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What this video covers

The 40-ft yawl Tally Ho navigates the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, while the crew performs routine maintenance and demonstrates small-boat handling techniques. To access rocky shorelines, the crew uses a dinghy anchor rigged with a continuous loop of line, allowing them to row ashore and pull the dinghy back to deeper water from the beach.0:54 The system requires slack to account for tidal range to prevent the dinghy from being held down by its own buoyancy.4:24 Onboard, the owner services a hydronic heater by vacuuming the combustion chamber and replacing the fuel jet nozzle filter.10:10 He also mounts a Maple Leaf bench vice in the forepeak using a removable timber base and counter-bored carriage bolts.18:58 A persistent air leak in the freshwater pump system is resolved by modifying a replacement bleed screw to properly seat an O-ring.30:16 The vessel transits to Pirates Cove, navigating a narrow, shallow entrance at low tide, before meeting a local 40-ft wooden yawl built in 1930.15:58

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