I see Zac had to turn back from his departure from Port Moresby because the
engine failed to start. Smart move. Better to get it fixed by the people
who should have just fixed it than sail into an unknown port with it niot
working. Also smart not start a long leg to a place where the engine could
be vital to a safe landfall. Sure, you should be able to manage without an
engine but why throw an ace out of your deck if you don't need to?

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Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I see Zac had to turn back from his departure from Port Moresby because the
engine failed to start. Smart move. Better to get it fixed by the people
who should have just fixed it than sail into an unknown port with it niot
working. Also smart not start a long leg to a place where the engine could
be vital to a safe landfall. Sure, you should be able to manage without an
engine but why throw an ace out of your deck if you don't need to?

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Roger Long

Do you have his blog URL? I seem to have misplaced it. Smart move,
definitely. It's better to wish you were sailing than wish you weren't.

Looks like he's made good progress with the Pacific puddle jump.

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"Capt. JG" wrote

Do you have his blog URL? I seem to have misplaced it. Smart move,
definitely. It's better to wish you were sailing than wish you weren't.


http://www.zacsunderland.com/blog/

Looks like his engine problem is in the fuel line. The engine was switched
from gas to diesel but they didn't replace the fuel line. Really bad advice
on a $6000 boat. I had an original factory (1980) fuel line which was
clearly restricted on my boat due to the max RPM increase when I replaced
it. Looked fine but who knows what was going on inside.

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Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote

Do you have his blog URL? I seem to have misplaced it. Smart move,
definitely. It's better to wish you were sailing than wish you weren't.


http://www.zacsunderland.com/blog/

Looks like his engine problem is in the fuel line. The engine was
switched from gas to diesel but they didn't replace the fuel line. Really
bad advice on a $6000 boat. I had an original factory (1980) fuel line
which was clearly restricted on my boat due to the max RPM increase when I
replaced it. Looked fine but who knows what was going on inside.

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Roger Long

Ah.. thanks. I found it right after I posted.

Kid has guts to undertake such a voyage, especially alone. There aren't many
who don't do even close to this.

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
"Roger Long" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote

Do you have his blog URL? I seem to have misplaced it. Smart move,
definitely. It's better to wish you were sailing than wish you weren't.


http://www.zacsunderland.com/blog/

Looks like his engine problem is in the fuel line. The engine was
switched from gas to diesel but they didn't replace the fuel line.
Really bad advice on a $6000 boat. I had an original factory (1980)
fuel line which was clearly restricted on my boat due to the max RPM
increase when I replaced it. Looked fine but who knows what was going on
inside.

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Roger Long

Ah.. thanks. I found it right after I posted.

Kid has guts to undertake such a voyage, especially alone. There aren't
many who don't do even close to this.


Come on Dave... I need help with these typos! LOL

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:20:40 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

Kid has guts to undertake such a voyage, especially alone. There aren't
many who don't do even close to this.


Come on Dave... I need help with these typos!

Those are wordos, Jon.


Har.

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On 6 Sep 2008 13:12:01 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:20:40 -0700, "Capt. JG" said:

Kid has guts to undertake such a voyage, especially alone. There aren't
many who don't do even close to this.


Come on Dave... I need help with these typos!

Those are wordos, Jon.

You are a weirdo, Dave.

On Sep 4, 4:13*pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
..*Sure, you should be able to manage without an
engine but why throw an ace out of your deck if you don't need to?

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Roger Long


Indeed, only an angry bitter person who never sails would dis-agree
with you.
It's easy to brag stuck to a barko lounger how you would do things
differently, and easier still to claim you are more manly.

I'm sure some loser will claim he could do better, but in reality
(the world he never deals in) he will do nothing but thump his sunken
chest in a pathetic attempt to garner attention.

Fred

I think you're missing an important point... he (Neal, I'm assuming) is
angry because he *doesn't* sail. Unless you're talking racing, and then only
in the moment, I can't think of any angry sailors/cruisers. They're
typically relatively happy, and relatively patient people.

wrote in message
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On Sep 4, 4:13 pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
.. Sure, you should be able to manage without an
engine but why throw an ace out of your deck if you don't need to?

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Roger Long


Indeed, only an angry bitter person who never sails would dis-agree
with you.
It's easy to brag stuck to a barko lounger how you would do things
differently, and easier still to claim you are more manly.

I'm sure some loser will claim he could do better, but in reality
(the world he never deals in) he will do nothing but thump his sunken
chest in a pathetic attempt to garner attention.

Fred



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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:13:28 -0400, "Roger Long"
said:

Sure, you should be able to manage without an
engine but why throw an ace out of your deck if you don't need to?

Only reason I can think of would be a testosterone deficit such as Neal's,
requiring you to demonstrate you're a "real sailor."

It was a stupid, weak-willed, incomprehensible move, turning back because
the engine quit.

Oh, poor baby claims to be sailing around the world and just can't even get
out of port without an engine. Worse yet, he knows NOTHING about engines or
anything else. He spends a lot of time on the Internet troubleshooting
various simple things with his cadre of support people. Seems he has no
technical know-how. Clueless when it comes to boat systems.

And, worse than that even is he doesn't even know how to sail. He claims he
was motoring into a headwind leaving port. Then his engine that had just
been repaired quits again. So he turns around and beats into the wind for an
hour or two headed back to port until a tow arrives. Huh! The wind was
apparently going both directions at the same time. You idiots reading his
blog don't even notice the discrepancy. What else does little snot-nose make
up?

Zac is a loser. A spoiled brat trying and failing to do something better
left to men.


Wilbur Hubbard