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Still More Leaks
Today it was cool in the 50's but no rain. We went out early and found a lot of caulk that was wet so pulled it up to let it dry. In a couple days we'll start caulking.Hannah went out today to a sisterhood party in Newbern and so Sam and I took the opportunity to fix more leaks under the galley floor. The cold water side and input to the hot water tank were leaking so we used a lot of the spare plumbing parts and fixed all the leaks, vacuumed out excess water, emptied the bilges 3 times and 4 hours later just before Hannah returned we put the floor back... Then about 1 hour later I found the input to the water heater leaking again. So I built a custom fitting that was a pex elbow to 3/8x1/2 reducer. The threads were right but they were not pipe threads so they didn't taper. I epoxied the heck out of it with putty type epoxy both inside and out and it's holding now. At least all the fittings are correct now. Once again I found pex stuck inside 3/8th inch hose and clamped. I replaced with with 1/2 pipe to 3/8th barbed connected to a 1/2 female pipe to 1/4th inch tube compression fitting which works for pex just fine. There is a metal insert inside the pex to keep it from crushing.
At the end of the day I took a picture of the cat eating at her spot on the table. The aft end of the table is her spot and she sits there a lot to sleep. She also eats there. She demands to eat at the table when we eat and has very good manners. We recently tried feeding her sardines. She loves them. Previously she would only eat chicken or turkey and turned her nose up at fish but she likes sardines which is wonderful because they are cheap cat food!
