Hank has installed my new throttle cable! only $55.00! plus three days work! The cable is so smooth, it is just like a car gas pedal, matter of fact my cable even works the same as a car gas pedal. Once you take your foot off, my engine goes back to idle. This is good for a car but not for a sailboat... you want the throttle to stay put, otherwise it would be impossible to tend to the sails, or just to sit and relax. The old cable had just enough rust around the inner cable to keep it in the same place. Now Hank will need to find a way to put enough friction on the cable to stop it from going back to idle.
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| lots of tools to remove 4 bolts and two cotter pins, plus three days labour. |
It was a cold evening, but kept warm inside with my electric heater working all night. Hank and Aaron went for a walk up the mountain side and then over to Doc Morgan's for great dinner!
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| Marina office pointed end. |
The next morning, the fog rolled in, making for a different sail back home. Was a "piece of cake" with aid of the AIS app and with Aaron new GPS unit.
We sailed close together, to provide a better radar blip for the ferries.
Arrived home, berthed etc... no problems... except for the minor problem with the throttle cable; which will be fixed before the next sail.
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| Nice trip back... ferries sounding their fog horns... even Aaron was sound his fog horn. |
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| note the fog bank we went through! |
Now resting, waiting for Hank to make the adjustments to my new throttle cable
Tarka out!
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