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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🇫🇷 L'heure est venue pour Kojiro Shiraishi de déguster le fromage offert par le navigateur Jean-Pierre Dick contre lequel il a couru le Vendée Globe en 2016. Un cadeau en remerciement de la sauce soja que le skipper japonais lui avait donné à l'époque. 🇬🇧 The time has come for Kojiro Shiraishi to taste the cheese gifted by sailor Jean-Pierre Dick, against whom he raced in the 2026 Vendée Globe. A gift in return for the soy sauce that the Japanese skipper had given him at the time. ------------------------ ➡️ SUIVEZ-NOUS ! // FOLLOW US ! 🔗 Website : www.vendeeglobe.org 📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vendeeglobe/ 🐦 Twitter FR : https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe | Twitter ENG : https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobeENG 🕺 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@vendee_globe 💻 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe 💼 LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/vendée-globe/

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Guarda il video completo qui sotto! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaGpciJVcM4

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First footage of heavy weather sailing on Black Jack 100 on the final training day, all carried out very smoothly in 25 knots plus with no incidents. Impressive crew lineup included Tom Slingsby, Chris Nicholson, Anthony Nossiter and Alex Nolan, backing up sipper Mark Bradford and Owner Peter Harburg.

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