Time For Some Warranty Work

Just another day in the life aboard CURIOSITY... Working on our freediving skills, tackling fridge and engine problems and setting sail for warranty work. Also, someone please tell me what species is the Jabba The Hutt fish! Let our sponsor BetterHelp connect you to a therapist while in the comfort of your own home: betterhelp.com/gonewiththewynns

Nikki's explanation to Joshua of managing the lines was excellent! I knew that Nikki knew her stuff but this little snippet exuded so much theory and practical experience moved me even further into the Nikki fan club!

I finally bought a boat, 12 meter, 3 cabins, and planning to live full time on it. Thanks for the inspiration both ❤

i'm really glad you don't hide how much work this is. Cuz the scenery makes me want to run out and take on that lifestyle.

Discoloration in the engine coolant....looks like oil contamination. Head gasket issue most likely.

That drone shot, as you were leaving....your boat, tiny against a backdrop of mountainous islands, dark skies.......beautiful!!!

Your smiles. Your voices. Your love for life, people, and adventure brings me joy everytime. Thank for your amazing videos. 🌺

The fridge as you know is a heat-pump that pumps energy from the primary heat-exchanger side inside where the groceries are to a secondary external heat-exchanger outside the cooled space. Residential fridges are either stand-alone or integrated into kitchen closets. In the former case, the outside heat-exchanger transfers heat freely into the space the fridge is in. In the latter case, the cabinet needs an air intake at the bottom of the cabinet hiding the fridge and a chimney with exhaust at the rear of the fridge. The air being moved by heating (convection) needs to be able to go somewhere. How did they do that with your integrated boat fridge? Note that automatic defrosting on the inside (briefly?) is done by reversing the heat-pumping so a bit of warmth is put into the heat-exchanger on the inside of the fridge and this melts the ice that got condensation-frosted on it. That melted water then generally flows away to the outside of the cooled box onto the compressor (pump) where it has to evaporate during the pump's duty cycles. And this evaporation also needs airflow to happen enough. Of course, in a boat with bilge pumps, that water could equally well be guided into the bilge. But the compressor/pump needs some cooling and the outside heat exchanger certainly needs that.

Love watching the Wynns on Sunday morning with my coffee.

Your little friendly frog fish is a Goby, there are many varieties of Goby around the world.

I’m sorry you’re having some problems with the boat. Yet still, you’re able to show us the beauty around you. Love that. Just to back up your sponsor, one of my son’s was having some difficulties and was resistant to talking with someone about it. Thanks to channel sponsorship I heard about it and made the pitch to my son. When he saw the convenience and discount he decided to try it. He now agrees that it was the best bit of money spent and is feeling so much better. So thank you for normalizing the act of seeking help to get through things. It helps more people than you know. ❤❤

I have watched and followed several sailing couple channels over the last 7+ years and yours is my favorite. As many of us do, I live vicariously through you of a lifestyle that I will never have. Thanks for videos that are expertly edited and always filled with entertaining content no matter where you are or what you are doing!

Your commitment to maintaining and improving everything around you is truly commendable. Taking the time for warranty work shows your dedication to ensuring everything runs smoothly. Your meticulous approach is inspiring. And I am Floating Village Life.

After all the work you have put in, all the decisions made, all the money put in, all the time waiting - it is so sweet just to spend sone video time in the boat to see what it is like. It will be exciting to see the work done and the impact of it all on the next crossing. Thank you for sharing all this!

Nikki with the headset is such a confident executive sailor of her new boat. Jason is a great mechanical problem solver. An awesome sailing team. Thank goodness for all of those back up engines. 1. Sails 2. Electric 3. Diesel 4. Regen from propellers 5. Could you tow with your dingy? Can you hoist the sails manually? It looks tough. If your electric wenches fail, is it sheer adrenaline that will keep you going? I'm still waiting on the dishwasher review. 😂 Blessings 🎉

I'm guessing you wont see this but I'll give it a try. Different boat model/builder but same fridge and very similar issues. There is a way to reduce the time between defrost cycles. Need to enter config mode. Unfortunately I don't recall the exact steps so reach out to mnfg. This helped but in my case it was not enough. It is imperative you have sufficient ventilation behind the fridge. Despite the builder adding passive vents it has not been a solution. My next step is to add fans to the cavity behind the fridge to increase ventilation and to replace the fan on the condenser coil to something with more CFM. ( it is just a 120mm muffin fan, like on a PC) . Results are TBD. A hairdryer will reduce your down time to 10 minutes if you aim it at the fans in the lower compartment. Good Luck

Always enjoy the episodes when you have crew. Especially when they are learning and studying.

Nikki is a significant source of rising sea water temperature.

I liked your color choices when they were first revealed at the factory but now I'm liking them even more. Curiosity is such a good looking boat out in it's intended environment, wowww... (Those drone beauty shots.) Oh, and you guys are great too... 😉

Yikes, get somewhere for someone to check that engine before its ruined, thats the symptoms of a serious problem unfortunately. It seems alot of new high profile boats are suffering from major issues that are from bad installs.