It’s been another crazy few weeks. We dug in and completed our project boat and put it up for sale. Within the week it was sold and the new people were so excited to take ownership they came a day early for collection.

On our big boat we finally got round to an oil change. After almost 5 hours and around 36 litres of new oil the engines are purring. It goes without saying that it’s not what you know but who you know and the help of an experienced engineer friend was invaluable.

And finally our other boat , the Mitchell fishing boat , has a new propeller. After servicing the engine and still not getting quite the speed expected T decided after talking with our Marina guru that a new prop was the way to go. After scouring the country via eBay he found a set of 2 on Gumtree of all places.

The beauty of a mud mooring is that when the to tide goes out you have a window of opportunity to get work done on areas below water. Everything went smoothly and in no time the props were swapped.

Whilst working on the prop it was discovered that the rudder was loose …. so off it came and a new bracket made. A clean up , sand off and coat of anti foul and now it looks as good as new. Test run done and it’s now feeling turbo charged! Job done.