Well so much for circumnavigating Viti Levu ! The engine cooling system is not working properly. When it gets warm all the coolant is ending up in the overflow tank and it never gets back to the engine. Running the engine with the pressure cap off shows foam and bubbles in the coolant. That means only one thing - leaking head gasket...the engine compression is leaking across the head gasket into the cooling system and pressurising it.
So, you guessed it, back at Vuda Pt. The head is off the engine and we can see where it is happening - the left side of the gasket at #3 cylinder is burnt.
So we're getting gaskets from Australia and by next week it should all be back together again.....never ending saga !
In the meantime, a number of boats in Musket Cove experienced a violent lightning storm. Some boats were damaged and one lost all it's electronics - plotters, instruments, GPS, radios, the lot ! The owner is now having a fight with the insurance company over replacing it all.
So, you guessed it, back at Vuda Pt. The head is off the engine and we can see where it is happening - the left side of the gasket at #3 cylinder is burnt.
So we're getting gaskets from Australia and by next week it should all be back together again.....never ending saga !
In the meantime, a number of boats in Musket Cove experienced a violent lightning storm. Some boats were damaged and one lost all it's electronics - plotters, instruments, GPS, radios, the lot ! The owner is now having a fight with the insurance company over replacing it all.