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On Thu, 18 May 2006 21:25:08 -0400, DSK wrote:
99% of engine failures are due to either bad/no fuel, or dead batteries. I'd argue that cooling system issues are right up there also. Dead batteries are easily fixed on a boat with a generator of some sort. |
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99% of engine failures are due to either bad/no fuel, or
dead batteries. Wayne.B wrote: I'd argue that cooling system issues are right up there also. Dead batteries are easily fixed on a boat with a generator of some sort. Good point, but if your engine is overheated you can usually wait for it to cool down and then idle along.... unless you've run it to the melt-down point. The genius who formerly owned our boat tied the generator start battery to a couple of lights & fans so that it could be dead, too (and it was). Some people deserve to pay higher tow insurance! Fair Skies Doug King |
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jps wrote:
Staying put can be a dicey situation. Say you're in a following sea and it's foggy and you're in shipping lanes that feature mega ton vessels that take miles to slow down and that engine craps out 'cause you nearly pitchpoled on a wave. It won't start and you're hearing bridge-to- bridge communications on channel 14 that confirms your radar display's suggestion that a tanker is bearing down on your position. Is that likely to happen in the ICW? BTW just for perspective, those tankers & other big ships rely on single engine power. DSK |
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