WORK IN PROGRESS:
During the delivery the crew experience strange noises from the shaft. On return we handed this problem over to the experts. To date they have diagnosed that coupling was most probable of this noise. They are engineering it at time of this posting. Once fitted we will be able to be sure. While the boat has been out of commission we have taken the time to reduce some weight in strategic areas, namely below the cockpit floor there has been a well(as like all other Farr 38's) The well servied as storage foer the liferaft. No one uses if for that as sometimes it has water in it which long term is detremental for a liferaft. Most people just use it for fender storage etc.... It serves as no structural importance. In this well our boat has had a 200 litre stainless steel fuel tank. Really nice for the long hauls but striclty speaking in the wrong part of the boat. We have therefore fitted a modern small tank in the same position as all other Farr 38's and have removed the reather heavy tank. While we were at it, it was decided to remove the well as well. We then scratched around and removed or changed a couple of other little things as well as to fully service the steering system. Once the boat ias operational again we will have to have the boat rewieghed and checked by the IRC measurer and well while he is at it, we might as well optimise our rating with one or two more measurements.