No pictures, no sailing.
We called in at Ishtar last weekend. Crunching our way through the yacht club on frozen snow. Tigger chasing sticks out into the bay, walking on the ice. Pontoons like glass in places, and two inches of snow on the yacht herself.
Managed to start the engine quite easily, although the initial spurt of water from the exhaust soon stopped. I suspected frozen intake pipes, so ran the engine for a few minutes until warm and then switched off. Half an hour with a warm engine and the cooker on gas on and she started and ran well, pumping water beautifully.
Hoping to go to Bangor this week with a few of the lads from the club to pick up a new(to him) boat. With freezing weather it could be fun, especially during the night watches. Pics to follow if we do go.
