Need of continuous and secure data exchange with a consistent set of on-board and off-board applications to improve global mission efficiency? Thales presents its applications platform connected with avionics

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Sailing around Point Conception is Dangerous. It's considered the Cape Horn of the Pacific. We're hitting it tomorrow morning. It's kept Leila up at night for a month. Here's how we got here. Subscribe to see how we do!

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While crossing the Mona Passage, 35 nautical miles offshore, we ran into trouble with our Yanmar 4JH4E. We were motoring in light winds when we noticed a change in the exhaust pitch — turns out, seawater wasn’t flowing properly. We checked the impeller and, strangely, it looked intact… but it could spin freely by hand — not a good sign. After getting towed back to our anchorage at midnight (huge thanks to Michael, who came out and saved us!), we dug deeper and discovered that the gear inside the old water pump had worn down badly. It turns out the pump wasn’t making full contact with the internal gear, likely due to an aftermarket impeller and shallow gear engagement. We ordered a new OEM water pump from R&B Power in San Juan, and they were awesome — super responsive and got us the part

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We offer: Boarding a luxury Catamaran & enjoying your day in the sun or chilling in the shade, lunch & drinks, swimming with dolphins. Our complimentary double decker bus will collect you from your resort and bring you directly to the harbour Place: Sunny Beach, Bulgaria Book now: Website: https://www.go-bulgaria.com/book Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VIPcatamaran Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vip_catamaran

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