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Questions sailors actually ask. Answered by the boat.

Every answer cites its source and shows the working: the regulation, the page, the reasoning. The way the Purser answers on board, not a black box.

Backed by 13 sourced rulebooks: AMSA Domestic Commercial Vessel and Class 3 fishing, Australian Sailing Cat 1/2/3, insurance survey, and the recreational rules for all seven coastal states and territories. 214 requirements in all, each traced to its authority. See every rulebook and source.

You ask

“The engine overheating alarm is on. What should I check first?”

The Purser answers

It went straight to your boat’s own Volvo D3 manual: intake-manifold temperature on page 71, fuel and charge-air checks on pages 53 and 55. The Purser answers from your boat’s own manuals and cites the pages, so you can open the procedure yourself.

Cited from Shimbiri’s Volvo D3 manual (pp. 53, 55, 71). A real answer from your documents, not invented advice.

The Purser answering an engine-overheating question on Shimbiri, citing Volvo D3 manual pages 53, 55 and 71
The real, unedited answer on Shimbiri.