Good Samaritans Save Sailor in Trouble (My Shifter Broke!) #solosailor #shifter #reedboat

I don’t know which I love more …. Being in Japan or being part of the sailing community … yesterday morning I threw the lines at Dejima to begin to make my way to Goto when I discovered my shifter would not budge. I was able to secure the boat and immediately phoned my go to guy for things mechanical … Anthony … with his guidance I began to eliminate possible causes ( something caught in the prop, gearbox oil etc) and finally determined the problem was in the shifter. But I could not get the shifter apart and was growing frustrated. The marina mechanic said he could not come to take a look until February …. I told Tony that I may put an appeal out for help on this group ( sailing in Japan) when I bumped into Jin! I had met him once before … he is a builder of reed boats … and completed two ocean passages in them ( Pacific and Atlantic ) and now preparing his 30 foot Yamaha for a solo crossing to California this year. He immediately came to my boat and brought tools … but after two hours we could not get it apart … so he phoned a guy, who phoned a guy who phoned a guy who said he would be there in 30 minutes. He not only came but the other guys arrived too and by the evening my shifter was fixed! I tried to pay but they refused. They said they were helping a fellow seaman! This morning I left with no problems !!!!

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