DOUBLE TROUBLE SALING to the EQUATOR
16 de janeiro de 2026 · 22 min · 74K visualizações · Fernando de Noronha
Sailboat cuts through open ocean under spinnaker at sunset
O que este vídeo aborda
Barry Perrins departs Fernando de Noronha bound north for the Caribbean, crossing the equator roughly a week into the passage.▶ 0:25 The departure is immediately complicated when sailing companion John's engine fails at anchor; Perrins waits on the radio while John diagnoses and restarts it, then both vessels get underway together.▶ 0:33 Within an hour, Perrins's own engine begins blowing oil out of the dipstick tube, flooding the bilge with oil after only five minutes at low revs.▶ 3:35 He shuts it down immediately to prevent fire, then uses a stirrup pump to drain the sump and remove what appears to be an overfill — though the cause remains uncertain.▶ 4:22 The rest of the passage north runs under sail alone through the doldrums, with repeated squalls, confused cross-seas near an underwater ocean ridge, and a wind turbine peaking at 26 amps in the worst conditions.▶ 9:17 A forgotten open hatch during a squall soaks hard drives and electronics below.▶ 10:41 At 20 miles out, Perrins crosses the equator — his first time in the Northern Hemisphere in six years — marking the moment with a shaved beard and a brief ceremony to King Neptune.▶ 18:17 The engine oil incident underscores the risk of inaccurate dipstick readings on a rolling boat and the value of carrying a sump-drain pump offshore.
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