Month: June 2024

Decided to wrap up cleaning the forward head. I was tempted to do a remodel up there but backed away from that. I think it is fine for another year. I have paused – looking at the bilge in there. I think I will clean in there and then paint with ‘bilgekote’.

Forward Head Deep cleaning the forward head. Galley Put the galley back together. Painted more of the ceiling since I had the paint out. I can now remove an access panel to the engine compartment exhaust fan. No need to get destructive.

Engine Compartment: Exhaust Fan Taped up the hose connections to get rid of leaks more than anything – but also secures it better. The old surface panel seems to be useful for putting this area back together again. This will take a few days as there will be glue to dry and paint to dry…

Continued with the ‘engine compartment ventilation’ project – the exhaust fan. I was able to get some 4″ hose secured to the bottom flange using a zip tie but I was frustrated in doing the same to the pipe. It took some time for me to realize I was being thwarted by a random nail…

Got about half way to installing an exhaust fan for the engine compartment. Not as trivial as one might expect. It started with cutting out a section of the pipe – bronze bits everywhere. Made the hole larger at the cowling. Made the hole into the engine compartment larger and positioned the fan. Modified a…

Turbo I noticed that there is smoke coming from the engine compartment. Not a fire but oil or diesel burning off. It seemed to be from the back of the engine. So perhaps an exhaust leak. I crawled in deep to investigate. I suspect its the turbo. Engine oil level has not changed so not…