Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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Sounds like you're on to something @Giles. I'd venture a guess that as the tank volume gets lower, you lose the hydrostatic head that assists in pushing the fuel out of the tanks. As you lose the hydrostatic head as the tanks are mostly depleted, sounds like the lift pumps can't keep up with the fuel requirements so the ECM kicks in and kills power. Not sure if you could have them install a lift pump system that works in tandem or a more substantial lift pump. I'm sure the fuel pickup in the fuel tanks is intentionally set higher than the tank bottom to allow for small amounts of water that might inadvertently make their way into the tank. As diesel has a 0.84 SG, any water would settle out on the bottom of the tank. Hope they can get it squared away soon!
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Sakura is lovely. Thanks @Giles for showing us about. Shame about the weather (winds)..
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That dog bone turned out well! Seamless transitions
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Thank you. There is a tiny irregularity where the 2 buries cross in the middle. Not enough to cause structural concern, but it is fucking with my OCD, so I have bought some Dyneema chafe-guard sleeving that I will integrate over the middle 200mm. The trouble is, it is coming from, Australia, so won't be here for a while....
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I got these decals made many months ago. They were to replace the rather small one (for some unknown reason, Sasga only put a decal on the starboard bow). Today, we got around to affixing them. There is one on the port side too now....
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Paula and I popped down to SAKURA in filthy weather earlier today. I wanted to show @Madame-Buttonfly the new decals. We wandered to an adjacent pontoon, so that we could see the port side and the decal. Here she is with her I-don't-like-all-this-fucking-rain awning on....
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some inspiration for the board bar
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Any developments on the fuel issue @Giles ?
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