Re: A sense of foreboding..

Keith wrote:

> Ian.usenet@xxxxxxxxxx writes
>>Keith wrote:
>>>
>>> Having loaded 3 Coke bottles of fuel in, cleaned the filter and primed
>>> the injectors they got the engine started. They departed to find more
>>> fuel - we started motor sailing up the coast in their wake towards Porto
>>> Figuera. Half an hour = engine packed up again.
>>
>>Was that a surprise?
>
> Yes

Shouldn't have been. Adding only such a small quantity of fuel into what
was a totally empty tank, and then deliberately heeling the boat (by
motorsailing) so that it all sloshes to the side made it virtually
inevitable that the takeoff tube would again be sucking air quite soon.

>>> Next morning I had re-arranged our meet with my chum from Alcudia so we
>>> left Calle D'or intending to sail north. As we left he texted us to say
>>> that major storms had changed his plans. We went out, I reckon it was
>>> force 4 (no windspeed indicator) and we started south. It got worse and
>>> worse.. we has 2.5m waves and with a storm jib I was still showing 6
>>> knots albeit 1 knot SOG.
>>
>>Was that a surprise?
>
> Yes

Having been told storms were expected, you were surprised to run into a
spot of heavy weather? Gosh, you must have been very confident that your
friend was totally mistaken.

Better re-take that Day Skipper course. :-)

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