Filkee
Sustaining Member
On Friday I scared the @#&$* out of myself because of something I’d been ignoring. I went to pump out the holding tank so I could replace the pump unit on my head (Which I don’t ignore) and after making the expected mess in the 90 degree cabin, I checked the bilge and found it was up to the floor boards.
Switched on the bilge pump and got nothing (or maybe I just convinced myself it was nothing), so I frantically pumped with the dingy pump into my magic red bucket and when I thought I was catching up a little, I swapped out the three fuses and the pumps fired up (time for a beer).
By then, it dawned on me that I wasn’t actually sinking, but had mistakenly filled the forward water tank which had in turn, bled into the bilge. I remember at the fuel dock thinking It was taking too long to fill the starboard tank but not putting two and two together.
So now I’m back to thinking about how the leaky forward tank that I don’t use (On purpose) is bringing me nothing but grief and I want to either pull it and use the space for storage or actually fix the thing but before I start the dance of the fifty screws, I’m wondering if anyone else has poked around up there and what I can expect to find.
Switched on the bilge pump and got nothing (or maybe I just convinced myself it was nothing), so I frantically pumped with the dingy pump into my magic red bucket and when I thought I was catching up a little, I swapped out the three fuses and the pumps fired up (time for a beer).
By then, it dawned on me that I wasn’t actually sinking, but had mistakenly filled the forward water tank which had in turn, bled into the bilge. I remember at the fuel dock thinking It was taking too long to fill the starboard tank but not putting two and two together.
So now I’m back to thinking about how the leaky forward tank that I don’t use (On purpose) is bringing me nothing but grief and I want to either pull it and use the space for storage or actually fix the thing but before I start the dance of the fifty screws, I’m wondering if anyone else has poked around up there and what I can expect to find.