Boat for sale

The almost clean boat

The captain has had enough. He decided it was time to sell the boat and do something else.

First we had to clean and paint it which we did over the winter months taking advantage of the mild winter. It was sad work making her pretty when we were not going to enjoy using her any more. You can’t use the boat once it is at brokerage

The boat was put on the market. I was sad, the Captain was determined. To leave the bathroom sweet smelling he headed for the service pontoon for the final pump out of the holding tank.

Boat dog relaxing while we paint

The Captain struggled to reverse our boat into its berth. He tried twice but the wind pushed her around. Then the boat showed her displeasure at being put up for sale by sulkily sounded an alarm. Its shrill beep startled us, in nine years we had never heard it go off. The Captain headed back to the easier mooring on the service pontoon to find out what was wrong.

small but cosy

The temperature warning light was flashing as well but the engine had not been running long enough to reach its normal operating temperature. The Captain was baffled but decided to let everything cool down before he tried to return to our berth just in case it was serious.

I made a cup of tea to soothe him while he called RCR (River and Canal Rescue). They couldn’t help or advise him on what to do as they had never heard of an alarm going off when the temperature was only 60 degrees instead of the usual 80 degrees.

lurcher occupying half the seating!

Have you checked the coolant level? The RCR man suggested.

The Captain checked the header tank and all the electrical connections and then headed back to the berth. He abandoned any attempt at reversing in and nosed into the berth.

We walked back to the car on the rain.

Goodbye boat. Will we see you again?