Christmas Cruise

We departed from Goole Boathouse in bright sunshine.  The snow fall from Boxing Day evening and Moonshine's icy decks had thankfully melted.

We ventured to Sykehouse Lift Bridge just an hour upstream of Goole.  The snow here had not melted, and extra care was taken whilst mooring up. Moonshine's new LED lighting proved to be a godsend using little battery power, and subsequently her new batteries and heater came into their own overnight as we awoke Sunday morning to another very keen frost.  

      

                                                                                                                                                          

 

A small job this last week was to make a kick guard for the port side aft seating backrest.  This was made from an offcut of Silvertex and incorporates a thin batten at the top to tuck down the seat back, and a heavier batten at the bottom to hold the fabric in place.  The old seat back had suffered a lot of scuff marks from shoes, and since we now have new upholstery this needs to be protected.  This has been made so it is removable and also the battens can be removed for cleaning if necessary.

 

 

This weekends short cruise has been a good test for the new engine mounts recently fitted, which will give us added confidence when we next venture tidal to Hull hopefully weather permitting in a few weeks time.