Today was never going to be wildly exciting! A leisurely start over a generous round of bacon butties and gallons of coffee was followed by some plumbing investigations.
The purpose of the excercise being to decide where to locate a sump pump to automatically empty the sink drains 'cos faffing about with a push button under the v-berth in order to empty the galley sink is a total pain in ... well everything really
After some scratching of the collective bonces, we decided that the best spot is under the cabin sole in the saloon and even better that much of the existing plumbing can be used in situ so it's going to be a pretty easy and straightforward job
Whilst we had the relevant section of floor up anyway I pulled the log impeller and whipped the blanking plug in it's place. The impeller was pretty clean anyway but no doubt benefited from a scrub and wash in hot water to remove any klingons. In the process, I deliberately let the water pour in until the auto switch on the main bilge pump kicked in to test it. It works.
Although it had started out bright and quite pleasant, the day was turning increasingly foul weather wise so we took advantage of a lull in the wind and showers to chuck our kit into the car and after shutting down, switching off, switching on, switching over and various such like excercises we made an early-ish dash for the road home.
There may be a photo or two eventually if and when the bosun gets around to sending them to me (hint hint)
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