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15 October 2013

Friday 11 October Destination Keyalang, Belitung

The day started with a dawn run down the river under motor and then continuing out into the bay still under motor as there wasn't enough wind to sail. Coming along with us today are Rutea and Geramar. With our fuel starvation issue it was a case of when, not if it stopped and sure enough after 5 hours the engine conked. First thing is to get the sails out. By fluke this coincided with the wind building to a decent strength to allow us to sail. While we sailed through the day David was back in the engine room trying to find the fault. This time with the use of clear plastic hose he was able to discover air was getting into the system which leads to fuel starvation. The solution of finding where it's getting in is easier to write than to find. Our challenge continues.....

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