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August 29, 2006

20060828 0400 Summer run northern bay

by Captain @ 11:43 pm. Filed under Logs

0400 Washed topside in preparation for taking on potable water. Filled both port and forward water tanks.

0430 Shifted to battery power and secured shore power, singled lines.

0445 Engine checks completed, sinled to a lone midships line.

0455 Started engine and casted off. Underway on diesel to Bohemia river.

0500 Underway motor sailing on Jib and engine.

0515 Shut down engine on loss of sea water pump. Contined sailing on jib.

0630 Started water pump impeller replacement at first light.

1100 completed water pump impeller replament and tested. no water flow.

1145 Joined by another sailboat Slainte, sailed with other boat as cover in case I needed a tow.

1210 completed seconed water pump and cooling system repair. Tested and have water flow. Motor sailed to Bohemia river.

1430 Rafted port side to WetsParty. Secured for the evening.

1945 Sunset anchor light energized.

 

 

 

Sail Cruise 2006….How I spent my summer vacation

by Captain @ 11:21 pm. Filed under The Captain
Ok so the departure was a couple of days late, but I really did not want to do the Fairly creek run in the middle of the day! Those that have taken a boat into the creek know about the tides, and the water running in that narrow inlet. So I spent a relaxing day away from the boat and departed on on Monday. It took help and all day sun day to get ready for leaving.

I replaced the water pump impeller on Thursday, and tested it several times. I also check the oil and the sea water strainers each morning. Well on Monday morning I check the seawater strainer and the oil. I had a small un-noticed air leak around the seal of the sea water strainer lid. The air leak allowed air to enter the system instead of pulling water from sea. So a short 15 minutes from leaving port I was without an engine. I sailed at 5 am, so I rode the jib north and worked on replacing the impeller again with a spare.

Now when sailing along you have to constantly be on the lookout for other boats and thins in the water. You have only a minute or two below decks before returning topside. So I set the helm on auto went below and got out my tools, go topside and check the course. I go below for 60 seconds and work, counting to sixty. I go topside, check course, waters ahead, vessels around, and sails. I then go below and work, counting to sixty. You just repeat this over and over until the job is done. It took 3 hours to be ready for the first test. I had removed the destroyed impeller, that what happens without water the impeller is rubber and heats up. It the fails and eats itself! To fix the problem you have to find al the little rubber chunks!

The pump was back together, and failed to pump water. I just continued to sail. I started isolating causes and finally started from scratch after getting hoses confused and not making progress. One of the sail fleet boats came out to meet me from where they were anchored and ran along side as my “Eyes” while I worked below. I finally figured out the system was dry and needed to be primed. I accomplished this and finally got water flow restored through the engine. The rest of the day I motor sailed north to bohemia river and the nights anchorage!and got out my tools and then

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