Engines

Ep55 - Sailors Maintaining Our Own Yanmar 4JH4-TE Diesel | Reassembly

Shawn Hammer

Oct 5, 2025

There is no AAA in the middle of the ocean, so ensuring that our engines are in the best shape possible is a priority. This extended video is a step-by-step reassembly of one of our Yanmar 4JH4-TE marine diesel engines. In this video we clean and service critical components like seals, valves, oil cooler, injectors, and motor mounts. This process will help extend the life of our Yanmar engines, improve fuel efficiency, and ensure reliability.

Ep56 - Restoring Our Sailboat’s Aluminum | Nyalic Finish & a Scary Accident in the Boatyard

Join us as we finish one of the biggest jobs aboard — refinishing all the aluminum on our sailboat, including the mast, boom, crossbeam, spreaders, and davits. We’re using a professional metal conditioning power tool and a unique product called Nyalic — a clear coating not often seen in the yachting

Ep54 - Epoxy Resin Countertops | Stunning White Counter Transformation

In this video we take you step by step through setting up our new climate-controlled storage workshop to prepare for the big project. We carefully move in the counter and all the supplies, making sure everything is perfectly organized. The counter get leveled with precision so it’s ready for

Ep53 - We built a new lightweight countertop -- from scratch!

We are replacing all of our appliances, and that requires a new counter! While removing the old one, we discovered just how heavy Corian is. It's are to believe anyone puts it in a catamaran. In this episode we are building a new counter from Coosa Board laminated

Ep52 - What if your teak is failing?

We've known from the start that the teak on ROAM was is bad condition. What we didn't know, was just how bad it really was. We were hoping to give it a light facelift until we had more time and more budget to deal with it

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Ep56 - Restoring Our Sailboat’s Aluminum | Nyalic Finish & a Scary Accident in the Boatyard

Ep54 - Epoxy Resin Countertops | Stunning White Counter Transformation

Ep53 - We built a new lightweight countertop -- from scratch!

Ep52 - What if your teak is failing?