We looked in the bilge and found that there was quite a bit of water in it. This was a real reminder to us that we need to be more consistent about checking the bilge for water. We know that some water came in when Bryce was doing the engine alignment and then we did some cleaning. I didn't want to clean it out as we are planning to put our paddle wheel back in soon and that would just make it disgusting again and why do a disgusting job twice! So we knew that there should have been some water in the bilge, we just hadn't expected it to be that much and it was right below the level where the electric bilge pump would kick in. So I set about pumping it manually and in the process the pump handle snapped off. Great... something else to add to the list!
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| Jack's favourite job on the boat - pumping out the bilge! |
