Yes, it happened .... Right in front of Stollergrund our old Nanni Diesel 2.60HE started to smoke gray / white. The engine quickly went up to 150 degrees and a check of the seawater cooling system showed that it was working, water came out of the exhaust ...

A call to Jens R. brought certainty. The cylinder head gasket is defective. Remedy by filling up with new coolant did not work and we set sail again. From now on, cruising was the order of the day. We tried to get towards Laboe on our own, but after 4 hours and a scared child on board I went to the radio.

"Pan Pan, Pan Pan, Pan Pan, All Stations, All Stations, All Station, Here is the Sail Yard Flying Moogle, Flying Moogle DC3026. Engine not start! Destination Laboe Harbor."

Bremen Rescue got in touch and we switched to channel 11. After the questions whether someone was injured and how many we were on board, we were asked whether our life was in acute danger. I denied this. I was informed that there is currently still a mission and that we should be patient a little ... so we continue cruising .... The wind came directly from the east and was extremely unfavorable for us .... We wanted but only before the storm that was announced for 3 p.m., arrive in Laboe and 2 days later to winter camp ...

A call to our shipyard followed, we already announced that the damage could not be repaired quickly ... They could not drag us into the Kiel Canal from Laboe ...

After 45 minutes the rescue cruiser Berlin from Laboe called in and asked us to be patient ... We should contact us if it was no longer possible and 1 hour later I called again over the radio and asked for the towing ...

about 30 minutes later we were hooked :)

We were towed straight to the shipyard in Laboe and our Flying Moogle lived up to its name. On the hook, we briefly made 7 knots of speed over the ground. My son was feeling better again and had fun taking this picture. The Kiel Fjord was also crossed well.

After docking at the Steg shipyard, an employee reports immediately and shortly afterwards the cylinder head gasket diagnosis was confirmed.

You didn't know exactly where the damage was coming from, but we felt we were in good hands.

I commissioned the cylinder head to be repaired.

About 1 hour later the waterspout was reported in the Kiel Fjord .... At this time we were sitting in the salon and watched Netflix and waited for us to be picked up ... Fortunately, we were brought in on time.

After another 14 days and various emails and phone calls, we knew that it was the heat exchanger and, unfortunately, it was even more broken than expected ... The prognosis now came to a new engine ...

After careful consideration, we no longer opted for a diesel, but an electric motor .......

More in another blog.