The Bosun and I set of down A14 around 2-ish and arrived at the moorings just over two hours later after a good run down
Five minutes work with the cordless screwdriver and some longer screws restored the rowlock that I broke last time out to serviceable condition and I paddled off down river as the rain began to fall
On board, a litre or so of petrol into the outboard header tank was the first order of business, then I fired her up, set up mooring lines and fenders and motored up to the pontoon executing a very satisfactory ferry glide to parallel park against the inside of the pontoon.
Duly nailed on with warps and springs and with the tender stowed back on the dock, we buggered off to the hostelry without further ado. Some beers were drunk, a meal was consumed, scotch whiskey and coffee featured briefly on the agenda before we sauntered back down to the moorings and settled down on board.
It's chilly enough tonight to make it worth plugging in to the mains and firing up the fan heater for a bit of warmth at which point we discovered that once again the bilge pump switch has stuck and flattened battery 1. Useless piece of junk!
That sorted, rum and coffee was duly procured but only after topping up the meths in the stove with a litre into each burner.
Plan for tomorrow is to wake up, look out and see what's what!
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