Euphemia II

Skylight I stitched up a cover for the skylight but something went wrong and its a bit too small. So I will have to get some new fabric and try again. In the meantime I inserted a piece of door panel. Bilge Pump The forward (secondary) bilge pump seems to have called it quits. I…

Survey Addressed another survey item. I replaced the fuel over flow hose on the stove tank to be fuel (diesel) grade. Another item is to cap the unused stern thru hull. I tried to remove the threaded pipe in it – but I failed. I am going to see if I can just screw a…

Alarm Received the ALM100 today. I spent some time considering where to install it. I wanted to put in the upper dash but there was too little depth. Considered the lower dash but it was too crowded. I could have installed in the upper electrical cabinet in the forward cabin but decided that it would…

Documentation I decided to update the documentation – starting with incorporating the survey information regarding mapping the thru hulls. This got me going over the DC stuff to complete some labeling, securing some things better and update the diagram. Along the way I noticed this pump handle and pump. I ignored it in the past…

Fall Time to think about colder (and wetter) weather. I taped over the holes in the cockpit doors to keep heat in. Dock The most common place Euphemia docks is in its own boathouse. The second most common is the Farm dock. In order to get off that dock safely I have to pivot the…

Taken the boat out to the Farm to do some office/field work. Took some nice photos of the boat. Put a block and a cleat on the mast for pulling up the boom. Need to get a sail made for this… not to sail the boat but to steady the boat under certain circumstances such…

Bilge The primary bilge pump activated sometime this afternoon (according to the counter). This took several days but I had completely pumped out the bilge at the start so it will be more telling to see how long it takes before it goes off again. Paint Several visits to the boat today to paint. One…

Bilge It has been more than 48 hours since I enabled the bilge counter and it has yet to go off. Yes – its working. Looks like the stuffing box really was the culprit. Again; I think there is some water coming in through the seams – but a very very small amount – as…

Completed the install of the Maretron RIM100 to count bilge pump activation’s. I used posts to connect pumps to power/sensor wires because there are 3, and in one case, 4 wires coming together. So its busy. This will make replacing the pumps much easier as well. I try to avoid inline fuses but in this…

Bilge Left the boat last night with no water in the bilge. Visited the boat this morning to find the bilge with a very small amount of water in it. Clearly – the pump did not need to go off. There is a small amount of water coming in (a seam needs to be recaulked?)…