Poor Eric Day 2

 Poor Eric. He spent the day in the engine room again, pulling the hydraulic hoses off as part of the solution to the stabilizer problem.  Much swearing was heard again.  He did however get all the remaining hoses off, phew, was he glad that was over with.  Up in the pilot house the monitor was telling us the black water tank was full so I got the dock guy’s attention and we proceeded to try and try again to pump out the tank.  It just wasn’t going right.  David decided that he needed to check out the system.  We cleaned out the vent and cleaned the tank sensor. He even took the top off of the poop tank to see if it really was empty or full or what.  Seems there was positive pressure in the tank (there shouldn’t be) which means it starting hissing and spewing out it’s contents.  Can you say SMELL BADDDD!!  The entire boat was gag worthy. The smell wafted into the engine room where poor Eric was and he couldn’t escape it. We turned off the a/c and opened every door, window and porthole to try and get some air that was breathable into the inside of the boat. David got the system cleaned up and closed up , removed his gloves and washed his hands for twenty minutes.  Oh, yuck!! So, just when Eric thought working on the stabilizer was an ugly job, it go way worse with us working on the black water tank systems 

Eric’s handy work.Way

Eric in the engine room.

The last 5 hoses are out!!

Working on the poop tank.

Guest stateroom.  What a mess.

Baby Harrison asleep in his room.


More stuff Eric is working on.
Hose number 4 is out!

Ellie conferring with George Washington.

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