Fitting a Polisher
Diesel engines thrive on clean fuel and plenty of it. Shimshal has 3 installed and separate diesel tanks with a total capacity of around 1,000 litres. Today we installed a fuel polishing (or scrubbing) system which enables us to pump fuel between tanks via a Racor fuel filter and water separator. This enables us to clean all the fuel we have on board so that our engine should never be compromised.
The job itself took all day as planning pipe runs and positioning a filter on a busy yacht is no easy task. All that remains tomorrow is to wire in the fuel pump and then we can begin ‘polishing’ away!
We are hoping that the boat in front of us on the shipyard’s railway launches tomorrow which will put us in pole position to launch when the tides are favourable both in height and during the working day. Realistically that’s going to be early next week.