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Stripped to the bare essentials
Sep 2000 p144  (2.00 pages)
Category: Cruise account
Author: Norman Whewell
Description: Experiences / Learning from Experience
Centre plate loss and engine failure in the Irish Sea. You don't need much in the way of gear and equipment when sailing a simple dayboat. (Drascombe Coaster). Or do you? Norman finds out the hard way.
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'Creeping disaster' nipped in the bud
Nov 2011 p66-67  (2.00 pages)
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Author: Drew Maxfield-Follis
Description: Learning from experience
Drew recalls how a broken autopilot, engine failure, a seasick crew and faulty VHF conspired to create a potential calamity on the Irish Sea. Lifeboat rescue.
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Rudder and engine failure after grounding
Jun 2000 p56
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Failure on one engine
Jul 1996 p73  (1.00 pages)
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Category: Seamanship & safety / Practical, maintenance & repair
Description: Hands On - Engine failure
Factors to consider when one of your engines fails.
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Engine Failure
Jan 1990 p136-138
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Category: Engines
Author: John Mellor
Description: Part 1 - Engine Failure
Getting out of trouble. In the first of a new series designed to help you get out of sticky situations, John Mellor looks at how to tackle a recalcitrant engine. Fault finding, spares kit, tool kit.
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Power cuts
Aug 1996 p34-42  (8.00 pages)
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Category: Engine / Engines / Practical / Practical, maintenance & repair / Questions & answers / Seamanship & safety
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Description: Sounding out - Engine failure
What are the most common types of engine breakdown? How do you cure them, and better still prevent them?
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Loss of rudder in the channel
Nov 2000 p42
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Engine failure. Are you asking too much?
Apr 1997 p80
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Author: Pat Manley
Description: Ask the Experts
Sterngear
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MBM Skipper - Engine failure
Sep 2009 p86-89  (4.00 pages)
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Category: Handling / Practical / Seamanship & safety
Description: MBM skipper - Part 18
Everything you need to know about handling your motorboat - engine failure, engine overheat, fouled up, using VHF, drifting
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The loss of Silba sunk in a storm
Aug 1993 p37
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Learning the hard way - check it out before you buy
Oct 1994 p34  (2.00 pages)
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The author's expensive dream boat... " My dreams have been somewhat shattered and my pocket severely scoured out by a string of problems, all of which stem from a lack of maintenance and poor quality of work on that which has been done"
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Autopilot failure in the Solent
Aug 2000 p43
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Engine failure. Are the air vents big enough?
Apr 1997 p80
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Who needs an engine?
Jan 2001 p56-57  (1.00 pages)
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Engine failure in Ionian Islands aboard Calipso, a 34ft S&S sloop
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Rescued twice in six days
May 2009 p46-48  (3.00 pages)
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Description: Sailing Skills
Learning Curve: Engine failure cross-Channel
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A cautionary sail - taking a tow from a jetski
Aug 1994 p38  (1.66 pages)
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Description: Experiences / Learning from Experience
Our naivety was very nearly responsible for the loss of two lives. Our competence did not extend much beyond the handling of our boat. I believe sailors should be licensed in much the same way as pilots.
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Engine failure. Is the thermostat working
Apr 1997 p80
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The night the lights went out
Nov 2003 p58-60  (3.00 pages)
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Learning Curve: Cruise from Torquay to Channel Islands with engine failure and a power cut that turns off Guernsey's Le Hanois lighthouse
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Steering failure at sea
Apr 2003 p62-64
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Lost steering in the Coral Sea off the Australian Great Barrier Reef
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'A cheap plastic valve wrecked my engine'
Oct 2011 p42-43  (2.00 pages)
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Category: Engines
Author: Crispin Latymer
Description: Learning curve - The anti-siphon valve,
Crispin recalls how the failure of a £56 component caused £8,000 of damage to his engine. The flap was not opening when the engine was turned off. As a result, seawater was siphoning back down the hose into the exhaust, the turbo and cylinders.
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Diesel Engine
Nov 2010 p68  (1.00 pages)
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Engine failure is the number one root cause of rescues at sea - find an RYA-endorsed sailing school offering Diesel Engine courses.
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Having to sail home
Jul 1994 p42  (2.00 pages)
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When you fit your own engine, you need to stay flexible. 'The gear box flange spun in front of my eyes and it was then I noticed that it was not connected to the flexible coupling...'
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Irish jig
May 1998 p36-40  (5.00 pages)
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The winning account in the Waypoint '97 Motor Cruising Awards was that of a rapid circular cruise around the Irish Sea by Rod Pearn's Nimbus 2700. His father Derek tells the story of a well-planned foray from the land of the dragon to the land of Guinness
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Engine controls explained
Aug 2006  (2.00 pages)
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Category: Seamanship & safety / Engines
Description: RNLI Sea Safety
Check Card 5: Engine controls explained. In the event of throttle or gear system failure, know how to disconnect the remote controls and operate the engine from its compartment
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Fire in the engine
Mar 1992 p42
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New engine into old boat
Jun 1995 p42
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The will to survive
Oct 2010 p32-36  (5.00 pages)
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Overboard without a lifejacket in the dark Irish Sea, Prue Nash had to tread water for two hours before she was rescued. But what was she really thinking as her yacht disappeared into the gloom that stormy night?
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Close to the Edge
Jan 1997 p82
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Lessons - Don't let the fuel level in your tank get too low. Basic Knowledge and skill in engine maintenance can save you calling rescue services. Be prepared incase you crisis plan fails.
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When your diesel dies
Dec 1991 p62-64  (3.00 pages)
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Description: Coastwise - Restoring the flow of fuel to your engine
An uninterrupted supply of clean fuel is essential for diesel engine reliability and safety. But a blockage of pipes or filters should not lead to a knee-jerk call for the lifeboat or mechanic.
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How to - Build an alarm for shore power failure
Nov 2012 p51-53  (3.00 pages)
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Description: mains failure alarm - using a commercial 'power pack'.
David shows how to assemble a simple mains failure alarm. Making the kit, the overview of the circuit, putting it all together.
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