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03-08-2024, 12:16
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C.L.O.D
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: UK
Boat: Kalik 40
Posts: 8,258
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Sneaking back in
Hey All, I'm back from a long time spent on land with very little time spent on a boat... since I disappeared from sight ten years ago, I have been withering away in a 3 bed semi. It wasn't bad until lockdown, cos we got to travel twice a year to her till then, but since then prices of flights have doubled and the other half lost interest anyway...
So BAM - here I am now, given a choice between the other half and the boat, I have finally broken away and chosen the boat! Yes! Although he did get her in the divorce settlement, I'm buying her back! And now I've got to go and do a maintenance trip (she's lying in Phuket) all by myself without a burly skipper to fix the engine when it breaks... oh my. Yes, I'm a little wary of that one, so I'll be around begging for help and advice!
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03-08-2024, 14:22
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Manchester, UK
Boat: Beneteau 473
Posts: 5,610
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Re: Sneaking back in
Good to see you back here Kate.
Hope all goes well with the boat.
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Beneteau 473
Manchester, UK
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03-08-2024, 14:28
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,397
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Re: Sneaking back in
Welcome back SS! Made the right choice there, and I suspect that there will be a number of brawny types to help out when you need it. Always some fellow cruisers in Phuket.
Jim
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Jim and Ann s/v Insatiable II, lying Port Cygnet Tasmania once again.
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03-08-2024, 14:50
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, in Tasmania, Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 29,332
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Re: Sneaking back in
Welcome back,
and all success to you, Kate. What kind of engine is it and what plans have you for it.
A long time ago, my former husband and I coached a friend's brother through his first engine rebuild. It was fun. Boy did it do his confidence good, too!
And, after you've seen it, tell us about your boat, too.
All the best,
Ann
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Who scorns the calm has forgotten the storm.
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03-08-2024, 17:21
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Moderator and Certifiable Refitter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: South of 43 S, Australia
Boat: C.L.O.D.
Posts: 21,149
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Re: Sneaking back in
 back SS.
Just don't tell the engine know that the burly one is not around and you will be fine.
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03-08-2024, 18:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,981
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Re: Sneaking back in
Yes, Welcome back! I have wondered where you went off too. 
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03-08-2024, 20:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: WNC mountains U.S.
Boat: Sabre 28
Posts: 1,240
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Re: Sneaking back in
I want to go!
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03-08-2024, 21:07
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Warwick NY
Boat: Belliure 41
Posts: 697
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Re: Sneaking back in
Certainly worse places in the world to have to go fix your boat than Phuket... I never found burly to be the better descriptor for engine work - small and wiry seem more in line...
dj
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04-08-2024, 05:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Southern Maine
Boat: Prairie 36 Coastal Cruiser
Posts: 3,268
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Re: Sneaking back in
Welcome back!! You made the right choice. You can get help fixing an engine, but a relationship...
And, yes, I can't wait to hear how the boat made out. They hate being left alone!
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04-08-2024, 10:05
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2007
Boat: Bestevaer.
Posts: 14,955
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Re: Sneaking back in
Great to see you back SS. No sneaking back in. Lets have a fanfare:
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The speed of light is finite. Everything we see has already happened.
Why worry.
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04-08-2024, 14:01
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, in Tasmania, Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 29,332
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Re: Sneaking back in
^^^^^
I love it: a fanfare for an uncommon woman! Woooohoooo!
Ann
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09-08-2024, 08:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Florida
Boat: Matlack, Trawler, 48 ft
Posts: 1,083
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Re: Sneaking back in
Welcome back!
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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09-08-2024, 14:04
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Commercial mooring in Lovett Bay, Pittwater, positioned perfectly to explore the Hawkesbury river system
Boat: 43' custom catamaran
Posts: 163
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Re: Sneaking back in
I do not know you, but welcome back! "Withering away in a three-bed semi"... Phuket will be a lot more interesting, I think.
Welcome back.
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13-08-2024, 09:08
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C.L.O.D
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: UK
Boat: Kalik 40
Posts: 8,258
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Re: Sneaking back in
Quote:
Originally Posted by JPA Cate
Welcome back,
... What kind of engine is it and what plans have you for it.
....
Ann
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It's a yanmar... I'd have to look uk the model but it's got an inline generator and is pretty new so should not need too much attention!
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