Day 300, Year 6: Success!!!
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Weather: Continued Warm Weather, 82 degrees F, Sunny
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
I hope I’m not speaking too soon, but it does appear that we have solved the problem of the leaky pump-out hose. After getting a new gasket installed in our car exhaust system at Midas this morning, we headed to Windbird in Woods Hole and took off for Falmouth. We made the 12 noon bridge opening and by 3 pm we were back in Eel Pond on our mooring. It took about an hour to get to Falmouth, about an hour to get the boat’s holding tank pumped out and water tanks filled, and another hour to return. It was a beautiful afternoon and we really enjoyed the trek to and from Falmouth Harbor. Mark was too anxious to get back and get the work done to stay out and enjoy the day, so we reluctantly came right back. Once we were in Eel Pond, Mark got down to the dirty work of removing the leaky pump-out hose. Like doing any work on a boat, one job leads to another. In order to get to the hose to remove it, the entire main cabin closet had to be emptied as well as one locker under our starboard settee. That locker holds all of our painting, sanding, epoxy work, and dinghy repair supplies. Once all of that was removed, including the shelving in the closet, Mark started removing old, no longer used hoses, and the offending, leaky pump out hose. I took the shelving and other items to shore to wash them down using the shore water supply and returned with an overflowing bucket of water to wash the salt water off Windbird from the trip to Falmouth. Now that Mark has the hull polished and shiny, I feel like I need to keep the saltwater washing off. By 6 pm, Mark was finished-in more ways than one. He had completed the installation of the new hose and he was exhausted and could do no more work. I had organized and repackaged the supplies that go under the starboard settee, but we were both too tired to put them away. Tomorrow morning we’ll get everything put away and we should know by then if the “fix” is working. What an ordeal caused by the tiniest hairline crack in a hose.
While we were working on getting the car and boat repairs done, Heather and Jed were dealing with their shed issue. Unfortunately, the kit for the shed they decided on has a three to four-week wait for delivery, so in the meantime we will work on getting the foundation posts in place and get the shed assembled in time for Heather’s birthday on September 30-at least that is the new goal.
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