>... a hardcore sailor. >... has water in cylinders... The summer of 1979 I was delivering a C&C 39 back to Seattle from Hawaii (post Transpac). We planned to cut through the NE Pacific High by motoring. On deck was 30 gallons of gasoline to fuel the Atomic 4. We had been powering for +-12 hours and stopped the engine to swim and make a SSB call.
The A4 never started again. We were +-1,500 miles from Cape Flattery in a large area of very light wind. The A4 had been sucking salt water in through the carb. A cooling hose had chafed enough to allow a fine spray of raw salt water to be ingested. There was enough water in the cylinders to rust/freeze them solid. We pulled the head and used all of our shade tree mechanic tricks to bring the A4 back to life but to no avail. The "Midnight Special" had become a pure sailboat in the middle of the NE Pacific High. Our worst day's progress was 30 miles. It took 29 days to make Seattle. We rationed food and water. At one point, close to land not far from Port Townsend my then girlfriend, now wife stated "get me close to land, I'm swimming for it". We sailed the 39 directly into its slip after +- 2,500 miles with 30 gallons of gasoline still on deck. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Rouhi Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:57 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Atomic 4 Thanks for all your replies. Great suggestions as always. My friend is indeed a hardcore sailor. He just sailed from St Marteen to Fort Myers single handed and without a working engine. The cost of switching to a Diesel is prohibitive at this moment so he wants to stay with A4. I just spoke to him and he knows he has water in cylinders but not sure if it's a crack head or block. Moyer is a great place to start. I've forwarded all of your emails to him. Thank you again! Cheers, Aaron R. Admiral Maggie, 1979 C&C 30 MK1 #540 Annapolis, MD
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