, a California surfer dude and fleet engineer, very nearly begged permission to swim over to Uno Mas to make ... Autumn Wind , which had been using its spare "wing engine, was steaming ahead under its main engine ... to the issue of delivering clean diesel to engine injectors has dramatically decreased the likelihood of fuel ...

caught a line on her prop. Autumn Wind had switched to its auxiliary engine, and was chugging ... engine and give her a blast of reverse. When they shifted into forward gear, the vibration that the line ...

expected, allowing us to cast off our lines by 9:30 a.m. The engines purred and wafted diesel in the early ... was simple: shower, clean the interior, steer, cook, eat, sleep, navigate and check the engines. There were ... , bilges to clean, engines that need to be checked." Left unchecked, the decades-old debate of sail vs ...

. The engines purred below the sole while our stout little ship gracefully lifted over each beam swell, gently ... tended to the ship's log, updated our position and checked the engine vitals. Then, as I stood ...

problematic elements. "They hummed-approaching the same noise level as the engines-like guitar stings ...

and cut the engines, the owner's estimate was closest, within minutes. Pulling in, any hesitation ...

, though I soon learned that a big boat and all its gadgets really needs a full-time engineer to get things ...

nothing to do with powerful engines. "I never liked big motorboats," he said. "It's like being ...