Check Your Steering NOW — Mine Failed Without Warning

I don’t know if it was luck or good planning… but one week before my steering failed, I decided to inspect the system beneath the aft cabin bunk — right down at the steering quadrant. That’s not where it eventually failed. The actual failure happened at the helm, at the opposite end of the system, where the control cables let go. But here’s the thing… If I hadn’t gone down to check the quadrant, I would never have found — or understood — the emergency tiller. And that’s what saved me on the day my steering failed. In this video, I show you the pre-inspection that made all the difference, and the 40-hour repair job — compressed into about 10 minutes of video — that followed. Don’t worry — it’s not overly technical. Just a real-world lesson that could save you one day. Music: Midnight Pulse Musician: VN VideoEditor #Sailing #BoatMaintenance #LiveaboardLife #SailingLife #SailboatRepair