I got an appointment at Gartside Marine in Oak Bay, so I’m heading over there. Not much wind out here so I’m under power, I was expecting to have to drift for a while letting the engine cool off but… the temperature has stabilized and isn’t overheating. It’s like when you’re in agony and finally decide to go to the doctor, but when you get there you realize your not in so much pain anymore. The only things I can attribute this to are a) the water is about 4 degrees cooler here than on the west coast, so it’s conceivable that was enough to mean the raw water wasn’t taking enough heat from the fresh water coolant. Or b), there’s no swell here, so it’s possible the motion in the swell was creating air pockets in the fresh water coolant loop, leading to the overheating… Anyway, it will be good to have Gartside look at the engine regardless and tell me what they think. The mystery continues!