Diesel Duck

26 July 2013 | On board Diesel Duck
26 July 2013 | Leamington, Canada
25 April 2013 | Florida
26 March 2013 | Florida
27 February 2013 | Stuart, Florida
10 February 2013 | Beautiful Florida
24 January 2013 | Key West, Florida
26 December 2012 | Miami Beach
07 December 2012 | Miami Beach
27 November 2012 | Stuart, Florida
15 November 2012 | Wrightville Beach, NC
05 November 2012 | Chesapeake City, MD
01 November 2012 | New York, NY
30 October 2012 | Half Moon Bay Marina
29 October 2012 | Croton-on-Hudson, NY
23 October 2012 | The New York State Canal System
14 August 2012 | Leamington, Canada
20 June 2012 | Leamington, Ontario
20 June 2012 | Leamington, Ontario
13 May 2012 | In the Erie Canal System

Danger lures from above

03 August 2008 | Yaviza at the Rio Tuira
Marlene
Slowly we motored up the river with the tides to Yaviza covering the 52 miles in two days. Not easy, while we dodging huge debris of bamboo and large tree trunks floating down river. The wildlife was incredible. Alligators, snakes, monkeys and colorful birds. When the tide was running out, the current reached 4-1/2 knots. On the 3rd of August we reached Yaviza. While on the approach to the river harbor and the current against us (thanks God) Benno kept his concentration and his eys on a pedestrian suspension bridge in front of us. That's when it happend: We hit a high power overhead line which stopped us dead. At that moment I had come up from below and saw what happend before Benno realized what had hit us. Immediately Benno hit the gear into reverse and gunned up the engine. We separated from the cable and with shaking knees we anchored a few hundred yards down stream. Somehow we weren't electrocuted, but we felt the static. All equipments worked still fine. Only the extrusion of the jib furler was bent and the upper bearing block had deep scratches and burn marks, which Benno cleaned up later with a file.
The locals of Yaviza were parading along the harbor front and over the small suspension bridge to have a peek at us. Hadn't seen any cruising boats come up here before.
The end of the Pan-American Highway was just a dirt road!
Comments
Vessel Name: Diesel Duck
Vessel Make/Model: Diesel Duck 41' - Aluminum
Hailing Port: Toronto, Canada
Crew: Marlene and Benno Klopfer (Photo by Marcie Lynn, Puerto Montt, Chile)
About:
The kid, Dominik, is grown, married to Maryann and they have three kids Heidi + Annaliese + Hans, on their own. We are on the loose. Sold the condo and retired. Benno from an engineering profession and Marlene from a business administrator job. [...]
Extra:
SSCA Members Diesel Duck is designed by George Buehler and is a long range, sail assisted Troller Yacht. Main engine: Perkins M80T, 4 cyl. 78 hp Generator: 5 KW - 115/230Volt - 3 cyl. - Northern Lights diesel Fuel: 3000 liter diesel Water: 800 liter Additional equipments: 3 burner gas [...]
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Cruising on a Troller Yacht

Who: Marlene and Benno Klopfer (Photo by Marcie Lynn, Puerto Montt, Chile)
Port: Toronto, Canada