Quote Originally Posted by MidMsAngler View Post
Like the Capt says "the ship will make you a man and the sea will make you old"

You mean there are days when the plant doesn't try and break down?! Lost all water pressure yesterday when our main water pump burst open and flooded the bilges with our drinking water. Water shorted out the main battery bank, all engine gauge relays to the bridge were trashed and that was before lunch. Now we have a turbo that sounds like she's going out.


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That sounds about like a typical day. With all that machinery running hard as it does something always on the fritz. Hopefully the bilge pumps work. One thing I took extra special care of on PM's was the fire pumps. Treat those things like a new born baby when pulling apart and back together. Went through 2 engine room fires at sea. Bad scary. You have some kind of Manuel override on your steering?