- Action: To Do List item A0039 – Replace manual bilge hoses and all corroded clamps; install double clamps at all hose ends.
- Completed: 9 April 2018
- Cost: $90.96
On 11 December 2017 we ordered 30-feet of 1.5-inch Trident #147-112 Vac XHD Bilge/Live Well Hose ($4.19 per foot) and eight AWAB #316044 Marine Grade Smooth Band Hose Clamps SAE Size: 20 ($2.99 each) from Defender's website. These were shipped to our balikbayan box consolidator and forwarder Manila Forwarder in Los Angles, California and received there on 16 December 2017. We received them in Naga City, Cebu on 23 February 2018.
The bilge hose was removed as part of the work perform on To Do List item A0283 - Clean the bilge, where the bilge hose scupper fitting was also discovered broken, To Do List item A0284.
The removed sections of bilge hose were measured to determine cut lengths for the new hoses with small added allowances. We used about 16-feet of new hose at a cost of $67.04.
The bilge pump was then reinstalled with new double clamps at each end. Used four new AWAB 316 Stainless Steel Marine Grade Hose Clamps at $3.14 each, total cost $12.56.
To Do List item A0039 - Replace manual bilge hoses and all corroded clamps; install double clamps at all hose ends; still remains to be accomplished as replacement hoses have yet to obtained.
Added to the To Do List:
- B0200 – Obtain spare Whale AK3051 service kit for Gusher 30 bilge pump.
- B0201 – Obtain Whale Gusher 30 bilge pump AS3016 Handwheel & Stud Kit and install missing handwheel.
- A0202 - Drill hole in deck plate and bilge pump handles, secure with lanyard, and stow on cockpit coaming.
