I spent the morning on MollyMoo chatting about their broken generator but when I saw a few boats sailing some distance away I said I would go. I did the engine checks, started the engine, motored for a few minutes past the charted rocks, and then tacked under full sail towards land. ther wind was very light at about 5 or 6 knots apparent but it was enough to sail at about 2.5 or 3 knots. I made a few racks to get an angle to get into Vliho and then settled, passing a biggish charter cat also under sail on the way. as I approached the islands the wind was very light and flukey, but common sense told me that the wind would start coming from the Lefkas canal shortly. the wind did indeed pick up and I had a terrific sail for a mile or two as the wind built. I dropped the sails as I reached the islands by which point the wind was around 20 knots and the sky over Lefkas looked angry. I motored through Tranquil Bay and in the protection of the land the wind dropped to about 10 knots. As I entered Vliho Bay I radio'ed the yacht club to say I had arrived. A guy on a sailing boat going the other way said he would come back in a rib in 5 minutes so I slowed down to wait for him. in fact I wanted to knock the engine into reverse but when I did the boat felt wrong and I continued going forward. I quickly put the engine into idle to check that the cable hadn't come.loose and it hadn't. I turned the boat into the wind, cut the engine and dropped the anchor. I was busy checking to see what had happened and calling on the radio when the ribbfrom the yacht club arrived..I was towed to the pontoon but due to her long keel could not get into the berth originally allocated. I tied up and had another look and it was clear what had happened. the cable putting the boat into forward and reverse had been run under the muffler when the muffler had been disconnected when the head gasket was changed, and had been rubbing against the spinning propellor shaft which had cut through it. Another problem caused by my Albanian friend

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