Catamaran Cruising

Had a little sea trial outboard and starboard dolphin . The bracket for the outboard, was always going to be need a mod but I did not know how much of a mod , anyway the mod is now in progress after taking the 15 hp honda off in Mayflower marina to remove the bracket .<br><img src="https://catamarancruising.org/forums/uploads/imageupload/552/Z5EKA3EGH6A5.jpg" alt="received_1226830051015890_resize_72" title="received_1226830051015890_resize_72">
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The dolphin ran perfectly but the fuel feed gets air locks every so often so I am going to reroute the fuel pipe and I may put a small 1/2 liter buffer tank close to the engine with a high vent to tackle the issue . A recirculating fuel pump may be a long term solution . I have fitted a 296 filter and water separator which holds about 1/2 a litre 
Moving that from near the tank  to nearer the engine might serve the same purpose ,however the fuel line has a near 4 foot horizontal run and I think that needs to be inclined.

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The tick over of the dolphin needs just a " little " attention  but then slow running on a 2 stroke always can cause 4 stroking our suzuki used to 4 stroke erratically on tick over . The hours run at sea at half revs has improved it as it has cleared out the remnants of the the oil I filled the cylinders up with and I put 1/4 of a litre in the "sumps" as the engines had been standing frozen for 5 years or more . I did  drain them before remounting but there will have been quite a lot of run off collected in its books and crannies. Next time we runn it I will video that sewing machine sound!.

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