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Crew Goodbye, Genset Remote Start and Thursday Island Boatwork - Project Brupeg Ep. 434
23 janvier 2026 · 42 min · 18K vues · Queensland, Australia
Ce que couvre cette vidéo
A converted fishing trawler, Brupeg, stops at Thursday Island — Australia's northernmost harbour before an offshore departure — to collect two months of forwarded parts and complete a list of repairs.0:05 The crew replaces cracked water filter housings in the cofferdam, fitting a 1-micron sediment filter and a 5-micron carbon filter, and resolves a seal leak by tightening the housing.1:04 A genset remote-start circuit is wired using pre-run twin-sheath cable to the generator control panel, connecting via a Victron servo so the generator can be started, stopped, or set for a timed run from the wheelhouse touchscreen; the system takes 15 seconds from button press to startup.28:37 Power consumption in the tropics runs 70–75 kilowatt hours per day, driven by air conditioning and poor solar yield during monsoon season, making the remote start a practical necessity.25:43 A low-battery alarm triggers an air-raid siren at 20% state of charge, with automatic load-shedding at 15%.28:45 An outboard motor water seal replacement stalls when a pressed sleeve traps the seal and removing the lower unit to access the shaft becomes unavoidable.39:36 Crew member Burke departs for Germany via Horn Island airport after a brief flight delay, and the boat repositions to a more sheltered anchorage after a 30-knot northwest monsoon brings metre swells and awkward quartering conditions.19:51
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