Kia Ora, I had just crossed the Wide Bay Bar in
Queensland last Nov when I
lost all drive on my stbd side. Luckily I still had drive on port. The drive plate had collapsed! I had replaced it when I re engined in 2014. So I got a new Sachs plate from ZF in
Sydney, cost plenty. I had to pull the Nanni
engine off the ZF
saildrive to replace the plate then it’s a prick of a job sliding it back on the new one. I hope this one lasts longer. After we
lost drive the breeze came up and we had a superb sail down to Mooloolaba! Now I’m lockdown at home in
Auckland with no way of getting back to CHAMARAL in
Queensland for a while, bugger!