Saturday 11 October Destination anywhere

Our challenge continue. With light winds we sail when we can. The twin headsails which allow us to sail downwind on light airs are our saviours which keep us moving along, albeit at a gentle pace. David patiently continues with our errant fuel / engine testing and eliminating each element of the system. It's frustrating because each time he thinks he's found the fault we run the engine only to discover it was a false hope as the motor loses it's drive until it stalls then it's back to the drawing board for the next possible. For the technical minded, it seems we have two issues, each of which could starve the engine of fuel. First could be dirty diesel clogging the filters, second is air is getting into the system ( we see bubbles on the fuel return pipe which takes unused fuel from the engine back to the fuel tank. Both give fuel starvation in the injector pumps which drive the engine. Could it be a faulty lift pump, faulty injector pump, dirty injectors, a bad seal, all of the above or another problem. David is probably the best mechanic I know and knows our engine better than anyone else in Indonesia so we do have the best man available on the job. His costs are most reasonable too, a supply of cold drinks and an occasional meal, plus the attendance of an able apprentice to pass, fetch and hold for the same price. We remain optimistic of a fix soon. Fingers crossed.