Today i got cabin fever, so i braved the crappy weather and went out to drain the engine oil (vacuum pump slooow but effective). Then I drained the fuel system, had some gunk in the glass bowl and want to replace fuel hoses and clean tank.

Today the new life lines on the port side go in then to wait for a service on the Yanmar YSM

walked on board...drank two cans of rum (naughty boy) and admired my toplac roll and tip efforts from yesterday...

Hi spongeblob!
Mine was 800. Think I got ripped!!

don't throw the old ones out Felix, ya just never know when you may need em as a last last resort, even 'if they may be out of date'

Spent all day on the Yanmar. Np ignition lights so No Go. Probably a corroded wire, all we have to do is find it.My mate cleared a fuel blockage and bled the system so as soon as we can get power to the right spot 'Away We Go'.

Boatin said..

Yep...that's the one...only longer curlier hair...but the facial expression is the same

I have an electric dunny that no body is allowed to use! It is brand new and will stay so!
Maybe a ladie's only type of thing (if begging enough)! if you need it hang over the side or go for a swim!! I am the skipper ............. my rules!

badinfluence said..

What would Freud think of this?

Freud wasn't a sailor

LooseChange said..

badinfluence said..

What would Freud think of this?

Freud wasn't a sailor

Regardless of Freud, anybody would think everybody on that boat would have to be of necessity "anal retentive".

brizzydave said..

I am nearly 40 now. But I remember my dad's ass crack down in the head shining up to me in the cockpit as he madly flicked switches and ball valve handles and pumped in and out like crazy in an effort to restore harmony to the loo once one of us kids buggered it up again.
I did a lot of single handed sailing around the bay in those days.

There's two great banes to a yachtie's life...refrigeration and loos!
I think we all have adventures and heartaches to recount on both of these necessities.
That's sailing...we have skills that others have never even dreamt of lmao!
It actually turned out something was clogged in my old loo...the one thing that should NEVER find it's way into a marine toilet (or any other toilet for that matter). Have no idea how it got there as we don't even flush toilet paper. The bin was close to the bowl though...which I have moved an adequate distance away to prevent this EVER happening again.
However, loo was old and decrepit so finished the installation today. Bruised and scraped from contorting myself into the nether regions of my hull, I look like the victim of a DV relationship...nah, I just live on a boat haha!
A new loo is close to godliness hahahaha

Brizzydave...our first boat was a Hood 20. What stunning golden oldies Hoods are. We took ours across to Moreton in 45 knots one day...Dad had a touch of hypothermia but the boat was fine.

TMC...on special at Whitworths at the moment for $229.
Go the toilet Ramona! They're the best thing since sliced bread, despite what anyone says lmao

Been sailing aboard an RL24 lately and know how you feel about the bucket and chuck it. Did the Bay to Bay (Tin Can to Hervey Bay) race in May (won the RL Division, 7 yrs running ) and, in a raft-up of 8 boats (boys who race hard and consider a toilet as excess weight, including my own dear Skipper) in Garry's Anchorage on the Saturday night, conversation and matters inevitably led to issues of toilet.

Buckets were compared and suggestions made. I fell in love with next door's robust, industrial size bucket topped with a seat that one apparently buys at camping shops. These boys are so thoughtful...bless their little cotton socks...placed on the foredeck in the dark, it offered some semblance of modesty until dear Skipper, who had gone to bed, pops his head out of the hatch of our boat at the most inopportune moment and declares me the 'wild crew member'...I don't even drink!!!

Diet was a bit touch and go for the weekend so the other was not an issue for us, but one guy resorted to taking charcoal tablets for preventative action for the weekend. Bit extreme methinks but he was happy with the results

I bought a new dunny too about 3 months ago and tomorrow I will fit it to the boat I bought a TMC macerator type, I decided to change all the Hull valves and piping to odour less and install additional vented loop to the supply water side and obviously to the discharge side all should be good in a few days.
Also the fridge gave up and died I will need a new compressor and electrical feed remove the old water cooled equipment and fit it to make life a little easier, I am sick of living out of an esky and using ice.

brizzydave said..

Hay!!...badinfluence....I was fondling one of those 229 dollar loos at witworths at lunch today. They any good?
Our jaunts will be mainly me, her and our five year old daughter. I'd hate to do the bucket thing to the girls they would die of shock and never go on the boat ever again....oh...hang on ....!!!!

I think you make a good point. Its the only real reason I would update too. I have a manual TMC, if you look at the cost of a repair kit and a separate macerator then the new TMC at $229 is exceptional value. In reality it would get very little use so power consumption is not an issue and for boys the plastic bed pan for taking a leak is still the best.