Back in the 80's I was asked by a sailmaker to train a client's foredeck crew. We headed out for a short local race, got a decent start, and had the windward mark in sight. While I was up on the foredeck with the trainee the owner ran the boat aground in soft sand/mud on a falling tide. When the boat struck, the owner's knee hit the engine start key and broke it off. I quickly showed the owner how to hot wire his new boat and attempt to power off but to no avail.
The boat and crew were now in for a 4 to 6 hour wait. I had commitments in 3 hours that made me consider wading ashore at low tide. Much to my surprise a local (we were just off the east shore of Bainbridge Island) rowed out to see if he could help with a kedge. With the owner's permission I jumped ship into the dinghy which landed me on Bainbridge Island about five miles from the ferry dock. Fortunately hitchhiking was still OK on the island and I was on the main route to the ferry. I did hear that the boat got off the beach OK without damage about 5 hours later. I believe that is the only time I have jumped ship in the middle of a race. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 3:49 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Ever broke the key in the ignition switch? Yesterday, it was pretty sporty on the lake with winds in the upper teens, my son was rushing from the deck to the cockpit and kicked the engine start key / broke it as he stepped over to come and take the wheel for a while.. I could not find my spare key so I had to stick the broken half back into the slot to get the engine re-started. Back at the marina in the evening, I tried to remove the broken piece by prying / pulling it out with a variety of small screwdrivers, drill bits. and other implements nothing was working and it was getting late so I decided to take the switch off to bring home and figure it out later. That's when I found out that I was very thankful for thoughtful Yanmar engineers: There is a slot in the barrel directly over the key's teeth. All you need to do is stick a small screwdriver in the slot and push the offending broken piece out.. Brillant! Outside of that it was a phenomenal day on the lake. Probably the best sail this year so far.. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, Georgia
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