These are the days we remind ourselves of when the weather is not so good.
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Is it really still only February?
Monday, 20 February 2012
Not all plain sailing.
A couple of weeks into the New Year & our first problem arose. I had refilled our fresh water tank with about 900litres, went off to collect Steph from work, came home & went to put the kettle on---no water. Opening the hatch to the bilges, I found where the water was! Our pressurised water pump had waited for the tank to be filled, to spring a leak, sending all the tanks content into the bilges. It seems things can never be sorted straight away, it was four days before I could source & refit a new pump costing £360. This time, I went for a stainless steel version, so hopefully, it will last a while longer. The main problem was pumping out all the water, which was not deep enough for a bilge pump so, we had to resort to using our vax hoover & about 100 loads later, we still get some water finding its way back.
Although still involving water, February gave us a slightly messier problem, with the Sanilflo macerator toilet deciding it too had served its purpose. I did attempt to clean it all out to see if that was the problem, you can only imagine what that entailed! After the usual searching of the internet & local suppliers, we had to stump up £535 to buy a new unit; considering we were first quoted £816 by the same place, we were happy it was only that price. Even then, we had go without an on-board facility(posh eh) for almost a week, those offay with sailing will be aware of the 'bucket & chuck it' method!
We & our bank balance can now only hope that we can at least go a few more months before the next crisis hits.
Although still involving water, February gave us a slightly messier problem, with the Sanilflo macerator toilet deciding it too had served its purpose. I did attempt to clean it all out to see if that was the problem, you can only imagine what that entailed! After the usual searching of the internet & local suppliers, we had to stump up £535 to buy a new unit; considering we were first quoted £816 by the same place, we were happy it was only that price. Even then, we had go without an on-board facility(posh eh) for almost a week, those offay with sailing will be aware of the 'bucket & chuck it' method!
We & our bank balance can now only hope that we can at least go a few more months before the next crisis hits.
During our visit to the Southampton boat show last 'summer', we came across Crystal Covers & after a good chat with Iain & Mancy, we decided to ask them to come along & give prices on a new cover for Leander & covers for the three sky-light windows that have been a problem since we bought Warrior.
Within a few weeks, the order was placed & deposit paid. We were hoping for delivery/fitting Christmas week but, unfortunately Iain was suffering from man flu & put the date back to the New Year. The slight wait was well worth it, the new covers are fantastic & have made a huge difference, especially to Warrior, we no longer have any rain leaking onto the French Oak flooring.
The picture above shows Leander with new cover fitted. The dinghy in the foreground is our work-boat/taxi.
Roof-top view of Warrior after the new sky-light window covers had been fitted.
Within a few weeks, the order was placed & deposit paid. We were hoping for delivery/fitting Christmas week but, unfortunately Iain was suffering from man flu & put the date back to the New Year. The slight wait was well worth it, the new covers are fantastic & have made a huge difference, especially to Warrior, we no longer have any rain leaking onto the French Oak flooring.
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