Project Log: Saturday, April 12 2014
To make life easier, I pre-wired the bilge pump with a
length of 3-condutctor sheathed cable before I installed
the pump to its base in the bilge. I led the cable
directly up and out of the bilge, leaving a little slack
as stress relief, and up along the mizzen mast support
before stringing it along the port side of the
engine room and forward into the console for later
termination. The wiring connections were well
above the level of anticipated water in the bilge.
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The final engine-related system remaining incomplete was
the raw water system, completion of which was a
straightforward matter of two lengths of hose to connect
the seacock, raw water strainer, and engine-mounted raw
water pump. I led the hose forward beneath the
engine, and installed some chafe protection where it
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This completed, for now, the work in the engine room, so
I could close up the space again, grateful once more for
the floor. I cleaned out excess tools and
materials from the boat to reduce clutter and prepare
for the next round of work. For now, with
fantastic spring weather outside that we'd been waiting
for for months,, it was too nice to spend any more time
in the bowels of the boat. |
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Total Time Today: 2.75 hours
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