Sunday 15th and Monday 16th June
Sunday I was on my own. G and J had plans so after we had been out for a fried breakfast we went our separate ways and I made my way over to the marina.
First job Sunday, was to position the bilge pump and run the wiring from the battery to the pump.
The pump I've used has an inbuilt float switch so is totally automatic, as soon as the water in the bilges reaches more than about 30 mm the float rises and switches on the pump thus ejecting the water. 'simples', as the water level decreases the float drops and switches the pump off. There is the facility to manualy switch on the pump if you wish but generally its automatic in operation. As i don't have a dedicated switch for the bilge pump yet, I havent used the third wire for the manual function but wired it permanently to the battery using the auto wiring. At least i can leave the boat safe in the knowledge if we have some torrential rain the pump will do its job.
Whilst down in the engine bay dabbling with the electrics I thought it would be a good idea to check the electrolyte level in the batteries as they're not usually very accessible. All was ok there so thats another job jobbed!
Next job was to drill the holes in the deck plates in order to mount the port side storage box. Not too difficult as we'd already marked them out previously, but still a bit rough on the knees and leg muscles that hadn't recovered from Saturdays efforts! I managed to do the two outer bolts, but had to leave the two inner bolts for this morning (Monday) as i needed longer bolts.
Bolts acquired, job done.
I'm really pleased with the amount of work we've accomplished this trip. Unfortunately I need to get back to Kent tomorrow so I'll leave you with a picture of two doting parents and their offspring. Taken this morning just a little way along from my mooring.
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Bye for now.
Hello Dave it's shane here just hoping that you are well and enjoying yourself also to let you know that shannon passed her test on Monday.
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