Work

Another weekend and some more rust treatment. Mary and I drove up on saturday to get some more of this out of the way. After lighting the stove to take the chill off, we were able to carry on where we left off. One of Alan's crew, Nobby, helped us by doing some needle gunning, Mary and I were impressed by how much better his work was than ours. Hopefully he'll be able to do whats left of the inside.

The holes in the deck are getting patched and there is less water in the bilge each time we come up now. Still, I was able to pump out a bit which kept me amused.

My brother has mentioned in emails why there are no pictures of me working, so here's one.

Followed by a more typical one....

Alan's team have done some more work on the front hatch and hawse pipe (the tube through which the anchor chain goes below deck).

Other activities over the weekend included Hope (the barge moored next to us) going for a little trip to fill up with water - they're planning to take her down south this week if the weather holds.

I also started the engine, which hadn't run since July. It did fire eventually, but only ran for about 5 minutes before stopping. Luckily, years of similar experience with various cars and bikes has taught me to check the obvious first, and yes, there was no fuel in the tank as it had been drained for welding.