This is Mr. Peugeot:

Mr. Peugeot is an Indenor DTP-40 from the sixties. These engines are considered superior diesels. However, Mr. Peugeot and we did not become friends. I think Mr. Peugeot may have had second thoughts about moving to Germany.
The trouble already started in the Dutch canals because Mr. Peugeot was exhausted quickly and overheated. Further and bigger trouble arose in Den Helder when Mr. Peugeot stopped in the middle of the harbour entrance giving us quite a start and almost resulting in major damage as we were drifting with strong winds towards a rusty pier. Only the Danforth and many meters of chain saved the day.
On the transit through the Kiel Canal, we had to limit the rpms to keep the temperature down. When we reached Kiel we did not pay attention and Mr. Peugeot boiled over blowing one of the rubber jackets of the cooling circuit. Later in 2014 while we were in Norway, the glow plug relay gave out. Taking out the relay produced a lot of curses as the work had to be done lying on top of the engine in a rather uncomfortable position.
Finally, a hole developed in the heat exchanger resulting in a lot of water flooding the bilge and triggering a number of hectic phone conversation between Jakob (on board) and Tobias (driving a car between Hannover and Hamburg). That event provided the final argument for retirement. Discussions were initiated with Indenor-Retro, a specialist who rehabilitates these engines. He pointed us to a used Volvo-Penta that has more or less the same dimensions but 30% more power.
The end of the story can be seen here:

Mr. Peugeot may now move into retirement. A stronger and younger gentleman shall take over. We shall call him Jacques Johansson. He has French roots but comes from Sweden. Well, it is a Volvo-Penta MD21B, an engine with am INDENOR block but 20 years younger. It should fit into Mr. Peugeots job perfectly. 

It will even inherit the gear box of Mr. Peugeot and the adapter flange...

End of Season

The eventful sailing season 2014 ended on 16 November when Rode Zora was craned out in Wedel/Hamburg. After the adventure of removing her 0.5t mast this was another nerve-tickling event.

Jakob and Tobias can be seen moving Zora around in circles as they wait for the crane. 

Finally,  Zora is learning to fly. She comes up ever so slowly as the crane churns its lowest gear.

The scale on the crane states 15.33t. This includes the crane gear which weighs in at 1.2t. This makes 14.1t for Zora without mast, but full fuel tank which we had just filled up

It's time to clean the hull with high pressure. Jakob and Tobias are working hard. The barnacles of the Baltic have taken a firm hold in some places. The paint if more than 3 years old after all. Considering, things look pretty good

She is as clean as we can get her in a reasonable amount of time and we wait for Sven Nagel with his Unimog to bring her to her winter home in hall 4

There she is in her winter home waiting for a lot of work to be done. The first thing now is to get Mr. Peugeot, our olde Diesel friend out. We believe he has earned retirement... So the next posting will be in memoriam Mr. Peugeot.