Wow! This sinking thing gets you to know your boat fast! When dismounting the drowned alternator I found that I indeed did have a Balmar but it was entirely the wrong Balmar! The mount system was two eared and did not fit the mount There was a mickey mouse set of spacers added and the thru bolt was way too small for the alternator mount. That's why the alternator was mounted so oddly. The standard improved mount rubbed on this alternators cooling fan. Because the alternator didn't fit the opening correctly, the cooling hose couldn't be used and that mickey mouse setup was adopted. All is being corrected now. There's always a reason things are done oddly.
Oh My God, what was Ericson thinking of when they routed the raw water cooling line? Even with the floorboards up (a major problem as they were glued down), I couldn't rout the line and had to reroute it. No wonder the cooling line was rotting off.
While cleaning up the hoses around the engine and under the galley sink, I discovered that three of the double clamped hoses had only one clamp tightened up. Some careless pro's out there. I did cap off the seacock for the salt water intake for the Galley sink. I have not used it once and all of the plumbing would have to be replaced as none of the barbs were long enough for double clamps. Being that they were all two feet below the waterline, this was a major omission on this system. Now the left manual pump empties the two iceboxes. If I decide to do the Christian thing and head to Hawaii, I can easily uncap it and set it up properly. In the meantime, I hardly recognize the galley sink area. There's actually space under there!
The approaching storms are noted! I am counting on the Olympics to block much of the force although the storm warnings are up for the straights. The weathermen are still uncertain of the exact path of this storm. :0