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| Cabo Tinoso, Murcia |
We left about 7.15 a.m. as we wanted to get to the Mar Menor before 5 p.m. in order to get through the swing bridge. It was a lovely flat sea with no wind so we motored. After about 6 miles, the engine lost power and there was black smoke in the engine compartment and coming out of the exhaust. We turned everything off and drifted for a while - we couldn’t sail because there was no wind. When we turned the engine on again everything seemed to work properly at 1500 revs, so we decided to continue to the Mar Menor. However, when we put the revs up to 2000 smoke started appearing again. We decided to head to Cartagena, about 5 miles away, where there is a marina and mechanics.
We arrived about 10.30 a.m. but because it was Saturday, the Engineer won’t be in work until Monday.
On Monday we went to the Chandlers to enquire about the Engineer, but he can’t fit us in for over a week! The helpful woman then arranged for another engineer to come and look at the boat on Wednesday. As we are stuck here for a while we ordered a new autopilot which will be fitted on Wednesday. We had been about to book Jessica’s flights so she could visit us early August in Majorca but now we can’t make any plans until we know how long it will take to fix the engine. Roger is worried it is as a result of the oil pressure and it may be serious!
Marina: 21 euros per night; WiFi; Excellent showers; Very friendly staff
1 comment:
hi Yacht Susannah,
Siun Graham Benjamin here , back in rain drenched Dublin. Your blog is great, it makes being off the boat more bearable!!
Good News from Melilla, after a critical week David is making a little progress. Bad news,(not really) tell Roger its even hotter there!
Say Hello to Mar Menor for us. Hope your engine problem is a small as it can be. Look forward to hearing more. Fair winds
Siun (Yacht Liberty)
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