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Each month, the star letter wins a bottle of Old Pulteney Whisky.
How’s this He arrived at my boat within Here’s the hose Got a yacht?
for service? 20 minutes and quickly found In your article about bilge This autumn, our band of
We all come across examples the fault – the turbo oil feed pumps (ST147) you said that campaigners will make our
of poor and inadequate service, pipe had fractured. you had been unable to find way to the UN climate talks
but I had a totally opposite Not surprisingly, being 1
1
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8
in hose at South Coast in Copenhagen in December
experience when I visited a Saturday, no spare was chandlers. Actually, we’ve without using fossil fuels,
Weymouth recently. available, but he arranged for stocked it for years and it’s cycling and kayaking through
As I entered the Harbour the broken pipe to be brazed available from us in any length Britain, visiting inspiring
under power my engine lost and we were able to get back up to a full reel. places like the Centre for
oil pressure. After berthing, to our home port on Sunday. It seems pointless to stock Alternative Technology and
the very helpful Harbour Such impressive service this size of pump without also promoting positive solutions
Master suggested I telephone – and so late on a Saturday selling the hose. to climate change. In
Mechanical Services, which afternoon – should be recorded Ian & Mike Ripper, Copenhagen we will demand
was answered by JJ, a member and applauded. Arthurs Chandlery, Gosport that negotiators make the right
of their team. Iain Muspratt, Huntingdon 023 9252 6522
Letter of the Month
Dealing with a troublesome diesel
I read with interest Brian playing up for a few minutes thought air was leaking
Simpson of Troon’s letter the engine picked up and into the system via the fuel
about his stuttering Volvo ran fine. I assumed that pump. Luckily there was a
(ST147). Last summer I set something had got into the Volvo agent in Cherbourg,
off from the Hamble for a fuel line, but had cleared. so I went in search of a fuel
long weekend in France. Approaching the French pump. The agent agreed
After the engine had been coast, as soon as I throttled with the diagnosis, but his
running for an hour or so up, the problem returned. view was that it was more
it started to exhibit similar We eventually managed to likely to be the mechanical
symptoms. As the engine coast into Cherbourg. pump, not the bulb operated
had only done 60 hours I Next morning I checked manual pump. We were
was not best pleased. After the whole line from the now approaching lunchtime
Diesels can die for a variety
of reasons – so don’t forget to
uplift out of the fuel tank on Saturday ahead of a
check for air leaks.
through to the injector. I French public holiday on the
changed or cleaned all the Monday and with neither
fuel filters and started the pump available locally they I needed to get back to
engine, which seemed fine. would have to be ordered London, so took the ferry.
We set off for St Vaast, either from Belgium or My wife and I returned to
but even before we left the Sweden. Tuesday arrived as Cherbourg the following
Grand Rade the problem did the pumps (I’d decided weekend and delivered the
returned, so we returned to to change both). Once fitted, boat back to the Hamble.
the berth. I called my Volvo the engine ran fine under Since then, though, the
agent in the Hamble who load tied to the pontoon. engine has run fine, so
I can only assume that
This month’s Letter of the Month wins a bottle of Old Pulteney, the genuine maritime malt. Pulteney the diagnosis of air in
Distillery, located in the fishing town of Wick, is the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland
the system via fuel pump
and has strong links to the sea – once it was the busiest fishing port in Europe – making this the
perfect drink to enjoy after sailing. Why not put pen to paper and send us your views – about leakage was correct.
anything nautical – to win a bottle of this highly-prized, 12-year-old Scottish single malt? For further
Mike Dormer, Zorina
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26 Sailing Today September 09
ST149 Letter
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