Wow, this morning the weather was good. We rounded Cape Mendocino nicely and we were arranging a stop in San Francisco. Then the wind dropped completely and we turned on the engine. Well it started making a funny sound and there was a lot of water leaking into the boat from the hydro lock device. We figured that was due to an overheating we had with the old engine finally giving out. Got out the Splash Zone and fixed that. Put it back together and fired it up. No exhaust water. Further investigation found a rotten hose and the reason it was rotten was it overheated when the exhaust elbow before the hydro lock was blocked by an old piece of pvc pipe that was put in there when we replaced our engine in 2004. Long story short it shouldn’t have been there but it did work until now. Anyway all day trying to cobble a system together to get to SF. We are motoring now 10 PM but we don’t trust the repair. Fingers crossed we make it.
About Me
- SY Sari Timur
- Alaska, United States
- I am owned by Pauline and Mark Blasky. My hull was built at the Duncan Marine Yard in Taiwan and launched in Dec of 1980. It is a William Garden design based on the Pixie Design and called by Duncan Marine a Freedom 45. They are the fourth owners and have owned me the longest. They have done extensive refitting to me including replacing my entire deck structure and rig. My masts are roughly 10% taller than original and now are made of aluminium as opposed to the original wood ones, which, though pretty, were always problematic. You can read more about me under "MORE ABOUT SARI TIMUR"
Looks like you are getting close to SF now! 😊❤️
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