Bits and Pieces
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Sat 28 May 2011 14:13
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Saturday 21 to Saturday 28 May 2011
Over the next few days the new batteries were
installed and we put various interior panels back in place,
washed down the boat and polished the coachroof and cockpit with the electric
polisher. This hadn't been done for years. We put more foam
insulation around the fridge, repaired the shower drain pump and holding tank
pump connections and serviced the aft heads pump, replacing a lot of the
components.
We had been getting powder deposits from the
interior trims of all the hatches. The trims were removed and the powder
was from electrolysis where stainlees steel screws contact the aluminium
frames. These were all taken out, sanded and re-bedded with an
insulating compound.
Demir engineers changed a metal cooling water inlet
pipe on the generator for a rubber one I had bought to overcome a persistent
leak.
Whoever said that long term cruising on a sailing
yacht was 'boat maintenance in exotic climes' was not wrong.
Our wedding anniversary on 22 May consisted of a
nice lunch in the Marina Restaurant and a Sunday Roast on board in the
evening. In between Bob watched the Grand Prix and Lin had a well deserved
snooze.
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