All our plans for this weekend have come to nothing as we have found water in the gearbox.
While the boat was back in Lymington this week at the Scorpion yard, I asked Dave Crawford to give the engine its first service and to change the gearbox oil which several people had advised.
Dave was very busy and thought that he might not get to do it, but on Thursday he did. With hindsight, it was just as well he did because he found the oil was contaminated with sea water.
This could have been very damaging. The unit needs a careful rebuild and checking in order to see how this happened after only 23 hours of use and never knowingly having anything tangle around the propeller.
We have lost a week in the schedule, but it is worth finding things like this before we start the race.
- Gavin April 26
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