Some time ago I saw an article on putting a rubber gasket to stop engine fumes coming back up the well so as not to choke the engine on its own fumes.
Whist I don’t think I have had any issues with fumes I did notice that the open well was acting as a sea anchor, catching a lot of water as we made headway. So it seam reasonable that the fix for one problem would do well for the other.
Before we head back to the coast to launch I pre build the gasket to the well using 6mm nylon sheet and 6mm rubber sheeting both from eBay, oh and also the measurement you guy all supplied from the blog posting!
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Did it work? Well once we launched we motored into a strong headwind, setting the revs just above half on engine would normally give me 4-5 knots with the gastket in place we were getting 6-7 knots!!!
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