Cruising is working on your boat in very nice places
Working on an old boat is like a full time job! Cruising on the St John's River system ended for us in late May as we docked at Ortega Landing Marina. We enjoyed the American Amazon and all the little places to visit. The Marina at Ortega Landing is the nicest marina we have ever visited. http://www.ortegalanding.com/ Everyday is a new adventure with things on this old boat. We are slowly replacing all of the lights with leds and repairing the wiring and fixtures along the way. You trust your bilge pump to run on demand Right? You expect switches to turn on and off Right? Jean noticed a bilge pump was running a lot and upon investigation we discover a new switch had stuck internally and the pump continued to run with no water in the bilge. I checked the other five bilge and sump pumps. A fairly new Sea Flo pump would not run, See picture. The switch was one of three I had bought on amazon. Well the warranty was up on the pump so I took it apart to see w