It’s HOT in San Diego today so Sully took a break from playing down below and ashore to splish splash in the cockpit! When we go cruising we can fill up a cooler in the cockpit with seawater for him to have a safe place to play in the water if we aren’t going to the beach that day.
Raw Water Impeller Replacement
The raw water impeller gave up today because I ran the engine for too long with the raw water seacock closed. It ate itself and jammed the tiny pieces down the plumbing toward the heat exchanger. I spent an hour laying on my belly on the floor pulling the pieces out. Not a fun chore but completely necessary because there was no cooling water for the engine and it could have seriously overheated. If I’d have replaced the impeller annually as is recommended in many maintenance schedules it probably wouldn’t have thrashed itself. Live and learn.