Ardfern Yacht Centre 20 July 2022

 

Lazaway leaving Lochaline yesterday - courtesy of John M
and short video below


Today has been spent at Ardfern - a sunny, dull, cool, warm, windy, not so windy, and dry day.

Mary and Susie went for a bike ride and coffee - on the Raffan electric bikes, a first for Mary - in the morning.  Meanwhile Gordon and Shane had several maintenance treats to deal with on board.  The first was to flush out the holding tank (the sewage system) several times to try to get the internal monitoring system working properly.  It took about an hour and a half, but in the end the flushing and some wire twiddling worked, so all good now (the local fish all look contented).

The second job was to check the impeller on the generator following the jellyfish induced automatic stopping a couple of days ago. This took about an hour, but resulted in finding the impeller was in good shape and did not need replacing.  We only had to replace the O-ring.  The generator was tested and is perfect.  Happy days.

Gordon accessing the impeller on the generator 

The impeller under inspection - looks good

The other job was to get an Ardfern engine mechanic to advise us on what might be causing the port engine to briefly lose power after it has been running for some time.  He spent some time down the hole, and communicated by phone with a Cat engineer, but did not come up with a cause or solution.  He thought it could be a solenoid, and advised swapping the solenoids on the two engines when we got home to see if the problem migrated.  He also twiddled some wires, so who knows, maybe he resolved the problem?!

In the afternoon the main engine water intake strainers got a cleaning, and Gordon went for an electric cycle.  Mary and Shane went for a wee walk.  And what an observant bunch we are.  Mary and Susie saw a Red Squirrel, Shane saw an Osprey, and Gordon saw a green tractor!

Lazaway at berth at Ardfern

Ardfern from a little further up the Loch 

Dinner in Galley of Lorne - the scallops were excellent, as was the Cullen Skink, and the Seabass.  All pretty good.









































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