About 9 miles short of our return run to Chicago I lost my starboard engine pret…
About 9 miles short of our return run to Chicago I lost my starboard engine pretty abruptly. Put someone behind the wheel and I thought fuel filters. I cleaned the pancake screen for larger debri followed by changing the cartridge filter. No luck. This morning im back up running. Changed out the ignition relay. Yes i stock extras. Ive burnt them out before. 454 Crusader xl with efi. Symptoms didn't seem the same as before otherwise i would have changed it while under way and could have docked with two engines. I dont mind honing docking skills once in a while.
— at Burnham Park Yacht Club.
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Posted by: Albert Bartkus
You’re gonna love the diesels…
Docking on one is never fun. I’m sorry to say I’m good at it! lol
She hasn’t been lucky lately but you keep her going.
I had a ballast resistor go bad on me coming into the canal to my dock. I am passing big dollar boats on the way to my dock on my port engine. I’m am to close to the port to get into my slip to starboard. I managed it. But it was tight. I wish I would of know it was the ballast resistor. I would of jumped it real quick.