Of course Norm has good advice and also experience and tools aboard. I am often too conservative and follow the rule that is the first rule of the Hippocratic Oath Dr's used to follow: FIRST, DO NO HARM.
I do not want my motto to be READY, FIRE, AIM. I have never had the problem but did not think I would gamble an engine if I screwed up the engine problem diagnosis or cure. I worry about running prematurely without fixing the problem. One of the local folks here thought he had patched up his engine sufficiently to get to Jacksonville from Brunswick for additional engine work. After temporary repairs he decided to see if he could run the engine for an hour to ensure it was OK and would get to Jacksonville. It ran 15 minutes till it seized and threw a rod. It cost him 5 figures eventually. The good news was he had a lot of spare parts cause it did not damage the starter, alternater, etc. etc. Ed & Sue Kelly aboard USSV Angel Louise, installing new VHF antennas and cable at Brunswick Landing Marina today. DC Based SKYPE Phone # (202) 657-6357 please leave message for us You can see map and travel progress at http://tinyurl.com/EdandSue On Dec 3, 2010, at 11:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: Personally, I do all my engine repairs at anchor and spend the dock rent money on spare parts and tools. From my own experience, changing or overhauling a raw water pump does not require much work, certainly not a dock, if I have the parts and tools on hand. I have always anchored out and dinghied in to get what I needed. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL N30 07.68 W081 38.47 Personally I'd get it to a dock where I would do any work. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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