After nearly two years of weekly struggle for meaningful work, and of course any money to go with it, I seem to have finally landed the right way up.I’m proud to say that I now have what I consider to be the dream job I have been hoping for for a lon…
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Nanu is as Nanu does.
I’ve said it before, come to think of it about a year ago, I dream of Wendy. Indeed over the years she’s become very much my reason for living.Things are happening on board, albeit slower than I’d like, and to prove it here’s a picture taken la…
Tings a G’waaan.
Good Things are happening, but I’ve come over all secretive. Normal service will resume soon.In the meantime, something from the vault. Pump up the volume guys…
Aaarghh!
Why is working overhead always such fun? I just spent a couple of days making a start on the soon come bedroom deckhead (ceiling). This included waking up early on Sunday with such a severely cricked neck that I know how it feels to be stargazy pie. It…
It’s Over.
AT LAST it’s time to begin lining the hull compartments. When we bought the vessel all those years ago we naively thought we’d be embarking on a houseboat conversion straight away. To say that we were wrong about this possibly qualifies as understa…
Devils and Details, part 2.
AKA. Getting by with a little help from my friends.Well. Before this becomes ancient history I want to mention something about the battening process, which had to take place before we got covered in foam. Namely that it took a while, and required more …
Devils and Details, part 1.
I had to do something with the boat davits, as the last time they were used was when I had our big generator delivered by boat last summer, and stubbing my toes on them as they laid awkwardly on the deck ever since then was getting really boring.After …
Bristol Fashion.
In my experience, fitting mortice locks is one of those fiddly, careful-careful, measure thrice jobs where rushing or using blunt objects can be fatal. Fitting the locks to Wendy Ann’s sliding wheelhouse doors was even more so. Not only did I have to…
Debt.
It’s a fact that saving our wreck of a tug cost an absolute fortune. And we’ve grown so used to dealing with the consequences that for us it’s usually just a fact of life, like furniture, or cheese. All that welding and all that time in a big shi…
Cake Or Death.
THIS is the reason why we’ve pushed and pushed this summer, and I know that parents, friends and crew will be dying to see the results so I’d better get on with it. We are pleased to say that the entire interior of the vessel is now covered in spra…
