Clean Bilge

It's always good to keep the bilge clean... Keep it dry, if possible, and clean.
I cleaned the bilge and took the dirty bilge water and bilge pads to the hazardous waste transfer station. It's true, sailboats have their impact too.
The bilge pads absorb oils/fuels and let water pass through (pic on left under engine). The two white hoses in the pic on the left are the two hoses I installed for pumping the bilge about two years ago; small hose for electronic pump and larger hose for manual pump.
The pic on the right shows the proximity of the deeper portion of the bilge, where bilge pump is, to the engine. The companionway stairs are removed to access the engine. The stairs would slide right to where the floor appears to change color... the interim owner of Athena only re varnished the floor to the stairs!