We went to bed last night with very calm seas. No wind, no waves. About 2 am this morning the waves started from the west, so it was kinda rolly the rest of the night. Renee’ could not sleep anymore about 6:45 and got up, I slept in for another hour, then got up.
We had breakfast, Renee’ had planned bagels which were in the freezer, but they had gotten stale, so, she made French toast out of them, and used a strawberry and apple mix she had made for the turnovers we had the other day as syrup on them. This was really good.
One thing we have noticed, is that there is a small leak at the base of the faucet in the galley. This is one of the hardest things to access to work on. The faucet is behind the sink and above the engine. Inside the engine compartment there is a box around the sink that is insulated and held up by a half dozen or so screws. The insulation is held on by metallic insulation tape and spray adhesive. When we replaced this faucet in San Diego, my friend Bob and I spent a day taking this box down to get at the faucet. There was more effort involved in taking the box down than replacing the faucet. On top of which when we took the box down, we broke one of the two engine room lights off the ceiling. How bad it can get, is if we go after the leak, and break something in the faucet, we won’t have any fresh water on the boat, as there are virtually no valves in this system. I am not sure I want to go after this leak while at anchor, as to work on this we have to drop the box on top of the engine while we work on the faucet. Which means the engine is not available while the box is sitting on top of it. In the mean time, we are mopping up the water with a sponge periodically. Renee’ looked in the engine room and does not see any water leaking there. Which tends to suggest that the problem is the faucet itself, we bought it at Lowes, less than a year ago. I have not seen a Lowes since we left San Diego and I don’t have access to the internet to find out if there is one nearby. We will probably be buying a new faucet here at Home Depot in La Paz, if it is not something I can fix.
We have turned off the water pump (Renee’ suggested it) and depressurized the system when we are not using it, to minimize the leak.
As the wind built up and the waves got a bit taller. We thought about it and decided that it would be better to go back to La Paz and fix the sink, as we were going to spend the day sitting on the boat rocking and rolling.
We motored out of the cove, and sailed until the wind died, yeah the wind that was making the waves in Ensenada Grande just died. Oh well, then we motored and headed back to La Paz. Checked on all the stuff we ordered and got a slip in Pamira marina in La Paz.
When we got here, we backed in and it went very smoothly! Parked it right where it was supposed to be and never touched a thing on the way in, not even the roller on the end of the dock. I was pretty surprised how it worked, and I was the one driving!
They did not have 50 amp shore power available, after an hour they said we could move to the other side of the dock where it had already been fixed, or wait about an hour and they would have it fixed on our slip. We waited and the guy came out and did it. So, we are here and have shore power and we will be working on the faucet in the morning.
