Almost everyone on our dock was at Napatree for the long weekend and we were enjoying the beautiful weather here in Norwich. It's nice to just take it easy for a day or so.
For those of you who don't know our area, here's where Napatree is:
It's kind of a cool place where New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut intersect. Good holding ground and lots of boats raft up there.
Anyhow, back in Norwich on Saturday morning, we were poking around our engines and we heard a drip. Not the water slapping against the hull but a true drip. We felt around under the deck over our starboard v-drive and yes, there was water but from where? It seemed to be dripping around from above but there was noting "above" that could emit any water. We groped around the many hoses and finally found the culprit: our Jabsco accumulator tank, which was squirting two tiny streams of water straight up against the bottom of the deck above it. The top of this thing was cracked and as such, needed to be replaced.
What's an accumulator tank? Its just another item of boat crap that the recreational boating industry has put there to substitute for good engineering. In effect, it's just there to take some pressure off the fresh water pump, which we only use underway or at anchor. But it's in the water circuit so even when were were using city water at the dock, it leaked.
So, we took a quick drive to Defender Marine in Waterford and bought a new one for $81.00. To be fair, this is one the last things left over on the boat from the previous owner, so I guess we were due. We installed the new accumulator and the tinkle stopped.
Now we know why Frances had mentioned that she heard the bilge pump come on from time to time.
On Saturday night, after really enjoying an hour or so of cocktail time in the setting sun, Frances produced her great shrimp dinner. Shrimp, garlic and whole bunch of other stuff, served with spinach. God, was that good!
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