Hi everyone
Yes yesterday was a bad one, We awoke to a bright clear day with no wind and just a gentle breeze. We had spent the night at the bottom of Barrowford locks ready to get a good start on the day. Noreen and I had walk up the locks everything seemed fine with no empty pounds so all looked good. We set off in good heart looking forward to a good sail upto East Marten which was our destination for the day HOWEVER like all plans it lasted ten minutes as entering the first lock I had that horrible sound of a great thud from the prop and a a stalled engine Unmistakeably something wrapped around the prop. All Boaters will know what that means and with a Traditional Stern (the back bit) what it entails, in my case it means clearing the bad deck getting into the weed hatch a space of 18 inches by 12 inches and hanging almost upside down with arms up to the shoulder in freezing water and attempting to cut away what ever has fallen in love with your pro and is now making love to it. this process took almost two and a half hours. BUT how is it that when hanging almost upside down in a very small space do People ask " have you something wrapped around the Prop?? " you do not want to know my stock answer. NOW one could imagine that things could not get worse wrong !! whilst performing my sea lion impression in the weed hatch you legs and feet become appendages that resemble a broken windmill and have a habit of knocking into thinks Now this could only happen to me. just inside the back door where my feet were performing a pirouette id a dry foam fire extinguisher only I could manage this as the first time I hit it I disconnected the safety pin the second strike was to set the blooding thing off. As the wind was in the east and the boat facing west that meant that the extinguishing powder sprayed the whole length of the interior of the boat
NOREEN NOT PLEASED. having successfully completed the jammed propeller kit took another hour to Change the bed (that was the powders first port of all and the vacuum the rest of the boat three and a half hours late wet again set sail.
The high light of the day was crossing the border from Lancashire into Yorkshire I now feel as if our holiday has started . we found Moorings at East Martin at 18.30 hs a total of 9 hours sailing and 14 locks
But along the route we were treated to some spectacular views the scenery along this route is second to none. I am in a hurry just now a few jobs to-do before we set off I will publish pictures tonight
God Bless Every one
Buggerlugs
Yes yesterday was a bad one, We awoke to a bright clear day with no wind and just a gentle breeze. We had spent the night at the bottom of Barrowford locks ready to get a good start on the day. Noreen and I had walk up the locks everything seemed fine with no empty pounds so all looked good. We set off in good heart looking forward to a good sail upto East Marten which was our destination for the day HOWEVER like all plans it lasted ten minutes as entering the first lock I had that horrible sound of a great thud from the prop and a a stalled engine Unmistakeably something wrapped around the prop. All Boaters will know what that means and with a Traditional Stern (the back bit) what it entails, in my case it means clearing the bad deck getting into the weed hatch a space of 18 inches by 12 inches and hanging almost upside down with arms up to the shoulder in freezing water and attempting to cut away what ever has fallen in love with your pro and is now making love to it. this process took almost two and a half hours. BUT how is it that when hanging almost upside down in a very small space do People ask " have you something wrapped around the Prop?? " you do not want to know my stock answer. NOW one could imagine that things could not get worse wrong !! whilst performing my sea lion impression in the weed hatch you legs and feet become appendages that resemble a broken windmill and have a habit of knocking into thinks Now this could only happen to me. just inside the back door where my feet were performing a pirouette id a dry foam fire extinguisher only I could manage this as the first time I hit it I disconnected the safety pin the second strike was to set the blooding thing off. As the wind was in the east and the boat facing west that meant that the extinguishing powder sprayed the whole length of the interior of the boat
NOREEN NOT PLEASED. having successfully completed the jammed propeller kit took another hour to Change the bed (that was the powders first port of all and the vacuum the rest of the boat three and a half hours late wet again set sail.
The high light of the day was crossing the border from Lancashire into Yorkshire I now feel as if our holiday has started . we found Moorings at East Martin at 18.30 hs a total of 9 hours sailing and 14 locks
But along the route we were treated to some spectacular views the scenery along this route is second to none. I am in a hurry just now a few jobs to-do before we set off I will publish pictures tonight
God Bless Every one
Buggerlugs
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