10,000 Mile Gear Review After Solo Sailing an Atlantic Circuit

Name: 10,000 Mile Gear Review After Solo Sailing an Atlantic Circuit
Uploaded: 2026-06-21T11:30:27.000Z
Duration: 26 min 13 s
Description: A Harken furler's plastic drum flanges and missing Loctite nearly ended a solo Atlantic crossing near Cape Verde.

21. juni 2026 · 26 min · 11K visninger

Cracked windvane latch on sailboat against turquoise sea

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A Cape Dory 36 fitted with a 6-kilowatt E-Propulsion electric outboard completed a solo Atlantic circuit of roughly 10,000–11,000 miles, and this is a detailed gear review of what failed, what held, and what the skipper would change.0:06 The Lofrans Royal manual windlass seized due to swelling plastic shaft bushings and corroded fasteners — solved by disassembly, re-tapping frozen screws, sanding the bushings, and reassembling with anti-seize.2:27 A Harken Mark IV Unit 1 furler drum lost its lower plastic flanges and had four set screws back out of the foil connection, apparently from missing Loctite at the factory; the skipper jury-rigged a metal plate repair and finished the crossing.15:25 The Monitor windvane's rudder latch cracked in Cape Verde and was welded ashore before it could be lost at sea.17:23 The electric outboard's cooling fan corroded in Agadir, Morocco, and a power plug was stoved in at a dock in Dominica.12:14 Genoa UV strip failure traced to the sailmaker sewing the Sunbrella strip and leech tabbing as one piece rather than separately.6:58 Chafe on the jib halyard at the Harken halyard restrainer required periodic shortening.8:41 The 400-watt solar array powered all house loads throughout.21:24 Carrying the right spares and tools, and catching failures in port rather than offshore, proved more decisive than any single piece of gear.