Windspeed, motor failure freedivesw etc
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Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Mon 22 Jul 2013 03:48
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Hallo and thank you for reading this blogg! The
hardest part about it is trying to write something interesting every
day.
Well today Im going to ask a question: Yamaha 2,5
hp four stroke that runs for a while and then gives up.
Could be water in the fuelinjection or whatever it
is called in english. Could be dirt in the filter. But Yamaha are not the
smartest or the most empathic company in the world. They have a manual that is
thick. Most of it is about things they do not want to get sued about in the
US I guess. Things like do not stick your hands in the propeller while the
engine i running. Or do not drink gasoline before you drive. Or use engine with
propeller in the water. Or make sure you read the manual before you read the
manual. Or do not pull dogs in the water. Or other smart things people can come
up with. Then you look for the failure and how to fix part.
I love this one, everything goes: Check if there is
gasoline in the tank. The next thing is: contact your Yamaha
dealer.
Good Luck! Well, dear Yamaha, you do not have a
dealer in Manihi.
I would like to know how to find the fuel filter.
We set off with the dinghy today, the kids and I
wanted to go ashore so they could run and play on a bigger area than 3
square meters.
Off we go against the wind, and it is a LOT of wind
(Paul in NZ ask us how much, well average 30 knots but it can work itself up
towards 40, BEHIND the island).
200 meters away from the boat the engine says good
bye and dies. I try to start and start but we are going with the wind at full
speed so I throw the anchor in. We STOP. Nice. Ellinor and Erika talk on the
radio (we have a handheld VHF as well), Ellinor decides to ask Winddancer for
assistance (we salvaged one of their fenders this morning so this is what
neighbourghs are all about....).
They come out with their dinghy and it is quite
rought with waves etc, I can't pull the anchor up. It is stuck!
So they take the kids to our boat and bring my
snorkeling gear back. We fasten our dinghy to theirs and while they pull I go
down 19 meters and get the anchor away from a coral that had a crack and in that
crack was our chain.
Free at last and then pulled back to our boat. We
invite them for coffee and tea. Have a nice chat while one rain front passes
after the other.
Other than that there is not much to tell. It is
hard to sleep well at night, there is a lot of movement now even inside the
atholl.
We have rain coming in fronts, and with every rain
comes a gust that shakes us around.
So if you sleep in a house enjoy the
stillness...
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