We had taken the outboard home over the winter period, but whilst stored in the garage it had rolled onto its wrong side, allowing oil to enter the cylinder. This was thoroughly cleaned out at home, and after numerous attempts at restarting the engine it finally burst into life smoking for a few minutes whilst clearing itself out. The outboard was then returned back to the boat, for a proper test on the canal to check it ran ok on the dingy, which it did.
Last weekend the two new Lucas batteries were installed, along with our new Plastimo compass, which looks very smart. This needs to be checked in calm open water, but it appears to be pretty accurate on the canal comparing it's reading with the C.O.G on the plotter. However, on the canal you are never far from the magnetic influence of the steel sheet piling that line the banks.
Sykehouse could prove to be our new favourite dog walking place, after discovering new walking territory.
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