If they didn’t have the mechanical acuity to know how to fix a leak when they ran the engine, they had no business out there.
Now, having said that, how does anyone know how accurate the reporting is on this.
Lionheart, 36’ sloop and Ann Marion, 41’ ketch. Both out of ‘Dago.(Just in case anyone wonders about my bonafides on the matter.)
Or on anything else...maybe I'm wrong, maybe the reporter is a sailor but I wouldn't be laying any serious money down...