Project Log: Friday, June 22, 2012
Earlier in the week, I received my new booms,
goosenecks, vang, spreaders, and related hardware from
my rigger, who'd been storing them for a few months
following their completion earlier in the year.
After inspecting all the various pieces and parts, I
stored them away for now. Sorry for the washed out
photo of the booms. I didn't realize it was bad
till after I'd wrapped and stored the booms on the wall,
so I couldn't take a better photo. |
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With a few hours available, and a slew of new plumbing
fittings and hose on hand, I decided to see about
finishing up the main connections of the fresh water
system. All that really remained to do, other than
water heater connections (which I'd do later), was to
install the supply line from the tankage manifold,
system filter, and connect these lines to the pump.
The 3/4" water hose I used for these sections was an
annoyance. At the slightest provocation, the hose
would flatten (at best) or kink (at worst). The
hose seemed incapable of even the most basic runs
without distortion. The 1/2" version of this hose
I used elsewhere was fine, and held its shape nicely.
So the initial part of the supply system didn't
necessarily come out the way I'd hoped, and I suppose
time would tell whether the partially flattened hose
would be restrictive or not. For the moment, I
installed it and wrapped up the system, but I'd mull on
it for a while and see whether I hated the whole setup
or not.
I installed the main system filter inside the starboard
pilothouse bulkhead where I could reach it for service.
Before choosing this location, I temporarily installed
the tankage fill recess from the outside of the boat to
ensure that its protrusion didn't affect my desired
filter placement (it didn't). Once the filter was
in place, I ran the remaining hoses, teeing off the 3/4"
line just before the electric water pump for the manual
foot pump supply at the galley.
Before the main filter, I installed a strainer supplied
with the water pump. I'd initially planned this
just before the pump itself, but upon reflection it
seemed pointless to install it after the main filtration
system, and made more sense it have it the first line of
defense. Wanting the strainer to face upwards, to
make cleaning the mesh strainer easier, I secured it
just inside one of the locker openings in the bulkhead,
near the exit from the tankage manifold.
The miserable bend radius of the 3/4" hose meant that I
had to make large loops with the hose everywhere.
I might try to find better hose that's more to my
liking, or incorporate some elbow fittings to help make
some of the corners. I thought it would work the
way it was, but just wasn't happy with the appearance
and layout of things, nor with the kinky hose. |
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Down in the galley, I replaced the hose leading to the
inlet side of the salt water foot pump. Since this
hose would connect directly to a seacock, I wanted it to
be suitable hose for this use, rather than the clear
polyethylene hose I'd originally installed here without
thinking about it. I'd feel much better with the
heavy-wall exhaust hose, and since this water wasn't
potable anyway, there was no need for the hose to be
drinking water-safe. I'd connect it, along with a
line for a salt water deck wash system, to the nearby
through hull later, after I did some more work in the
locker. |
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Total Time Today: 2.75 hours
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