Lol So just installed a boom into my bilge to absorb the diesel and oil which has collected there over the last 40 years… After dropping the boom into the bilge with a red bungee cord my boyfriend decided to state the fact that it looks like I just dropped a giant tampon into my bilge. Lol too funny not to share.
This is how the bilge looked before I put in the boom… You can see how much diesel and oil is down there!
Thankfully I have the boom in there to absorb up the oil/diesel then the next step is hand pumping out the water that is left behind after the boom is properly disposed of(asking the guys at the dock how to do that). I had to buy a portable handpump because something is wrong with my manual handpump that is installed in the boat (another project for another day). Its always good to have a backup anyways 🙂
After that its about cleaning out the walls of the bilge and figuring out what the is up with my manual handpump and to see if that electrical box at the end of that hose that you see in the bilge means I have an electric bilge pump… The specs of this boat say its an engine driven bilge pump (so the engine belt is what gets it going so the engine has to be running) but when I turn the batteries on and off I can hear something shut off and turn back on like a motor. I think it is a bilge pump but that wouldnt make any sense if its engine driven…. Hmmm oh the mysteries of a boat.
Well one project at a time (or I guess really 3 or 4 at this point)…
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