Together, but apart

Mary and I just went up for the day on saturday this weekend, but thanks to longer daylight hours, still managed to do about 7 hours of work each. It was a little quieter than usual, as I was removing rubbish and rust from the front cabin, and Mary was doing the same at the rear, so we had about 65 feet of barge between us for most of the day. The front cabin still had a lot of rust an dirt in it, I took about 14-16 buckets of it out.

I think I'm getting near the end, hence looking pleased.

A bucket of rust scrapings, some dirty water and an old anchor chain. The Tate will be calling any day now......

Mary did sterling work at the rear of the boat, she regards the back cabin as 'hers' and has earmarked it as a girls room for watching chick-flicks and drinking G&Ts with friends.

The old stove will go, but we'll keep the front face as a decorative item in the cabin.

This is the new doorway to gain access. The old method was a hatch in the corner of the wheelhouse, but this will be more space efficient. The stairs from the wheelhouse will run down in front of this, but they will be hinged in such a way that they can be moved aside.

A more general view. Those white 'blobs' on the hull are in fact daylight. A bit more welding to be done methinks. :)