Quiet week

There is not a lot to show for this weeks efforts, I started on Monday morning by running the engine up to full operating temperature to check on the water leak which I had previously repaired, all was well. I had found a piece of the galley worktop fiddle rail in the big bag of wooden bits that I have at home and since building the galley lockers it was now redundant so I decided to use it to finish off the rack behind the cooker so it was cut to length and given three coats of varnish over the week.

When I reassembled the engine I purchased a kit of various rubber hose connections from Parts 4 Engines unfortunately there are three elbows which were not included in the kit so one of this weeks jobs was to measure up for said elbows so that I can replace the existing which are getting past it, I am going to use silicon rubber elbows from Hyphose.

On Wednesday the weather was warm and sunny with a south easterly 3 or 4 which was too good to waste so went for a sail down the Swale towards Harty and back there were quite a few like minded souls out there just like mid summer.

Had a bit of a late start today but I did manage to fit the piece of fiddle rail on the rack behind the cooker.

Fiddle rail added to rack

After returning to the marina on Wednesday I noticed a slight weep on the union for the fuel return to the tank which is on the top of the secondary fuel filter so to finish off a rather lazy week I fitted a new rubber olive in the union.

Fuel filter with return fuel pipe union

Next week I must bite the bullet and get on with some serious work while the weather is being kind, the aim will be to get the non slip areas of the deck painted and repair some of the minor areas of damage in the gelcoat.