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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 05/21/2005 :  12:41:07  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Click below to see our photo-journal of the Newport - Ensenada race. All photos by Charlie (Sterngucker) who WAS on the boat, even if you can't ever see him.



http://www.indiscipline.org/cat25/newportrace.html

<b><font color="red">We will be back </font id="red"></b>

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 05/21/2005 :  18:21:21  Show Profile
Awesome Jim...and Charlie! Thanks for posting those pics. Hope you don't mind but several are already part of my screensaver (not the one with the screwed-up spinnaker, though).

Steve
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 05/21/2005 :  21:14:53  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
If there was noone to come in later, then there would be no winner! Winners are just the ones that came in earlier.

Great pics, virtual participation for the rest of us.

Thanks for posting them.
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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 05/22/2005 :  03:36:00  Show Profile  Visit Ben - FL's Homepage
Lookout? You mean rail meat.
Very nice pics. What happened to the iron genny?
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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 05/22/2005 :  08:06:09  Show Profile
Thanks for the pictures Jim. As I said before I find people like you very inspiring, especially on those days I spend under the boat with PPE adorned and a sander in my hands. I hope in the coming years I aquire enough confidence in my skills to try such a race. You say it didn't end as you hoped, but at least you tried. My hat is off to you...glad you have the "We'll be back" attitude!
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 05/22/2005 :  10:19:27  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
We got the motor out a couple of weeks ago. Its a 25 year old Yanmar 8 hp. Looked in excellent condition. There was no compression. It turns out a small crack was in the head allowing cooling water to enter and gas to escape. This had been there for a long time. $3600 later we re-installed the motor with new head, new cylinder liner, new piston and rod. The bottom end was fine. The transmission has a whine but that should last for another couple of thousand hours.

Coming back in the new water pump bolts loosened and the belt was slipping. This may have caused the motor to get a little hot but it was not seriously overheated. It was just its time to go. Probably contributed to a sudden worsening of the crack.

Using 2 x 4s as levers and the boom plus mainsheet as a block and tackle, getting the 175 lb motor in and out was not too difficult. About a 2 hour job.
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 05/22/2005 :  11:00:36  Show Profile
Wow! what an adventure! I've never done an open-ocean event of any kind, racing or cruising. Did you get the wrapped spinnaker back down without damage?
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 05/22/2005 :  21:22:53  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Yes, we were drifting with no wind and no motor waiting for the tow. Charlie kept messing with the gennaker and a little gust gave it 5 twirls in the right way, then 5 more and Ken pulled it to the deck.
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