Doomed by the bung
24 June 2017 | Padenarum
Tried to go sailing.
The world was not playing along. We had no bung! Long drive to Fairhaven to buy a new bung.
By the time we got back it was low tide, springs. We ran aground getting off the dock and broke the shear pin in the prop!
Gave up and went home to a storm cloud that matched our mood.
Amazingly the parts were all available on west marine and arrived during the week. There is a whole extra blog post to be written about how poorly designed the Torqeedo shear pin is designed. You either use the motor to hold the shaft while you unscrew it - which doesn't seem safe to me, or you take the motor pod apart and invalidate the warranty. Great options.