SPECIALIST'S INSPECT MY $1.7M BROKEN YACHT

This is my cheap yacht, which I bought as a non-runner.

Or so we thought, that valve was closed.

The previous owner told us that one of these engines had an overheating issue.

The coolant started coming out, which is a sign of a head gas picking on it.

But after we bought it and we checked over the engine, we found out that there was just a simple valve which was closed, which allowed the seawater to circulate through the engine to keep it cool.

It's not been sucking any water through. So it could have just been an easy fix. I can't believe it.

If that's all that it is. But this is only a small part of the challenge.

Because now we've got to sail it all the way from Spain back to the UK.

This yacht still needs a lot of work. Pretty much a full restoration. This doesn't go forward.

And I've chosen a company called Maritime Yacht Services who are going to help guide me through this restoration.

The issue is, they're all the way in Southampton, so we've got to get the boat there.

And on top of that, we don't even know if it's safe to sail this distance.

And even if it is, we'll still be crossing one of the most dangerous parts of the ocean to get there.

So, today we've brought in a professional to check over the boat to make sure we're going to actually make it back. Let's see how we get on.

I think my door's open. Oh, is that how you get on? That's how they get on. Oh, we haven't seen all this yet.

Oh, it's in good condition. Oh, she's had a few battle scars on the side. Oh, yes, she has. She's had a few battle scars.

First step of the day, you may have noticed from the last video, the boat has actually moved. The yacht has actually moved.

We were over there, now we're over here. we didn't move the boat the

marina has moved the boat for us so now it's facing

the wrong way around well we think it's facing the

wrong way around the only way to get on the boat now is with a set of ladders

down there they've left the door open and uh well

it's kind of hitched up but we sort of got a bit more of

a viewing of the boat whilst it's here i mean like we can

see the anchor and we can see stuff falling off the front which we're going to address along with that we're still trying to

make sure this is mechanically fine but I think

our first challenge of the day which could mean our first

sail ever is to spin this boat

round is that gonna be easier so this could potentially be our first sail of Capri come on the first step is to get on the boat

Whoa, it's slipping, it's slipping! Then the plan, start to rock and turn around 180 degrees.

It's going to make it a lot easier for us and the professionals later for coming off and on the boat.

But turning this thing around was going to be a lot harder than we first thought. Right, this is cold start.

Two V12s, Mercedes. Here we go.

Oh no.

Whoa, she's purring. Eventually, both V12 engines were started and idling pretty good.

Now we need to unhitch the boat from the harbor so we can start reversing it back so we can attempt to turn this thing around.

What do you reckon is reverse?

Well, actually, it turns out it's pretty simple. The two levers on the left are the gears for each engine.

Back is reverse, middle is neutral, and forward is drive.

The two levers on the right-hand side is the power for each engine. Knowing that, it should be easy to turn this boat around. Surely.

It's driving! It's driving!

This is well on! Did you see how much it moves? Go back again, back again, back again!

We're hitting that thing!

I can't go back a tiny bit! Oh my god it's lit in the box!

Tony you might need to be here

You keep crashing your boat I'm trying to do Oh no exactly damage This was not going well Why are we drifting?

Why are we drifting? Help me You crashed into this now

We're not going to Portsmouth Can't get out of the bay Straight back