Portobello & a cock-up in the engine servicing department
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Mon 15 Feb 2010 17:30
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09:33.228N 079:30.743W
Actually, I've moved onto the other side of the bay
which is less rolly.
Anyway, we drifted down here on the 13th, another
epic of about 10.6nm!!!!!
Some little scrote has a scam going on the dingy
dock (which is public) 'give me $1.00 per dingy, I'll watch it'. Yes, you watch
it matey, I dropped Simon ashore for a look around, so avoiding the scam (so
far). Si has gone off to Panama City for a couple of days for 'Carnival'
& should be back on wed, so thu we go down to Shelter Bay.
Yesterday I did a sail repair and today I thought
I'd service both engines. Aha, only 4 litres of engine oil (you need
5.6 litres to change both engines), the other container was empty (doh!), never
mind I'll do one.....well, yes, eventually. The oil-removing vacuum pump gave up
the ghost (yet more expense!) and so I got all bar 0.5 litre of the old oil
out (which looked pretty good, actually). So, after standing on my head,
muttering a few incantations and removing the old oil filter (in the
process, of course, draining a bit more oil out) I put everything back together
and it still runs.....with a bit too much oil in it, but I have no way now to
drain off the excess. Great. I suppose I'd better drain this oil and replace it
once I get a new oil-removing device and of course I still have the other engine
to do, but I'm now in practice so it should (hah!) go a bit
faster.
That's about it for now, I think Delicado and
Kilkea may be arriving today. Food supplies are dwindling nicely, I found some
naan bread mix that was best before the end of Jan (09.....oopsie). Well, it
tasted a bit like naan bread! Baked beans, tuna, pancakes, pasta, all on the
menu for the next few days to get them finished up then it'll be time to do a
mini-shop and start planning the big shop!
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