It’s a little difficult to work on the maintenance projects because we keep hitting road bumps. First we had to wait for new o-rings to be delivered. The o-rings are important because they help hold the different pieces together and seal out the water. Then we had to wait for some glue in order to attach some of the connectors. Then we found out that some of the connectors that are supposed to be titanium (an inert metal that won’t corrode in seawater) were actually stainless steel (which will corrode in seawater and take titanium down with it). The fact that the wrong metal has been installed for the last several years is a Big Deal. Luckily it was taken apart in time; some of the connectors have started corroding but it looks like the titanium end cap is intact. That would be costly and time consuming to machine a new end cap since each one is almost 40 pounds of titanium!
