Med boaters - will you get to your boat this year?

All my plans for a night at anchor have been dashed??....the macerator fuse keeps blowing...I’m hoping that it’s just the pump gummed up from a year without use....I’m going to try to turn the pump by hand to see if I can free it up...unfortunately that means crawling on my belly in an access way along the length of the boat...after I remove everything stored there...today is way way too hot for such exploits...so I will try it early tomorrow morning...also handy to have the wife there...nothing worse than finally reaching the pump and finding you need another tool??
 
Bouba said:
All my plans for a night at anchor have been dashed??....the macerator fuse keeps blowing...I’m hoping that it’s just the pump gummed up from a year without use....I’m going to try to turn the pump by hand to see if I can free it up...unfortunately that means crawling on my belly in an access way along the length of the boat...after I remove everything stored there...today is way way too hot for such exploits...so I will try it early tomorrow morning...also handy to have the wife there...nothing worse than finally reaching the pump and finding you need another tool??
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Or even worse can't get out ?
 
Can’t believe that I did it…I cleared out the lazaret and then crawled down and along side until I reached the black holding tank. My plan was to put a screwdriver in the back of the pump (after removing the rubber cap) and turn the impeller anti-clockwise. Would you know it…the whole pump is up tight against the bulkhead. So I removed lots of screws and woodwork and slid the tank out an inch. Managed to get a stubby screwdriver and…it wouldn’t frigin budge…try as I might.
so I crawled out and decided to risk another 25 amp fuse and try to pump it….and it worked !!! I must have just budged it enough.
Of course all is not over…I have to go back under and put everything back to how it was…then the yuckiest of boating jobs…get the tank’s float valve to float ?
It’s a perfect boaty day but it has to be sacrificed…no fun on the water without a working toilet ??
 
Portofino said:
We add “ toilet duck “the stuff you see in supermarkets for houses to every bowl flush used on the boat .
Keeps the black water stuff lubricated.
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I don’t put anything down the toilet that isn’t bio…no chemicals no toilet paper…if I have to flush out at sea, I want to have a clear conscience
 
jointventureII said:
Vas - somewhere close to shipwreck beach Zankinthos?
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wrong sea I'm afraid, it's Aegean, not Ionian.
Unsurprisingly, there is a shipwreck (not famous though!) 200mtrs away, love this spot:

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Hooligan said:
I want to guess Kalamos.
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Must be a dozen Kalamos (Kalamoi in plural) in Greece, not sure which one you have in mind. V. similar land (well, rock) scape indeed. Where from is this photo you posted?

"our" wreck is in Peristera, small isle opposite Alonnisos island in the Sporades:
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nearest point of "civilisation" is in main island Alonnisos, usually spent a week on board every year anchored in this spot. Came back yesterday and already missing it...

cheers

V.
 
Bouba said:
I’d fill up my Tesla at that price?
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The rest of us expect that electricity which goes into cars will end up being tax in the same way as petrol and diesel for use in cars.

It will be either the car which will rat on you and tell the authorities how many electrons you have used (e.g. when it goes in for MOT or for servicing), or the chargers will eventually be made to do it.

Enjoy the cheap electrons while you can!
 
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