The only response I have so far gotten is the mocking tone of the 1200 g.p.h. pump as it happily runs, but steadfastly refuses to move any water. This could not have come at a worse time in my boat's fiscal year. Bottom paint operations are running three years behind schedule. In fact, the whole of the paint division, deck, hull, and bottom, are grossly under funded. The food service department has been limping along with a bad thermal couple for over a year now.
Refrigerated storage is far too small and antiquated.
There is also the issue of the in fighting, which continues to go on amongst the running rigging. Molding and chafe are both on the rise. That the rope and wire have a long-standing feud was made apparent to me a few years ago when I attempted a splice of the two for my main sail out haul. Both the rope and wire stubbornly resisted the union for the better part of a day. Although in time the rope did exhibit some flexibility, the wire behaved like a child, and at times became downright mean.