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Old 09-09-2015, 06:55 PM   #18
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City: Brisbane
Vessel Name: Insequent
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 50 Mk I
Join Date: Mar 2012
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I'm only 3km from the dock, an easy bicycle ride if I don't drive down. I visit the boat every other day even if just for a coffee but usually do something else as well. So I tend to leave everything the same as I would at anchor, except I have shore power connected as well. I can go down, hop on board and have hot water available, and switch TV on from standby as Satellite dish is also on and tracking.

While I'm waiting for the coffee maker to warm up I'll check the battery SOC and run the diaphragm pump in the bilge. It usually pumped a little water out, but it was never high enough level to trigger the bilge pumps themselves. A few days ago I tightened the packing gland on the starboard shaft so now even the diaphragm doesn't have anything to pump out.

Then its time to just sit for a bit with the coffee and reflect on how nice a place the world can be .....
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