After a few successful sails this summer, I was starting to think that maybe out boat problems were behind us. No such luck.
After getting the mainsail up this evening, I brought the throttle back to idle cutoff, and the engine kept running. Thinking I just hadn't snugged it back enough, I gave it an extra little shove. The level came back alright, and the engine died as it should with no gas flow. When trying to bring the throttle back to it's normal idle position, it wouldn't move.
Climbing into the lazarette, it appears the insulation around the cable is shot, and the cable fray. So, I assume this is the cause of my woes.
We managed to limp it to a dock, tie her up and walk back to the car, but I gotta tell you, it's this type of stuff that makes me want to strap a grenade to the hull and leave her at the bottom of the Chesapeake.
We'll see what the mechanic says, but it's irritating to have this happen on a boat that we've taken out all of a dozen times since purchase.
After getting the mainsail up this evening, I brought the throttle back to idle cutoff, and the engine kept running. Thinking I just hadn't snugged it back enough, I gave it an extra little shove. The level came back alright, and the engine died as it should with no gas flow. When trying to bring the throttle back to it's normal idle position, it wouldn't move.
Climbing into the lazarette, it appears the insulation around the cable is shot, and the cable fray. So, I assume this is the cause of my woes.
We managed to limp it to a dock, tie her up and walk back to the car, but I gotta tell you, it's this type of stuff that makes me want to strap a grenade to the hull and leave her at the bottom of the Chesapeake.
We'll see what the mechanic says, but it's irritating to have this happen on a boat that we've taken out all of a dozen times since purchase.