Yup, under very high winds, I saw another sailboat almost completely tip over so I immediately turned the engine on and went into irons and was about to try and bring down the sails, but she turned ever so slightly and the wind got a hold of the genoa and almost took us down too. So I just cranked the tiller to the direction she wanted to go, got straight swung around and tried again. Thank goodness it worked the second time. In that mess, left it running for 10-15min without opening the thru hull valve.
The engine made a weird noise which alerted me that something was wrong and that’s when I opened the thru hull. I saved the boat and the crew and we made it back to the slip. Motor still runs, but compression is reading 25psi where it was at ~100 before. So ya, she runs tho...a testament to my prior work and the help of you fine folks.
Oil is clear btw.
What’s everyone’s take? Pull the engine or something simpler?
The engine made a weird noise which alerted me that something was wrong and that’s when I opened the thru hull. I saved the boat and the crew and we made it back to the slip. Motor still runs, but compression is reading 25psi where it was at ~100 before. So ya, she runs tho...a testament to my prior work and the help of you fine folks.
Oil is clear btw.
What’s everyone’s take? Pull the engine or something simpler?
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