I posted this as a reply to asking for help getting my
boat home from
Dana Point to King Harbor. I thought it deserved its own thread though.
My buddy that talked me into getting a
boat came along.
We got on the boat and everything started right up, It was fairly still so we were going to
motor out. We made it a whole 100 yards before the
motor went out. I got a quick lessen on how to use the
rudder for
power.
I had kinked an O-ring on the
fuel filter and we loss suction. I had a spare but we decided to get a basic 5/16 as a spare just incase. it's a whole lot faster to get on and you can see the flow with the clear plastic. It wouldn't be a permanent fix.
Off we go again. 8am. About an hour and a half into the trip and I get sea sick. FML! I had used a couple different bands but that didn't do anything.
Then about 45 min later the motor makes a squealing
noise and is smoking, like a belt was failing, it also felt like the trans was really hot. The motor never went over 160 deg. So we shut it down and started sailing.
Mind you I'm down, I'm not
learning anything except that the next time I go out I'll have a patch on. we were making around 3-4 knots.
About the time we got to the derricks off of Huntington we
lost all
wind. Down to about a mile an hour. It's 2:30 and I say were calling a tow. We are concerned about crossing the Long beach and LA harbor
shipping lanes and making it around PV.
I'm soooo glad I sprung for the Gold tow package. We called and within an hour and a half we were hooked up. In that time we had gone about a mile.
As soon as we start getting towed we start taking on
water. We cant find where it's coming from. We have a small drip coming from the
exhaust water line but not enough to be filling the boat at the rate of a 5 gal bucket every 5 min. Guess what else we found out. The
bilge pump doesn't
work. My buddy's bailing water cause I'm holding the tiller and barfing.
If anyone has any ideas where this water could be coming from let me know. Most of my thru hulls are plugged except for the inlet, outlet to the motor and the
bilge. I might be missing something, I'm a nube. Once we stopped being towed we stopped tanking on water. Thank God cause we we're spent. Today I checked to
oil for water but it was good. Ill pull the plugs tomorrow since I didn't have a
plug wrench or the energy to
work on her.
So at 9pm we get her into the slip. Ill say this The
Captain that got us home was impressive getting her into the slip. Supper smooth and accurate.
So I have been humbled. I'm going to get her set up for living a couple nights a week and then start working on the motor. I won't be taking her out for a while. I plan on getting some lessons, if anyone has any recommendations around Redondo beach let me know.