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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Our First Sail!

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After launching, we motored for a few days just to get a feel for the boat and how a monohull moves compared to the large catamarans we are used to.  

All that motoring quickly pointed out that we had a serious leak in the transmission - we were leaking about a quart of oil per mile!  We headed back to Nanny Cay to anchor and borrow the chain hoist so that Sasha and I could wrestle transmission out of place and fix it.   Come to find out, the shaft was corroded and pitted badly enough that it was not making a good seal.  Sasha slipped on a speedy sleeve (a thin metal cylinder that fits tightly over the shaft and provides a brand new smooth surface) and we were back in business.  


We motor sailed all the way to St. Thomas without a drip from the transmission!   




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