Goodbye to JAZZ

With TANGO launched and secure in her berth, it was time to prepare JAZZ for transfer to Brian Keoughan.
Saturday morning I met Brian and Linda at B Dock and we began the arduous process of aligning the prop shaft.  Finishing that work and testing it in the straps, we decided to check it "out There".  Captain Ron was right, the failures are all "Out There"!  Cranking the engine and motoring out , I was regaling them with my expert wisdom on all the electronic gimcracks on the boat when I noticed that the just-adjusted idle speed was causing the engine to shut-off at idle.  Unusual, but it cranked right back up.  Then it did it again and would not restart.  Shucks! I unfurled the jib and got us back under way and headed for the dock.
Tony and Brenda Coy had been following us out in their new skiff.  I raised Brenda via cellphone and arranged a tow.  Pete Vagovic caught us at eh dock and after nearly destroying the power pedestal, we settled back in to the berth.
I tried the normal bleeding and didn't like the smell of the fuel.   I had some left from fueling TANGO and added around 3 gallons to make sure the tank gauge wasn't lying.  Still no run.  We adjourned for the night with a plan to dump all fuel, check filters and try again in the morning.
Sunday, I arrived with 15 fresh gallons and three empty cans.  Using a Moeller Vacuum pot we drained around 8 gallons out and then sucked all the fuel out of the tank.  The filter was clean as evidenced by the rate of fuel flow into the pot through the fuel line.  I changed the engine filter and then refilled the tank.
Bleeding went normally until I tried to bleed the injectors.  I really wasn't getting fuel properly.  I'd get little at first and then nothing.  Throttle position didn't matter.  After several attempts, I declared to Brian and Linda that, "I'm going nuclear on this thing!"
I determined to remove the input to the injector pump and found good flow.  Removing the output piping at the injector pump showed a little fuel when first spun then nothing.
Fearing a governor spring failure, I removed the throttle arm and side plate and felt into that dark little hole for the governor arm.  It was free and seemed to have the spring tensions I remembered.
I asked Linda to start the engine while I manipulated the governor manually.  The engine started and I could control it manually.
I reassembled the side plate and when I put the throttle arm on I found my mistake.  Last summer I had reinstalled the throttle arm cocked on the shaft.  Nut tension was enough to run the engine and hold it in place for a while, then it slipped, loosened and allowed the fuel governor to slip all the way to cutoff.
I reinstalled the throttle arm correctly, and everything is perfect!  I had Brian take her out and we motored for around an hour.
Today, I went with them to their Credit Union and signed JAZZ over.  She is a wonderful and lovely boat!  Fair Winds and Flat Seas!  (Did you ever sail in following seas?  It sucks!)