Holes in our boat...

Let's start with two pictures of our own personal Aurora Borealis the morning after the first night we saw them.

JK - this is actually the milk from our breakfast after washing the dishes in the galley sink. The milk made its way to the water through one of the 18 holes in Endeavor's hull. Approx. 12 are above the water line (marked with a dark blue stripe), as below. These are a combination of pumps that pump water out of the boat, vents, passive drains, and water cooled engine exhaust. And though they do go under the water when we are heeling or when there are waves, they are engineered to not let water in.

About 6 of the holes are below the water line. 4 are open, as in not blocked, as in why is the boat not sinking?

These specific holes are called thru holes and they have valves that can close them if necessary, but most of the time they are open. The big one here is used to pump water INTO the boat to cool the exhaust and the other 2 are sink and shower drains.

The 2 remaining holes in the bottom of the boat are about 2+ inches in diameter each. These hold transducers that tell us depth and water and boat speed. These plug the holes when in place, but do have to be taken out to be cleaned at times. I sweat just thinking about it. I'll post a video of that sometime, but picture pulling the 'boat plug' aka transducer, water gushing into the cabin, and stopping it as quick as you can with another plug, or your hand. We have done this 3 times. And that is 3 times too many for my nerves. We need to do that again this week. I do not enjoy this job.....

Today Geo and I are finishing some pretty big jobs and prepping for the next big job, which is installing a stainless steel arch for shade and solar panels. So exciting!!