Neil Arlidge wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Literally as we were making the final approach onto the pontoons in >>> Bristol Floating Harbour yesterday, the Morse control cable linking >>> to the fuel pump failed so that the engine wouldn't go over >>> tick-over speed >> We once had the gear cable on our Morse control snap while we were >> approaching Osney Lock on the Thames, with the result that by the >> time the steerer realised that we were still in forward, we were >> heading for the gates at quite a lick. >> >> I have to admit that, in our concern to avoid damaging ourselves or >> anything else too badly, we somehow failed to appreciate the >> appropriateness of having Morse issues in Oxford... >> > <groan> > We one had a gear cable go at an inaproriate moment, so I lifted an engine > cover board and operated the little PRM lever with the boat hook.
I've cobbled round a broken throttle by using the engine "pull to stop" feature until we could get another one. A bit of a pain for going through locks, but worked surprisingly well for general cruising as long as you took care to throttle down before changing gear.
