[Public-list] Outboard motors as emergency units

[Mike Lehman]

...or drift aimlessly and land on a remote island full of beatiful women.



Mike Lehman
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca>
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To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Outboard motors as emergency units
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:21:16 -0400

Randy wrote "But now the question is, What do I do if the wind dies, the 
diesel won't
work, and I've run out of OB mix?"

Answer: Anchor ; )

----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Katz" <randyk at bertschi.org>
To: "Alberg list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:56 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Outboard motors as emergency units


>I've used my 1976 Evinrude 4 hp Weedless outboard as an emergency backup
>engine a few times-- when moving the boat with the engine pulled, and when
>the diesel conked out.
>
>With the OB on the inflatable dinghy, and the dinghy tied to the rear
>quarter of the Alberg (secured fore and aft), it's a useful method for
>moving at low speeds.... As in limping through the marina back to the dock.
>Not real great for long distance hauling, I imagine.  Or in waves.
>
>But now the question is, What do I do if the wind dies, the diesel won't
>work, and I've run out of OB mix?  Sometimes you just can't win...
>
>Reagrds,
>Randy Katz
>#249
>Seattle/Bellingham
>
>
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