What a pillock

[Tugw]

As some on this forum will know,Last year i brought my old Storebro from Germany to sunny cumbria,The route covered some 900NM many things happened and the whole story would take ages to tell.Anyway,one of the worste things was the failure of the autopilot.this meant i had to helm the whole way in some of the worste weather i have seen in years.Today i went onboard to remove the batteries and bring them ashore for charging.While i was onboard my son(who had completed the trip with me)was asking various questions about the various equipment to found onboard.We were recounting the trip we had done and the troubles we had been delt.During this conversation i opened the cover to the autopilot and i heard my son say"Whats that wire hanging down there?" !!!!!! yes-you guessed it !! the wiring had come loose from the Steering pump and was hanging there for all to see.I reconnected it and hey-presto the autopilot sprung into life.900nm of helming for nowt. What a complete plonker i am. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[hlb]

Come on, tell the story.

I went 100 miles down the Irish sea, with the GPS unplugged. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Tugw]

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Come on, tell the story.

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Ill save it for the winter nights.Hundreds of pics and a trip i will NEVER forget /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[LittleShip]

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Tug......... what can we say.

Now how long has the boat been here and why have you only just looked inside the panel /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I think it's time you tested the Auto pilot out set it for Menia and come and tell the stories!

Tom /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[LittleShip]

I went 100 miles down the Irish sea, with the GPS unplugged.

Why doesn't that surprise me! but you still had the AA road map at hand... didn't you!

Tom

 

[hlb]

Nope. just the compass. Told the story many times before, but Brenda complained alot. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Tugw]

Its been sitting on a swinging mooring now for about a year.I keep going onboard and doing the odd job but theres a hell of a lot going on in my life at the mo so i really dont have time to start a serious sort out of the various bits and bobs.The main thing i need to do is get the port engine to run.I think the injection pump is duff.Anyway.thats were i am at the mo--redundant and fed-up.(but things can only get better!!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif)

 

[dragoon]

If I can be of help with questions/tips/ideas, let me know. I've been running our Storebro 34 for the last 8 years, and do everything myself.

Cheers,
Paul