We're gonna do what??

I wanted my first job on El Vagabundo to be an easy one. The shower would not drain and there was water in the engine room and the forward bilge area. I checked the bilge pump and it just wasn’t doing a good enough job in the engine room and no water at all was draining from the shower.

So I set out to get the job done. I was hoping to have the help of a local mechanic, but he was busy, so I had to man up and do it myself. Mind you, I am not a mechanic and, although I know my way around a tool box, I’m far from a DIY Guru dude. The idea was to install a new pump and run new hoses. Well, it’s a bigger job now. Four pumps and a new system is in order! So far, I have replaced the main pump and the water is out of both bilge areas and the shower is draining.

Now that a new hose has been run, all I have to do is install the new pumps!

Tags: Amateur Sailors, Blue Water, Cruising, Endurance 40, FerroCement, Ferrocement repairs, Peter Ibold, Repairs, Vagabonds

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