I was away from the boat yesterday visiting my sister and
shopping for some bits and pieces, a nice new little stainless steel kitchen pedal
bin, a small folding table/tray and some other bits, when I got back to the
boat it was cold and misty but my ecofan had arrived along with the battery monitor which I now have to fit.
As it was cold I decided to light the boiler first, this
gave me my first scare when as soon as I pressed the ignition button there was
a very loud bang followed by a puff of smoke, so I switched everything off, gas
and power to the boiler, and lit the stove instead, I needed hot water so I ran
the engine for an hour to heat enough, then settled down to dinner and the
obligatory glass of red wine.
Today was a good day, I topped up the water tank, cleaned
the remainder of the, postponed due to injury, roof, the bow deck, the stern
deck, the engine hatch frame, the weed hatch frame and just about every other
horizontal surface externally. With a call to the very obliging Arthur we
together (Arthur mostly) investigated the boiler problem, we think we have
solved the problem and having hoovered out some 50mm of soot dislodged by the
minor explosion, I stood at one end of the boat whilst Arthur switched the
system back on (in the middle of the boat), all was well and it seems to be
running fine now, but I will monitor the burners and pilot light over the next
few days.
My little Tv ariel arrived, so I connected that and tuned
the TV, 99 channels, 25 radio channels excellent result in this location, if it
continues like that when I get cruising I will be very happy although I doubt
it will and to be honest I didn’t miss the TV much, but it’s nice to keep up
with the news and of course Strictly Come Dancing.
Spag Bol tonight, a glass of el Vino and an early night.
Tired but content.
This is my internal view, not quite organised yet, but getting there!
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