Once the holding tank was patched up, the next part of the job was to redo the routing of the holding tank plumbing. This was to be the fix for one of the most constant constantly annoying things on the boat! Often the macerator pump (which emptyied the small holding tank into the large holding tank) would not run. It only needed a quick clockwise twist of the screw in the back of the pump to get it started again - easy, right? Not so much - it required me to get down under the floor and reach over a battery with the longest screwdriver we owned to turn the screw. Finally we were addressing and hopefully correcting this issue. First was to remove the macerator pump and associated hoses and redo. Took us most of the day (and 3 trips to West Marine for Steve) but we were successful!! This was Monday. alsfj woief wfawf aw a awo; fiwa;fa;owfw
Good thing we finished (well almost) as our friends from Edisto Island, SC (Jim and Linda from Selah) called and said they would be down on Tuesday. Timing was great and we had a wonderful time with them. There was a nice walk along the old 7 mile bridge to look for spotted eagle rays, several great lunches and of course the nightly gathering at sunset at the point near our boat. It was great to see them again (we had stopped at their home by boat when traveling down the ICW - see the Nov 15th post). There were a couple of old WW II airplanes flying in and out of the Marathon airport - 1 of the remaining 10 of this type of plane. asfj a; faowe jf;ai jfao;fow oqwo q
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After an early breakfast with Jim and Linda, it was time to finish the holding tank project. All was completed except to hook up the power and route the wires to the main panel. After Steve got everything ready (cleaning stuff out of the closet - electrical panel opened up - wiring all ready) I sat in the closet and hooked the wires up. Small fingers and small person again saved the day :-) salfj owe ijwoeqfopqjifqefi e wioeqoji jiowef qwij fpwoej qwo owej qwoe rjqo weorjqwporj owjeroqerj jrpoqwjiqpi wjrpqwoj qew pwqo jrwerj wqoer oqwjr qwoprjwq riqw[or jwoe o q jrpqwrjqwerj wpjwoerjwop woerjiw rwoqijrqwporjwoe rqpwrj woprjwq qoijrqowpje pqowjerw qwojrqwpoerj qwprw row rwjwiow eowerjw owijer rowjqoijweo rwoirjwoejrqwoerj wqjrqwjioerw opjqopr oqwjrqorj wojrwqporj qopej wq We were now truly ready for John and Daisy (Steve's brother) who came on Thursday. It was a really nice day so off in the kayaks Steve and John went. Almost no wind made for a very nice paddle out to the nearby island and back. Daisy watched them off and then pitched some horseshoes just to keep tuned up for the tournament in Brandenton next week while I relaxed with my USA Today on the flybridge.
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Today: a trip to Key West ....
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