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No Sailing Just Bulls**t - sometimes you just have to do it [Ep. 122]
28 November 2025 · 38 min · 31K views
What this video covers
A 500-litre freshwater flood aboard the Sunreef 62 Supernova — caused by a failed pressure-regulation mechanism in the water pump — fried one inverter and a TV before the crew caught it.▶ 7:41 Darcy walks through the fault: the pump's auto-shutoff broke, over-pressurised the lines, and blew a hose fitting.▶ 9:58 The damaged pump is replaced with an 800-euro unit sourced from a water-pump specialist in Las Palmas, chosen over a cheap 49-euro backup because it is rated for potable water, self-priming, whisper-quiet, and fully adjustable down to 20 psi.▶ 12:31 The original pump cost roughly 2,000 euros and is loud and non-self-priming; Darcy uses Teflon thread tape on the fittings and primes the new unit with one litre of water before pressurising the accumulator tank with a bicycle pump to about 2 bar.▶ 13:37 Separately, the crew hoists the headsail on the newly replaced standing rigging, works around a disintegrated furling drum by wrapping the sail manually, and awaits a custom aluminium replacement drum being machined by Synergy in Mallorca.▶ 22:43 A large cooler and extra fridge are collected for the upcoming Atlantic crossing and charter work.▶ 15:55 The boat is anchored out each night because the marina reception dock does not permit overnight stays.▶ 16:32 TV insurance covers the replacement cost.▶ 7:03 Spending more on a specialist pump rather than a cheap backup avoids repeating the same failure on a critical system.
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