Saturday. . .Hopefully!!!

     If all goes as it is planned, friend Fred and I will spend a good part of Saturday filtering and polishing the fuel on ABISHAG and cleaning out the fuel tank.

     We have bought a pump and bag filters (whatever they are) and have a fuel/water separator and will have it on Saturday. It will require that we removed an access panel on the top of the fuel tank to get at the fuel, along with the detritus and the water. There are five (5) tubes that go though the panel into the tank that have to be carefully removed so the panel itself can be lifted out. This means the removal of 20 machine screws holding the panel in place. It doesn't seem to be all that complex a project and, once we have done it once, should not be a problem should we have to do it again.  This  is a "big" job but I have found several examples on YOUTUBE on how to build and used a much smaller and simpler "machine" to do the removal of water and dirt from the fuel on a more regular basis.  Simpler will make it more likely that it gets done more often, leading to less of a chance for having to go through this "major project" again.

     Once we have cleans and polished to fuel so that it looks clear like cranberry juice as opposed to it current strawberry milk appearance, a call will be placed to Eric the Shaman who will come and get the engine primed and started and hopefully that will be that. It is possible that there are more problems that will have to be dealt with but I am hopeful that such will not be the case. I would like to get a little sailing in before Columbus Day Weekend and the trip up river for the winter.  AH1 THE JOY OF BOAT OWNERSHIP! ! ! ! !