A huge trip followed - from the mid river pontoon to the refuse pontoon (where there is a water tap) and back - just a little heavier after a fresh water top up. We hid up on the easterly side of the pontoon so we were blown off rather than onto it by the promised force 9 severe gales.
Here is the picture showing the nice windy stuff (the red colours) heading over:
We simply doubled up on a few mooring lines, removed the bimini cover to save it from a pasting and then hunkered down. Not too much of a hardship. It was blowy though.
A couple of updates though - we discovered that the weekend M&S staff are far friendlier and more "M&S like" than the weekday ones we encountered before. We also learned that the naval college has some tough entrance assessments conducted over a three day period which 65% of the applicants fail. This poses the question - were standards lower in times gone by or is Colin / Coleen quite an impressive person? We feel unable / unwilling to answer this publicly.
Secondly, what do you do during wet and windy days? Well, some maintenance "tinkering" and whilst doing this, we discovered a wonderful gadget in the ASAP Supplies catalogue. We use them a lot for Racor filters and general bits and bobs - good service. However, their description of this windscreen wiper is, perhaps, a little over-done. Worth zooming in to read it in all its full glory:
We worry about both the marketing folks who wrote it and the people who need that description to help them figure out if it will offer that intermittent wipe function that they have always hankered for on their boat.
The gales look like they are going to calm down tomorrow so better do some trip planning.....
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for your ideas / cheek / corrections / whatever! They should hit the blog shortly after the system checks them to make sure they will not put us or you in jail.....