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- Aug 29, 2014
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- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Sylphide
- Vessel Make
- Kingston Aluminum Yacht 44' Custom
Ever have one of those really perfect days? A day where you have something really exciting to look forward to the next day. A day where you get loads of stuff done in anticipation, and everything works out better than you would have expected. A day that despite being full, still allows time to take the boat out for a few hours. A day that's so beautiful, that it's just a joy to be alive and outside. A day where you look around and think, I really am one lucky SOB
Well that's what yesterday was for me. Until about 5:30. I had just snapped some nice pictures of a beautiful Nordhavn 62, one of my favorite boats. It was the first time I'd seen one in the wild before, and there it was, right in my back yard. It was all very exciting.
It was getting late, and I still had to do some provisioning for the big trip tomorrow, so I decided to high tail it back to the marina. I brought her around, started heading back east. What a beautiful day! Up go the revs, 1500, 2500, 3500, starting to plane out, adjust the tabs, pull the revs back a bit. Good.
That's when the coupler between my port engine and outdrive decided it had finished with being a coupler, and stripped itself to death. Abrupt stop. Pulls to the left. No forward. No reverse. No impeller. No cooling water. Temperatiure increasing. New whining sound. Good.
So instead of a week of great cruising, it's a week on the hard, waiting for parts, and trying not to be a nuisance while the mechanic works his magic. A real bummer. I suppose It's good that it broke close to home, before we left. And at least it'll be expensive!
Well that's what yesterday was for me. Until about 5:30. I had just snapped some nice pictures of a beautiful Nordhavn 62, one of my favorite boats. It was the first time I'd seen one in the wild before, and there it was, right in my back yard. It was all very exciting.
It was getting late, and I still had to do some provisioning for the big trip tomorrow, so I decided to high tail it back to the marina. I brought her around, started heading back east. What a beautiful day! Up go the revs, 1500, 2500, 3500, starting to plane out, adjust the tabs, pull the revs back a bit. Good.
That's when the coupler between my port engine and outdrive decided it had finished with being a coupler, and stripped itself to death. Abrupt stop. Pulls to the left. No forward. No reverse. No impeller. No cooling water. Temperatiure increasing. New whining sound. Good.
So instead of a week of great cruising, it's a week on the hard, waiting for parts, and trying not to be a nuisance while the mechanic works his magic. A real bummer. I suppose It's good that it broke close to home, before we left. And at least it'll be expensive!
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