One Last Job Before Continuous Cruising? Recommissioning Our Generator 🛠️ | Ep 410

There is no such thing as a 'last' job, because maintenance never ends on a boat, but recommissioning our diesel generator is essential if we want to be continual cruisers on the canals and waterways of England! It's been held up by a broken bolt that we need to drill out and retap, but finding someone to assist was proving difficult. Fortunately, along came Matthew of Thorne Boat Services on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal. Taking this opportunity, Jamie moved our widebeam canal boat through Thorne Lock and downstream in high winds to the workshop. But fixing the bolt is only half the problem. When we initially ran the generator, it was cutting out after just a couple of minutes, so something was clearly wrong. Jamie suspects the thermostat, so he sets out to clean the cooling system, which, it turns out, was filthy! Support our work 🎞️ https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 😊 LET'S CONNECT! https://discord.gg/WGtsJubdkE https://www.facebook.com/followtheboat/ https://www.instagram.com/followtheboat/ 📷Jamie's Photography - https://jamiefurlong.com Followtheboat Live - @followtheboatlive 🌻 https://youtu.be/jZkk4ZiFPeI 🐾 https://youtu.be/9574XmkhnbE Thank you for watching! Please COMMENT, LIKE and SUBSCRIBE, it helps us get noticed. Peace and fair winds! Liz and Jamie 00:00 Intro 00:15 High winds and solo cruising 01:17 Handling electronic locks 02:39 Thorne Lock 03:33 Thorne Boat Services 04:22 Using a jig to drill out a bolt 04:51 Return to Staniland Marina 06:37 Flushing a dirty cooling system 08:52 Running the generator 10:01 How does it sound down below? USEFUL PLAYLISTS: 🏞️https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoE3FmplhAXP5VlTBa4OvRg2KfYRqM6K8&si=T4_70xgUm_z8qAzT 🎬https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoE3FmplhAXOldLfhuOabS98hpDoznn9r 🛒 FTB MERCH https://followtheboat.com/shop 🎹 All Music from Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound OUR BOAT 57ft widebeam canal boat (similar to, but wider than, a narrowboat 😀) 🗺️ LOCATION Thorne Boat Services 53°36'31.3"N 0°57'52.7"W #canal #widebeam #narrowboat