Living Aboard A Sailboat

Tag - mechanical issues

Perkins 4-154: Heat Exchanger Replacement

On my trip from Fort Myers to Jacksonville last year, I ran into issues with the engine overheating. The shop in Fort Myers that fixed the transmission also did a temporary fix on the heat exchanger where the cap fits onto the top of the heat exchanger. The cap connection had been welded before me buying the boat, so having a second weld was far from optimum. ...

The Palani in the water

Palani Is Launched

Well, the first day of boat ownership was a challenge. A perfect storm of poor planning on my part, inexperience – again on my part and mechanical issues.  Palani is Hawai’ian for “FreeMan” and the sailboat will provide a means of leaving the gilded cage of society. Poor Planning As I hadn’t really expected to find a boat this early in my search I...