My days at Poole Harbour revealed a couple of minor
shortcomings with ‘Sandpiper’; the most
annoying was a sharp edge to a piece of aluminium screwed to the top of her
transom for protecting it from being damaged by wire strops that help support
the engine when in the lowered position. As I lowered the engine I would catch the
underside of my forearm on the aluminium, causing it to bleed. The first time
this happened I didn’t realize I was bleeding until I saw drops of blood on the
lid of the stern locker; then I noticed there was blood on my trousers and on
the front of my shirt.
I’m obviously a slow learner, because twice more I was injured
when lowering the engine. Today I had an
opportunity for covering the aluminium with a leather capping piece.
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