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Salt & Tar: Ep.149- First Fuel Up & Rescue Mission

22 de julio de 2021 · 21 min · 77K vistas

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Garrett and his crew complete the first sea trial of their home-built 30,000-pound vessel, Red Aviva, under her own power on the Napa River.Watch Powered by a 52-horsepower Westerbeke engine, the boat successfully navigates to a fuel dock for the first time.6:01 During the outing, the crew uses the vessel to perform an unplanned rescue, pulling a grounded boat off a mudflat near the Napa marina entrance.14:03 The maneuver requires significant throttle and generates substantial prop wash, testing the integrity of the boat's drivetrain, including the shaft, double universal joint, and thrust bearing.16:01 The vessel sustains no damage during the high-load operation.16:14 Interior work on the boat continues alongside these trials, with the crew replacing a failed spice rack design with a custom plywood knife wall in the galley.2:59 The project demonstrates that the vessel’s structural design and propulsion system can handle heavy-duty towing tasks.

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