Only issue I have encountered is that oil pickup may get above oil level if heeled significantly...causing oil pressure alarm to go off...happened once to me on port tack even though oil level good...yanmar 3GM30... Bill Walker CnC 36 On Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Motor sailing as you described should not present any issues. From: David Knecht via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 9:37 AMTo: CnC CnC discussion list Cc: David Knecht Subject: Stus-List Motorsailing We just got back from a long cruise (long for us- 5 days) where the wind tended to be against us every day. We ended up motor sailing some of the time fairly close hauled with winds varying 5-10 knots. We were pressed for time and wanted to keep our speed up and direction to our destination so that ended up with some pinched sailing a bit too close to the wind, but better than either motor alone or sail alone. Periodically, (especially as the wind increased) the engine/hull would start intensly vibrating and if I adjusted engine rpm, I could usually get it to stop. I am presuming that I was getting resonances in the engine/prop due to the sails and prop trying to drive the boat simultaneously and not always in sync. Obviously strong vibrations are not a good thing, but my question is whether motorsailing like this is a bad idea altogether due strain on transmission/engine. Thanks- Dave S/V Aries1990 C&C 34+New London, CT
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