Lots of things happening for us. Show you the new place the new grills and I’ll be setting up this pit boss competition series Titan smoker. I’m excited this is definitely a step up from the last one. Also a pit boss, I’m a giant fan of these things. Video coming soon. 

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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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The $500 water pump works! The antique diesel engine is back in action on the sailboat. It sounds good! Now I can get back out onto the water again! This is the Universal 5411 2 cylinder diesel. Naturally aspirated. Please remember to subscribe for the whole story on this abandoned sailboat.

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