Sailing Yabá · video

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Ben and MP continue the restoration of their wooden two-masted schooner, Yabá, in a Brazilian shipyard.Watch The crew installs two bronze through-hull fittings for the forward starboard head, using Sikaflex to seal the connections.0:36 They plan to install additional through-hulls for the bilge pumps once the fittings return from a machine shop.0:30 To manage the 24-volt electrical system for a bow locker pump, they utilise a relay system to minimise voltage drop over a 12-metre wire run, borrowing power from an existing bus bar previously installed for the anchor windlass.9:05 The crew protects electrical connections in the bilge and bow locker using waterproof Wago gel boxes.9:56 Work is frequently interrupted by high humidity, extreme heat, and sudden tropical rainstorms, which necessitate covering the unsealed bow locker hatch with a tarp.12:12 The project remains in the final stages of preparation for launch.

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