Alan L wrote: Which is why I run it 5-10 secs, no more than. Prob less than 5 secs. Just enough to know it is going to fire straight away. Bouncing around in the surf trying to get the motor to kick isn't much fun. Needs to go straight off. There have been times had to haul it out again on to trailer - maybe flooded or wet plugs, maybe bad contact somewhere - went perfect last time, this time...click. etc. Not like a boat ramp. Easier said than done - especially when the tractor has disappeared down the beach with someone elses boat etc. To me, it is worth kicking it over before dropping it off the trailer. Alan |
Mr Moritz wrote: Remember out sailing in my Cherub class yacht. Came across a guy in a Z class yacht. His mast had got jammed against the wing of a moored sunderland aircraft. He was in a bit of a predicament as his mast was between the two engines on the wing and held there by wind and tide. He couldn't move. I brought my Cherub in as close as I dared, he threw me a rope, which I cleated up. I hauled the mainsail in and sailed as close to the wind as I could and managed to extract him off the plane. Quite exciting at the time. |
cirrus wrote: Lucky you were there Kevin. Nothing is co-incidence. Been alot of talk about steering cable failures of late. So how do you know if this is about to happen to you. Are there warning signs,things to watch out for. |
cirrus wrote: What.!! 5 years from a steering cable and your doing well. Thats a worry,because that is something boat builders or dealers or service agents dont tell you. Wonder what else they dont tell clients,things that people should know but are not told. |
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