Our plan for today was to finish up the install on the new holding tank by connecting all the fittings, valves, and hoses.  It didn’t end up working out because we have 2 types of plastic fittings and apparently they’re not compatible with the pipe tape we bought and we need thread sealant instead.  So Monday we get to call the manufacturer of the tank and see what they recommend. We really don’t want to take this system back apart after it’s been in use!

Now that the sewage is on hold, we didn’t want to waste our day and moved on to something else!

As I’ve mentioned before, Peregrine has had a pretty hard life.  She’s a 2001, sunk to the floorboards in 2003, and was repaired before finally hitting the water.  She’s been out cruising for a while now, so she’s proven seaworthy, however Jason and I keep finding little leftovers from the sinking.  One of these spots I actually found while cleaning the boat out in November.  On the starboard side underneath the master bed there are a few spots where the fiberglass has delaminated from the plywood that makes up the bulkheads in 2 of the storage lockers in the floor.  As usual, we can’t just let it be, so we started cutting the fiberglass off so we can inspect what’s happened.

So far it looks like just a little bit of the first layer of plywood has any damage.  We will know more tomorrow, but we should be able to hopefully just clean up the edges and start with some fiberglass repairs.

While Jason was working on the majority of the fiberglass cutting, I kept myself entertained by removing the rest of the fuel system that went to the old generator.  I had to make a funnel out of duct tape to divert the fuel from the fuel filter to drain into a jug.  There’s never enough room for a funnel!  I finally found a way to remove the old fuel pump and filter with minimal diesel spilling into the bilge or anywhere else… (until I knock the drain jug over… more on that tomorrow I’m sure!).

So at this point I’m not sure what I want to do with the fuel lines for the generator.  The obvious thing would be to just pull them out of the boat and cap the 2 ports at the tank.  However eventually we would like to install a fuel polishing system that would be perfect for those 2 lines and they’re not easy to route from the tank to the engine bay.  I may just cap them and coil them up in there for later… haven’t decided yet!