The decks were wet, making life a bit difficult but we soon had the engine running and the heating on. Lizzie hoovered whilst I cleaned out the storage area under the front deck and made room for the left-over paint.
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| Left-over paint for when I scratch it. |
I also extracted my spare water pump, which was soon in action assisting the normal pump in draining the water tank. This took a fair while, as the tank was nearly full, but we got there after about 40 minutes, and I'm pleased to say that there are only about half a dozen small rust marks, that we can easily treat with Vactan and re-black.
Next, I put antifreeze in the shower drain, pumped a little through the drain pump (Gulper) and finally, emptied the hot water tank (calorifier).
The only way I have found to do this, is by connecting the outlet from the on-board pump, to the inlet on my spare pump, opening all the hot taps, then turning on the pump. This sucks all the water from the tank and pumps it overboard in about five minutes.
From now until Spring, we just use bottled water aboard when we go for a short cruise and take the washing up home.
We wiped down the sink, hob and worktops, closed the curtains and finally killed the engine and the batteries ....... job done.
Our timing was perfect, the sun was just setting as we walked from the boat, pausing at the top of the ramp to look back. The boats looked beautiful, some with smoke coming from the chimneys, some with Christmas light ... all peaceful in the afterglow.
What a sunset struck us as we turned out of the marina and drove up to Gumley!
My camera phone managed to capture only a passable glimpse of it.
Closer to home, the car headlights framed a pair of very startled looking Woodcock sitting on the road. I had to brake hard, then shepherd them off the road to prevent their early demise.
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| Just outside the Marina. |
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| At the top of Gumley looking south |
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| At the top of Gumley looking south west. |
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