Sam and I spent most of the afternoon working on two through hull sea
cocks. There's a very large seacock under the galley sink on the port hull
just above the water line that we have tried before to loosen up. We had
to literally crawl into the locker feet first crouch under the counter and
work on the seacock there. The back side of the fitting is against a
bulkhead and is not accessable for using a pully puller. So we loosened
everything we could and put Kroil penetrating oil on it and let it sit for
about 5 hours. We took the little oil plug out and filled it with oil 3
or 4 times then put a big wrench on it and hit it with a rubber mallet and
it came free! I was so excited. That was the one I though I was going to
have to cut out to free up. I don't think there are any others I won't be
able to free up now. Then we can just remove and grease them all and put
them back together. Man, I love bronze! it's an amazing metal! I like
things that are built to last. I don't care if it's old. It's better!
This is what we call the Galley Pit, It's deep enough to fit a person and
it's where the through hull is
This is the stuck seacock. It's much larger than it looks.
in the morning we went to the farmers market with Annimaashi and the
little french bakery in Beaufort. We talked to the Park service stand at
the farmers market about the horses and they told us they were being
kicked out of the old post office and will not be able to give tours of
the island or Cape Lookout any more. Thats really quite sad. For various
reasons of similar ilk I'm not sure that Beaufort will continue to be such
a wonderful place for cruisers to visit. None the less we had fun at the
market. Mom had and Apple Turnover, I had an orange cranberry scone and
then we ate burritoes. It was fun to spend some time off the boat with
our friends and re-acquainted with the area.
The Trees at the Beaufort Farmers Market are amazing!
They then moved their boat from Taylor Creek to Oriental and got a slip
right next to our friends on Covenant! So we spent the evening at the
marina.
After blowing the Conche shell at sunset we came back and Sam and I were
able to free up the seacock after it had set for 5 hours or so. And now
Hannah is making grilled cheese and Tomato soup after we put her galley
back together.