February 15th – 17th 2015
Made a reservation at Nassau Harbour Club for a
couple of days – I really need to get
the boats fuel system checked as we have had issues with it stopping unexpectedly.
So we left Rose Island for Nassau and just as we are getting close to the cut
that is just less than 7 feet deep at low tide – and it is low tide … waves
breaking on the reef, I decide that this doesn’t look good. I start a U turn
and just then the engine stops! Oh isn’t this just perfect!!! I am able to
restart using the other fuel tank – heartbeat returns to a more acceptable rhythm!
We circle back and take a cut that is deeper which should have been my choice
from the beginning! We arrived at the marina without any further excitement.
I was able to have a technician on board the next
morning to see what needs to be done. After 5 hours of cleaning and fuel filter
changing Ambition is saddled with fuel tanks that are very dirty – this was
caused by years of no use and the fuel deteriorated in the tanks with no
maintenance. There is no way to clean them easily but the technician was able
to confirm that the fuel lines were all clear. I just need to watch the fuel
filters closely especially if we are motoring in bumpy conditions that stirs up
the sludge in the bottom of the tanks. With time and patience and lots of fuel filters, the tanks will
get better.
The definition of cruising is – “fixing boats
in foreign countries” – how true!
No pictures of the gross crude that came out of the fuel system .... ugh!!!
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