2008: More Work in BVI

Nanny Cay, BVI: Part 2

Plumbing.  One of the starboard water tanks had ‘sunk’ a bit in its recess and an inlet hose had come adrift, so it was leaking a lot of fresh water.  Very difficult to get to so I bunged the whole lot up with a bronze screw in plug.  It still does its job – just takes a little while longer to fill via the shared breather with a neighbouring tank. Replaced main cabin shower sump. Added additional length of hose to automatic bilge pump so that it sat on bottom of bilge – some plumbing lines appear to have shrunk a little over the years. Water tap to galley sink leaking and repacked with plumber’s tape.  Replaced washers in sink drains as they were leaking.

Fridge and Freezer - 110 Volt.  Repaired in BVI with new thermostat, plus one or two other things – worked fine afterwards.  Fridge compressor appears to be quite new.

Thankfully, the fridges at Josiahs Bay Bar worked well

Air Conditioning/Cooling Units.  New air conditioner fitted in port aft cabin to replace one that was heavily corroded and unserviceable.  Very expensive but earned its keep whilst in tropical ports. I made the mistake of throwing away the old computer card that had all the wiring coming to it – big mistake, as the technician was more than happy to remind me on several occasions.  I assumed that he would have known what to do but apparently that wasn’t so. 

Fans.   I’ve also added Hella fans below which are great – use very little electricity and they are very quiet – I wired them to the lighting wiring, easy and I just copied what the techhy did when installing the first one for me.

Hot Water Heater.  The hot water heater was internally corroded and had to be replaced completely – contractor did it but I would in future as it isn’t difficult and, of course, it would come with instructions, plus you would have the old set up to use as a guide.

As they were at Bomba Shack....

Batteries.  The original batteries were all well down on fluid and some cells in the house batteries had no battery acid in them at all.  In 2008 replaced the two 4D house batteries and the starter battery.

Tank Gauges. Several of these did not work. They will need fixing/replacing eventually.