Day 2 - Marina du Marin
Bonkers
Donald Macdonald
Tue 12 Mar 2024 20:46
The forward cabin still leaks when waves come over it. Although the duck tape did well in sealing it, in the heat it has wrinkled and no longer watertight. I decided to see if could get hatch out and reseal the whole thing. All screws came out easily and then I was hoping I could tap the whole thing out with a piece of wood from below. It did not seem to budge at all. Then a deluge of a rain storm came through so had to just lay glass on top, not ideal as water was coming in so saucepans came to the rescue to catch most drips. ITo remove it I needed so cheesewire to release the horizontal bond then it may have tapped out. My cheeswire in UK. Another deluge came, not an ideal day for tis job I feel. As unable to remove it went for te next best thing, clean up the joint and screw holes with MEK (lovely solvent) then a bead of silicon around joint and all screw holes. Will not tape up for next sail to see if any improvement doing that, if so will remove when back in UK.
Engine compartment cleaned of oil drips also put a bolltle inthere to catch the waste water that is a by-product of the the methonal to power the fuel cell. This should help to keep the bilges drier.