Day 8

Another day of fun.  Two more boxes down.  Four plus two loaded with the fruit of the grape (wine) to go and then the odd stuff.  Generator(for when we are away from the marina), air compressor( for those odd needs to blow things up), plus lots more tools.

Another day of organizing what has come into the boat.  Files, folders of information on how to do things, etc.

The water pump for the fresh water seems to be dying.  When I turn it on, it fills a tank and keeps it under pressure plus fills the hot water tank.  When both tanks are full and a certain amount of water pressure has been achieved, the pump shuts off.  When you turn on a faucet, you have instant water under pressure.  As the pressure drops, the pump turns back on and the system gets re-pressurized.  When you turn the water off, the pump runs until the tank is re-pressurized.  This goes on and on.  It's not like a cities water supply that always keeps the pipes under pressure.  This is pressure on demand.  It uses less battery power that way.   Our pump just keeps on pumping.  Never shutting off.  We plan on filling the tanks tomorrow and see if that might fix the problem, but we doubt it will do any good.  Three of the tanks are at half full and the fourth is down to about a third.  Each tank has a valve that joins all the tanks into one big system.  We have no idea what valve goes to what tank.  We plan on turning off one of the valves and see what tank stays full.  If we do this over the next few fill ups, we will know what valve goes to which tank.  Another piece of the plan.  We set forth on the search for a new pump tomorrow.  There are several stores we plan on hitting here in Newport.  If none suitable, there is always the internet.

With luck, the engine mechanic will be here tomorrow.  We await his call.  Still no call back from the electrician.  I'll try him again tomorrow.

We took in two fire extinguishers for testing and refilling.  One had somehow discharged.  Once they are done, we will take in the rest.  Our insurance company wants them brought up to date.  Can't say as how I blame them.  We also have to update our propane system.  Currently, one pipe goes into the boat then splits into two lines to separate appliances.  Thaw was fine in 1982, but it's not up to code now.  Each appliance must have its own line.  Several more things need tweaking but nothing big.

That's about it for now.  Tomorrows another day.