Down
to the boat last Friday, followed by a major clear out of all the kit
that doesn't need to be aboard over the winter and then some
Then some because, of course, we don't expect to be using Erbas again other than as a floating cottage for a few more weeks
With boxes and bags loaded into the car, we headed down to Burnham for a very pleasant evening aboard the good ship Laurin
Curry, beer, music and scotch did flow and after staying over a very welcome breakfast set us up for the journey home
Wednesday morning saw us back on the road at the ungodly hour of two am after Jane got an early finish
We slept most of the morning and then set about Erbas with the pressure washer and hoover as appropriate! A couple of hours graft in the sunshine had her looking her best again
Then this morning I set about diagnosing the tiller pilot fault. As I half expected it turned out to be a bad connection on the back of the deck socket...
With that fixed the good tiller pilot worked perfectly so I had a look at the old dodgy one. I'd wondered if the original problem had been damp, to which (ridiculously) tiller pilots are notoriously prone, and it seems that may have been the case as it now seems to be working OK.
I wouldn't trust my life to it but as a back up to the known good one it's a bonus.
All was about ready for a visit from a potential buyer for Erbas who duly arrived for a tour of the boat and a chat. Chickens are not being counted yet but fingers crossed!
Meanwhile Carol has been busy fixing things on "Safe Return" which is good! We'd have popped round for a visit but we've both got colds which are probably best kept to ourselves
It's back home again in the morning for another round of solicitor nagging as we've had a call from the agents and our buyers are getting understandably impatient. So are we!
Then some because, of course, we don't expect to be using Erbas again other than as a floating cottage for a few more weeks
With boxes and bags loaded into the car, we headed down to Burnham for a very pleasant evening aboard the good ship Laurin
Curry, beer, music and scotch did flow and after staying over a very welcome breakfast set us up for the journey home
Wednesday morning saw us back on the road at the ungodly hour of two am after Jane got an early finish
We slept most of the morning and then set about Erbas with the pressure washer and hoover as appropriate! A couple of hours graft in the sunshine had her looking her best again
Then this morning I set about diagnosing the tiller pilot fault. As I half expected it turned out to be a bad connection on the back of the deck socket...
With that fixed the good tiller pilot worked perfectly so I had a look at the old dodgy one. I'd wondered if the original problem had been damp, to which (ridiculously) tiller pilots are notoriously prone, and it seems that may have been the case as it now seems to be working OK.
I wouldn't trust my life to it but as a back up to the known good one it's a bonus.
All was about ready for a visit from a potential buyer for Erbas who duly arrived for a tour of the boat and a chat. Chickens are not being counted yet but fingers crossed!
Meanwhile Carol has been busy fixing things on "Safe Return" which is good! We'd have popped round for a visit but we've both got colds which are probably best kept to ourselves
It's back home again in the morning for another round of solicitor nagging as we've had a call from the agents and our buyers are getting understandably impatient. So are we!
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