deborahann
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We had gone down from Plymouth (where the boats moored) to Falmouth. Falmouth town quay was as usual full of long term winter boaters, mainly live aboard's. Have in the past been made to feel as a visiting boat that we are secondary to the liveaboards by the harbour master's staff. Oooh you can't moor there right next to the pontoon, that’s so and so's place ! etc. Off with you now to moor outside someone who really matters.
Anyway this time met by a raggie, as we are preparing to moor against a large boat we have been on the outside of before, raggie shouts "hope your not mooring along side us". Reply nope. & thanks for the nice welcome.
We have a nice time, go river cruising, and then the eberspacher packs up. So we fix up an electrical heater, which is ok, not exactly warm, but ok. But we need electricity, without it we have no heating. So the choice is have it repaired in Falmouth or shoot back to Plymouth. Listened to all the weather forecasts, TV, & Coastguard & Falmouth marina. Decide its ok here, we're warm but it’s boring. Each weather forecast contradicts the other, so we decide to go out and look, its rough but not that bad, and then it gets worse, worse and worse. Boring it was not. HLB headed the boat inland towards Fowey, to try to get better weather. We consider going to Fowey to avoid continuing the bad weather, BUT we can't get electricity (normally we run a portable generator when we can't get an electric plug supply, Im a woman so forget technical terms )
Well the weather was better from Fowey onwards, but we are by now very soaked and absolutely frozen. We get to Plymouth, and the inside of the boat is carnage, the Lazerette (sorry can't spell either) has opened & swallowed cable lines, the dog's dish, and I think by the state of the dog cowering with his head stuck firmly in a corner, nearly frightened the dog to death. (next time we'll remember to lock the Lazerette)
Said dog…
The microwave door had opened, thrown out the dish thingie inside and closed again, we had quite an amount of water in the lounge, & the fenders that I had firmly tied on had untied themselves. Everywhere was carnage.
So bliss, we get to Plymouth, can’t wait to get the heating on, as we are white with salt, very wet, and absolutely frozen. Doesn’t work, we try another socket, that doesn’t work. We call the marina for a repair, repair doesn’t work, we are told it’s our boat’s fault, repairer goes away. We run the generator and prove we aren’t causing the fault. Call the repairer again, he says it’s our cable at fault. We can hire another cable from the marina, walk to the office to collect it, after trying another boats cable, which also didn’t work. Their cable doesn't work either, call the repairer out again, hhuurrraaahhh, sorts the fault. Heating lasts 30 minutes & it’s broken again. Its now 7pm think cook the dinner, oven goes out 3 times, then when its ready, you guessed it, repairer arrives, so we can’t eat it. This repair lasts overnight.
Next day eberspacher repairer arrives, removes a heavy bit of eberspacher and we are to take this to the tested. Get a trolley, will need this to haul the bit quite a distance, followed by heaving it up a spiral staircase. Eberspacher tester man says “Sorry mate it will be next week before we can even look at it. Back to the electric fan heater, then forced home to get warm properly. Oh the joys of boating.
Anyway this time met by a raggie, as we are preparing to moor against a large boat we have been on the outside of before, raggie shouts "hope your not mooring along side us". Reply nope. & thanks for the nice welcome.
We have a nice time, go river cruising, and then the eberspacher packs up. So we fix up an electrical heater, which is ok, not exactly warm, but ok. But we need electricity, without it we have no heating. So the choice is have it repaired in Falmouth or shoot back to Plymouth. Listened to all the weather forecasts, TV, & Coastguard & Falmouth marina. Decide its ok here, we're warm but it’s boring. Each weather forecast contradicts the other, so we decide to go out and look, its rough but not that bad, and then it gets worse, worse and worse. Boring it was not. HLB headed the boat inland towards Fowey, to try to get better weather. We consider going to Fowey to avoid continuing the bad weather, BUT we can't get electricity (normally we run a portable generator when we can't get an electric plug supply, Im a woman so forget technical terms )
Well the weather was better from Fowey onwards, but we are by now very soaked and absolutely frozen. We get to Plymouth, and the inside of the boat is carnage, the Lazerette (sorry can't spell either) has opened & swallowed cable lines, the dog's dish, and I think by the state of the dog cowering with his head stuck firmly in a corner, nearly frightened the dog to death. (next time we'll remember to lock the Lazerette)
Said dog…
The microwave door had opened, thrown out the dish thingie inside and closed again, we had quite an amount of water in the lounge, & the fenders that I had firmly tied on had untied themselves. Everywhere was carnage.
So bliss, we get to Plymouth, can’t wait to get the heating on, as we are white with salt, very wet, and absolutely frozen. Doesn’t work, we try another socket, that doesn’t work. We call the marina for a repair, repair doesn’t work, we are told it’s our boat’s fault, repairer goes away. We run the generator and prove we aren’t causing the fault. Call the repairer again, he says it’s our cable at fault. We can hire another cable from the marina, walk to the office to collect it, after trying another boats cable, which also didn’t work. Their cable doesn't work either, call the repairer out again, hhuurrraaahhh, sorts the fault. Heating lasts 30 minutes & it’s broken again. Its now 7pm think cook the dinner, oven goes out 3 times, then when its ready, you guessed it, repairer arrives, so we can’t eat it. This repair lasts overnight.
Next day eberspacher repairer arrives, removes a heavy bit of eberspacher and we are to take this to the tested. Get a trolley, will need this to haul the bit quite a distance, followed by heaving it up a spiral staircase. Eberspacher tester man says “Sorry mate it will be next week before we can even look at it. Back to the electric fan heater, then forced home to get warm properly. Oh the joys of boating.
