Upgrades and repairs time for Cay Player! We're launching a new label "Repairs" with this post. Rick had his home time Thursday-Sunday and lost no time digging into a huge round of repairs and upgrades. He started with ripping out the propane water heater (which had carried a warning, not for use on boats!) from the head compartment, and the old propane space heater from the port side hull near the step-down from the salon. Below is a photo of the new electric water heater on the mount he built into that space (near where the old space heater was). Once he finishes hooking up the water hoses and secures the electric connection, we can place a restraint of sone sort to help secure it for seaworthiness. The water hoses proved difficult so far - Rick determined a good path from the head down under the port hull floorboards, back to the port aft berth, then looping back through the bulkhead to the water heater.
The second photo is of the new faucet hardware Rick installed for the sink, and for the shower. Not only is it a cleaner look but the showerhead is much nicer, and the sink spigot rises enough so we can get our hands under the water flow. Much better than the old one that came straight out with no room to get your hands underneath to wash!
The shower sump pump is one of the fixes we'll have to finish next time. Rick was able to locate the old one (with some partial input from the boat's prior owner we called), and got it working. But it worked only sporadically so it isn't reliable enough to use yet. Still this was all a giant leap forward, even just on these items ... Let alone on the many other repair/upgrade items we'll cover in subsequent posts.
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