Hi Josh,
Why did you choose a gas gauge for your diesel fuel tank? :)
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 08:51 AM 06/06/2013, you wrote:
You should also get VERY familiar with bleeding the fuel system of
air. I recently, accidentally, ran out of gas while motoring in 6-8
foot breakers and 20-25 kts of wind. We got the sails up and could
have continued indefinitely except that the next port was 4nm up a
shallow and narrow channel and the sun was setting. After having 10
gallons of diesel delivered to the middle of the Chesapeake Bay (Bay
Marker #42), we started the engine and proceeded to take the sails
down. At almost the same time the engine started sputtering and
then died. Various restarts were attempted but it was pretty
quickly determined that there was air in the lines. Fortunately I
was very familiar with venting. From the time I left the topsides
to investigate the dead engine to being back under power was
probably less than 10 minutes. And that obviously includes all the
time diagnosing/restarting, and time finding tools.
A new gas gage made it to the top of the projects list!
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
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