The Season Starts Here!

Moonshine was relaunched two weeks ago.  After an initial short test run to Rawcliffe Bridge she developed a severe overheating issue on the starboard engine. This was rectified by fitting a new impeller at Rawcliffe which cured the problem, which we believe was caused by an airlock. 

 

This weekend we have fitted two new domestic batteries, as the others were completely shot. This time we have gone for two Lucas 655 type semi traction batteries with a capacity of 125ah each. These were a bit more expensive than the previous leisure type batteries, but we hope these will fair better... time will tell. 

 

This weekend we have had our first weekend of the season away on Moonshine at Pollington, and the engines have run perfectly, to the extent that the starboard problem child engine has actually run slightly cooler than the port engine. 

Hopefully next weekend she will run faultlessly out on tidal waters at the start of our Easter week long holiday break... fingers crossed...