Second full day at new marina and I'm off to work, but my mind is on Athena and her drip drip dripping stuffing box. wondering if the batteries will last with the almost constant running of the bilge pump. I return home from work to tighten her up as previously done earlier this year as instructed by Russell and documented in May 11, 2008 blog entry... I printed out the blog pics and instructions and went to work. It's a little "scary" as one cleans up the stuffing box parts with corrosion blocker, and starts "banging" on the tools to get the parts to turn... water now streaming into the boat and setting off the bilge pump once more... hidden down in the engine "room" with darkness surrounding the boat...
But, we got 'er done. and, so far the rest of this evening, no constant bilge...
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