Powell River

We are so thrilled with the outcome of our efforts today ! Well – of Mike’s efforts!

The reason we are in Powell River is to have Mike – who knows the Webasto heating system – to take a look at our Webasto and see if he could diagnose the reason it is not working. It stopped working in 2020 when we were in Seymour Inlet. Mike used to live in North Vancouver but before we could get him to check out our system he moved to Powell River. A lot of work had been done so far to figure out the problem. In 2020 COVID made getting parts from the US very difficult.

And then as we were traveling yesterday another system – engine heat – failed.

Engine heat is like turning on the car heater when you’re driving along on a cold winter day – except you get hot water too. And the Webasto is the same sort of heater but the engine is not running – so we can get heat and hot water at anchor. The Webasto is a little diesel powered furnace.

So today – Mike fixed both Engine heat and the Webasto ! FIXED ! We were just hoping to get information about what was wrong so we could order parts !

After all the work was done we walked up to Thaidal Zone Restaurant just across the street from the Marina office and the Ferry terminal. Dinner was really good ! Well worth the walk – and it was quite the walk ! Another success.

All in all a very good day ! Tomorrow morning we are heading to Prideaux Haven.

We might just come back to Powell River again !

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