NickTrevethan
New member
We finally freed Otium, our new to us Sealine 365, from the confine of the non tidal Thams and she is now at South Dock, awaiting favourable tides this weekend to nip over to our permanent berth at Limehouse, and get some fuel.
We lifted out at PH last Wednesday, stayed in the slings for about 3 hours while we had Mark New (great engineer) and his son sort out the outdrives and change a skin fitting. He also managed to get our seizes fuel filler caps open. But only after we had visited the fuel dock, given up, been lifted and loaded onto the truck.
Thanks also to Interboat for the trucking. Nothing scarier than watching your boat going through Southeast London on a truck, with trees inches away and the odd veer to avoid signs sticking out into the road. But she arrived safe and sound, albeit with a few twigs in the cockpit.
South Dock were great. Friendly, very accommodating and a great attitude.
South Dock not much changed. I wish they’d sort out the showers so you don’t have to paddle through an inch of someone else’s cold water to get in the shower. Still once I have the shower sump pump running on the boat we can shower aboard.
One or two smaller dramas – starboard engine had run out of fuel. Needed bleeding, and also had to work out the valve arrangement to feed off the full tank. If I can work out why the aft tank emties and the forward one fills, even though the valves appear to be in the one-tank-for-each-engine position, I’ll be happier.
Some minor electrical glitches after the transport too. Halcyon thinks loosen wire after the move. At first I thought it might be the calorifier and dumped a pint or two of coolant undoing the engine circuit while trying to get a better look.
D’Oh.
Topped up the header but plant to run her for a bit on Friday and re-top up after she has had the chance to warm up a little more. Need to plumb in the heater again too.
We lifted out at PH last Wednesday, stayed in the slings for about 3 hours while we had Mark New (great engineer) and his son sort out the outdrives and change a skin fitting. He also managed to get our seizes fuel filler caps open. But only after we had visited the fuel dock, given up, been lifted and loaded onto the truck.
Thanks also to Interboat for the trucking. Nothing scarier than watching your boat going through Southeast London on a truck, with trees inches away and the odd veer to avoid signs sticking out into the road. But she arrived safe and sound, albeit with a few twigs in the cockpit.
South Dock were great. Friendly, very accommodating and a great attitude.
South Dock not much changed. I wish they’d sort out the showers so you don’t have to paddle through an inch of someone else’s cold water to get in the shower. Still once I have the shower sump pump running on the boat we can shower aboard.
One or two smaller dramas – starboard engine had run out of fuel. Needed bleeding, and also had to work out the valve arrangement to feed off the full tank. If I can work out why the aft tank emties and the forward one fills, even though the valves appear to be in the one-tank-for-each-engine position, I’ll be happier.
Some minor electrical glitches after the transport too. Halcyon thinks loosen wire after the move. At first I thought it might be the calorifier and dumped a pint or two of coolant undoing the engine circuit while trying to get a better look.
D’Oh.
Topped up the header but plant to run her for a bit on Friday and re-top up after she has had the chance to warm up a little more. Need to plumb in the heater again too.
