Spring Cleaning.

The fine weather continues. On Sunday my favourite grandson Richard came with me to the boatyard. We had intended to bend on the genoa, but the strong northeasterly wind precluded that. Instead we washed the interior and polished all the woodwork. Now she looks as good inside as outside. We found one or two small problems which we fixed. The air filter, having been cleaned, went back, and a small crack in the saloon table was glued and clamped. Mooring pennants and other ropes were checked and restowed. At the bottom of the locker was the outboard motor bracket, an emergency device should the main engine fail. I have not had to use it, but some years ago, on a different boat a similar bracket was most useful and got us into Levington when the fuel system developed an air leak and stopped the engine. In calm conditions the Honda 2 pushed my old Westerly Centaur "Bhanshu" along at 3kts.