Going in the water

So those videos were then and this is now - Wednesday evening on the same day at 8.45We're in the water, we motored out of the sling out into the bay and got about 10 boat lengths before the engine died. One of those deaths that usually means fuel starvation caused by something simple.
We coasted up to a mooring, which incidentally happens to belong to a classic old converted steamship called Amazon who we met in Bermuda.
They aren't here but we are. Tony managed to steer her up to the mooring without the engine and we grabbed it and have been tied to it all day.
We've worked most of this day changing fuel filters, twice for the racor and one for the primary, pulled off fuel lines to check they are clear, which they are, and have not reached a conclusion. The engine sometimes runs for a short while gulping a bit of fuel and then stops. The bowl at the bottom of the racor filters have been full of muck, which sounds like we have a batch of dirty fuel. But we did a few miles after filling up in Gozo on our arrival here and there was no problem. It seems to have something to do with being immobile for almost 3 months.
We are dreading the possibility that the fuel pump has packed up.
So what's good about today is we're in the water, we're tied up to a very prestigious mooring very safely, we've cleaned most of the boat though she really needs a good hosing down and we have the name and phone number of a Maltese mechanic who comes highly recommended.
So we hope you like these videos. We have a few more but they take so long to download.

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tamara said…
yay! off the hard & back in the water! she looks great you guys.
sending hugs from the island,
xo tamara
November 27, 2009 at 11:56 AM
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