Mindelo
10/01/08 20:59 Filed in: Ilha de Sao Vicente
| Cape Verdes
Water is
scarce on Mindelo and supplies at the marina are metered and cost
Esc 2.00 per litre.
Before topping up with fresh water I checked the bilge. Normally it contains a small amount of water at the bottom but now it was about 2/3 full with fresh water. The source of this water turned out to be the newest of our three under floor flexible storage tanks. This had been purchased in May 2006
It was a small leak at the corner or one seam. Over 9 days about half the contents had leaked into the bilge. Fortunately this tank is isolated from the other two or all our fresh water could have leaked out over time.
I dried it out as much as possible and attempted a repair with inflatable boat adhesive.
Running rigging that had not been removed earlier was taken down, washed in salt water then rinsed in fresh. Using buckets of fresh water we washed as much of the boat as possible. The amount of dust and salt we had picked up on route was amazing and a new layer of fine dust was a being added in Mindelo.
Total fresh water used was 130 litres.
Before topping up with fresh water I checked the bilge. Normally it contains a small amount of water at the bottom but now it was about 2/3 full with fresh water. The source of this water turned out to be the newest of our three under floor flexible storage tanks. This had been purchased in May 2006
It was a small leak at the corner or one seam. Over 9 days about half the contents had leaked into the bilge. Fortunately this tank is isolated from the other two or all our fresh water could have leaked out over time.
I dried it out as much as possible and attempted a repair with inflatable boat adhesive.
Running rigging that had not been removed earlier was taken down, washed in salt water then rinsed in fresh. Using buckets of fresh water we washed as much of the boat as possible. The amount of dust and salt we had picked up on route was amazing and a new layer of fine dust was a being added in Mindelo.
Total fresh water used was 130 litres.