Portside engine compartments
Well, Sabastian got lots of time in the engine room this past week. I am glad I have a skinny tall boy who can fit anywhere. He replaced a burnt out light, helped Andrew pull the new water line from under our aft bed to the engine room and help us out by getting to the aft side of our Kohler generator.
Andrew had to tear apart our bed Tuesday morning as we awoke to the sound of water rushing into our boat. Andrew replaced one section of the pipe and then later that night another section cracked somewhere between the aft stateroom and the engine room. In the picture above Sabastian is trying to find the water line which is behind our fuel tank( the large grey tank to the far right of the picture).
For those of you that don't know this fact. My kids LOVE sleep overs and always ask for one if that option is available and sometimes they repeatedly ask thinking the other mom will maybe say yes THIS time. We had another sleep over on Friday night with Ashley, who's grandfather owns the Portside Marina. Ashley comes to the marina just about everyday. Sabastian and Paisley have enjoyed playing with Ashley.
We had a rough Saturday like everyone else here in the South. We were lucky to only get a fraction of what other had to survive through. The winds here averaged in the 50-70 mph rang from 4:00pm-11:00pm when the last of the tornado warnings in our area passed by. There were 60 tornado causing destruction here in North Carolina alone.
This sailboat was taking lots of stern slaps by 4:00pm when the winds started to pick up. The waves were running into the dock and over the dock.
On the starboard side of our boat the waves are crazy. As you see the port side is quiet.
A close up of the waves on the outside bulkhead.
The kids are excited to have a new hatch installed and not living with a bucket and towels to catch the water coming in from a crack when it rains. We installed in in the hopes that it will not leak. We will be testing the seal later today.
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