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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:27:15 GMT
Leaking Portlights
In the morning I started looking at leaks after
the rain. The Aft head port light was not leaking after the caulking job
from a couple days ago. But the forward one over the nav station was. So
I decided to see how they were construsted and start working on it.
Several hours later I had it re-bedded and cleaned up. 4 or 5 of the bottom
screws were not even screwing into fiberglass but were just siliconed in.
I put in some epoxy to set the glass better and give myself room to drill
and tap them. Everything is bedded now, but 3 or 4 of the screws are still
stripped out. I'm thinking about how to re-epoxy and tap them but epoxy is
so brittle. I'm not sure what to do yet. That being said, it's not
leaking now. And I know how the others are put together so as I attack
each one it will be easier. I do need some custom made glass for them.
The polycarbonate or acrylic? is cracked. In the early afternoon after the
leak was fixed we decided to go for a sail and check the headsail that sam
and I had worked on a while back. So we went out. It was a beautiful
afternoon and the wind was about 12-15 knots out of the north with light
chop on the water. As it got on toward sunset the wind was quite chilly.
As for the head sail, we didn't get the roller furling set right so when we
were rolling it back up (tighter than at the dock) we ran out of rope so
we'll have to re-load it tomorrow. But the good thing is it didn't get
stuck or twist around. once back at the dock we started running out of
power for the bow thrusters...I'm not sure why but evidently they are not
charging when the engine is running...I'm not sure the balmar is actually
working. We have been fighting with it for a while now but I shouldn't run
out of battery that quickly especially when the engine is running.
Hannah is making roasted vegitables, potatoes, and eggs for dinner.
It's going to be cold tonight in the 30's but the days are warm and nice.
Parts of the deck are still not dried out so I'll let them go for a few
days.