Nice day in the rain

[Gavi]

We took Shikara out today under subtle demands from SWMBO to chill out. It worked /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

It was an interesting trip from Staines up to the Old Windsor weir and back:

- met a boat that was sinking at Bell Weir; did not need help as there was only enough space for one bucket... later found they'd rushed down to PH to have her looked at. A leak in the bow. Scary.
- met another boat on the other side of the weir who had lost power but a friendly NB was helping her out
- met a chap from the pub who was working on his boat
- hit a log /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
- was surprised by the current
- saw lots of younglings, which kept SWMBO happy
- met a chap from another pub, who had welcomed us to raft up some time ago
- went to The Swan in Staines for a few beers with some rowing friends

Apart from the rain, it was top dog. Anyone else have a good day?

 

[DWT]

Spent the weekend trying to plug all the leaks which all this bloomin rain has found. The windscreen leaks have resulted in water ruining the carpet in the forecabin and a leak in the hatch over the aft cabin is still causing problems. I feel a bit like King Canute.

Also I spotted on Friday that there is very little water coming out of the engine exhausts. I suspect the impellers need attention, but you need to be a contortionist to get at them. More money for my engineer then.

All in all a frustrating couple of days.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Oil change. Both sides and reckon I put too much into the S/H one although the odd double sump on the HT6354 is still confusing me. Filthy sludge out, nice clean 15W40 in.