Your cheery attitude never fails to lift my spirit. Now you’ve reached a milestone with the engine and drive, and crossing my fingers that the inspection goes well. Enjoy your holiday !

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. People say this, We're just doing our thing. It's a really nice thing to say. Cheers for watching and commenting.

Love the info you give about the boat before and after events

@SailingSeabird

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy 😉 Cheers for watching 🙂

4JH is a great engine. Just sold the 4JH-2TE in my 1997 Hylas and she ran beautifully. Obviously now is the time to put new engine mounts on and spray all the rust spots. If you can, put a drain plug in that sump with a hose before you install her so that you can run the hose to an external electric pump. That's the set-up I had and it really made oil changes super easy! Good luck.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

It would be nice to see how you did the oil drain pipe. The one thing I wish yanmars had. Cheers for watching 😃

@benmac940

4 ай бұрын

Good to hear, my boat that I've just brought has the 4jh3te in it. Don't know much about them, but it seems to start and run well.

Awesome garry from new zealand

@SailingSeabird

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the vote of confidence. Cheers for watching 🙂

I didn't buy a boat engine for a boat. A168F 3 HP air cooled Chinese diesel, brand new. It's 44 LBS and should devote half of it's power to making 12 volts. There are bigger undersized air cooled diesels for giant boats, too. The hot air is welcome.

@SailingSeabird

3 ай бұрын

Sounds interesting. I'll check it out. Cheers for watching 🙂

So glad you got the engine,.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

So are we. Now to get it running and working as it should. It will come, slow and steady 😊

Hope she is a good one.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

So do we... Cheers for watching 😃

Yanmar is a good engine. Good choise. Con grat.😊

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 4th boat, 4th yanmar... We really like them. Cheers for watching 😃

I appreciate your efforts to provide some physical / financial costs. You do not overwhelm us with too much detail. I hope your efforts to obtain a gearbox/motor are successful! Thx for.bringing us along- great video! 😊😊😊 John Ken

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

So nice of you. We might do a price breakdown on the website, if we ever finish building one. Cheers for watching 😃

I'm sure it was a long day but well worth it. Just keep at it and soon you will be out on the water with the fruits of your labor.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

I hope so! Sometimes the mountain looks very steep and we'll never reach the summit but you have to keep going! Cheers for watching 😃

That forklift carrying your engine sounded like it's seen better days.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

It works fine! Fine ish... Most importantly, it did the job.

Seeing. The inside of seabird compaired to when you guys first bought her, wow nice job she's going to be a great boat...

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

You think, Cheers. Still soo much to do. Just looking forward to having a floor and a cooker, that will come. Cheers for watching 😃

congrats!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Cheers mate. Thanks for your constant support. It doesn't go unnoticed. 🙏⛵️😃

Good deal

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Hopefully... It was a long search. We think it was the right decision. Cheers for watching 😃

Great for you guys !!!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. One more piece of the puzzle. Just got to install it all. Cheers for watching 😃

Yanmah-- excellent choice

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

4th boat. 4th Yanmar. We really like these engines. Cheers for watching 😃

If you can't sell the 'Spare' engine as is, be sure to strip all the possible spares from it before scrapping. I'm sure you will appreciate having a working spare starter, injectors and such, but I'm also sure you've already thought of that!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We got the gearbox which was the main reason. Now we have a loads of spares, that need cleaning and organising. Then just the block to sell. I think we made the right choice. Cheers for watching 😃

"Look at the size of this van....wow wow a weee waaa"....a line from Borat?......nice....

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

You know it. Our role model. 🤣🤣🤣

Congratulations and good luck with the engine. It'll be a good runner no doubt. S!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Hope so! We just want to get it in the boat so we can start to rebuild the interior. It will come...

Marseille to Sète, that's a long drive ! I hope you took some times to walk and have a look at the Calanques in Marseille, or the étang de Thau in Sète in between the drives those are cool places, anyway, I think that engine looks in good condition, but certainly better than the forklift, I think they missed a few maintenances, it does not looks very safe Good luck with that engine, and the whole ship in general, still a lots of work to do, but a whole summer ahead, which surely won't help, the temperatures can get very high in the south, like sometimes over 40°C, it's probably hard to do anything at such a high temperature. Working on such a boat is a very big and complexe project, but with some times and love as everything, I'm sure it's gonna end up looking awesome ! Keep it up !

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We didn't stop in the calanques but we stopped in aigues mortes. Drove through the Camargue on the way home. We got home with two engines. Tbh it took a few days to realise I don't need to look for an engine anymore. So happy. Thanks for watching 😃

Awesome score on the engine! Excited to see next weeks video. ⛵

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Coming soon! It took long enough to find an engine. I'm sure it will be ok... Cheers for watching 😃

Tanks for the road trip! Great to see you making progress and knowing all the research to find what you needed for your engine and tranny. Yes, long days ARE tiring-however having acheived your goal-you will sleep VERY WE:LL!! Cheers!! Rich

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

You'd think but sometimes all we think about is boat stuff. What are we going to do once its all complete 🤔 Cheers for watching 😃

Patience and persistence are excellent virtues in a project like this. You've got them in spades! Congratulations on getting the engine. It's going to be super interesting to see how you put these disparate parts together. There'll be bumps in the road but we are with you all the way. Great job.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! There will be tears but that's the fun of it. Before we know it, it will all be a memory. Just a bit of work between now and then. Cheers for watching 😃

Great stuff 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Stay positive and keep going, thanks

What I like about this is that you guys are taking your time.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

I don't think we could go any slower hehe. A lot to do but slow and steady... Cheers for watching 😃

Glad that you have found the engine you want and fingers crossed it will work well. Looks in good nick anyway. Looking forward to your next video guys

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

You and me both! I’m sure it will be fine. Once cleaned up and a bit of paint, new gaskets etc. we are sure she’ll purr. Cheers for watching 🙂

I'm happy to know you found an engine for seabird, that's a good new, continue that way ! Have a good holiday ..

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Patrick. One step closer... Cheers for watching 😃

Hey guys, thank you for this wonderful episode. You are so lucky to have this great engine❤❤❤

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊⛵️🍻

I am keeping everything crossed for you two. I really love such trusting people like you,,,and me!

There’s a lot of anxiety when it comes to buying used engines, I bought a rebuilt engine for my 67 Camaro, I was a nervous wreck until the day I fired that engine. It’s a lot of money on the line, and so many things can go wrong, I hope you are both blessed by the engine gods.😂

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We get the whole stress thing. I've personally just given up on worrying about it. All it will be is more time. Plus a huge pain in the neck. Cheers for watching 😃

Great video great news Aboyne getting the engine enjoy your holiday 😊

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do! It took a while to find the engine. I think the right one found us. Cheers for watching 😃

Hello, great video. I think I try to meet you next time I come to port St Louis Du Rhône.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

That would be cool! We'll be here for a while. Cheers for watching 😃

@carolegros2957

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird next week i come, but my boat is un navy service, i try to see you...

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Lovely to meet you in person! We’ll let you know when we go there this week 😊

@carolegros2957

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird hello, we go back home tomorrow afternoon. If you Want to see us this evening or tomorrow morning... I could give you some yanmar parts.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Hello Eric!! Unfortunately today and tomorrow are not very good for us. Apart from the work on the boat we need to edit and upload the next episode so we are quite busy. Hopefully next time we can catch up 😊

Love your videos guys but can you put the episode number first please? I can't always see them depending on what I am viewing on.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We'll try but I think it messes with the youtu e algorithm. Sad is that sounds... Cheers for watching 😃

.... you got an engine .. well done ..... massive upside, you can do all the beautification/paint outside as opposed to trying to do your best on an engine installed ... bright clean/painted engine room for a pristine engine ..... yes am repeating myself .... well done! .... have you ever seen those people that start out with say a washer and continually trade up and end up with something unimaginable considering what they started with, like say a house ..... all those bags of goodies from the second engine may bring more than you ever imagined ... sorta like that scenario of selling a junker car for say a hundred, but parting it out realizes way more .... love your optimism ... thx for sharing .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ...

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Peter. The spares will need a bit of work but a little winter side project never goes a miss. Thanks for watching 😉

@peterfrebold

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird .... laughing .. wouldn't want any slack time now would you .... thx for the reply .... make it an amazing week .... cheers

Thanks!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. We are really glad you enjoy our videos. Cheers 🍻

I miss the old presentation of your videos guys! 🤩

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Which ones? We are trying to get a formula that works best...

May you sail the seven seas with your new engine❤

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We'd be happy just sailing one sea, even sailing in a pond. Until we'll keep fixing. Cheers for watching 😃

Great on the engine- just wanted to say that your music sound like a Max Richter composition which l love… carry on!❤

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! We'll check him out. Cheers for watching 😃

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! We'll check him out. Cheers for watching 😃

@garyseven777

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yp6d0LGNgZyokbg.html

Hope the bell housing are the same and you can make one good un out of the 1 and a 1/2 you have.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

That's the plan! We hope it all comes together. We'll see next week. Got a few days of engine work planned. Cheers for watching 😃

Big News! All the best on this one.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. We hope so too. Let's see how it turns out...

Re the engine mounts, have you thought about getting them sandblasted to clean and strip them back? Once again, it would be cost of sandblasting by someone else v trying to clean them yourself. Keep cracking on.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Hiya, Funny you should mention the engine mounts. We were reading today, Yanmar recommend that the mounts should be replaced after 4 years. These are no doubt the original. So it looks like new engine mounts are going on. Cheers for watching 😃

Time to get the engine room painted!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

You know it! But that's a little way off. Let's get her water tight first. Cheers for watching 😃

@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1

11 ай бұрын

​@@SailingSeabird ...and retrofit engine room components & accessories.

As you do the inspection I would clean up all parts of the motor and repaint that way it be clean rust free and you can check all gaskets and fittings good luck

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Looks like we are on the same page. It's getting there. A toothbrush and degreaser. Next new gaskets and a big of paint. Get that motor all shiny. Cheers for watching 😃

Well done onward and upward slowly

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Slow and steady. There's just so much to do...

Be thankful you are not in the States. LOL 4900km one side to the other!! :)

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

That's a big distance! Cheers for watching 😃

The boat is looking lovely.

@SailingSeabird

9 ай бұрын

Thanks. It's slow work atm. On the long jobs. Cheers for watching 😃

@andrewdrew677

9 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird I have two contacts in the U.K. First one for engine spares and gearbox spares, all second hand stuff, the guy ships to all Europe. Second contact is second hand chart plotters and instruments radar so on in also U.K. based . If you guys need these contact details I will send in comments on here. Also I see you will need a pod to hold a chart plotter at the helm and these are expensive . I have a contact for this as well cheap 😁

great job you guys, we love you, keep up the great work

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do! Cheers for watching 😃

May the new engine bring you guys many blissful miles of sailing 🎉. 🚣. Happy weekend.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊 We think we've made the right choice, it was a lot of searching. Crazy to think we've got that sorted. Cheers for watching 😃

@ianhogg8254

11 ай бұрын

@SailingSeabird You guys are really awesome to watch. And your humility is just mind blowing. Thanks for the reply it speaks volumes of you guys character. I must admit, I don't know too much of yatch sailing, but spent many years on Frigates. I am now very keen to sail down this new interest. Blessings to you guys. 🙏😇

🧙‍♂️🇬🇧😎🤞🏼🤞🏼😂👍🏼 Stay out of town till things calm down a bit ... 😉

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

True. Luckily we live in the sticks. The cities are getting crazy. A bit scary 😟

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird I think my friends are a bit worried about going home from the Airport. ..but they have seen it all before. 🤞🏼 The mosquitos make a pretty goo d 🦟 defence with the waterways and marshes. 😉

👍😎

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

🍻⛵️👍

Lots of work, I’ve just subscribed- Interested to see how you go.. Always interested in how people make their dreams come together.. 😊. 👍👍👍👍

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! It's going to be a fun ride. Cheers for watching

Very exciting. I have fingers crossed for a good outcome. Go well!

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed for sure. Hopefully it's all good. We'll see... Cheers for always watching and commenting. We look forward to seeing the comments from the regulars 😊

Have a good weekend.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Pretty chilled one this week. Helping the neighbour. Cheers for watching 😃

One step closer......keep going ❤

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

How many steps needed..?! How does one eat an elephant? Thanks 😊 X

Nice intro ❤

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like it. We are still working on the best format for the videos. The more people comment the better idea we have. Cheers for watching 😃

Did you see the engine hand cranked to make sure it's not froze up. If this Yanmar doesn't have a compression release, then removing the glow plugs should allow hand cranking the engine.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

The engine turned over lovely. Good compression. Next is to strip it done, have a look inside and renew the gaskets. Give it a bit of paint etc Step by step... Cheers for watching 😃

Pozdrawiam

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. We are glad you enjoy watching our videos. Cheers for watching 😃

I keep reading that as a €1 euro engine 🤣 well dream on 😃😜😉🍻

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

I wish! The main thing is we have propulsion. Cheers for watching 😃

I like watching your episodes but please don't play music while you are talking. I want to hear what you are saying🙂

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

No worries. Cheers for the observation, it really helps.

Hi Guys. It's Liam from Ireland again lol Its great too see you two again. You've done so much Work on that Boat. Lovely clean engine you managed to source. I could have got an engine and drove it out to you for €3000 but its too late now. But at least you have one. Listen if there's ever anything i can do for you just let me know and i will give you my Phone number. I ❤ what your doing Stewart and everything is so expensive now. 😊 so keep it up bro.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 Only if we had know... Next time. Cheers for watching 😃

@liamegan4303

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird Okay no Worries. Im in Galway on the West Coast of Ireland so you never know. I love your channel guys.

@fionnaheller1873

11 ай бұрын

@@liamegan4303 The world needs more people like you

That forklift is about to croke ,,, you shouldn't have a problem with a yanmar their really good engines. super dependable.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

That forkie has loads of life left. 4th boat, 4th yanmar. They are great engines. Cheers for watching 😃

@donnapage6027

11 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉 from West Palm Beach, Florida! So happy for you guys, after all, the engine is a major part of this process. I have to say you two make me smile. Such a well matched couple. So lovely inside out AND so chill! Such a pleasure to watch. Btw, I love your videos just the way they are! ☮️❣️

All starting to come together. I was a bit worried that the pallet was going to split in half with all the weight, as it was been carried 90deg to hopw it should be. Allways have the top slats across the forks not in parallel. Saw one split once when it was full of crates with bottles in, made a right mess. Looking forward to seeing the work on the engine and its install.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Worried about that pallet?? What about the fork lift? 😂😂😂 Slowly getting all the parts together. Cheers for watching 🙂

GBU bought a brand new British made Beta Marine engine and gearbox unit for that kind of money. Well congrats anyway looks like a fine engine. For that kind of money we're you not tempted to buy a whole fleet or a completer boat?

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

I like the Beta, it was one of our choices. Plus they have the pump for the oil sump. Cheers for watching 😃

That rust don't matter on the motor just go with it

@SailingSeabird

6 ай бұрын

It's not so rusty any more. Still have the sump to paint... Cheers for watching 😃

Fantasy and reality collide with low information and hope.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Don't quite understand the statement. But hope is a good thing...

It's a canted drive so the motor will be level Yanma designed it for that reason don't change it!!

@SailingSeabird

10 ай бұрын

We'd love to keep it, but our engine bed had an incline, so we need a parallel gearbox. Cheers for watching 😃

@davidpethick83

10 ай бұрын

Mine too, I altered my beds so the engine sat level. Yanmar is a major marine engine maker & added this feature for a good reason. Ur old beds probably need refurbishing.

@SailingSeabird

10 ай бұрын

Hi David! You comment got us a little worried. We called Yanmar and they referred us to some engineers in England who said 8 degrees is ok and those engineers recommended some other engineers who said the same thing. 8 degrees installation, maximum 15 degrees under power. Our engine bed is 6 degrees so all is good. Thanks for your concerns. It’s always best to double check things. We are happy we made the right decision. Cheers!

Nice engine , how much was it bru?

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Hiya, you well. Got two engines for €3660, but we need to sell a gearbox. Plus, we are changing the gaskets and repainting...

Delighted that you found an engine. you definitely need sometime away from the boat A bit of time to yourselves, enjoy your holiday. As always I look forward to the next update.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Wait for the next episode and you'll realise it wasn't quite like a real holiday... Cheers for watching 😃

@AdamFraser-hz4ic

11 ай бұрын

Oh one of those holidays. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

Congratulations on your new engine! (It’s bigger than our Yanmar 3GM 30F, which we just had lifted into the boat.) Nice! Progress Progress Progress! 😎😂😂😂🥰

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Hiya, Hope you're well. Those 3gm are good engines. Tbh we would have gone smaller but it would have meant changing the engine bed etc... Cheers for watching 😃

@maryjnorwood3962

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird Right on 😎🥰

They are reasonably good motors but like the volvos the parts are very expensive. A Beta Marine would have been a better choice, but it's very hard to find a used one. Being cheap to operate, people run them till they are complete junk or need a complete rebuild at a machine shop

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We know what you mean. A beta was one of our choices but we've always had yanmar. Love the reliability. Cheers for watching 😃

👍‍‍🥰👍‍‍

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

⛵️🍻👍

@IrenESorius

11 ай бұрын

@@SailingSeabird 💖💖

Hope you’re not being affected by the riots we are hearing about.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We saw the news yesterday. Tragic events, luckily we are in the countryside. Away from the madness. Thanks for your concern.

At 9:42 I thought that Stu was going to lean over and kiss his new baby. 😗😙

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

I did, but off camera 🤣🤣🤣 Cheers for watching 😃

Sump has been sitting in the drink,with stray current they rot out quick,happened on my old man’s prawn trawler in less than 12 months,second hand engine with rattle can refurb.Knowing now I’d have resin painted the sump before going in.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Great idea on the sump. Hoping we don’t get that much water in the bilge. Cheers for watching 🙂

Please get the whole engine checked over by a Qualified Marine mechanics

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

We are on it! You'll see how it goes. It's all quite exciting. Cheers for watching 😃

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

So true. Hope you've had a good week. Cheers for watching 😃

Please try not to narrate over background music. When you are old and going deaf like me it's hard to make out your words. Thanks, and as ever an interesting and informative episode.

@SailingSeabird

11 ай бұрын

Noted. Cheers for the input. We are still trying to get the winning formula for the videos. Practice... Thanks for watching 😃