(HYDROCAP vents for battery bank)
- A big shout out to HYDROCAP Corporation for their generous donation of 12 catalytic battery cap vents! We had an issue with the new boats battery installation.
We were planning on replacing the rather substantial bank with AGM
batteries since the area is unvented, a bad thing with lead acid
batteries.
HYDROCAP supplied us with catalytic vent caps
that convert the vented hydrogen back in to water and then back into
the cell. Thank you!!
- Eric removed the old sump pump for the shower drain and installed a new pump and revised the plumbing system. The old pump wasn't meant to be a sump pump and clogged easily. Also, in eight feet, the old hose changed diameter three times!
- A new upgraded head has been ordered and will be installed soon.
- Mary has started scraping and hand sanding all the outside old varnished areas down to fresh teak. Most of it will not be re-varnished, it will be left to gray out.
- Next week, the 3 storage units will be moved into one larger 10x20 unit. This step will make it much easier to organize, move forward. and help with the chaos (We can't find anything!!) of the transition while we make areas ready on the boat.
We are back!! Thank you so much for praying us through the last several months of moving off the ship, traveling to get the new vessel and delivering it safely home. We appreciate your prayers so much!!
Now we need prayer for the work ahead in preparing the vessel for departure. This includes replacing the batteries, the anchor windlass and both head systems. Interior modifications are not extensive and consists mainly of adding shelving, rebuilding the storage area in the aft cabin and transforming the table area into a lounge/bunk. There will be some painting, minor varnishing, a few plumbing reruns and other small projects. In-between all this work, the three 5x10 storage units need to be sorted.
Thankfully, Mary is able to do a lot of work and this enables Eric to use some of his time on side jobs for our personal support.
