It comes in threes

March 30th, 2018.

It comes in threes.

You know the old saying that it comes in threes, well that definitely holds true for us.  We have been hanging out at Man Jack doing a lot of deep spring cleaning. Not much else to do with the high winds and cool weather, keeping the water temps to rough and cold for snorkeling.  We started in the V-berth and made our way to the back over about a seven day period.  We are even starting to get rid of old unwanted stuff, like stained old pillows, clothes that don’t fit, etc. Things have been going along just wonderful in our little world here, until today.  Friday morning, we started the generator, got the refrigerator and laundry going, had breakfast and then BAHM. NO WATER.  We already changed out our fresh water pump back in January and now the spare stopped working.  So we shut everything down and after about two hours of repairing the first pump, Kevin finally got a working pump.  Let’s pray it keeps working until we get home.  Then once he finished and the water was working, he turned on the generator, started the wash load again and the refrigerator and the BAHM NO GENERATOR.  So he goes back into the engine room and starts the usual check list.  The first item was possibly the fuel pump, change that.  Nope not that, the pump just keep sucking air through the line. Ok lets change the Raycor filter. Nope not that, still sucking air and no fuel.  So then he came out had a beer and we discussed all the possibilities.  He goes back in, puts the old fuel pump on. Nope. So maybe we are low in the tanks.  Go put 10 gallons in the tank, and some fuel to the pump. She starts up, then dies as soon as the fuel in the pump runs out.  WELL, he then traced the hoses and found one of the welded elbow in the main assembly system to allow us to switch from one tank to the other was lose.  Kevin then bye passed the valve and hooked the fuel pump up directly to the line running to the tank. After five hours in the engine room, everything is working. The following day my washing machine bit the dust.  The inner drum has completely come lose from the machine, so I have a load washed, not rinsed or spinned. This is definitely the worse week every.   Welcome to the life of boating, there is never a dull moment.

On the up side, we should have some warmer weather and calmer seas over the next few day and maybe get some snorkeling in.  Our friend Tom will be back next week and then we are going exploring to some of the islands we have never been to.  Until next time, happy sailing and fair winds my friends