March 29 2014
First order of business was to finally pumpout the waste tank. I called ahead to make sure it was fixed and the harbor patrol said that both docks were repaired during the work week. Mia and I chugged the boat over there and scared off the dozen or so sea lions to get to the pump. After that I backed the boat into the slip so I had better access to finish putting the names home port letters. We got the letters all on there, centered and perfect! After basically a year and a half I have the job checked off the list. So happy.

Last weekend while I was cleaning the bilge, I flicked up the float-switch that, if floats too high will automatically kick in the bilge pump, and it didn’t work. This is obviously a concern because if my boat was taking in water from a leak, nothing would start to pump it out - I could come home to a sunken home. So Saturday morning I bought a new float-switch, hoping that it was the only problem in the system and replaced the old one and it all works perfect. I cleaned the bilge pump and cleaned out the guck in the bilge. It looks and feels like mud, and there was some plastic parts, but i didn’t find the screw that the mechanics lost.

After doing a few other small things, I prepped a test-piece of teak to clean/restore and apply cetol to. The teak oil just doesn’t have longevity and it runs when it rains, which is ugly.