SomeSailor
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2011
- Messages
- 784
- Vessel Name
- Honey Badger
- Vessel Make
- 42' CHB Europa
Overheating crack the block, frozen coolant??
Neah, this was well before any freezes.
He left on a weekend trip, noticed she seemed to be running warm (not hot), and pulled into a local marina (under power) and had a mechanic change the impeller. Went on his way and still seemed warm... didn't wanna ruin the weekend.
Once arrived noticed it was low on coolant again, topped it off and decided to take it slow and easy getting home. After a 40 mile run and within a few miles of home, temps began to climb even when lowering RPMS. For the sake of safety, pushed on and got back to his slip under power.
All that being said, he could have shut down and gotten a tow, but he did not. On a twin, he would have least had an option to secure the motor and get home under power. Only using the second motor to navigate the lanes, or come in as a single.
I'm a pilot. Airspeed, Altitude, Ideas.
Never run out of options.