Friday 19 June 2009

Safe and secure at Gouvia Marina in Corfu

We arrived Thursday afternoon to Corfu. After docking to a nice berth in Gouvia marina, we decided to open up the fuel tank and put a small filter at the fuel outlet to catch any debris that can go into the engine pre-filter. The local chandlery was closed so we bought a small tea sieve from supermarket and used that to make our coarse filter. Taking the tank out was a bit of a work. It worked out well and last part of the job was sucking the diesel out from the tank to engine, this time Murat did the delightful diesel tasting. Finally we tightened a few loose pipes and the engine is now in good working order, knock on wood...

After washing up we headed for a late night meal at the marina fish restaurant, well deserved...

I woke up in middle of night with my hands itching like crazy. The diesel book said that diesel fuel can allergic and can itching and rashes. After a few soap down in the middle of the night, we all slept till 10am...
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