As long as the bilge was exposed, clean, and dry I figured that I may as well photograph it.
The first 4 photos show various sections of the bilge from the mast to the companionway. The thin copper wires are the earth wires for the HF antenna tuner. The top photo shows the white electric bilge pump. Next to it is the intake for the Whale Gusher manual pump. Note the drain ducts along the sides of the bilge. They collect water coming down the sides of the boat. The 4th photo shows the thru-hull fitting for the engine salt water cooling intake.
The last photo is of the section of the bilge in front of the mast, where the in-hull depth sounder transducers lie. The round white enclosure houses a defunct transducer. The round black unit is the Navman transducer which seems to have been malfunctioning lately. The new Raymarine transducer will be fitted in this section, ahead of the keel near the center of the boat.
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When we had our boat in Croatia, we were unlucky enough to discover a rat on board. In desperation we put poison down and it was not seen again for weeks - months maybe - no sign of it (or smell either) until I was cleaning the bilge and found some tiny white pieces of I knew not what - until I realised they were the bones of the rat. Very clean and white, pickled I guess by the salt water??
Just as well, Coral. I've tasted that bilge water many times trying to determine whether it was sea or fresh water.
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