Monday, 29 April 2013

Lighten UP!

We left Newbold-on-Avon Saturday morning, destination, above the locks a Hillmorton if possible.  Here the towpath is wide, and flat, and dry and we had another chore in mind that would require a bit of space; we were about to visit the nether reaches of Yarwood and do a little 'disembowelling'...

 First job, locate the Tesco crates buried in the bottom of the hold
 
 Then, up comes the carpet tiles in the saloon
 
 Having cut a section  of saloon floor the trusty screw driver is used to prise it up
 
 The ballast is removed...by yours truly, unskilled manual labour a speciality..And Himself sets to again with the skill-saw to remove more floor
 
 More pavers/ballast removed...by me, leaving Joe to tidy up the void - actually the base plate of the boat
Thirty four stone of ballast removed which has subsequently found a worthy home at a boat builders
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6 comments:

  1. Jo Lodge29 April 2013 at 15:03

    Blimey that is a lot of weight. That will bring her up out of the water a bit.
    Hopefully easier mooring from now on then LOL.
    Jo x

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    1. Nb Yarwood29 April 2013 at 17:26

      Hi Jo
      We will know for sure when Yarwood goes back in the water as we are currently on the hard being blacked at Braunston. We off loaded her before coming up the slipway and Roger Farringdon has taken ownership of the pavers..thank goodness.
      Lesley

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  2. Nev Wells29 April 2013 at 17:10

    Hi Lesley, A confident job....helped no doubt by knowing exactly how Yarwood was built... did I miss a post about being too deep draughted?

    Nev

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    1. Nb Yarwood29 April 2013 at 17:21

      Hi Nev
      Yarwood has always sat just a tad too low but on the rivers last year we didn't do wot about it. This year Joe took it into his head to adjust this a wee bit..
      Lesley

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  3. Unknown29 April 2013 at 17:58

    why are you making it lighter ? . and must say what a lovely boat .

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    1. Nb Yarwood30 April 2013 at 07:13

      Hi Judith
      Thank you for the compliment, we are very pleased with her.
      As to removing ballast, she is sitting a bit too low in the water so we are just trimming things a tad.
      Lesley

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