Caulked out



I think I have had enough of caulking for a while; 8 tubes have been squeezed out into seams with another 9 full ones sitting in a box waiting their turn. The turning point was when I stepped in a recently caulked area while returning to the cockpit for implement I had forgotten - not pretty. There will have to be some sanding of the deck to clean up the mess. The only 'positive' thing that happened today was someone from a neighboring boat commenting that my caulking was much cleaner/accurate than normal so there wouldn't have to be much sanding (I guess I feel better about that). After finishing the 8th tube of caulk at 5:30pm today (in about as many days) I decided it was early enough to try and tackle the genset which wouldn't start yesterday. Unfortunately neither the low pressure fuel system nor the glow plug (items that I can relatively easily fix) were at fault with leaves the high pressure fuel pump, the injectors or the ability of the cylinder to hold compression as the potential problems. A call to the nearest service center will be required first thing tomorrow (it is only 100yds away by water or a mile or two by road).

I am off to the UK tomorrow night so there will be a lot of last minute packing and shutting down the boat tomorrow. Andy lent me her Mini Cooper at the weekend so I get to drive that back to DC tomorrow which will be a lot more fun than caulking......

Posted: Mon - September 3, 2007 at 11:42 PM          

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