How to Fix a Seized Profurl Roller Furler -How we did it (DIY - Sailing Brick House #83)
Rebecca Childress and Michael Hayward on Sailboat Brick House, sail in to Le Marin, Martinique and the DIY sailboat repairs begin. First its the Profurl Roller Furling drum, which is completly seized up, unable to furl and unfurl, and then our handheld VHF radio is drowned in a bucket of water! The prices to repair a sailboat are huge in Martinique and the waiting list long, so we have a roller furling drum brought in and we repair it ourselves. We also get recommended a Retevis VHF radio by some friends and have one of these flown in too, which we unfortunately immediately drop in to the salt water..but its still working!
A sailboat always has parts to replaced or maintained and Sailboat Brick House is no different., as she proceeeds on her slow circumnavigation. There are a few repairs we will do while in the port of Le Marin, Martinique. Our wind generator, and autopilot will also get some repairs and maintenance done here!