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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • KasiK
      Kasi
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      Good 👍 Luck

      The world's insane
      While you drink champagne
      And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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      • TwistlockT
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        Well, at least you have tested everything properly by the time you get home...
        Fingers crossed the temp solution works.

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        • GilesG
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          I'm feeling pretty confident. The engineers were competent and diligent they made me feel good.

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • todyT
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            @Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

            The problem is a restricted tank breather pipe on the port engine

            As in tank design problem, diameter too small; or a boat layout problem, pipe routing not being optimal?

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            • GilesG
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              No idea. The starboard and port tank/engine layouts are symmetrically equal, and we have no issues with the starboard engine. It could be (and probably is) something as simple as the hose between the filler cap and the tank is 60cms long on the starboard side and 55cms long on the port side , so the radius of the hose is tighter on the port side. Or someone dropped their fag butt in the port tube........That's why I need the Sasga engineers to come fix......

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • GilesG
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                Being stuck in A Coruña for a day or two is no bad thing. It is a hidden and unknown gem. The architecture is amazing, the people are wonderful, the food is great and it is very reasonably priced. Paula and I are really looking forwards to coming back.

                One of the things that I have never seen before, and really love are the balconies which are protected from inclement weather by great glazed facades.....

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                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  @Giles nice shots G! There are more worse places to got stuck in haha! Enjoy

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                  • GilesG
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                    Engine workaround complete, sea trial a success. Need to put some fuel in the tank, have a hot meal and get on our way....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • BrandreaB
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                      Thank you for taking us along Giles … we live vicariously through you !

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                      • GilesG
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                        Have left A Coruña. 40 hours to next stop, unless we decide not to stop in Brest and head straight for Guernsey (cheap fuel you say?)

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • TwistlockT
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                          Safe passage G and P!

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                          • GilesG
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                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • goosehdG
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                              @Giles Is 9 knots your cruising speed?

                              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                              • GilesG
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                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • NocturamaN
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                                  Got enough chocolate for the night shift…? 🤔

                                  #JustStopCrocs

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    UPDATE (Fuck).....

                                    The jury-rig fuel balancing system that was installed by the engineers is not balancing the fuel between the 2 tanks, as we were assured it would. Ho hum.
                                    The starboard tank "percentage of full" is decreasing fast and the port is increasing at approx the same rate. We don't know why and we have no transfer pump to balance the tanks (well, if we had, we would not have had to do the jury rig in the first place).

                                    Discretion being the better part of valour, we are heading for the nearest fuel depot, about 50 miles to our east. We won't get there before it shuts tonight, so we will have to overnight there, refuel as soon as they open, and try again 🙂

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • goosehdG
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                                      @Giles Fuck is an understatement...glad you caught that one.

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      • Mr EddyM
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                                        balls..

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                                        • goosehdG
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                                          @Giles Serious question: Can you realistically make the trip home in your current configuration with the fuel tank? Leap frogging between fuel depots will be a pain in the ass and would it be more prudent to have the techs out again for another possible solution?

                                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                          • jordanscollectedJ
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                                            @Giles must be getting a bit embarrassing for the boat/motor company at this point. May as well just bring a repairman on as a crew member with all the tools or you'll never get home.

                                            world tours:
                                            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                            Mad Red x2
                                            Wabidashery

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