Trent Anchorage and Goole by night

 

Fog Bank on River Humber last Sunday. Photo taken by Humberside Police
 

This photo taken by the Humberside Police helicopter shows the density of the fog on the River Humber last Sunday morning. These conditions forced us to find sanctuary in the safe haven of the Trent Anchorage until the next tide.

Sunset at Trent Anchorage

 

After anchoring the fog soon lifted giving us a clear and beautiful day until it was time to lift anchor at 7pm to navigate our way back towards the Apex Light and up the River Ouse to Goole.

Refurbished Anchorman Anchor Winch
 

When we purchased Moonshine we had encountered problems with her anchor winch in so far that it was performing poorly. We did not really want to do much with it as at the time we couldn't afford a new winch. However due to the fact that it's motor was running lazy and it could not be trusted, we removed it in late June to investigate the problem, as it was no good to us in it's current condition.
We discovered that the main shaft to the winch was seized due to a worn out shaft seal. Therefore we sourced a new S/S bearing, circlips and shaft seal from www.simplybearings.co.uk 
It was given a full strip down, was cleaned and greased and is once again running like new at a cost of £40 for parts as opposed to the cost of a new winch.
We are glad we made the decision to do this as this was the 2nd time we have had to use the anchor winch. All best laid plans can go pear shaped and in this instance all of Moonshine's navigational equipment and her anchor winch excelled!

Goole Docks
 

After a steady journey up to Goole we had to wait for 45 minutes for a ship to pen through the lock outwards. By this time we had been joined by Sachael, a fine example of a Jeanneau Prestige 36.

Refurbished Leather Saloon Seating

Last Friday we received our cream leather saloon seating back from the leather specialist. As you can see from the photo we have achieved an excellent result compared to what it was like before.  We are really pleased with the base seat cushions where the leather was previously very thin and this has been built back up with bonded leather, painted and re-lacquered at a cost of £275. Well worth the money, and along with the now completed re-varnishing works to the saloon, Moonshine looks very smart in her main cabin.
(After Christmas we will have our 3 seater settee from home refurbished, he has quoted for this £140)