The reason why boats must have sails.....Pura Vida Costa Rica 

we had a serious reduction in power and the wastegate lack of movement showed me that will likely be the issue. If we just left it alone the problem would likely end in a blown head gasket

@@carryonsailing , James....where are you? Miss your videos sir.

Sailingcarryon@gmail.com

Thanks for taking the time to give us all this info. Interesting to know that it is a normal issue with all diesels. There is no escape!

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thanks for your support bud.

All is good thanks Jeremy. We are soon to depart from Costa Rica for the Panamá canal. I hope you and your daughter are well

Thanks Martin. Just practicing for now...

Indeed we were Geoff, delighted you managed to sail yourself out of problems also.

Thanks. Will be back in the game soon.

@@carryonsailing Looking forward to it! What I especially love about your videos that it contains so much alpha, great vibe and a lot to learn! Have a great you and Eva from The Netherlands!

Just no issue on that Gilles, in any way. Never had a problem. My boat is for sale by the way. Sailingcarryon@gmail.com if you're interested

@@carryonsailing What are your plans? Continue sailing?

thanks, hope you are well.

Thanks Steve. The old timers knew best.

Best wishes Oliver. Get the extension of engine warranty

Hi Robbie, I'm not so sure I go electric over diesel quite yet. I generally try to remove risk and boat.

I don't think it would be a massive issue. Someone installed a generator retrospectively.

Basically what a catamaran is...but for Arctic stuff you basically do this.

Thanks again

Outboards not easy on fuel and also a pain in the ass to maintain

@@carryonsailing Need powerful electric outboards.

Thanks for your kind comments. With the neel, you couldn't put motors in the armas. The become submerged or raised when under way.

@@carryonsailing 🤔What you said makes sense. I’ve observed trimarans under sail with the windward lifting Ama providing counterbalance as the leeward Ama provides lift buoyancy. If the amas contained motors then only the leeward hull or the main hull could provide propulsion or regeneration. 🤔 How close to the wind can a Trimaran sail In degrees? On a monohull the average is 45 degrees but with high aspect ratios, heavy deep keels and the right sail plan, 20 degrees is possible. I’ve heard that trimarans are far superior to cats for upwind performance and that changes in rig, sail plan and the addition of daggerboards, etc can help, but I’ve never head a number. What’s your experience with the Neel? Thanks for your channel and experience in this area of sailing.

Depends on the wind. 38 apparent with 20kns. About 20app with 30kn

@@carryonsailing Thanks so much for the feedback. Trimarans are a small sailing fraternity. Your experience is very useful for the general sailing ⛵️ community. 👍

Hi Anton, Nowhere to send it into here. Would have loved a mechanic to help me also! You are right that the elbow doesn't get hot enough is what I have been reading. This is a very well known problem with this engine also. It amazes me that VP aren't made to do a recall this.

@@carryonsailing I don't think it is a specific VP problem. A propeller is usually pitched to reach rated rpm at hull speed. That is to be able using the full performance of the engine though it isn't a particularly economic way to travel. When you run low revs the prop absorbs less energy than the engine is able to provide so the mixture injected is low on fuel hence the temperature of the exhaust drops which doesn't seem to be that much of a problem unless you add a turbo into the equation that additionally slows down the gas flow and is a rather complex arrangement of moving parts. It's kind of driving in the wrong gear, when the same rules apply that create apparent wind. Commercial boats often cure that by the use of a Controllable Pitch Propeller. They measure the temperature at the elbow and pitch up until it reaches the optimum which represents the healthiest state of engine operation as well as the greatest efficiency. That route though is very difficult to go for a sailing yacht for a number of reasons and impossible for a sail drive. One could btw contemplate if you propeller might be a bit under pitched contributing to the problem. You might want to listen to Nigel Calder talking on the energy aspect of that gap between engine and propeller load (from 2:44). Unfortunately his company doesn't publish prices for their products so they are most probably hair raising. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0uTNjfb3MNQ.html

Anton, thanks for this and taking the time to write. It is all VP, even the folding prop. so one would have hoped that Volvo considered these factors over profit....but it seems profit must have won the race on my engine. On the plus side I am learning how to be more self reliant!

@@carryonsailing Well ,thanks for teaching us about that special aspect of the mighty turbo that I wasn't aware of yet!