Ya is back in her habitat! Friday morning she went back in the water. What a relief for her and for Peter. It ended up in a launch party on board ‘Ya’ with fellow sailors.
Ya on her waynearly touching the watertouched the water and straight astern to her dockThere she is. You like her?
Water from the wrong way, no water from the right way
We discovered a tiny bit of water in the bilge…. from where? Peter tasted…Salt water.. so that’s water coming in from the wrong way.
Found the leak. The connection between the valve and the through hull fitting leaks. It is a tiny bit, but it leaks. Most probably the stuff between the threads has dried out and shrunk in the last 5 months. Now it will get wet and expand again and most probably it will stop leaking. But Peter doesnot take the risk, suppose it will start leaking again under the constant motion of the seas. So Ya has to be out of the water next week for a quick repair. All of a sudden the drinking water tap stopped. Cause: the water pump stopped. Cause? Even Peter (former plumber) couldn’t discover it. So he took the pump out, took it apart completely, couldnot find anything, screwed everything back together, and… it worked again! Peter concluded: Miraculous, I have golden hands!
Party!
The fellow skippers and wifes and crew endlessly working on their boats in the boatyard, could need a break. So last Saturday we organised a Splash Party on board the Ya. Adriana and her mother (just from Spain) made a great tortilla, Gara made cheese cookies, and big bowls of delicious salad made by Geerhard (fresh crew on board, next blog completely about him).
