Attempt to return to boating... bad timing?

[Jerbro]

Glad to have helped in the decision making process and we made the decision on pretty much the same reasons as you. We were also away in the first 2 weeks in September when it was quite warm and were up on the flybridge a lot. We have a bikini as well and that was also up most of the time.

I've also put a couple of solar panels up there and added an extra battery as we try and avoid marinas where we can.

I'd be interested to hear about your filter changes.

Before and after of the filter changes…
before:

after:

 

[Jerbro]

Did you determine the source?

We suspect someone in its past ownership thought they were filling the water tank.. the filler for that is right at the back, whereas the fuel filler is near the waste pump out… 20 litres is about 2 large buckets.. Part of investigations for other likely sources meant getting hold of some detailed schematics of tank, filler system and vent from Beneteau which are useful to have… that’s probably worthy of a thread of its own..