TIGHT SPACES


 Hello
Hope everybody is ok after storm Ophelia. We were out of the worst of it , but still a bit rolly.
Mark has had a busy cramped and long day, fitting a water tank in the locker in the cockpit.
Really really glad he could fit.
He also finished making an entrance and raised access in to a locker in the cockpit that was stupid.
The previous owners had forsaken one of the berths internally , so they could put cupboards in. The feet side of this berth disappeared in to the cockpit. They had blocked it off and made it into a sail locker. However it was abit daft as they hadn't made any access to it , other than from the locker next to it.
If we needed something it was always at the wrong end and sombody had to go in to get it. This is normally my job as i can fit in without taking everything out of it first.
Mark with a advice from his guru, opened the
top up and because water has to drain of the lids , copied the other one and using some half cut pipe bits of wood for strenghtening and loads of fibre glass and a wee bit of filler., has made a professional job of it and it looks abit posh.
As you can see , full already


 Lid fits and everything. wouldn't even think he has touched it . great job . Another thing that should make living on board easier.
 Not the only one thats been busy. Petra has been painting her lovely barge.
The boat being shifted here is , Camperman Peters. Bloody big wooden one , He had given up on it because it just needed to much done and had turned it in to a sort of shed . But has now decided to keep doing it up. Sexy legs , and i can say that as he is back in the shorts is shifting it to a better place .
Well you can see by the picture below just how crowded its getting in Bedwells yard.
Nigels boat Don't Panic is back out of the water to get a different prop on. It shall be going straight back in when that's done. And then it's happy fishing. There is always teething problems with boats , but i suppose its the same for everything . We are still trying to think on a better layout for Lals interior. Then maybe we can use the sink instead of having to use a basin on the steps.We have had some great ideas and a big one that would change everything making life so much easier. It does mean being brave and taking half the interior out but it should be worth it.
Still looking for a spray hood and the hoops that go with. 

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