{"id":31761,"date":"2014-06-12T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=31761"},"modified":"2014-06-12T13:22:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T18:22:16","slug":"fpb-systems-log-maintenance-on-a-voyage-halfway-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-systems-log-maintenance-on-a-voyage-halfway-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"FPB Systems Log &#8211; Maintenance on a Voyage Halfway Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"GREY WOLF VOYAGE MAP 6 12 14\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GREY-WOLF-VOYAGE-MAP-6-12-141.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the FPB 64 <em>Grey Wolf<\/em> covering an average of a thousand or more nautical miles per week on her voyage home, we have in effect an accelerated maintenance test to observe. Experienced cruisers and marine professionals will be surprised by the data accumulated since her departure from New Zealand the last week of March.<!--more-->Peter Watson had one of the apprentices aboard write up the engineering log and forward it to us via Sailmail. The data following covers the <em>Grey Wolf<\/em> Voyage from New Zealand to Tahiti, Tuomotus, Marquesas Islands, Panama, and Bermuda.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Grey Wolf<\/em> long voyage home engineering service record:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Depart Whangarei: 23\/3\/14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 John Deere hours: 379.6<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Water maker hours: 118.3<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Genset hours: 236.0<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 John Deere fuel used guage reading 6117.5L<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Aprox 10500L Diesel on board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tahiti: 5\/4\/14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 John Deere hours: 638.9 (259.3 hrs since New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Genset hours: 258<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 John Deere fuel used guage reading 11202.5 (5085 consumed &#8211; 19.6 L\/hour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take on 5646L (6\/4\/14) of Diesel + 914L (17\/4\/14)&#8211;top up<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John deere oil and filter change<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Air filter cleaned<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Raw water pump impellor changed, old one kept in good condition<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Belts changed, old ones kept in okay condiition<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gearbox oil fine<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genset water pump changed, old one only had one tooth left.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tahiti 22\/4\/14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 John Deere hours: 674<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Water maker hours: 152.3<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Genset hours: 386.2<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 John Deere fuel used guage reading 11823.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nuku Hiva 29\/4\/14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 John Deere hours: 772.6 (88.6 hours since leaving Tahiti)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Water maker hours: 163.9<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Genset hours: 432.5<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Deere fuel used guage reading 13788.5 (1956L consumed since leaving Tahiti &#8211; 22.14L\/hour)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take on 2386L diesel<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genset, oil and oil filter changed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Panama 20\/5\/14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Deere hours: 1201.8 (429.5 hours since Nuka Hiva)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Water maker hours: 188.8<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Genset hours: 477<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 John Deere fuel used guage reading 22594.5 (8802.7 L consumed this leg &#8211; 20.5L\/hour)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take on 8424L dieselJohn Deere gearbox oil change, magnet filter cleaned<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Deere oil + filter changed<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bolts and fittings tested to be tight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bermuda 2\/6\/14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 John Deere hours:1421 (219.2 hours from Panama)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Water maker hours:201.8<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Genset hours:552<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 John Deere fuel used guage reading 26689 (4094 L consumed since Panama &#8211; 18.7L\/hour)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take on 3000L diesel<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Replace prop anode underwater<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Check raw water anodes, replace 2 john deere<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remove oil cooler, cleaned tubes, precautionary not required john deere<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remove end cap of intercooler, clean tubes, precautionary not required. john deere<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clean air filter john Deere<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Check oil levels, fine<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clean engine<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Check belts, fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At 09\/06\/2014our position was 35\u00b026.59&#8217;N 051\u00b016.48&#8217;W course 079T speed 9.4 True Wind Direction 224T True Wind Speed29.8<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As owners and cruisers, there is nothing we hate more than maintenance brought on by poor design or equipment. Of course we have the odd problem, but in general, we do not consider the <em>Grey Wolf<\/em> experience to be exceptional. Staying ahead of maintenance, carefully checking equipment before during, and after passages, means small issues can be detected, and corrected, before they become big problems. For this approach to work you have to have easy access, and this takes valuable interior volume. And it means not hiding systems behind nice looking panels that restrict access.<\/p>\n<p>When <em>Grey Wolf<\/em> is back in her home waters, the yard crew at Berthons will give her a thorough check up. It will be interesting to see what they find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the FPB 64 Grey Wolf covering an average of a thousand or more nautical miles per week on her <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-systems-log-maintenance-on-a-voyage-halfway-around-the-world\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,95,179,49,177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dashew-blog","category-fpb-64","category-fpb64-passages","category-fpb64-notes","category-three"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31761"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31772,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31761\/revisions\/31772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}