GL: What happed to the Great Loop

[Bob DeGroot]

We're starting the loop at the end of September or first of October
depending on the weather. Yesterday a friend who completed the loop gave us
the charts, CDs, cruising guides and books he used. They weighed about 80
lbs but we did find storage space for them. Although we will be getting many
updated versions, it's good to know what charts we'll need in the first
place.

Right now we're working on an engine that rapidly heats up (M135 Perkins
Sabre) with increasing RPMs. Using the port engine as comparison, using
laser hand held temp readers to compare with upper and lower helm station
gauges. It gets too hot to fast. We have sea chest raw water intake. We've
changed impellers, changed the raw water pump, cleaned heat exchanger
(little sea grass), have the right levels of antifreeze in coolant system.
What now? So, I'm working on other lists to learn more about this issue so I
can talk semi-intelligently with the mechanic.

Best regards,
Bob

Bob DeGroot, D.C.H.
M/V Spirit Dancer
DeFever 49 CPMY
Lakewood Yacht Club - Seabrook, Texas
MTOA # 1896 - DeFever Cruisers # 857
Great Loop Assoc. (AGLCA) # 427
Texas Mariners Cruisers Association
www.BoaterSites.com
Cell (713) 876-8787



-----Original Message-----
From: great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com
[mailto:great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Tom Barnes
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 5:34 PM
To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com; Lhemmerich
Subject: Re: GL: What happed to the Great Loop

Maybe a lot of the folks posting here are not doing the loop this year and
just want something to talk about.

Tom B.

--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Lhemmerich <lhemmerich at knottydog.com> wrote:

From: Lhemmerich <lhemmerich at knottydog.com>
Subject: GL: What happed to the Great Loop
To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 10:27 AM

>From the posts of the last few weeks it seems this board has turned 
>into a
political board
or discussion on Fuel prices, both good topics, but I thought this board was
a place to learn about or hear from cruisers actually doing the loop.

Larry
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