OFB
Guru
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2012
- Messages
- 638
- Location
- Canada
- Vessel Name
- Invader no1
- Vessel Make
- Kishi Boat works
Yup , twice in the past 30 years.
Purchased the old single engine woody Artemis a 32 Grenfell express, after the survey's, mechanical and hull. The power had been rebuilt , like new , the prior year before I purchased her. Invoices from a machine shop in Victoria along with receipts from the yard for the work on the Ford industrial 390 , interceptor .
So on my first big cruise heading north I felt comfortable with the information I had on hand. But through Welcome pass she started to push a lot of steam. Backed off the throttle she banged and popped , I managed to get into pirates cove and get the anchor down. Shut her down and checked the plugs, yup water in the cylinders. Pulled valve covers and had six bent push rods, that I had replacements for, along with enough goods to tear down the top and put back together.
Fired up and came home at 1100 rpm a days travel, after a couple of days working on the boat in a real nice spot. Instead of fishing. Then rebuilt the engine at the dock . being a newbee I had no idea insurance covered such < you have to laugh. The manifolds had been reconditioned not new GRRRRRR. Any ways about a year later I was anchored down river and when I went to fire up the timing chain jumped and wa la need a tow home. Yup I should have replaced the chain through the rebuild but it seemed with in tolerance when I rebuilt the engine, oh well. Towed by a buddy cause I did not have a puller with.
Once on Invader about 5 miles from the marina, I lost all the fluid from the steering. Seems when I built the aft cabin one of the fittings through the deck took a hit. The threads be done, but who knew. I had the fix but left the fluid on the dock in a dock box. $ 50.00 bucks for the tow home and two hours later I be up and running. I do apologize for the fluid spill into the river cause it went from the fitting directly to the scupper so I had no idea I had sprung a leak till the better half looked out the back of the boat. Easy to trace from there.
Having a few parts and some tools with good knowledge on systems has served me well. I can go on and on with at sea fixes, and not just on my vessels.
YMMV.
Purchased the old single engine woody Artemis a 32 Grenfell express, after the survey's, mechanical and hull. The power had been rebuilt , like new , the prior year before I purchased her. Invoices from a machine shop in Victoria along with receipts from the yard for the work on the Ford industrial 390 , interceptor .
So on my first big cruise heading north I felt comfortable with the information I had on hand. But through Welcome pass she started to push a lot of steam. Backed off the throttle she banged and popped , I managed to get into pirates cove and get the anchor down. Shut her down and checked the plugs, yup water in the cylinders. Pulled valve covers and had six bent push rods, that I had replacements for, along with enough goods to tear down the top and put back together.
Fired up and came home at 1100 rpm a days travel, after a couple of days working on the boat in a real nice spot. Instead of fishing. Then rebuilt the engine at the dock . being a newbee I had no idea insurance covered such < you have to laugh. The manifolds had been reconditioned not new GRRRRRR. Any ways about a year later I was anchored down river and when I went to fire up the timing chain jumped and wa la need a tow home. Yup I should have replaced the chain through the rebuild but it seemed with in tolerance when I rebuilt the engine, oh well. Towed by a buddy cause I did not have a puller with.
Once on Invader about 5 miles from the marina, I lost all the fluid from the steering. Seems when I built the aft cabin one of the fittings through the deck took a hit. The threads be done, but who knew. I had the fix but left the fluid on the dock in a dock box. $ 50.00 bucks for the tow home and two hours later I be up and running. I do apologize for the fluid spill into the river cause it went from the fitting directly to the scupper so I had no idea I had sprung a leak till the better half looked out the back of the boat. Easy to trace from there.
Having a few parts and some tools with good knowledge on systems has served me well. I can go on and on with at sea fixes, and not just on my vessels.
YMMV.