We've had Ceres for one year. Because we didn't know much about the boat when we bought it due to the unusual circumstances of the previous owner, we hadn't taken it out before except to move it about 500 feet from its current slip to its new slip. Also we are active sailors and it's much easier to take out a 6000 pound 32 foot sailboat than a 30,000 pound 40 foot trawler.
We do know cylinder a loud knock, and some visual evidence of overheating near cylinder 1. We've had two experts look at it and a quote to replace the motor, which is the size of a kitchen table. It's on Jarred's list to get in there and have a look after making a number of other fixes. We'd had a diver look at the prop and rudder before we bought the boat. And we'd sort of tested the linkage to the rudder from the inside steering station.
But it was Christmas Day and it was calm, and our end of pier dockmates were gone, which meant we had 90 feet of open runway to take off and land, just in case.
