I checked out at about 11:30 and paddled back to the boat there seemed to be barely any wind, but the engine started straightaway and off we went. I got the mainsail up immediately as usual and after a mile or so I was able to turn the engine off because we had about 10-12 knots just forward of the starboard beam..the wind built a bit and I eventually reefed both the mainsail and genny as we had about 17 knots and I was concerned it might build further into the gap between Corfu and the mainland. It didn't and I ended up shaking out the reef and then dropping the mainsail completely as the wind ended up behind me but it died away to nothing..I saw a few dolphins when I started the engine but on this occasion any luck they brought me was not obvious as the temperature of the engine was all over the place and the oil pressure read really low. more importantly than that, I was getting a lot of something in the bilge. I reattached the air filter as it had come off and the temperature seemed to correct. The oil pressure remained very low though and despite my best efforts at seeing where the liquid was coming from I couldn't. I motored into the anchorage, got the hook down and tried to diagnose the problem without much success..more professional help is needed alas

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