The Day the MAST Came DOWN! EP41

Sailing with no MAST or rigging in New Zealand The Day the Mast Came Down! This week we are in the Bay of Islands preparing DT to head offshore to Fiji and beyond. We have an annual rig check done by Rob at Northland Spars and Rigging and he identifies a couple of major issues! Unfortunately , the only way to fix them is to take the mast down ! Not cheap or quick, but along with the sails and the engines, the mast and rigging is one of the most critical components on a sail boat. Making sure it is in tip top condition is crucial . So we bite the bullet, hand over wads of cash and take the mast down. Another vital ( and expensive) system onboard is our house battery bank. We have a major issue when one of our Victron MPPT solar controllers goes haywire and fries our less than two year old batteries. Not our best week . Especially when Victron deny any responsibility for subsequent damages and refuse to help out with new batteries.... Footage from April 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ☕️ Want to Buy us a Coffee? Support our videos: https://ko-fi.com/sailingdoubletrouble 🌎 Blogs and updates on the website: http://sailingdoubletrouble.com/ 💁🏼‍♀️ Photos and real time stuff here: https://www.facebook.com/sailingdoubletrouble/ 📷 Random Travel Pics and updates: https://www.instagram.com/sailingdoubletrouble/ 👉Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SailingDoubleTrouble?sub_confirmation=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👩‍❤️‍👨About us : Hello and welcome to our channel! We are Jo and Rob and we are here to share our sailing adventures with you. In 2016, inspired by the likes of ‘Delos’, ‘Sailing La Vagabonde’ and ‘Gone with The Wynns’, we sold up everything we owned and bought our 40ft, Fountaine Pajot ‘Lipari 41 Evo’ sailing catamaran ‘Double Trouble’. We had no sailing experience whatsoever, so the past few years have been a huge learning curve. We thought it might be fun to document our travels for anyone thinking of following a similar lifestyle. So far we have visited 7 different countries and sailed over 13,000 nautical miles. We have had many unique experiences that would not have been possible in our prior life and we don’t regret a second. We're both super keen on protecting our precious environment, so amongst other things, we both follow a plant based diet. You wont find any fishing footage on this channel! Subscribe now and join us as we continue our salty travels around the world. https://www.youtube.com/c/SailingDoubleTrouble?sub_confirmation=1 👏Credits: Thanks to 'Shure ' microphones for voiceover sound. 🎼Music: DT Theme tune - 'Happy' by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/g6swHZbWtRc 🎧Other Music: You Tube Audio Library #sailingdoubletrouble