Busy…
Suddenly we seem to have our days taken up by doing 101 jobs on the new boat, installing new electric bilge pumps for one thing. Much faff is had adding the new joint into one of the existing pipes and out through the hull, enabling us to rely on the automatic pumps rather than switching on the incredibly quick existing pumps which run from the seperate Lister engine. The new engine room is huge,it is indeed a room. Pipes and wires, 99% of which are a total mystery to me (but fortunatley not to Hazel) wind their way around the ceiling, walls and floors and dark recesses hide hydraulics, more wires and switches. The best thing about this is that we can both stand up easily in here, no more crouching around on the crawl boards.
I clean out all the cabins, wiping everything down with flash to ensure it smells clean and is dust and dirt free. The shower is sprayed from top to bottom and wiped out, removing the old soap rack too, as it was beginning to rust. All the sinks in the cabins are brought up shining, the only job below is to hoover the carpets and it will be pretty presentable down there.
The changing room, whcih has a freshwater sink inside.
Really useful little cubby holes in the changing room - ideal for your hood/gloves etc between dives.
I start on the Saloon, wiping all the benches down, polishing the woodwork and removing all the curtains whcih actually makes a huge difference to how light it is in there. Considering its on board a boat, the saloon is a huge room.
The weather turns even more snowy (snow lying since last night), and i can hear the hail hammering on the deck above my head, it rolling into small drifts on the gray antislip, just waiting to make me fall on my arse.
We go up to see Andy to say hello and i take a couple of pics of the cat (these are here just for you Bob hehe)
