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Date:Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:30:00 GMT
RAIN
Hey it finally rained!
This morning I woke up at about 06:45 to the sound of light rain so I
closed the hatches. Before long it was pouring and thundering till just
now. I got a call from some friends who's hatches were open so I had to go
out in the rain to close their hatches. It blew pretty good up to about
30 knots. We captured several gallons of water off the sun awnings and
cleaned off the decks. We did have water coming in around the water fill
fitting on the deck. I've tried several times to seal that off and it's
still leaking around the fitting. I've completely taken it out and
re-bedded it. I think it might be coming between the teak and the
fiberglass. The inner layer of balsa is solid. There is a layer of
something like 4200 between the wood and the first layer of glass and I
think that's where it coming from. I'll have to take it off again. There
was a little extra water in the bilge that is dripping from around the fuel
tanks that I'm not sure where it's coming from yet. The rain didn't last
long enough for me to find it. But I did find a black water leak from one
of the pumps. The first one we rebuilt several months ago is leaking a
little... Oh Joy! guess we have to do that one again. I have all the
parts.
This morning I'm taking the exhaust elbow prototype to Bobcat Metal works
to have someone else look at making my elbow. This is becoming very
tiring. I'm worried about the timing of our trip north.