As I mentioned, Ella’s tender is off for an unexpected repair. We think the RIB will be back tomorrow. In the meantime there has been lots to do.
Today the big task was removing the electric head and tearing it apart. It had been leaking around a seal and that wasn’t acceptable. My first attempt at a fix didn’t fix the problem, so today I was into it big time, completely removing it, inverting it and redoing all the seals. So far, so good.
The sun plays hell on varnish, so when the RIB had to go for repair I got out the heat gun and stripped the varnish of the transom and gave it a couple of coats to protect it. It still needs several more coats, but that will have to occur when we’re at a quiet anchorage.
This past week Mike the Mechanic came and sorted out the generator and checked some suspicious connections. Hopefully everything will keep holding hands.
Another update tomorrow.