i have an evenrude 70 with oil injection and it has a problem .running ok then the revs went down and all i can get out of her is about 5 knots no more. she runs ok at that plugs checked evrything seems ok. no alarms. someone did mention something about running in a safe mode when the oil...
they intend to get her to corpach under her own steam kieth, the exhaust water lock has a hole in it but i think they will sort out some kind of temp repair to get her back
unfortunatly sailorman the guys that got her to the jetty did it in a very bad storm and saved her from being totally destroyed (many thanks to them) and in the dark. thanks for all your comments though. she is still sat on the jetty at the moment waiting for the weather and tides to be right...
when my yacht was taken from being run aground to the jetty the guys that did it ran the engine ( an old but fully reconditioned) perkins 4108 without opening the water cock for the engine , she got hot as you would expect but when checking her out found the water lock spurting water out . do...
many thanks boys for all the advice , I think up to now i have i have done things as they should be done . I have to get get to the yard from the jety and on safety grounds i will not do it myself , not knowing what if any other damage may have been done so the yard were involved in the first...
if she is not moved to the repair yard can i still get an estimate for all damage done, the insurance have said it is up to me what i dobut having rescued her from the rocks and got her to a place of relative safety .i have done what they asked as to damage limitation,the only costs involved to...
yes she is covered for swinging moorings, the insurance also say that they may use a surveyer. i have had a boat buiding firm from corpach come out to temp repair the hole and they are going to check the engine runs although i did start start her when we had to run her to the jetty . they say...