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422 videos
- AI-assisted diagnosis and repair
- EP5 - Starting the engine
- EP4 - Rotating the hull and engine
- EP3 - Finishing the hull
- EP2 - Preparing the hull for paint
- EP1 - New boat project - the Backstory
- Diagnosing an outboard noise
- Finishing Renko's Deck
- Helping a brother out
- From Swamp to Swish!
- Back on the hard stand
- Renko Rejuvenation
- Halvorsen leak
- Yamaha 25HP lower unit and new hull
- Season Two
- Monitoring a boat remotely with the Raymarine YachtSense Link
- Installing a Raymarine YachtSense Link into Renko #Raymarine #Renko
- Outboard motor won't crank
- The Ultimate Timber Trawler Conversion
- Keel-cooled outboard - PART 2
- Keel-cooled outboard - PART 1
- Diagnosing parasitic battery draw
- Outboard trim tilt motor replacement
- The other reason outboards overheat
- Mobile Marine Mechanical Work
- Boat collision damage
- Stick welding an aluminium boat
- Outboard steering cable replacement and new website
- First start of repaired Yamaha F70 outboard
- Renko gets new fuel injectors
- Inflatable boat pump
- Fixing a four stroke outboard that is leaking oil
- Detroit Diesel Injectors - building and testing
- Another East Coast Low!
- Fixing an outboard that stalls at idle
- Sunk Trawler Salvage
- Renko Returns, Mamoot Arrives
- Waveney-Class Lifeboat Tour
- Sailing Tasmania
- Old Detroit 4-53 - Will it run?
- Making a boat for under $200
- It works!
- Forster to Lake Macquarie
- Crankshaft dissassembly and cylinder head resurfacing
- Outboard crankshaft bearing removal (Yamaha E40X)
- Passage planning and heading south
- At least the gutters aren’t blocked!
- Fixing a leaking stern gland with the boat in the water
- AIS for boaters
- NMEA2000 and Raymarine SeaTalk NG Networking
- Mercury 3.3HP Outboard Repair
- The Land Rover gets Adrianed
- Steel Trawler Restoration beginning to end
- Home sweet home. Videos again soon!
- Nardi Dive Hookah and #TeamSeas
- Renko’s Remora
- North Keppel Island and Compass Variation
- Great Keppel Island and Gladstone
- FLIR AX8 Thermal engine monitoring
- Re-launching Renko and cruising to Lady Musgrave Island
- Measuring a propeller and applying Propspeed
- Renko gets painted - last full week on the hardstand
- Week 5 on the hardstand
- New hand rails and cleats
- Hand rails - Statler and Waldorf edition
- How to repair a rusty steel boat
- Week two on the hardstand
- Week one on the hardstand
- Raymarine Quantum 2 doppler radar installation and alignment
- Detroit Diesel vs Cummins
- Arriving in Bundaberg to visit Project Brupeg!
- Cruising Tangalooma Wrecks, Moreton Bay and Wide Bay bar
- Upgrading to lithium (LiFePO4) house batteries
- Cruising the Gold Coast and South Stradbroke Island
- Cruising Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour by boat
- Yamaha outboard twin-cam cylinder head removal
- Port Stephens to Forster by boat - Cruising the east coast of Australia
- Installing a hydraulic autopilot on a boat
- Coastal Cruising - The adventure begins!
- Electronic compasses on a steel boat and water tanks
- New throttle controls and other wheelhouse upgrades
- Marine VHF radio installation and antenna tuning
- Flood cleanup and outboard cooling problem
- Hawkesbury River flood debris
- Steel trawler wheelhouse fit-out
- Rainy Saturday in the workshop
- Grumpy old man diagnoses two stroke outboard run without oil in fuel
- Salvaging a sunk sailing boat
- Pressure testing and installing the repaired Vetus heat exchanger
- Renko improvments and secret tunnel
- Two stroke outboard run without oil in fuel
- The Detroit Diesel 4-71 goes back into Renko
- Finishing the Detroit Diesel 4-71
- First start of the Detroit Diesel 4-71
- Assembling the Detroit Diesel
- Detroit Diesel injectors, cam rollers and oil pump pressure regulator
- Diagnosing the Detroit Diesel 471
- Removing the Detroit Diesel 471, again...
- Wheelhouse ceiling and instrument trimming
- Solo SCUBA Diving
- Gone fishing!
- Cleaning and repairing a boat heat exchanger
- Water in outboard fuel and improvments to Renko
- Boating and diving
- Self launching bow roller for the anchor, and neater wiring!
- Know your boat!
- Towing a Halvorsen 36 from Sydney
- Boat electrical upgrades
- The mystery of the stuck anchor
- Raymarine GPS antenna installation and preparing to dive
- Exploring Sydney Harbour
- Preparing for first coastal voyage
- First use of the anchor winch and installing OpenCPN
- Day 1 metal detecting school: Minelab Excalibur II
- The ultimate boat awning!
- Survey report and awning preparation
- Cabin and roof repairs
- Anchor winch electrics
- Detroit Diesel schooling with Adrian
- Permanent installation of the Savwinch anchor winch
- Test fitting the Savwinch anchor winch
- Ten tips for restoring an old boat
- Lost shipping containers
- Side-scan sonar search
- Live stream update on injury and future videos
- Fabricating an aluminium awning for the trawler
- Detroit Diesel Diagnosis
- Vetus dual diesel fuel filter and boarding ladder installation
- Renko returns!
- Welder repair and more
- Making an Arduino-based fuel gauge
- First sea trial
- Alternator installation and fuel supply fix
- How does a Jabsco pump work?
- Spinning the prop
- Installing the dry exhaust
- Instrument panel
- Raw water cooling
- First start of the Detroit Diesel in the boat
- Better alignment and odd jobs
- Morse cables and more electrics
- Coarse alignment of the engine
- Positioning the engine
- Storm damage and sunk boat salvage
- Making and installing new engine shims
- Jabsco pump service and hull inspection
- Visiting Project Brupeg
- Craning the Detroit Diesel into the trawler
- Preparing for the engine install
- Deck and generator repairs
- Making the engine mounts
- The Land Rover returns!
- Detroit Diesel blower, governor and fuel pump rebuild
- First start of Detroit Diesel after rebuild
- How does a Detroit Diesel two stroke work?
- Detroit Diesel cooling system and blower trouble
- Detroit Diesel assembly continues
- Fishing on Lake Jindabyne
- Detroit Diesel heat exchangers: cleaning and installing the cores
- Repairing the steel trawler's deck
- The Detroit Diesel Returns!
- Installing the Raymarine Axiom Pro
- Tying up some loose ends
- Choosing an old project boat to work on
- Monitoring a boat's battery banks
- Sound insulation and bilge pump outlet
- Some questions answered
- Wiring the inverter and fridge on the trawler
- Installing battery chargers in the trawler
- Raymarine Element S Installation
- Trawler electrics
- Fur seals and Gladius Mini ROV
- Touring SV Seeker
- Detroit Diesel schooling from the Bus Grease Monkey
- Acorn to Arabella timber boat build
- Chesapeake Bay and the Trawler Budget
- Launching the steel trawler!
- Seacocks and stern gland
- Chasing Gladius Mini ROV Sea Trials
- Preparing the through hull fittings and installing the Prop Protector
- Is it bad luck to rename a boat?
- Don't take bananas on a boat!
- Installing Raymarine RV-320 sonar transducers and attaching anodes
- Cleaning the engine bay, painting the exhaust and drilling transducer holes
- Launching Delstar II and conducting sea trials
- Preparing Delstar II for sea
- Servicing gate valves, installing battery shelf, disassembling gearbox and heat exchangers
- Installing the rudder and antifouling the propeller
- Prop shaft and rudder post installation
- Touring Brupeg
- Planning the trawler electrics
- Electrical boards and engine bay cleanup
- Antifouling, new rubbing strips and boat show
- Land Rover, oil seal removal and crane installation
- Moving the stands and removing the Detroit Diesel blower
- Detroit Diesel 4-71 teardown
- Making the steel trawler turn white
- Wet Exhaust vs Dry Exhaust
- A day in the life of a trawler restoration
- The steel trawler hull work is finally finished!
- Hull work, asbestos removal and a small fire
- Using electrolysis to convert rust
- Sandblasting and priming the steel trawler hull
- Repairing the steel trawler's hull
- Making a door in the steel trawler
- DIY wet blasting steel
- Continuing to get the steel trawler ready for sandblasting
- Ultrasonic thickness testing the steel hull plates on the trawler
- Removing the propeller shaft from the steel trawler
- Removing the Detroit Diesel from the steel trawler
- Prop shaft and fuel tank trouble
- Removing the rudder post
- Week one of working on the steel trawler
- DIY hardstand props
- On the hardstand for the first time
- Preparing the trawler go on the hardstand
- Is it a bad idea to buy an old steel boat?
- Victa 125 teardown
- The outboard restoration continues!
- Restoring the JAP outboard
- What's happening with the boat build?
- Removing broken bolts
- Repairing a damaged bolt thread
- Stopping a rope from fraying
- Towing a boat astern with another boat
- Changing the oil in a four stroke outboard
- TIG welding cracks in aluminum
- Pimp My Tinny
- Adding a tow bar to the Green Machine
- Making a running line for anchoring a boat
- Installing a solar cell in a boat
- Voltage Sensitive Relay (VSR) installation
- Replacing a perspex panel in a boat windscreen
- Found the problem!
- Installing the longitudinals and transom
- Buying a used boat
- Sydney Harbour in the Green Machine
- Replacing the water pump on a Johson 30HP outboard
- Johnson 30HP bearing carrier installation
- Johnson outboard propeller shaft Installation
- Installing Johnson 30HP outboard gearbox bearings
- Croatia!
- Never move to an island!
- Taking a break
- Removing the bearings from a Johnson 30 HP lower unit
- Testing a rectifier
- Making a plywood transom
- Unblocking a carburettor
- Making a relay tester
- Making a payson butt joint in plywood
- Painting an outboard lower unit
- Johnson / Evinrude prop shaft removal
- Johnson / Evinrude fuel pump service
- Johnson / Evinrude carburettor service
- Johnson / Evinrude thermostat replacement
- Johnson / Evinrude primer solenoid
- Outboard timing belt replacement
- Johnson 30 Health Check
- Lofting a plywood boat
- Setting the bulkheads
- Patreon
- Four stroke outboard cylinder head rebuild
- Cutting the bulkheads
- Making the strongback
- Servicing and re-arming an inflatable PFD (lifejacket)
- Tying up a boat
- Trimming an outboard - Quick Tip
- Rigging a crab trap and catching crabs.
- Channel Meetup - Summer 2017
- Reversing a Yamaha 703 forward control
- Installing and calibrating an outboard tachometer
- Trailer jockey wheel maintenance
- Making your own battery leads
- Diagnosing a Mercury 110 9.8HP
- Making an oyster knife and shucking oysters
- Meetup and other news
- Dangar Island and the Hawkesbury River
- Outboard Hydrofoils
- Outboard propellers
- Installing dual batteries on a boat
- Ignition coils and HT leads
- Spark plugs
- Finding a leak in a boat
- Tools for working on outboard
- Mercury / Tohatsu 30HP manual tilt stand
- Pressure testing an outboard gearbox
- Cleaning outboard water passages
- Outboard cooling water
- Adding a Bimini to a boat
- Outboard valve clearance adjustment
- Seized Johnson 40HP outboard
- Two stroke carburettor synchronisation
- Finding a vacuum leak
- Outboard reed valves
- Using a timing light to set outboard ignition
- How to replace the battery in a clock.
- Replacing a 2 stroke outboard head gasket
- Evinrude 150 outboard drive shaft seal, gear selector o-rings and water pump
- Outboard kill switches
- Random boating tips
- Changing the Evinrude 150 prop shaft seal
- Remote starter button, eventually...
- Outboard Forward Controls
- Breaking down in a boat on the water
- Outboard fuel pumps
- Measuring and adjusting the length of an OMC shift rod
- Evinrude 150 run-in period
- E TEC telltale trouble
- Charging a battery from an outboard
- Starting the Evinrude 150 for the first time
- Almost ready to start the Evinrude 150
- Making Underwater Lights
- Servicing a Vapour Separator Tank (VST)
- Installing crankshaft in the Evinrude 150
- Installing the Evinrude 150 pistons
- Replacing an outboard dog clutch
- Soggy Johnson Tip
- Assembling the Evinrude pistons
- Evinrude VRO pump and carburettor clean
- Replacing an outboard tilt tube
- Cleaning an outboard tilt tube
- Installing a Lewmar V1 anchor winch
- Installing a Raymarine Wi-Fish sonar
- Winding cable and drum boat steering
- The Evinrude 150 returns!
- Removing an outboard driveshaft
- Making a paper carburettor gasket
- Replacing driveshaft and gear selector seals on a Honda BF30
- Outboard primer bulbs
- Making a lower unit service stand
- Re-installing an outboard lower unit
- Outboard pull start recoil rewinding
- Slipped flywheel no start
- Setting up the Green Machine for fishing
- Broken spark plug extraction
- Carburettor repair kits
- Perished fuel lines
- Green Machine gets its glove box
- Outboard Ignition Timing - setting up a Tohatsu 115HP
- Winterising an outboard motor
- Diagnosing and fixing stiff boat steering
- Installing HyDrive hydraulic steering in a boat
- Repairing a broken barb on a fuel pump
- Evinrude 150 autopsy
- Four stroke carburettor synchronisation
- Replacing an Evinrude trim tilt unit
- Starting an Evinrude 150 outboard for the first time in years
- LED docking light installation
- Launching the Green Machine!
- Sydney International Boat Show 2016
- Installing a water separating fuel filter in a boat
- Wiring the electrics on a boat [Pt 2]
- Wiring a bilge pump in a boat
- Mounting an outboard motor
- Saving a sunk Honda BF40 outboard motor
- Wiring the electrics on a boat [Pt 1]
- Replacing the tow eye on a boat
- Testing an outboard water pump
- Which outboard motor should I buy?
- Repairing and anti-fouling the hull
- When to give up on an outboard motor
- Planning a boat restoration
- Yamaha Prime Start diagnosis
- Anchoring a small boat
- Outboard trim-tilt relays explained
- Replacing outboard oil seals the hack way
- Hawkesbury River to Sydney Harbour by timber trawler
- Fixing an outboard speedometer
- Changing trailer wheel bearings
- Changing an outboard control cable
- Measuring voltage drop and understanding Ohm's Law
- How to service an outboard motor
- Starter motor pinion/ Bendix gear not engaging with flywheel
- When to tie which knot on a boat
- Unseizing a seized outboard motor
- Water in outboard trim tilt hydraulic oil
- Outboard revs increase but boat doesn't accelerate
- Installing navigation lights on a boat
- No water from outboard tell-tale
- Adding a starter motor to an outboard motor
- Fixing an outboard that won't go into gear
- Diagnosing an outboard that won't start
- Fixing the trim tilt on an outboard motor
- Beginner's guide to launching a trailer boat
- Sea charts for coastal navigation
- How an outboard gearbox works
- Replacing leaking prop shaft oil seals on an outboard motor
- What's inside an outboard motor?
- Locking an outboard to a boat
- Raising a radar reflector up a back stay
- Fixing a hole in an aluminium boat without welding
- Replacing the steering cable and helm in a boat
- How to splice an eye in a rope
- Painting an outboard cowling
- The Direct Voltage Adapter (DVA) Revisted
- No spark? How to test CDI ignition on an outboard motor
- Cleaning a carburettor from an outboard motor
- Raising a sunk boat
- Beginner's guide to driving a small boat
- Changing the steering wheel on a boat
- How to make a Direct Voltage Adapter (DVA) to test CDI ignition
- Fixing a stiff steering bracket (pivot tube) on an outboard motor
- Positioning a bilge pump and float switch in a boat
- Outboard won't crank or turn over, electric start not working
- Installing the powerhead on a Yamaha 50HP four stroke outboard
- Installing a power trim tilt unit in an outboard motor
- Installing the cylinder head on a Yamaha 50HP four stroke outboard
- Changing the crankshaft oil seals on a Yamaha 50HP four stroke outboard
- Changing the Piston Rings on a Yamaha 50HP Four Stroke outboard
- Reassembling the cylinder head on a Yamaha 50HP four stroke outboard
- Changing the impeller on the Yamaha 50HP outboard water pump
- How to clean and lap valves
- How to remove the cylinder head from a Yamaha 50HP four stroke outboard motor
- Performing a leak-down test on the Yamaha 50HP outboard motor.
- Performing a compression test on the Yamaha 50HP outboard motor.
- Lubricating stiff outboard throttle and gear control cables
- Removing the steering bracket (tilt tube) from an outboard motor
- Removing the power trim tilt unit from an outboard motor
- Removing the powerhead from a Yamaha 50HP four stroke outboard motor
- How to fix a submerged two-stroke outboard motor
- The Yamaha 50HP four stroke finally arrives
- How to make an outboard motor stand
