Plan B

Plan A was to replace the pump, but since I've learned that it requires removing an engine mount, I'm going to try Plan B. Plan B is to insert a heli-coil, basically a new set of threads. I'm told the hardest and riskiest part of the job is removing the broken screw.

But first is plan B1, which is to put things back together (hoses and bolts), enough to be able to limp from the haul out slip to our real slip. And this takes us back to the original problem which is that once back in the water we'll be siphoning water out of the ocean and into New Morning through the incorrectly plumbed shaft seal vent. So Plan B2 is to re-plumb the shaft seal vent before we go back into the water.

The incorrect installation of the shaft seal vent by Lyman Morse two years ago has led to an amazing series of discoveries and problems; none of which they consider to be their problem.