In this episode of Sailing A B Sea Baz proves that size does matter when he finds out that the diameter of the new cutlass bearing is 0.5mm (0.02 inch) too big.

There's also another job added to the list which involves removing the aft toilet.

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I just found another couple of jobs for

Baz. Isn't that cool? Baz asked me to

clean up this little stain and he said

have a look to see if you can find out

where it's coming from

The gasket that comes out of the outflow

at the back of the toilet so before I

get to clean he gets to pull the toilet

apart again yay!

Okaky so he's got the pipe

off now he's just looking for a spanner so

that he can unscrew that

That's more than a seal Baz. What's going on?

Well the whole thing had to come out it's just

easier to work out here because getting

this off is going to be very tricky and

for Fernando back in the marina in Spain

in San Pedro del Pinatar, today I'm doing

trabajo mierda.

That it's gonna unscrew from there

so that pops off but

the whole thing is just turning. Oh I see. Yeah

Unless that's that screws into there.

Oh maybe. Yeah it's

actually there look see yeah

And I don't want to damage the plastic thread

What about wearing your sailing gloves

So that's just an O-ring to seal the pipe

to this bit. Oh.

Actually the whole thing's just turning

You could just complete the other projects and

come back to this so that you've

actually completed something today

mentally

Yeah let me just... I'm going into

town... Yeah I know what you're saying

Well I reckon there will be a video

on YouTube of how to disassemble and

service a Jabsco toilet,

so let's go an have a look

He thinks you're a flower Baz.

Just don't move coz you don't wanna kill it

There we go.

There that was your first

experience with a bumble bee

Tell you what, this time of

year in Greece is... there's all sorts of

things coming out of the woodwork

So many little

beetles, those shiny green ones and brown

ones just coming through the open

hatches and you just got to like pick

them up and put them back outside again

and they fly off when you put them

outside but when they come in they just

land on the backs and they there

pretending to be dead!

Oh looks like you got

it off Baz. Yeah I managed to get it out it's

it's - if that's meant to be flexible

rubber then it's definitely been

corroded by the salt water because it's

it's fairly hard now - Mm-hmm -

It is obviously a custom piece for a

Jabsco toilet. Well I'm going to take

it into town anyway and see if maybe

there's a plumber or maybe the hardware

store has got something that will fit

the bill. Mmm. It's a long shot but if you

don't try you never know

so I'm off to town. Toodles. Toodles

Well at least you don't need

a permission slip anymore

No I don't just need my passport

Well a somewhat successful trip into town the

hardware store was closed and there didn't

seem to be anybody hiding inside ready

to pounce if any customer actually

showed up. Luckily the local motorcycle

mechanic was open and he was

like serving through his mesh screen

door and his wife spoke very good

English so that was helpful so

originally what I did was I just put

everything I wanted in a bag with the

number next to it so if there was any

language problems, you know, everyone

understands numbers. So we did manage to

get four of these little hose clamps which is

great. And I got four of these bigger

hose clamps which is perfect

and I actually only asked

for two of these little bronze washers

but it gave me six, half a dozen or so

unfortunately no luck getting these

These are an essential bit of kit. This

is where we attach our dinghy to the

davit lines so unless we find somewhere

that sells them I'm definitely not going

to get these galvanized once again I'll

make sure that they are stainless steel

And these little plastic hooks we want

two more of those and and

no they didn't have any of those

so I don't know where I'll get them

And he didn't have any of those

I wanted four of those, those are

the things that screw into

each other to form a lock, a seal and he

didn't have any of these little

stainless steel grub screws, I wanted four

those. So the search continues

And obviously didn't have any of that dirty

plastic and he didn't have obviously one

of these coz this is a specialist part

and I think we'll have to order it on line

yeah maybe a whole gasket kit

and you're going to wash

your hands really well

after that aren't you? Yes

So now we've done

that and we've got the toilet out it's

time to get back to the jobs that we were meant

to be doing this morning and it's

now this afternoon. Yes - I have cleaned

the toilet by the way so when we do get

the parts - Bing!

So that's all clean now. So's that. Shining

I deliberately bought two metres of this

sanitation hose because I wanted to make

sure we have the longest length possible

so when I put it back into the head now

that the head is our of the head I'm

going to attach it to the head end and

then find out how much I need inside the

cover to attach to the through-hole and

seacock and cut it off at that end

because it'll be a lot easier. So me and

a snake at going in the head.

Baz talking to himself ...

Has it got to loop up?

It's got to create a loop

so the water doesn't flow back in

Probably best heating this just

for the sheer ease of getting it done

And here it is in place. A nice big loop

There's gonna be no water coming back up that way

And those Baz has used zip lock ties to

keep it in place

Now we just need to fix the loo!

Oh my word Baz what's that?

This is our first date

since Christmas. Mmmmm yummo!

Good job we got the big plates out hey

Certainly is.

This looks like a really nice bottle of

wine, mm-mmm. Two glasses from Jim

Right let's go eat, sweet

Today it's about 34

degrees and you know of course living on

the boat on the hard it seems even

hotter because there's very little

breeze and so Aannsha's outside after

dipping her toes in the water

just chilling on the foredeck and you know,

thinking like she's on a luxury yacht -

of course the glamorous lifestyle that

it is living on a yacht

So let's take a look

Yes very glamorous

I have an outdoor toilet too!

Yeah that's where the

toilet's living until we can get the

replacement part to go into the back. No

point putting it anywhere else at the moment

Enjoy your sunbathing.

Thank you

Sand paper - check. Washing

up liquid - check. Oven glove - check

Mallet - check. Cool. Let's do it

Now the old cutlass bearing

is out it's time to

give the inside of the P-bracket a good

sanding to make it as smooth as possible

So that it is quite smooth, now it's time

to apply some washing-up liquid do

You could do with something

a bit longer to poke in there couldn't you?

You know, get to the middle bit

I'm getting to the middle bit

Now it's time to grab our

little teeny picnic insulated bag we're

gonna put the ice blocks in there and

then we're going to retrieve the new cutlass

bearing from the freezer where it's

been languishing for probably

about a week now

Well that's disappointing, so we're gonna

have to call the guy

He's a good guy

He is a good guy

I'll go and get his number

It's the following day of the cutlass

bearing saga and the mechanic's just

arrived this morning with his son who

speaks English

so our communication was very good but

we have a problem and it needs to be solved

The diameter of the new cutlass

bearing is 45 millimetres. The diameter

of the old cutlass bearing is 44.5

millimetres so we're talking a

difference of just half a millimetre and

that will cause issues if we try and

force this in and it gets stuck halfway

So they've advised me that there is a

guy locally who does have a lathe who

could possibly shave half a millimetre

off the outside of this but first they

want me to contact the supplier in the

UK and ask them what their thoughts are

So it's email time to the UK I've just

spent the last hour sending e-mails back

and forth with the very helpful Tom

at Exalto Bearings in the UK and the

upshot is that it looks like we've been

caught in the vortex that is the

imperial and metric sizing. For some

reason Jeanneau, a French built boat in

Europe which uses the metric system has

actually made the P-bracket using

imperial sizes for the diameter so we've

got caught out because I can't remember

exactly I think it's one and

three-quarters of an inch which works

out to forty four point four five

millimetres and of course that's what

this is. Anyway the very helpful Tom at

Exalto has said what he's gonna do is

he's going to raise a new invoice

because they do have imperial

measurement bearings as well which I can

then pay online from my bank

he will then mail the forty four point

four five millimetre bearing to me

and then once I receive that I can mail

the other one back to him and he will

raise a credit note and deposit the

money for that one back into our bank

account. It's gonna take a little time

obviously because covid 19 is still

around, the couriers are overwhelmed with

work and there are fewer flights

flying so we'll see how long it takes

but things are in motion and the

cutlass bearing saga looks like it's

gonna get solved pretty soon

Thanks Tom

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