Sailed and motor sailed last night. Topped up the main fuel tank from the on-deck cans. Raftan has had some issues with their autopilot requiring hand steering for a period and a broken boom vang which for sailing holds the boom down but is also used to keep the boom up when the mainsail is down.
I knew our streak of not breaking anything would come to a rapid end when Patrice asked me if we had had any gear failures to which I replied no. Later last night we had a strong smell of Diesel fuel coming from the engine compartment. After investigating where the smell was coming from we found a broken plastic screw in the Racor fuel filter. We have bypassed the Racor which should be ok has we have 3 in-line filters and the fuel we are using seems very clean. After bleeding the fuel system we are back up and running. Replacing the Racor will be a project for later.
We are motor sailing right now but the wind is supposed to pick up later and hopefully we will be able to sail in the morning tomorrow.
Jon.
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