Troubleshooting a light
So a bedside light doesn’t work, and hasn’t since I got the boat. Hmm, what could be wrong? I finally had a bit of time to investigate. Lets unscrew the middle and have a look! Oh… that can’t be… Continue reading
repairs
The List
The following is the list of things I need to do still, divided into ‘short term’ (meaning things I need to do before I can move in) and longer term projects Short Term Make boat watertight – Stop all… Continue reading
Out of the water again…
Back in Friday, everything willing. Though i’ve learnt with boats never to make your plans too firm…
Raw water system fixin’
As seen in my last post, Windchime wasn’t going anywhere without fixing the cooling system. I had established that water was running through the system ok, so I crossed my fingers and waited for the pump to be returned to… Continue reading
Boat Moving Two*
*still not moving As an update to my last post, here is a diagram of the front of the engine – I have drawn a box around where the seawater pump was (this is post removal) And this is… Continue reading
Getting ready
I arrived at my boat and was pleased to see the yard had finished the painting – the bottom looks a lot better now! I’d planned to fix some of the gel coat that had been scraped off on… Continue reading
Frustrations
So I arrived Saturday morning, laden with cleaning products, ready to start scrubbing the HELL out of the boat. Except – the water was off at the yard. For the forseeable future. Argh. I tried scrubbing with a bucket of… Continue reading
Finishing off
The last couple of days have been spent finishing off the two things I started – mainly filling the below-waterline holes, and removing the holding tank. First, the holes – I’d filled them with marine-tex, and left it to dry.… Continue reading