It's paying off ...

I went out to Dovekie last night to check the mooring lines and bilge water after the few days of stormy wind and rain we have had, and was pleasantly surprised.

There was almost no water in the forward area of the bilge and only a litre in the aft section. That is excellent given the weather we have had. There are still a couple of leaks around the hatches that I haven't got to yet but they will be taken care of by the glassing and painting I will do. The rot areas in the cockpit are basically watertight now.

The mooring lines were OK but I have to put plastic tube around one of the aft ones that is rubbing on the toe-rail. It was going through a fairlead but the angle of it with the wind we have been having (more westerly than usual) has resulted in some chafing. It now runs straight out over the toe-rail but still rubs a little.

Unfortunately I found that my house battery was a bit run down due to my leaving the main switch turned on at the weekend and the depth sounder running it down. There must be something else as I would have thought that the depth sounder by itself wouldn't run it own that fast. Anyway the new motor has a 114A charging capability so a brief run should top it up well. Hopefully that will be on Saturday when the forecast is very good for some time under sail. The 50+ knot winds of the last few days were not encouraging at all.