Engine Trouble or Murphy's Law
Our raw water pump ate the impeller blades at around 8:30 Sunday night while about 6 miles off the Italian coast. I had stopped to check the oil when I discovered the problem. I had a spare impeller which I installed but the shaft seal was also leaking, and I didn�'t have a spare. I also couldn�'t get the engine started again to limp into a port.
I called for a tow. The guy shows up in a boat with no navigation lights visible. He also didn�'t speak English so we were getting translations by phone from the Coast Guard watch man that we had talked to earlier to get it set up. We finally got into a slip around 1:30 am. He pulled us about 10 miles.
We were able to get the pump fixed, start the engine, wash our towels, do some sightseeing, and a few other small tasks. We finally left the harbor around 9:30pm. We should now arrive at Cavtat, Croatia on Wednesday morning.
Mike
I called for a tow. The guy shows up in a boat with no navigation lights visible. He also didn�'t speak English so we were getting translations by phone from the Coast Guard watch man that we had talked to earlier to get it set up. We finally got into a slip around 1:30 am. He pulled us about 10 miles.
We were able to get the pump fixed, start the engine, wash our towels, do some sightseeing, and a few other small tasks. We finally left the harbor around 9:30pm. We should now arrive at Cavtat, Croatia on Wednesday morning.
Mike
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