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After fixing the transmission and shaft seal issues on my #sailboat, I set off southwards.
Winds were light, so I was motor sailing.
Down below, I smelled diesel, quickly traced to a leak (squirt squirt) in the high pressure side.
Engine off, sailed back upwind and into the nearest port - thankfully my boat sails well in light winds. Spent the evening pumping diesel out of the bilge and cleaning up.Time for that electric motor…
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After fixing the transmission and shaft seal issues on my #sailboat, I set off southwards.
Winds were light, so I was motor sailing.
Down below, I smelled diesel, quickly traced to a leak (squirt squirt) in the high pressure side.
Engine off, sailed back upwind and into the nearest port - thankfully my boat sails well in light winds. Spent the evening pumping diesel out of the bilge and cleaning up.Time for that electric motor…
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After fixing the transmission and shaft seal issues on my #sailboat, I set off southwards.
Winds were light, so I was motor sailing.
Down below, I smelled diesel, quickly traced to a leak (squirt squirt) in the high pressure side.
Engine off, sailed back upwind and into the nearest port - thankfully my boat sails well in light winds. Spent the evening pumping diesel out of the bilge and cleaning up.Time for that electric motor…
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After fixing the transmission and shaft seal issues on my #sailboat, I set off southwards.
Winds were light, so I was motor sailing.
Down below, I smelled diesel, quickly traced to a leak (squirt squirt) in the high pressure side.
Engine off, sailed back upwind and into the nearest port - thankfully my boat sails well in light winds. Spent the evening pumping diesel out of the bilge and cleaning up.Time for that electric motor…