2018-08-28 – An electrical fault.

I need to attend to an electrical fault on our boat today, because the bilge pump isn’t working at the moment, and that’s just a recipe for disaster!  I drink my tea and nutriblast whilst ordering a birthday card for my daughter online, and then take the dog for a quick walk before gathering a few electrical tools and a freshly charged battery and making my way over to Wayford Bridge.

The bilges are filling up with river water (there’s a slight leak where the steering gear pierces the hull) so I’m under pressure to get this sorted.   I check all the fuses that I can find but they are all intact, and I’m fast coming to the conclusion that the pump itself has given up the ghost.  I pop next door to Bank Boats to borrow a portable electric pump, and use it to pump the water from the bilges back into the river where it belongs.   I arrange for someone to take a look at the fault on our boat (hopefully tomorrow), and then return to Southrepps, where the dog eagerly awaits another walk.