the water on the outside."

Great content once again. Thanks Ben for another serious sailing topic.

I love boating! Bought my first boat this summer for the lake me and my family have had so much fun tubing skiing and swimming this year, I don't know anything about sailing or even boating in the oceans but this video was absolutely awesome as well as you guys way of life! Keep it up and stay floating!

You guys are awesome! My dad taught me to take a huge automotive car wash sponge along in the canoe so you don't have to pull over and empty all gear to dump water. My friends kept asking me to use my sponge because they got tired of pulling over on river bed and emptying gear to get water out. A lot of water got in the boats when we played a game with an empty 2-liter bottle. You fill it up, paddle past another canoe, then slip it into the center and they struggle to get to it and stop it from pouring out into floor. It was a blast.

I guess in another life I must've been a sailor or youtube wants me to start because this is now the 5th sailing channel for me.

Should install a protective skeg ahead of the sail drive to help deflect any submerged objects.

Very humbling video with all the wrecks; but also very good information. I always enjoy your videos. Infortainment factor is always high. Thanks for your efforts and time.

Congrats to both of you, can't wait to see you back on the water again.

11:16 always a GREAT idea to be in between a moving boat and a dock

My advice to anyone owning a boat is to keep at least 1 roll of Mariner Tape on board. It only take a very small leak on a boat to sink it, Mariner Tape can make quick work of sealing it, even under water. Great video as always guys!

Both of you are very knowledgeable, it shows. Safe travels

Very inspiring, makes one wanna get a boat, a bottle of Rum and going on an epic journey. Super cool videos, keep it up and stay safe!

That water looks so amazing!

That engine cooling pump should have a change over valve to switch to bilge pump mode within seconds

That was a really well done video. Thank you for addressing this topic. Happy Trails 🤠

Awesome episode y’all. I have missed you guys. Congrats on the baby. We had our baby also on April 15. We just purchased a fixer upper 33’ hunter. See you guys out there some day maybe.

I feel sad when i see the boat undee water like that was someones dream

I've gotta say I was surprised how fast you manually pump😉

Also a nice trick is to use your sail and get it over the hole then lash it. Helps to stem the flow. I actually used to have a patch panel worked great on another boat. My boat was a tank 1972 Columbia 30 1 inch thick solid fiberglass hull. Great job guys.

I love the idea of using the engine water pump to pump out from the bilge. Never thought of that before, thanks!

German coast guard rookie: 'What are you sinking about?'

Boat builders should make that “rudder” with a hinge and a pin that breaks off on impact, or something like that to save the boat from tearing a hole. The sailors would carry spare pins and clips to replace the broken one and resume sailing. My idea is probably simplistic, but they’re brilliant engineers, am sure they can figure out something along those lines. The water pump is definitely a life saver

During a small flood (reverse siphon from a through hull) I grabbed the pump in the shower basin and put it in the bilge. Worked!

Great video. Another great example of how to save your boat was filmed by Sailing Nandji. The crash pump that got loaned to them as well as having some epoxy and glass for repairs was the difference between a total loss and limp to a marina to make repairs! Another example was from Beau & Brandy Sailing where they had some fishermen give them some epoxy that could set up in a wet environment. Cheers!

#16. personal best! good episode, so thnx for that.

When does a boat become a submarine ? When you don’t have a high flow pump

Ahhh...the old tie a line to the wrench trick! I've done that before..after diving down for the one I dropped. Really enjoy your content, thank you guys!

What a thrill to consider the ever-present dangers, and also scary as hell to think I might not have handled the seacock replacement with aplomb like you two! Great stories, as always :)

This video is PUMPING!

That High end Pump you used is what we call a sump pump and there Mains Power and soler powered as well and very cheap to buy in Thailand from most shops now. : Ps why not have a tarp so you can block the hole if possible from out side the Ship to slow the sea water and give the pumps a better chance of clearing the water until you get help ?????????.

i feel so at home with you....i spent a lot of time on the water....you are going great...never stop

Hey there. We also live on a boat. It's awesome watching yall. This is crazy. We are on a trawler, but love your catamaran. This is great! Yall have a great week

You have two hulls, two high volume pumps would be nice. I understand cost and storage are limitations. Great vlog!!!!

Great great content...thank you!!

guys! great vid! I carry an old 4 stroke mini trash pump with 1" hose...it pumps like a non swimmer all day long! also have a manual pump like yours but 2x bigger...each stroke pumps half a gallon. bam! capt. Lawnboy!

You guys are awesome! Only glad to be doing work on your boat here in phuket!!!!!!

👍Very cool, interesting & educational. Thank you. 💝

God everytime i see this type of video. I think its happening for real. Glad to know your safe lol

My sailing instructor said leave lots of sea room to reefs - like miles away - especially at night.

20 min video full of vlogs. This will help me while i am stuck on my boat that is sinking

I've seen two, one close, one complete disaster. Sailing into Freedom lost their beautiful Cat, and you can see it all on KZfaq, it was a couple years ago in Australia. The other boat , I'm not sure I could find it, but they sailed into an Atoll at night, sailing just barely within inches over the reef. Woke up in the AM, looked at a recording of their path, compared to sat photos,and realized the CHARTS WERE WRONG ! Seems like maybe Catalpa as I remember they had family, kids and such. After that I found out from Nandji that you can get an overlay satellite photo , over a chart, and see where the chart errors are , its an app ? Orpheus or something like that. Might be apple only as I couldn't get it to work. Best option is to heave to and brave the swells till daylight, not worth losing your boat ! And then there's Nanji which came in late, too late to dive a line they were tied to which came loose and put them on the reef, completely out of the water. They were able to save the boat, a tough boat. Cats are not so tough usually.

I'm surprised the boats haven't been stripped of their stuff.

Thanks a lot for taking the trouble to demonstrate the different ways. Deep down I always knew there was something you could do with the water intake of the engine, now I know! :-)

Fantastic video! Love the engine water pump idea. Hope I never need to do that but good to know!

The front “section” is called the Forepeak Tank and the actual wall there is called the Collision Bulkhead

"If you need one, take two" :)

I really enjoyed this. You guys are great🙂

I lived a dramatic experience in a sailboat 30 years ago. No motor, no bilge pump. In the middle of an storming night, a cutted rope pull off the shaft under the water and appeared a water source, wich starts to fulling the boat. Me and my friends did spend 12 hours pumping of eater with a handpump. The handpump saved our lives, I am sure, but I think that it were should been better if in the boat we carried on a little and portable gasoline generator and a portable hight flow pump. thanks for your demo Ben.

Seeing people's dreams like this, it breaks my heart.

Oh my God!!!!! I would seriously have to taken to emergency, just because of the nervous breakdown I would get!!!!

Love your videos ! Have fun with your new 'land duties' ... it'll be the best ride of your life ! Safe travels =) All the way from Quebec city.

I love this channel because you explain things and I listen.. like we been friends forever lol

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love that vids guys. You young , funny and naughty 🎶🎶🎶🎶

"But this ship can't sink. " "This ship is made of iron, sir. I assure you she can and will."

I did deliveries in HS for a retired Marine and he taught me so much. One of the most important things is that every boat is equipped with a aux pump that is easily rigged in emergencies. Basically your raw water pump can be rigged to work as a emergency pump. It's something that should be pre rigged with the hose that you carry as a spare and with a simple strainer. this way if needed you can shut the through hull and hook up the spare hose and strainer.

Great info, could very easily be a life or death situation sailing around the world.

Became a fan instantly, planning to retire at 33 (2years from now) from Puerto Rico and looking for a boat I can take my family anywhere in the Caribbean. (Please if you have any suggestions in which bout j would appreciate)

That high flow pump would work wonders on my pond waterfall. Lol

having been trhough a flooding event , I was impressed with this video. The key is been prepared , ie know your where your sea cocks are. Have lots of options for pumping out . Check your bildge always when on passage . I went aground once , when the tide came back in and the boat on its side , the water stared flooding up through the loo , sinks etc. It was fast and had we not stayed on the boat we would have come back to a sunk / ship wrecked boat. Scary !

Good idea to test this to be prepared. Good Job !

The problem started when you imagined sailing at night, then you did it.

Cape Hatteras Diamond Shoals: I've ruined many a mariner's career. Pacific Ocean barrier reefs: hold my beer

Got me well pumped watching this

great video !! , what i really don't understand is why so many people don't think of or refuse to or don't seem to care about bilge pumps , i had a 40 foot boat for 36 years and i had 6 pumps installed , and 2 high capacity pumps and 6 spares and everyone at the marina use to make fun of me for that but then again my boat was not a dock queen like so many boats

I can't even imagine how heart breaking losing your boat like that would be 😞

“There is no faster way to get water out of a boat than a frightened man with a bucket.” Attr. John Guzzwell

Thank you both so much. Why didn't anyone tell me or I think of it myself to use the raw water pump. You are my inspirations, both of you. with 5 pumps I can pump out roughly 300 gallons a minute. I'm feeelin' good

Really interesting video, thanks.

omg this is my fear to go out there!

So sad to see some people's dreams abandoned on a reef.

Hey guys i have suscribed to your channel and have been watching all of them. Bless you Ben and Ashley and Baby, stay safe and good sailing.

HAHAHAHA when you were changing the screw in one of the boat holes the captions were HILARIOUS

10:58 = Scary! - That's not a "seacock" it's a "ball valve" hooked up to a through-hull "mushroom" fitting and threaded pipe, and it's definitely a boat sinking hazard. I noticed the other "seacocks" in the hold are exactly the same - those are skimpy production coastal boat scantlings right there. Fine for calm coastal waters and downwind sailing under good conditions, a menace to life and limb offshore over thousands of miles and years of constant abuse.Through-hull failures are a primary cause of sinking not involving grounding or collision, so the fitting itself must be bulletproof. All seacocks have leverage working against the hull. They tend to fail when the boat is under a lot of stress, things are flying around, and the hull is flexing and working a lot - like in a gale or storm. Certainly not the best time to have your 2" ball-valve kludge crack the hull open and let lose like a fire-hose.... Think about it: how much leverage does that hose or pipe have on the fitting? Where is the most likely point of failure? At the hull where the thin lip of the fittings clamp down on opposite sides? At the point where the threaded pipe meets the bronze nut inside the hull? A proper seacock has a thick flange integrated with the valve housing with a threaded female coupling hole that accepts the appropriate threaded male pipe and mushroom fitting. The flange is then through-bolted to a backing plate with the bolts countersunk. The plate is preferably made of fiberglass, marine plywood, G-10 or a similar rot-proof composite material and then the plate is bonded permanently to the hull with thickened epoxy, 3M 5200 or fiberglass tape and resin before the mushroom fitting and threaded pipe are screwed into the sea cock from outside. You'll need to align everything when you install it, and it's really hard to do a proper job without hauling the boat. With a proper seacock, the weakest point in the assembly occurs above the ball-valve, allowing the sea-cock to do it's job by closing the hole so you can make repairs if a hose comes lose or ruptures. Anyway, I wish you both the best - It's great to see young people carrying on the cruising tradition, and no boat is perfect ;-)

"one pump is enough" ? One is none and two is one. This is boat law.

"Buchon" thought only i used that word. Hahaha love you guys so much, your living a life I would love. Thanks for the video from Edmonton.

It's 435am, I don't own a boat or really plan on it. I have sailed with my father years ago and had a few adventures so that probably explains it. I will get back into sailing... dinghys and pocket cruisers! Great video.

It’s nice watching a sailing couple who can both speak intelligently.

The Tanda Malaika video was one of the saddest things I've ever watched.

Learned something today..thanks guys!

Great demonstration 👍👍

Best Bilge Pump in the World; "A Scared Hawaiian With a 5 Gallon Bucket !" Captain BUCKLEY(ret.)

I’ve never understood why these boats don’t have and emergency floatation system. Air bags are light weight and could be mounted to lower rail and inflation could be done with many different applications. Easy solutions to complicated problems.

thank you ben for visiting my country 🇵🇭 Philippines...

WOW!!! That was a very informative video!! Thank you!!

I so want to grab a pallet of flex.seal stuff a huge air tank a bunch of bags and go get me a free boat . With some high flow pumps

I'd have thought a *HUGE* safety feature for a catamaran would be to have two long tough inflatable tubes mounted on the inner side of each hull, which would be connected to HP air cylinders for quick inflation in emergency! Edit (after 4 responses): If the emergency tubes I spoke about were something like you'd find on an inflatable RIB, they could be secured on the underside of the catamaran with a sheet of (whatever material) which when the tubes were inflated, that would be forced downwards, protecting the inflatable tubes from sharp or rugged objects. Don't forget, this would just be for emergency purposes and if whatever design was put forward, it could even 'look invisible' (be part of the boat) before ever deployed. Cost Vs risk.

Great video guys 👌

You 2 (soon to be 3) are my favorite boat couple. Love ya.

You could just drill some holes to let the water pour out.

Avanti almost looks like it could be floated out at high tide with enough airbags

In discussing the use of the engine raw water pump to use in assisting with the water removal from the bilges, it is good to also include the knowledge that the water sucked out of the bilge has to pass through the engine first before it can be pumped overboard. In many bilge flooding scenarios, the flood waters pick up dirt and debris in the bilges which can get sucked into the engine damaging the pump and causing the engine to overheat and fail. Knowing this, the prudent captain will also have on hand a screen to put over the end of the hose that will drop into the bilge that will screen out the debris that could cause this damage. It should also motivate the captain to ensure that s/he keep the bilges clean.

Very enjoyable and informative video.