After a bacon sandwich, I took a look at the suspect wiring on Mike & Joyce's Griffon 'Aquilia' which was alongside. Sorted out the suspect plug & socket for the auto helm fairly quickly.
At 13:00 the Westerly Fleet left Falmouth Yacht Haven, with all our Jubilee flags flying. Some 16 yachts crossed the harbour and moored alongside the pontoon at Mylor. We were sitting on Mike & Joyce's boat, when George, the rally organiser, said that one of the Konsorts 'Thereabouts' had broken a drive shaft, and asked if I knew about Bukh engines. I said I knew enough to know that a broken prop shaft was highly unlikely and that I had taken a Bukh engine out and replaced it.
I took a look at Brian's engine. The splined coupling on the aft end of the gearbox had become detached. I stripped it down and cleaned up the parts, but we needed a special spanner and a torque wrench to reassemble. Fortunately, despite the bank holiday weekend, a marine engineer with the correct tools was close to hand who was able to complete the task.
We retired to the yacht club were Her Majesty was on the big screen telly for the Jubilee Thames River Pageant. It did look cold & blustery in London, but surely every boat owner wished that they could be part of the celebrations. Calviere II had her Union Jack, her St Georges Cross and the Kent Invicta flying from the backstay.
We all crossed the road for an evening meal in the Castaway Restaurant.
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