Retired from newspapers and television, currently sailing Thelonious II, a 1984 Ericson 381.
Why bother?
Well, twice last year my M25 diesel wouldn't start up again after being turned off. I could jump the solenoid with a screwdriver--if there was someone in the cockpit to hold down the paired glow plug and starter buttons. When it happened singlehanded I had to sail into the slip, picking my way through maniacal 10-year-old Optimist pram racers all yelling "Starboard!" at me like TransPac lawyers. So, there was that.
And then there were the gauges...
Well, twice last year my M25 diesel wouldn't start up again after being turned off. I could jump the solenoid with a screwdriver--if there was someone in the cockpit to hold down the paired glow plug and starter buttons. When it happened singlehanded I had to sail into the slip, picking my way through maniacal 10-year-old Optimist pram racers all yelling "Starboard!" at me like TransPac lawyers. So, there was that.
And then there were the gauges...
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