I made contact with Swedish radio P3 planet and they are interested in following the journey with interviews over the satellite phone.
Also, I mailed and received responses from the crew of http://www.arielfyra.se/ hope for some advice from two of sweden’s most experienced polar sailors. It is invaluable to get advice from someone who has actually been there!
I went down to the boat to winterize the engine, about a month late given that it´s been below freezing for two weeks :(
The engine has been running flawlessly for 3 years’ time and I have replaced most auxillery systems but now in minus two degree weather, it refuses to start despite using the coldstart button.
A Volvo Penta MD2b from 1978 may not be the safest bet and the fact is that my mechanic just laughed at me when I said I would sail around the world with it. It would really be interesting to hear what he had to say about bringing it on a polar quest :) The hard truth is that I can not afford to change. It just has to work !
So I put a heater in the engine room and waited two hours… Worked like a charm. The solution will be an air heater with an adjustable secondary outlet in the engine room. However, I must figure out a solution so that I can panicstart the engine if the heater doens´t work for some reason.
Posted in Enviroment on Dec 8th, 2010
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