Boat Work in Paradise

We took care of a few maintenance items just like we are supposed to when enjoying easy living in a marina.

1. Filled water tanks. We have to hook up our water filtration system up and top off the water into our five water tanks.

2. Refueled. We always seem to need diesel. It’s always good to keep the tank full so no water condenses in the tank with the fuel. We hauled about 40 gallons of diesel to the boat in our five-gallon jerry cans. We have a little “shaker” siphon to get fuel from our jerry cans into the boat fuel tank without spilling a drop in the ocean. We siphon the fuel into the tank after running through a water & grime separator to make sure the diesel in clean in the tank.

3. Replaced fuel filters. We have two fuel filters for our diesel. The first one separates water from the diesel and also has a 10-micron filter to remove dirt and other contamination. There was a bit more dirt in the filter than expected. I read the recommendations for fuel filter servicing. It turns out I should be replacing the fuel filter every other oil change, not just every other season.

4. Replace out steaming light bulb. We noticed that our steaming light was a little dim. Dave went up the mast with a new LED bulb in hopes that was the issue. The bulb was bad. It was an easy repair except for the effort to go up the mast. Dave’s hat flew off his head and into the drink during the windy climb – honorarium to the gods I guess.

Oh yes, and Mary was winching me up the mast while I was trying get blown off the mast by the higher-than-expected winds.

5. Adjusting the lifelines. A couple of our lifelines were a bit loose. After losing a couple of tools (cheap screwdrivers and a can opener) into the water during the adjustment, the lines were a little tighter.

6. Washed the boat. All 45 feet of it. Come visit us and we’ll let you experience the joys of washing 45 feet of boat.