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Part 2 Sea Water Found In Fuel Injectors We were preparing to leave for Koh Lipe on a friend's sailboat but the engine couldn't turn. The owner suspects water in the injectors so opened them up. He was right. Water shot out of the second injector. What do we do next? We found the reason but why was this modification made to this previously tip top healthy Yanmar Engine? Can we revive a seized engine that has sea water sitting inside fuel the injector chamber? #shorts #marineengineer #marineengineering #yanmar #sailorslife #sailboats #yachts

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A rogue wave from a different direction to the general wave train hits my boat while hove to (not sailing) in a storm, 100 miles off the Australian coast on passage from New Caledonia to Brisbane in November 2017. This was during my single-handed sailing circumnavigation in Fathom, my Vancouver 28. The tiller is not lashed completely to leeward as I was experimenting in keeping some way on. Conditions improved enough after 3 days that I was able to start sailing again and safely make landfall. If I had tried to close on the coast in these conditions it could have been a disaster in the shallow water and even bigger breaking waves found in the South Australian Current (another solo sailor was rescued at the time). Check out a film about my solo sailing circumnavigation: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-TVP7dP56ezfWlLJSTVKhL0GkKdKIvLd My Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thomdarcy My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yachtfathom My website: http://www.thomdarcy.com #broach #knockdown #bigwavesailing #sailingstorm #breakingwave #roguewave

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