It's been two days of clearing out and cleaning to make Erbas ready for her last trip (if all goes to plan) down to Burnham Yacht Harbour today
It's amazing how much "stuff" you can cram into a twenty seven footer! And apart from some out of date or nearly so galley stores every bit of it is stuff we need and use!
As each item was removed I asked myself "do we use this?" and "do we need this?" and the answer was yes every time.
At the end of the exercise Erbas was floating a good inch higher in the water as evidenced by the visible weed line!
Pagan, of course, swallowed the lot without a hiccup but she looks like a bomb has hit her! That's not the top priority right now.
Once everything was cleared out, which took most of Tuesday, it was out with the pressure washer yesterday. After the chilly weather of late, washing the decks and cockpit in the sunshine in a T-shirt was rather pleasant!
Then it was down below with the cleaning materials for a thorough spring clean.
High tide was around six in the evening so shortly before I fired up the engine for the first time in several months and went for the aforementioned penultimate cruise. All of about 30 yards to raft Erbas up outside of Pagan!
Big sister and little sister!
The similarities between the two boats are obvious! Same hull colour, teak interior, classic seventies styling etc. It's no wonder really that Pagan was an instant hit with us.
(We said we wanted a bigger Erbas and we found one!)
But it's only when you put the two boats side by side that you realise how much bigger Pagan is
She's twice as much boat near enough when it comes to internal volume.
And it was laughable how many times I hit my head whilst cleaning inside Erbas! For two and a half years I've managed perfectly happily on board her but how quickly one gets used to the extra space and headroom!
There's a few final jobs to do this morning and then I shall set off on the final voyage. The brokers already have people interested in her and she isn't even technically on the market yet so hopefully she won't hang about.
It's amazing how much "stuff" you can cram into a twenty seven footer! And apart from some out of date or nearly so galley stores every bit of it is stuff we need and use!
As each item was removed I asked myself "do we use this?" and "do we need this?" and the answer was yes every time.
At the end of the exercise Erbas was floating a good inch higher in the water as evidenced by the visible weed line!
Pagan, of course, swallowed the lot without a hiccup but she looks like a bomb has hit her! That's not the top priority right now.
Once everything was cleared out, which took most of Tuesday, it was out with the pressure washer yesterday. After the chilly weather of late, washing the decks and cockpit in the sunshine in a T-shirt was rather pleasant!
Then it was down below with the cleaning materials for a thorough spring clean.
High tide was around six in the evening so shortly before I fired up the engine for the first time in several months and went for the aforementioned penultimate cruise. All of about 30 yards to raft Erbas up outside of Pagan!
Big sister and little sister!
The similarities between the two boats are obvious! Same hull colour, teak interior, classic seventies styling etc. It's no wonder really that Pagan was an instant hit with us.
(We said we wanted a bigger Erbas and we found one!)
But it's only when you put the two boats side by side that you realise how much bigger Pagan is
She's twice as much boat near enough when it comes to internal volume.
And it was laughable how many times I hit my head whilst cleaning inside Erbas! For two and a half years I've managed perfectly happily on board her but how quickly one gets used to the extra space and headroom!
There's a few final jobs to do this morning and then I shall set off on the final voyage. The brokers already have people interested in her and she isn't even technically on the market yet so hopefully she won't hang about.
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