Saturday, 3rd December 2011
Drove up to 'Many Meetings' and drilled a hole through the weedhatch wall below the waterline. Used a rubber sink plunger to seal the hole from the water-side while I drilled it and fitted a bulkhead fitting and a tap. I then attached the pipe from the stern gland to this fitting.
Sailed up to bridge 177 and turned just south of Copper Mill Lock, where we stopped and had lunch.
Returned to Harefield. The stern gland neither squeaked nor leaked.
Hours 111.1 - Miles 4 - Locks 4.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Thursday, 1 December 2011
A KIngsground Day!
Thursday 1st December 2011
We drove up to 'Many Meetings' and waited for Simon and Jon to come from Kingsground. They were coming to complete a few bits that had not been done before the launch - in particular we still had no mirrors on board.
In the event only one of the four mirrors arrived. Still Jon was able to tidy up a few of the carpentry issues and Simon serviced the engine and checked the stern gland.
It was nice to see them - we had missed our regular Friday visits to Kingsground.
Discussed the stern gland issue with Simon and told him that I intended to try moving the pipe location to below the waterline.
We drove up to 'Many Meetings' and waited for Simon and Jon to come from Kingsground. They were coming to complete a few bits that had not been done before the launch - in particular we still had no mirrors on board.
In the event only one of the four mirrors arrived. Still Jon was able to tidy up a few of the carpentry issues and Simon serviced the engine and checked the stern gland.
It was nice to see them - we had missed our regular Friday visits to Kingsground.
Discussed the stern gland issue with Simon and told him that I intended to try moving the pipe location to below the waterline.
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