Sunday 10 March 2013

Monday 11th March


Monday 11th March

The long weekend is slipping away…full of social events and boat-cleaning.

Yesterday Pete spent a few thrill-packed hours down inside the engine hatch, pumping out hideous oil sludge.  I had a slightly less ghastly task – cleaning out the hatch under the helm, where we store what I thought was a nice, pleasant collection of flippers masks and snorkels but which turned out to be bit of a hellmouth, full of rusty cans of something-or-another along, yes, with the snorkels, masks and unidentifiable bits of hose and pipe which might come in useful one day.  All floating in a thin layer of slimy muck.  When I had lugged everything out it was time to clean out the compartment…with a scrubbing brush, some Dettol-infused water, a hose… It wasn’t as satisfying as it might have been because I couldn’t reach into the murky depths of the compartment, where a whole lot of the silt had gathered to lie in wait for a come-back.  I had to entice Pete into the area, with his longer arms, for this cheery project. 

But…it’s all good.  Pete is going to make a light platform of marine ply for the masks and snorkels, so that they can still be in this handy compartment without having to roll around in slime and sludge, and we have thrown out a few totally useless items – for example, a dog-lead with a rusted clasp – why was it there???

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