When did you dare to peek under your shower cabin for the last time?

It happened when I did some cleaning the interior of the boat last week. I had a bucket full of water to empty and it rained outside. So I decided, to pour it in the shower stall and let it out through the shower drain and then to be pumped overboard by the sump pump.

Surprisingly, the water disappeared rather quick, and the sump pump jumped on for a very short time only. Wow, what a performance, I said to my self....

Whilst sitting at home and thinking about the pending boat projects, I was suspicious about the apparently huge performance of the sump pump, or is the shower drain attached to the holding tank? I decided to look after this first thing in the morning.

Being back on the boat, I wanted to follow the installation of the shower drain. Yes, you already know it - the accessibility to the drains plumbing was like pretty much anything on boats, simply terrible. Even just trying to take a picture with the cell phone or the camera did not yield the expected results. To get a good view, I had to remove two batteries and the battery compartment.

Once I could see the plumbing of the shower drain, immediately it was clear: it was not the performance of the sump pump, which helped to drain the shower stall that quick!

The broken fitting of the shower drain

 Time to find a replacement!

All the water drained in the hull and finally ended up in the bilge. Lucky, that it was water only!

I have no idea, on how the fitting could crack up that way. Ice could have been an explanation, but sure not on this boat, sitting in Florida all the time. At least it was simple to remove the fitting. I tried to find a replacement at WM, without any luck. Finally, I contacted SBO. They carry the part and it even is not expensive! So I placed the order and put the installation of the part on top of the to do list for my next trip to Florida.

  

Ready for a new dodger

Some time ago, Tranquilizer was equipped with a dodger. But all that is left from this dodger is the tubing. We definitively want a dodger. Yesterday, I met with a canvas specialist to discuss the possile shape and the options, which could be included. We found a suitable design and defined the features, such as stabilizing struts for the foreward tubing and a smile to allow the breeze blowing through the cockpit, when at anchor or at the dock. If all goes well, the new dodger will be installaed by the end of Mai 2015.

While spending a couple days in the area, I will get a couple of projects done. The water tanks needs to be cleaned, flushed and refilled. I also need to connect the new depth transducer to the network. Then I will try make it happen, that the doors of the fridge and freezer will seal much better than they do right now. This will hopefully help to reduce the uild up of ice on the cooling plates significantly. In addition, I will wash and  wax the hull. Let's see wehere I'll end up, before I need to go backup noth to the project I'm working on.