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Unfettered Life
Registrace 5. 09. 2018
Our journey, living aboard our 36' Island Gypsy trawler, Unfettered and traveling America's Great Loop to spend our winters in the Florida Keys and our summers in Grand Haven, Michigan with our family.
Bahamas trip August 2019
Bahamas snorkeling and lobstering, while in the bahamas for a month doing a solar farm install on castaway cay. We left a little early due to Hurricane Dorian barreling down on the islands.
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Changing raw water pump on ford lehman 120, in our Island Gypsy Trawler.
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Leaking raw water pump on our Ford Lehman 120, replacing old style pump with the new updated pump. Living our dreams aboard our 36' Island Gypsy trawler, Unfettered. Traversing the Great Loop from Lake Michigan and through the Illinois waterway, Mississippi river, and the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway, to the gulf and stopping for an extended stay in Marathon where we will have some fun and get ...
Finally in Marathon
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Arriving in Marathon Florida, my first attempts at fishing on the Gulf side around 7 mile Bridge, spotting our first Manatee, snorkeling and catching Lobster. Living aboard our trawler Unfettered, and living an Unfettered life.
Leaving the river system, Being greeted in Florida by Dolphins and crossing the gulf. (7)
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This video includes some clips from the Demopolis lock, down the black warrior river, and into the panhandle of florida, it also includes information about crossing the gulf of mexico, and dolphins swimming with the boat. adventures of living aboard and cruising the great loop all while trying to live life to the fullest and unfettered.
living aboard, cleaning and locking aboard Unfettered (6)
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This video is about Living aboard, cleaning and locking. Living our Dreams aboard our 36"island Gypsy Trawler, Unfettered.Traversing the Great loop from Lake Michigan and On to the Illinois River, Mississippi River, Tennessee River, Tombigbee River, To the Gulf And spending time In Marathon in the Florida Keys, Attempting to live the Unfetterd Life.
Michigan visit, avoiding Hurricane Michael (5)
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Avoiding Hurricane Michael, Michigan visit
Pickwick lake waterfalls and goat island (4)
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Hiking and feeding goats on Pickwick Lake, Goat island
Anchoring and locking on the Tennessee river (3)
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Anchoring and locking on America’s great loop.
Talking with tows on the Illinois river. And transmission trouble in Grafton (2)
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Talking with tows on the Illinois river. Shaft trouble in Grafton
Downtown Chicago by water aboard Unfettered (1)
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Going through downtown Chicago in our island gypsy trawler.
Is it possible to put that pin in the wrong way?
Nice video bud, whilst it was off I would have cleaned that salt off the engine,
Thanks for the great video!!!!!
I would have like to have seen removal of white corrosion other that great work
Good job. Love your channel. Love the focus On maintenance and repair. Great lighting. Everybody's gonna have to do this at 1 time or another. Millions of boats out there with that Same Ford Lehman.. Maybe you might consider adding downloads on your websiteWhere the rest of us idiotsCan get exactly what we needIn order to do the job.Do that and folk will Love you forever
You have a really Fantastic First Mate. She really knows how to handle those lines at the lock.
I do this stuff professionally and have accumulated many tools over the years. I always admire and am amused by how much these guys get done with water pump pliers, adjustable wrench, pocket knife and a Leatherman.
The time to test fit is before the gasket and sealant are applied.
Do you have the spx/johnson part number or any other details of the replacement pump? Do you remember where you bought it from?
I don't recall the information but i got it from American Diesel, They are aways very helpful.
Weren’t you supposed to install a block off pin in the oil feed hole before you put the pump in? I had to do this when I replaced my pump. Did the same replacement you did and got the pump from American Diesel. We always close all sea cocks when leaving the boat. No reason to leave them open when the engine is not running. Close the fuel off at the tank too.
The body of the waterpump behind the helical cut gear (Dorset engine) or the straight cut gear (Dover engine ) blocks that hole off. Never in 40plus years of working on all models and hp ratings of those engines heard of having to block that oil feed hole off when the proper saltwater pump does it anyway.
hi. would you still happen to have the old pump?
kray sea no, no room on a boat to store broken stuff lol.
Thanks for posting this. We have a 1983 Island Gypsy 32 with a single 120 hp Ford Lehman diesel. I noticed the black box with a lever and chain in the lower right corner of your video starting at about 2:26. Our IG has a panel with two similar levers connected by a chain positioned on the bulkhead forward of the engine room. One lever is labelled "engine" but I have not been able to determine what these are for. Any idea?
Tony Kluge fuel shutoffs, the other should be for your genny.
That was some angry looking seas. Nice video!
You should do a boat tour, I like seeing all the different layouts.
Nicely done, if you are worried about the hose clamps coming off when you are not there, you can turn off the seacock.
Weather is always a challenge!
You mentioned a rendezvous in your video and I was wondering do you have any more information about what that was
Nice work. I would have cleaned up the salt while the pump was out of the way and also ordered the red paint from American. You could paint the new pump so it matches, and also keep the engines touched up around the bolts from wrenches, etc. Nice clean engines, so nice to keep them like that.
yep they run cooler when not crusty and easier to find and see leaks
This cracks me up! This is so CZcams worthy haha
What kind of camera are you using? It looks great, awesome video.
Daniel Carlson , it’s a GoPro 6 for most video, also sometimes an iPhone. Nice to hear from you. Hope you are doing great.
Muskegon is one a beautiful place!! I sailed from Milwaukee to Muskegon and back late this September.
Son of Neptune Sailing thanks for the feedback, it’s a crazy adventure for sure, I have seen everything from million dollar boats to kayaks doing the loop, certainly doable in a 28 foot sailboat, have fun
I am liking your videos. I am planning on doing this trip on a 28 ft sailboat in sept 2020
nice video bud
Lil Diddler69 thanks, appreciate the feedback
Great video Corey and Dee!
Jennifer McNeice thanks Jennifer, I appreciate it.
You are getting really good at these videos. Love this one!!
Thank you!
Time for some Chicago style pizza!!!!! 😛