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6th September 2002 |
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After our lovely week away I've had a couple of days away on the boat and "touch wood" everything seems to behaving itself. The water still has a slight taste to it and we are on the 3rd lot of water in the tank. It is getting less but I think it will take some time to disappear altogether. I have noticed some water still gathering in the engine compartment, not much, about 1ltr every 2 days. there has always been some water accumulating in the engine compartment since we bought the boat. This was a from the dripping stern gland and I thought rainwater entering from somewhere. However, since having the stern gland adjusted there has been very little water entering and what does I now catch in a small plastic tray (along with the excess grease). As there was no rain whilst out this last time I decided to investigate. The water appears to be leaking from the calorifier. I am not sure whether it is the tank itself or one of the pipe joints. I suspect the leak is on the domestic water circuit rather than the boiler or engine coils as the water level in both the engine coolant and the heating boiler has not needed topping up.
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I have booked the boat into Stanliands Marina for a pull out and bottom blacking week commencing the 23 September. I shall also have the engine serviced and the stern gear inspected whilst she is out of the water. The engineer, who is freelance and mobile, said he will also deal with the water leak. I hope it is simply a pipe leaking and not the calorifier itself as they are quite expensive. The bottom was, as readers will know only blacked a year ago. However, I can see rust spots forming around the water line already. So I'm having it done again. I'm trying a different place this time not Blue Water as I want to compare the jobs and see which last the longest. Stanilands are much more expensive but they say they give 4 coats. Surely this must last longer than a year! The mobile engineer may be a valuable find for the future. I'll post a report on the work as it happens. I have also joined the River and Canal
Rescue organisation
www.rivercanalrescue.co.uk . This is like the AA
or RAC for inland waterway boaters. I've read good things about them on the
canals newsgroups and the fee for breakdown starts at £65.
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