Hit 7.0 to 7.3 knots for a couple minutes.
11-September-2016 – Building winds all afternoon made for a nice finish
5-September-2016 – Labor Day sail on Lake Michigan. 15 knot winds made for a good sail.
Labor Day sail on Lake Michigan with my brother and 2 friends.
15 knot winds made for a good sail.
4-September-2016 – Installed new fuel lift pump on our Yanmar SB12
Installed a new lift pump on our Yanmar SB12 engine.
I learned this past week that our engine was a Yanmar SB12 and not a Yanmar YSB12. 2 different engines. I had seen references to both SB12 and YSB12, but thought they were one in the same. The SB series has a horizontal crankshaft & vertical cylinder (the YSB has the opposite). When I was trying to find a source for the fuel lift pump I asked for a pump for the YSB12 and found out that the YSB12 used an electrical pump and not a mechanical one like ours.
28-August-2016 – More engine problems. Connection on our Yanmar SB12 lift pump stripped.
More engine problems.
The connection on our Yanmar YSB12 lift pump stripped.
21-August-2016 – Fast sail (for us). 5.5 knots, 6.5 knots, 7.5 knots
5.5 knots, 6.5 knots, 7.5 knots!
19-August-2016 – Engine dies and an aborted solo trip to Chicago to watch the air & water show
Engine died on me as I was leaving the marina for an aborted solo trip to Chicago to watch the air & water show.