The weather has become unsettled again and we have struggled to get any painting done over the last two days.
Today we have had heavy rain and the wind is howling around the boat. It sounds worse up here at the sea basin because it whines through the rigging of the yachts.
If it continues to be wild tomorrow we are going to sand down the paintwork on the bow deck which is under cover and repaint it.
This is where our water tank is and we have discussed what maintenance work we need to do on this. The normal procedure for a tank like ours is to open up the small entry hatch and try to scrape round the sides and bottom with a brush on some kind of pole or extension. The opening to ours is 2ft by 2ft and in theory it is possible for a small person to get inside and clean it out at close quarters. This is a horrible job though and neither of us fancies doing it.
We know there is a lot of sludge slopping around the bottom because we ran out of water last week. We hadn't expected to be on dry land for so long, but the weather has been against us. Consequently we ran out of water before being able to get to a convenient tap. The water that came out of the taps was clearly coming from the bottom of the tank as it was brown! As it happens we only use the tank water for showering and washing up. We fill up a litre container every day for our drinking water even though we do have a filter which we change every year.
Once the tank has been cleaned it needs repainting, unless it is made of stainless steel, which ours isn't. We really don't want to be doing all of this, so we have researched putting a plastic liner in.
After all the work we have done this summer, we won't be able to afford this until next year now, so our tank will have to wait another year. This won't be an issue, provided we keep it topped up and regularly put sterilisation tablets in, which we do every couple of months.
I will keep you posted about costs and details as we research it more thoroughly.
The village show was held yesterday and I won prizes for my broad and runner beans from the allotment and also I got many prizes and a trophy for my photos. Here are three of the prize winning photos:
Once the boat painting is completed, I will post some pictures of the finished product. We hope to be back in the water by the end of next week.
Al
Today we have had heavy rain and the wind is howling around the boat. It sounds worse up here at the sea basin because it whines through the rigging of the yachts.
If it continues to be wild tomorrow we are going to sand down the paintwork on the bow deck which is under cover and repaint it.
This is where our water tank is and we have discussed what maintenance work we need to do on this. The normal procedure for a tank like ours is to open up the small entry hatch and try to scrape round the sides and bottom with a brush on some kind of pole or extension. The opening to ours is 2ft by 2ft and in theory it is possible for a small person to get inside and clean it out at close quarters. This is a horrible job though and neither of us fancies doing it.
We know there is a lot of sludge slopping around the bottom because we ran out of water last week. We hadn't expected to be on dry land for so long, but the weather has been against us. Consequently we ran out of water before being able to get to a convenient tap. The water that came out of the taps was clearly coming from the bottom of the tank as it was brown! As it happens we only use the tank water for showering and washing up. We fill up a litre container every day for our drinking water even though we do have a filter which we change every year.
Once the tank has been cleaned it needs repainting, unless it is made of stainless steel, which ours isn't. We really don't want to be doing all of this, so we have researched putting a plastic liner in.
After all the work we have done this summer, we won't be able to afford this until next year now, so our tank will have to wait another year. This won't be an issue, provided we keep it topped up and regularly put sterilisation tablets in, which we do every couple of months.
I will keep you posted about costs and details as we research it more thoroughly.
The village show was held yesterday and I won prizes for my broad and runner beans from the allotment and also I got many prizes and a trophy for my photos. Here are three of the prize winning photos:
Once the boat painting is completed, I will post some pictures of the finished product. We hope to be back in the water by the end of next week.
Al
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