Pumpin'

This weekend we started to clean out the bilges, fun fun fun. In reality it could be worse, I know others have had to cope with oil, grease etc. Ours are mainly just dirt and flakes of rust and paint that have fallen down. This would be relatively easy to sweep up if it wasn't for a small amount of water sloshing around, this had come through the holes in the deck before they were welded up. Mary managed to get quite a lot of it out with a small pump, about twenty buckets I think.

A start has been made on lowering the floor where it needs it (see the plans in the last blog entry), this also made cleaning out that bit easier. There is a thin layer of cement between the frames and in some cases this is a bit loose and I can see water squeezing out from underneath it. I know it'll probably need to be removed, but I'll check with Alan the boatbuilder first.

Finally, I saw this view of the barge next door and thought it looked like a good picture opportunity.