254: COMPLETE YANMAR SD60 Sail Drive MAINTENANCE- Seal, Painting, Flexofold Props & Rope Cutters

Need to know how to service your Yanmar Sail Drive 60s? This video is for you! Every two years we haul out for bottom paint and sail drive maintenance. We couldn’t find any video on how to service our sail drives so we made our own from start to finish: Scraping props, removing props, line cutters and sail drives, removing the grooves, replacing the seals and o-rings, re-installing sail drives, prepping and painting the sail drive, reinstalling folding props and line cutters. We hope this is helpful to you. Also, note the information listed below! Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/6040796987916288 Marina Portobello: https://marinaportobello.com/en/ General Manager: Luis +57 3114 816 8397 Mechanic: Carlos +57 320 551 4267 THINGS TO USE FOR CHANGE OF SAIL DRIVE SEALS AND O-RINGS Lubricating and Assembly Grease https://a.co/d/95r8s0q • Inside lip of the seal that comes in contact with the shaft Marine Grease – on the outside shaft https://www.amazon.com/Sta-Lube-SL3121-Marine-Trailer-Bearing/dp/B000CPJMY8 Vibra TITE 213 VC-3 Threadmate Threadlocker Red https://a.co/d/bCJiGmp • Use on screws for holding – works underwater • We used – Permatex Threadlocker blue (we didn’t have it) Permatex Threadlocker (Option B if you cannot find the one above) • https://www.amazon.com/Permatex-24010-Strength-Threadlocker-Applicator/dp/B000HBM564?th=1 Trilux 33 by Interlux https://a.co/d/eG0oWrp • Top Coat including biocide has zinc paints the saildrive Promar Zinc Chromate - primer goes on first the saildrive has zinc in it https://www.amazon.com/MARPAC-MARINE-Chromate-Primer-6-5605/dp/B00ZSY2P3I Pro Seal Red Hi-Temp RTV Silicone Instant Gasket https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Seal-80726-Hi-Temp-Silicone/dp/B000FW7VNW • For propeller bearing support #frenchpolynesia #marquesas #sailing #pacificcrossing #coconutmilkrun #yanmar #saildrive60 #sd60 #boatprojects #enginemaintenance #props NEW TO OUR CHANNEL? We are Eileen and Brown Councill. Welcome to our channel and a glimpse into our life adventure! 2020 was a year of uncertainty and change (for all of us, right?), but we overcame the challenges and decided it was time to chase our dream, to sail around the world! Did I mention that we had very NO sailing experience? Before leaving Qingdao, China, our home of 4 years, we sold almost all of our earthly possessions and started our international search to find the right sailboat that we would call "home." After 5 months of unanticipated twists and turns, we found what we were looking for, a used Leopard 44' Catamaran located in St. Lucia. So, here begins our journey, filled with unmatched excitement and honestly, a bit of trepidation as well. We have much to learn as we travel the world on our floating home and we intend to document that journey and share it with you. We are so glad you have decided to join us, and we hope that you will find our story so compelling that it will inspire you to chase your dreams too! As a viewer, we consider you to be part of our family and look forward to getting to know you. Don't hesitate to comment on our videos and ask questions. We will do our best to answer every correspondence! All we ask is that you have patience with us as we work really hard to improve our camera/video techniques and ability to tell a story. Hopefully, you will be as BLOWN AWAY from watching, as we are in experiencing and producing our adventures! HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? If you wish to support our video efforts, all we ask is that you SUBSCRIBE, give a THUMBS UP, SHARE our videos with your friends, AND COMMENT! WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET TO KNOW US MORE DEEPLY? It would be an honor and pleasure to deepen our relationship with you as a Patron. Please click on the following link to see how: https://www.patreon.com/sailingblownaway WOULD YOU LIKE TO FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY? https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/6040796987916288 WHERE CAN YOU FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA? Instagram - @sailingblownaway Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SailingBlownAway Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eileen.dietrich/ YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/sailingblownaway