tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81528861275801040392024-02-18T19:48:09.781-08:00Mr & Mrs E .... .Mr & Mrs E ...aboard!julianandcayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112923097349886635noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-70199094290899544832022-12-09T15:15:00.001-08:002022-12-09T15:20:34.415-08:00Holes in the hull!<p>It is now 9 December 2022 and six months since Xavier first entered Gweek boatyard. Unfortnately the boat was in Gweek less than 10 days before water was again found in the inside of the hull. This time the murky stuff washing around in the bottom of the boat tasted salty. So this was not from rain or from any other internal source, it was from the water outside. We had sprung a leak.</p><p>The story of the last 6 months is full of twists and turns, highs and lows. We have lost the warm summer months to renovate the boat. It is now a shell inside and we are not looking forward to working in the cold. But at least the boat is back safe and overplated over almost all of the areas that are underwater - fingers crossed! Here are photos of return.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKluMjvvaN-X7RywsQOjLsEH0J2kElOddeYTkuzdg1EMbst1GIzKrBFrAl_Cxsn1osYcvCTYJqLDZlHL3BXyotwd6yTPEDr8kv8LE8UYUCfr7TYSVtSotjgnJdRzTtM_NtLC1E1DqTkA3FuW6LfqXJ8fP2R8GdlphQhFjFxz0AJWuX9mZ9Sj3dEL7tg/s4624/20221209_172818.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKluMjvvaN-X7RywsQOjLsEH0J2kElOddeYTkuzdg1EMbst1GIzKrBFrAl_Cxsn1osYcvCTYJqLDZlHL3BXyotwd6yTPEDr8kv8LE8UYUCfr7TYSVtSotjgnJdRzTtM_NtLC1E1DqTkA3FuW6LfqXJ8fP2R8GdlphQhFjFxz0AJWuX9mZ9Sj3dEL7tg/w640-h480/20221209_172818.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swan family drift by prior to the boats arrival.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVXC6V04Pmc2i--ZSjh5j4_L0xUFc_KQDwOkRofUBCT_d_WsQ_PnGK2USS2AcNma81U1JfXvyfOj0BTFv4bnp_lI-fi8p7aGmQTIGiHDaUnYcVuEmlNZ2jstA2qbURqVV_CPIVZaIU76xNG58YapUVIGAc5YMur8_BwyIdhcNfftdfB38Pv1PcfhSzw/s4624/20221209_181245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVXC6V04Pmc2i--ZSjh5j4_L0xUFc_KQDwOkRofUBCT_d_WsQ_PnGK2USS2AcNma81U1JfXvyfOj0BTFv4bnp_lI-fi8p7aGmQTIGiHDaUnYcVuEmlNZ2jstA2qbURqVV_CPIVZaIU76xNG58YapUVIGAc5YMur8_BwyIdhcNfftdfB38Pv1PcfhSzw/w640-h480/20221209_181245.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Xavier returns to Gweek after 6 months in Penzance Dry Dock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9Ie2QcYgnzGQ_GBShMPUoYYOB18y-hYxto8Ud9pLyNeb2EtrstzswjZNbYYLpMulYFGt3U01kd-sOtI_OKfxpsm_xVNJY9ejuqBesepnbQ6_9pCYLRzMq1-aQ-nkIWR1iwERUYiJW31yDu6r5jUyZBbyk8JNrP7wNktXJ54yDwxzzYSJ1tCjqxK6zw/s4624/20221209_181650.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9Ie2QcYgnzGQ_GBShMPUoYYOB18y-hYxto8Ud9pLyNeb2EtrstzswjZNbYYLpMulYFGt3U01kd-sOtI_OKfxpsm_xVNJY9ejuqBesepnbQ6_9pCYLRzMq1-aQ-nkIWR1iwERUYiJW31yDu6r5jUyZBbyk8JNrP7wNktXJ54yDwxzzYSJ1tCjqxK6zw/w640-h480/20221209_181650.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A calm but freezing evening. Lit by full moon and floodlights. High tide 5.30pm. </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Back in June, Xavier spent just a few tense weeks in her mooring at Gweek. Once the leak was identified and temporarily plugged we had decisions to make. The pre-purchase hull survey gave the hull a clean bill of health, no corrossion, no major damage, we started to lose faith in that survey. </p><p>We suspected this may well not be an isolated hole but could be part of a wider problem. The pinhead sized hole looked unlikely to be the result of damage by an underwater object. We had to quickly decide our next move. Whilst our immediate reaction was a panicked application of quick drying post hole cement, the only longer term solution seemed to be to plug the hole properly and find out the extent of the damage. We took the decision to contact Penzance Dry Dock, who were already booked in to do some welding for us) for assessment and repair.</p><p>Waiting for the boat to leave Gweek when the dry dock became available was tense. We did not know what the extentof the problem or the likely cost. The the hole continued to leak a bit. We decided to ask the best Dutch barge surveyor in the business, Baliol Fowden to carry out a hull survey as soon as Xavier entered the Dry Dock and before any work was carried. This would either confirm or draw into question the hull survey carried out in Holland on which our purchase of the boat was based.</p><p>Balliol found 20 actual holes in the boat and severe corrosion all over the hull. He found pitting, little holes that were eating into the hull and also areas next to the pitting where the Dutch surveyor had taken hull thickness measurements. The measurements took no account of the depth of the pitting.</p><p>After samples of the corrossion were taken and locked in the Dry Dock safe,work began on overplating the hull.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KYMu9jnvbNiYdIL-DB8NCixm4m-mdY8McYJ73nxZoJB1jLCanJcxo2PG2FcotdQB5Txtb1dtefOYzVhKl_uDdi6Vbg6i2ZM24gR0DEjGXmD7jKGLGW3LLxQCTuGJG0YvfSpFE_AZPLi-LeqHkE2RRHMqj7r3P582wKtPSNUT6UceoZhRfOgj-ogFuA/s4624/20220902_125857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KYMu9jnvbNiYdIL-DB8NCixm4m-mdY8McYJ73nxZoJB1jLCanJcxo2PG2FcotdQB5Txtb1dtefOYzVhKl_uDdi6Vbg6i2ZM24gR0DEjGXmD7jKGLGW3LLxQCTuGJG0YvfSpFE_AZPLi-LeqHkE2RRHMqj7r3P582wKtPSNUT6UceoZhRfOgj-ogFuA/w640-h480/20220902_125857.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Xavier at dry dock </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuhjz4hVFBKC-oAPzt9glGj_Bi8XDzHB0UByr_g8GUdYQGamQIBE-XaRmXG1MSo1FVixnGppMaS3dBD1oofD0gG5T2rv3SjqsaNWPljzz8Z4VQ-rdl0CBn5MGbc4sTl4TCTN7_4kYn3h-V2c_E1JIvgPKsiUJZZGCW7fsaroeiY4x2M_ne6Ws4sw4gQ/s4624/20220902_125557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuhjz4hVFBKC-oAPzt9glGj_Bi8XDzHB0UByr_g8GUdYQGamQIBE-XaRmXG1MSo1FVixnGppMaS3dBD1oofD0gG5T2rv3SjqsaNWPljzz8Z4VQ-rdl0CBn5MGbc4sTl4TCTN7_4kYn3h-V2c_E1JIvgPKsiUJZZGCW7fsaroeiY4x2M_ne6Ws4sw4gQ/w640-h480/20220902_125557.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzPnjJnM91_xJYYbqN0wTrXTwHoojrzvM-0eyjdUu-wbv8iQVgEmqba1D9XkkNj-BFS9pJDSbPHDTxzR8RDKu8CMjdl3hc9fomYRIAQY2BM3gVhEALB1bt9d9tjxPYl947jv8k-AQvKR3xWel2feTOKpuDWPP7f5tDnPk_KOaMGcAaCmRZzwviDoj9g/s4624/20220902_125910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzPnjJnM91_xJYYbqN0wTrXTwHoojrzvM-0eyjdUu-wbv8iQVgEmqba1D9XkkNj-BFS9pJDSbPHDTxzR8RDKu8CMjdl3hc9fomYRIAQY2BM3gVhEALB1bt9d9tjxPYl947jv8k-AQvKR3xWel2feTOKpuDWPP7f5tDnPk_KOaMGcAaCmRZzwviDoj9g/w640-h480/20220902_125910.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Xavier leaving Gweek all too soon after she arrived. Destination, Penzance Dry Dock</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our dream of renovating our Dutch Barge in Gweek and making it ready to live on lasted a very short time before we realised that things were not going to be 'plain sailing'</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the hull having been given a clean bill of health by our Dutch Surveyors before we bought the boat, a survey that cost well over £2000.00 it turned out that this boat had a number of holes in the hull. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutgIh1rHw0nXfGKwTy1vhD3oGR475OPWfFypTjHe_64E4j2gc1N9o1pB0CO8WcRvNcergp7TMurLtrTgVH-Aumc-5It3qfU3JMBHoqzVkNUHxLd9qrccTTLN7BRxVK9L-L7dBItYeNnuP2twwc7RUMCBR14NO-KxJKaMVl9ZGRB3eak1jnuax4NqX0w/s4624/20220719_144030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutgIh1rHw0nXfGKwTy1vhD3oGR475OPWfFypTjHe_64E4j2gc1N9o1pB0CO8WcRvNcergp7TMurLtrTgVH-Aumc-5It3qfU3JMBHoqzVkNUHxLd9qrccTTLN7BRxVK9L-L7dBItYeNnuP2twwc7RUMCBR14NO-KxJKaMVl9ZGRB3eak1jnuax4NqX0w/s320/20220719_144030.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Xavier made the chanel crossing with some points so weak that the paint was the only thing keeping her watertight! Our Dutch surveyors stated in their report that there was 'No' corrossion. In actual fact there was pitting and corrosion inside and out and the inspection with our UK surveyor identified over 20 holes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We started taking on water soon after moving to Gweek. As the tide moved in and out each day, the boat took on water and we pumped it out. All the time ripping up floors to try to find the leak. We spent a few days grovelling round in the bowels of the boat, ripping up everything that was preventing us seeing the steel bottom and eventually we found one very small hole. We took a serious look at the hull below the waterline, which we were able to do for the first time as we were on a tidal mooring, and we found that there were large areas of very serious corrosion that could turn into holes at any point.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We now know that this is called pitting, and we can actually see this on the photos of the original survey. At the time we just thought it was blobs of uneven bitumen paint. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This problem was not picked up by our surveyor in the Netherlands and so we bought a boat that was in danger of resembling a collander! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank fully we has already commissioned some welding work from Penzance Dry Dock so that was who we turned to when we realised that our boat was going to need serious work that would involve another survey and a plan of works that would ensure that the barge remained watertight.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We went through a very tense period when we had no idea what work was required or what it was going to cost.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-49633909611338205012022-06-18T23:41:00.001-07:002022-06-18T23:41:17.375-07:00Arrival - first 2 days work<div>By 6pm Thursday 16 June, almost high tide. Alan started to bring Xavier round from a spot sitting on the mud outside the Seal Sanctuary round the corner to where the river opens out just below Gweek. </div><div><br /></div><div>He was impatient to get going and did not want to wait for Simon and the crew from the boatyard to accompany and assist. He can be very stubborn! There were a few slightly awkward moments and exchanges!</div><div><br /></div><div>The boat was turned and manourered through a narrow gap to its place alongside the quay.</div><div>The boatyard crew were on hand to deploy fenders where necessary as it made its way past several smaller boats.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodFjFG0vVYMdWKnQ7reld8L4_X_Bhial7nUpM14XPtrb_v-cfYz3Xq5L_sMnP5qTP9SX8zQ_F3b4_AsFi7mQpTqOOGk1j6eVH81tKHyBfDp3mCJb92wEII_vOeuqi4Ta9WC40waD-0LHfO11vyouf4P-hUTu2KLQzJ-pGS04DkKNEtLbS7EqenhlYRg/s4624/20220616_180758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodFjFG0vVYMdWKnQ7reld8L4_X_Bhial7nUpM14XPtrb_v-cfYz3Xq5L_sMnP5qTP9SX8zQ_F3b4_AsFi7mQpTqOOGk1j6eVH81tKHyBfDp3mCJb92wEII_vOeuqi4Ta9WC40waD-0LHfO11vyouf4P-hUTu2KLQzJ-pGS04DkKNEtLbS7EqenhlYRg/w640-h480/20220616_180758.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHr6Mvlto414ONG2OOb2yuqWEuQpoVwY0yjmnUQaosqm6kMd3KaxWBbsD4GUnz4hp1IrLlity3Mi5Ny8N8JRZmuITtL8KmUe41BVyagB3GJu63HeSn7tV1sjbOW6uyoUB9ZOdsd9kt9zfXXxWbRbiO9Ci1qHJvAnz5Oc8ufM9FkpKv1HDM3pALybrXg/s4624/20220616_181348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHr6Mvlto414ONG2OOb2yuqWEuQpoVwY0yjmnUQaosqm6kMd3KaxWBbsD4GUnz4hp1IrLlity3Mi5Ny8N8JRZmuITtL8KmUe41BVyagB3GJu63HeSn7tV1sjbOW6uyoUB9ZOdsd9kt9zfXXxWbRbiO9Ci1qHJvAnz5Oc8ufM9FkpKv1HDM3pALybrXg/w640-h480/20220616_181348.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgjNgbmMvEj1cVp8tprV84OIXLQe8voTzLyPLr-DND0E3PjxKAAIwEHcPnRSbnA5LsLFXmrq5RxW9VPyfPRCnsGkXOCnFFGrkwCRR8Lzb9bV_0cuAKjVznZPaQ4NCXDzahQfd-c4MQi10m3bYDMP3nFbuxybnPNpP_bgy9yN8QDkeYAODhc8EssHAg/s4624/20220616_181936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzgjNgbmMvEj1cVp8tprV84OIXLQe8voTzLyPLr-DND0E3PjxKAAIwEHcPnRSbnA5LsLFXmrq5RxW9VPyfPRCnsGkXOCnFFGrkwCRR8Lzb9bV_0cuAKjVznZPaQ4NCXDzahQfd-c4MQi10m3bYDMP3nFbuxybnPNpP_bgy9yN8QDkeYAODhc8EssHAg/w640-h480/20220616_181936.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirovY4XHKGy1xDwaU6rXVvvFaa5dkaTMC6R9LJby6X0XQ4D6uFUgpxqPMNhkdWwfsQiyFj144oeYEoNTJK-RTt2LQXDHRnMk9k9C6MoK80YQASZf5ckb8eiNQTHfyHIHieIvnX577ZJ4p6yCLrJpTBtaD93FcbT7w0ErXJC8GOfzUGC7LAa_VOsO1GQQ/s4624/20220616_182812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirovY4XHKGy1xDwaU6rXVvvFaa5dkaTMC6R9LJby6X0XQ4D6uFUgpxqPMNhkdWwfsQiyFj144oeYEoNTJK-RTt2LQXDHRnMk9k9C6MoK80YQASZf5ckb8eiNQTHfyHIHieIvnX577ZJ4p6yCLrJpTBtaD93FcbT7w0ErXJC8GOfzUGC7LAa_VOsO1GQQ/w640-h480/20220616_182812.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here are some videos of the process</div><div>https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNv5BZgI7_oJGnZOdINkZqi8D_uCmtfFq5PBALT</div><div>https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMxvnhEwdckam7yXm982_NnQsgAK05WIrxHjvMB</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First working day Friday 17 June</b></div>Arrived 9am Friday<div>Removing 5 metal disks from portholes</div><div>Tidied up metal around portholes. Cleaned and sanded.</div><div>Removed some flat pack furniture and other rubbish.</div><div>Trip to recycling centre</div><div>Occassionally havig a rest and enjoying the view.<br /><div>Left 6pm</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHltsUaDQEpcujyaUo65P5dFkiyOmliq_AZJYmMfs-Yy0u0baHgjysFO2z47m5wqQfbnmZSVWFPtdCEqmOnU8NH-hE1cD5Z-_2ASPR8edAXPMjCVOR7yPZZkpilUX30n9N-1hLQYKVpBeN/s1600/1655477836912030-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Second Working Day Saturday 18 June</b></div><div>Alan and Annette visited and Alan gave Julian some tips.</div><div>Paint the outside as it has been prepared and before rust sets in</div><div>Paint underside of wheelhouse roof as it is beginning to rust</div><div>He suggested we paint the outside by standing on boards on the mud. drill holes and attach rope to we could move them easily.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sian came to visit with the girls and they both slipped. One of the deck and the other on the steps. Lessons learnt by all!</div><div><br /></div><div>Julian managed to cut out the metal plates from 9 of the 10 small portholes and I went round and ground down the rough bits and sanded ready for painting.</div><div>When we got home Julian ordered some two part epoxy blacking paint</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg06jV7suyYR-LGQhVbSXePXnxf9B53oWaK0X1c1RZ66IMmtj4_f-fTD5lxUnozU8W15wzF4TcSO_qkgC56LxOpNYGkgkUVqnRe8Fh94aXfMNwg-tUFUF4sjRCwj-N1wGLD8m_3PmmVqAZBx_y6m_iNbduxDX9jpxOgF-POiKLlKFY7r5tILTq829NdQ/s4624/20220618_132236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg06jV7suyYR-LGQhVbSXePXnxf9B53oWaK0X1c1RZ66IMmtj4_f-fTD5lxUnozU8W15wzF4TcSO_qkgC56LxOpNYGkgkUVqnRe8Fh94aXfMNwg-tUFUF4sjRCwj-N1wGLD8m_3PmmVqAZBx_y6m_iNbduxDX9jpxOgF-POiKLlKFY7r5tILTq829NdQ/w640-h480/20220618_132236.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annette and Tom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-4147746347591647432022-06-17T13:20:00.018-07:002022-06-18T23:54:59.488-07:00Xavier leaves Mylor Creek - destination at Gweek. Home!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For the past two weeks Xavier has been on a tidal mooring and waiting for the high tide to take us up the Helford River up to Gweek.<div>Mylor is a perfect spot, so picturesque. But we could not get anything on or off the boat except what we could carry on our backs as the boat was moored front on.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTmvMWhn5nDgUYSQ2f9BzFBi52hWeEmfYObYoBcQQAnXn6rT1zIlsi8VH0NKke1wXb1uEj5tj6BzVwsLoKMFoV3gV2j9HvFtg6EenNoMFXZDOSxELwhnSKMZshtWBGlVGF2g9vA78k8LRCASw_rmSLUJ2V_M-G0CZf9ne7nyUXYriIK0ynRiWcNzIdg/s4624/20220530_190025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTmvMWhn5nDgUYSQ2f9BzFBi52hWeEmfYObYoBcQQAnXn6rT1zIlsi8VH0NKke1wXb1uEj5tj6BzVwsLoKMFoV3gV2j9HvFtg6EenNoMFXZDOSxELwhnSKMZshtWBGlVGF2g9vA78k8LRCASw_rmSLUJ2V_M-G0CZf9ne7nyUXYriIK0ynRiWcNzIdg/w640-h480/20220530_190025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>We also found water in the bilges, from her time at Geertman's. They said there had been a leak - we assumed a small one that had been contained. No several gallons of water had been sloshing about in the bottom of the boat for several weeks.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9luZw60OwNsKVTA9tTTcc7rbhyW3WAXt1QGlKE40OKrSlanzRkYH3_ycLp_30q2381s1MDisES8KBjU0O4-VTF2zkXF_tzQ81FKaOAT8dWbFOm2vRb-WdOz91FwhSiLklXvmrqnLBj_eb6lBK9Ay7wTPenPPUKZ4604UxYh698pa9YBFdLpS-y65L5Q/s4624/IMG_20220616_071223844_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9luZw60OwNsKVTA9tTTcc7rbhyW3WAXt1QGlKE40OKrSlanzRkYH3_ycLp_30q2381s1MDisES8KBjU0O4-VTF2zkXF_tzQ81FKaOAT8dWbFOm2vRb-WdOz91FwhSiLklXvmrqnLBj_eb6lBK9Ay7wTPenPPUKZ4604UxYh698pa9YBFdLpS-y65L5Q/w640-h480/IMG_20220616_071223844_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cockwells Boatyard Mylor Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9bDkCSohdLlp_9L3IdPg5t5v2kiTT6JR_rW0KduvJ2XXVZHRQZJu3fi7zf5K6rdd0PR8YUJoFwQyQqSmkya0FHNmEhtVHyanrx0e-KTjr0BtPx_TlzvfyNmRe4Y8iqgv2FQAzdvvwxov8TRwZRH3LvhxHlJK8_pKQbIk3NjmK_ODT5fYGURxnJSEYQ/s1600/IMG-20220611-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9bDkCSohdLlp_9L3IdPg5t5v2kiTT6JR_rW0KduvJ2XXVZHRQZJu3fi7zf5K6rdd0PR8YUJoFwQyQqSmkya0FHNmEhtVHyanrx0e-KTjr0BtPx_TlzvfyNmRe4Y8iqgv2FQAzdvvwxov8TRwZRH3LvhxHlJK8_pKQbIk3NjmK_ODT5fYGURxnJSEYQ/w640-h480/IMG-20220611-WA0000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>So the first few days were spent cutting holes in chipboard pumping out water, scrapping off rust and stabilising with Fertan rust converter. Which seems to be brilliant.</div><div><br /></div><div>But this did focus our minds on the hull and its condition. What parts were inaccessible and how important it was to ensure that everything was sounds in the bilges before we focused on the upper part of the boat. This video shows the moment that the engines started and it floated off thereby allaying my teo worst fears. That the engine would not start and that it would not float!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy2ou9az2wRiFo-CEBGc1NVyDF4WDg1rRjR9IYsCKBrRufR3tkkB8sxNh4kj0hgYHJP2_s9f51xSs__NKCP6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is nearly 3 minutes long!</div><div>https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNeXQEN1o_CuA5He30MBdiDGruWMQS8_G8phNpJ</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GpAhBPeQ3-j-GbRMVCz7BeZFEBiIYw8n9_FYSj8yfAClrGq7_OrCexUbN0j2un0wsVX6VfzB2JNtVHQ6V026qK_LPWI7PHcN7wDpiC-npG1RX2XFFD9lQ1gQ9TDxlQBd5G2r7Vdi8DQBt5F8y01dLi0eZWQ7Qn10lEHCxAKYG-iwUiLw3G37qTsTwQ/s4624/20220616_073653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GpAhBPeQ3-j-GbRMVCz7BeZFEBiIYw8n9_FYSj8yfAClrGq7_OrCexUbN0j2un0wsVX6VfzB2JNtVHQ6V026qK_LPWI7PHcN7wDpiC-npG1RX2XFFD9lQ1gQ9TDxlQBd5G2r7Vdi8DQBt5F8y01dLi0eZWQ7Qn10lEHCxAKYG-iwUiLw3G37qTsTwQ/w640-h480/20220616_073653.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Xavier is a spot in the distance Carrick Roads</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div><br /></div></div></div>cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-68940985839987939602022-06-04T03:54:00.003-07:002022-06-04T03:55:52.481-07:00We really are aboard!<p>Getting aboard is a little tricky at the moment, </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEOHXbNwnWmydUKrBJYt9FPqNhmlytW7PooZyXV3U1nE9nGupfMfcwtJ4F1h5NxC5__SF9ykowj6x9rLMzy9iJxVUW6EK9ncUtu5rzGWxTq8uAOxlygWibMpTWQNrnwWsMzbD_aRQ6ARY1knTwrZ-tkpeRqLaUEmCMqNqRgqn0U-p9yNZ-DE-gqyOpg/s4624/20220530_190018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEOHXbNwnWmydUKrBJYt9FPqNhmlytW7PooZyXV3U1nE9nGupfMfcwtJ4F1h5NxC5__SF9ykowj6x9rLMzy9iJxVUW6EK9ncUtu5rzGWxTq8uAOxlygWibMpTWQNrnwWsMzbD_aRQ6ARY1knTwrZ-tkpeRqLaUEmCMqNqRgqn0U-p9yNZ-DE-gqyOpg/w640-h480/20220530_190018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>but finally we are able to get on Xavier at its temporary mooring at Mylor Bridge boatyard. The boat arrived at Mylor on Sunday 29 May</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__q6rrk0ODoSC5COyQFjO_Qa5J7TYH8R7Dkr2z-CEShnLHzBfnAW6T_u0SPnT8DVGkuXNoWwJoCzD4dznrtoMe_K12P_1jZGtACrlMApEsfHboxIgFuG8q6_RwnDItGJZ64iTPXQHWfzyAEalB_Nw7wjFY7fYm08fi0A7txvO2E5ceKKY6a5-_iwhSQ/s4624/20220530_165908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__q6rrk0ODoSC5COyQFjO_Qa5J7TYH8R7Dkr2z-CEShnLHzBfnAW6T_u0SPnT8DVGkuXNoWwJoCzD4dznrtoMe_K12P_1jZGtACrlMApEsfHboxIgFuG8q6_RwnDItGJZ64iTPXQHWfzyAEalB_Nw7wjFY7fYm08fi0A7txvO2E5ceKKY6a5-_iwhSQ/w640-h480/20220530_165908.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>We are on a tidal mooring next to the barge you see above on the left, and we have started to get to know the boat. Julian has been looking at all the technical stuff and thinking about how we will get hot water through batteries, solar panels and shore power, as well as how we will renovate the interior. </p><p>I have been desperate to remove the peeling varnish on the wheelhouse exterior, so that's what I'm focussing on, using paint stripper (trying not to get the scrappings on the painted deck or in the environment). Many of coats of paint stripper are required and each needs scrapping off, followed by scrubbing with a metal sourer and finally sanding before applying a thin coat of Indial Rosewood Coloron wood dye followed by Osmo UV protention oil. It is in pretty poor condition, but thankfully not rotten. There is rot on one corner of the wheelhouse roof, and I think we will try to cut that out and repair it.</p><p>Here is a video of the boat coming to rest on the tidal mooring. Note the hand signals from the bank!</p><p><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/JELUuveAN1z1txVv5">https://photos.app.goo.gl/JELUuveAN1z1txVv5</a></p><p>We have had two days of brilliant sunshine, but today it is cloudy and wet, so we are going over on our bikes, it's just a few miles from Falmouth, to have a tidy up and wash the decks and side rails.</p>cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-9515517053298058852022-05-28T12:02:00.002-07:002022-05-28T12:02:29.533-07:00Xavier arrives in Ramsgate, but disaster strikes, a spud pole drops to the seabed. The boat cannot move.<span style="font-size: medium;">Xavier looks very smart entering Ramsgate</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidZyVYH-K12E0xDjn1Z8qdFgR4J3CPw_y-1k3Z8dXB96exqW8OyJ2pN8dg36yGv9bt_H4I1tqouD7fmwbAcoqU7E3NrhTA-n4aiArYPpvj5scTJ5Im7XBtxT7jK79MTZRSWnP63EDIA_EQ_etswY_p2Sub_GCJA5qnxxtQUxvnmlWlq6T43B8lTDjhw/s3435/IMG_20220522_165538896_HDR~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="3435" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidZyVYH-K12E0xDjn1Z8qdFgR4J3CPw_y-1k3Z8dXB96exqW8OyJ2pN8dg36yGv9bt_H4I1tqouD7fmwbAcoqU7E3NrhTA-n4aiArYPpvj5scTJ5Im7XBtxT7jK79MTZRSWnP63EDIA_EQ_etswY_p2Sub_GCJA5qnxxtQUxvnmlWlq6T43B8lTDjhw/w596-h306/IMG_20220522_165538896_HDR~2.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><br /><div>Nearly 12 months after buying the boat, it had been stripped down, painted, essential work carried out and the engine had proved to be capable. But could we relax? could we hell!! Of course not, nothing is ever easy when you buy an old boat. Alan moored the boat in Ramsgate overnight, so far so good, but when he and the crew tried to depart the next day, he realised he was dragging a spud pole along the bottom. No one knew how it had dropped or how to raise it and there appeared to be no hydrolic oil in the the place where hydrolic oil should be. Checking and overhauling the spud poles was the very last thing on the list of jobs that the boatyard said that they had completed. I was not in the least surprised to find that they did not work. But it was a gloomy time to know that 3 paid crew were ready and waiting to move and the was a great big metal tube that was lodged in the seabed!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84H33Tv02YQZaxaSJfrSJaofa4ByoRYMvySG60x5E6o0I2W9CYjobLtl6hOMxDIeUUD5mxxdJS_XkZuJdQTELkizaMcFjvyArfQDv5DTfGAiG0NGFfT-8dqROQBW0PAKbYu_7T-s4Fh0am2-25JXiMGvqQUuQIKTRT-1DtesB7mP0fXomDgE53iZCgw/s4624/20220527_161136.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="4624" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84H33Tv02YQZaxaSJfrSJaofa4ByoRYMvySG60x5E6o0I2W9CYjobLtl6hOMxDIeUUD5mxxdJS_XkZuJdQTELkizaMcFjvyArfQDv5DTfGAiG0NGFfT-8dqROQBW0PAKbYu_7T-s4Fh0am2-25JXiMGvqQUuQIKTRT-1DtesB7mP0fXomDgE53iZCgw/w578-h150/20220527_161136.jpg" width="578" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Our mooring still awaits us, an empty space in front of this other large barge. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thankfully, Alan is experienced in every kind of boat related problem and he managed to get the spud poles up and tie them up. </div><div><br /></div><div>About mid day, having sorted the spud pole problem, Alan took a road trip to Dover to look at the sea conditions. The swell was too great. But around mid-day the following day, we looked at Marine Traffic website and saw that Xavier had taken to the seas and was approaching Deal.</div><div><br /></div><div>The plan was to reach Eastbourne tonight and Swanage tomorrow night.</div><div><br /></div><div>Update, they reached Eastboure the first night and Portland tonight Saturday 28th May 2022.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div>cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-72612506084987176352022-05-22T04:32:00.003-07:002022-05-22T04:34:40.551-07:00Xavier is somewhere between Dunkirk and Ramsgate!At 7am this morning, Alan began the crossing from<b> </b>near Dunkirk following the shipping lane to Ramsgate. Will he turn south to begin the voyage to Falmouth or east to his mooring in Chatham? The wind and speed will dictate.<div><br></div><div>Here is a coincidence. 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Also featuring Julian's finger!cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-20037420191198574012022-05-19T05:08:00.000-07:002022-05-22T04:22:50.413-07:00Will our 1940's Dutch barge ever cross the channel?<p> We first saw Xavier our 1940's Dutch barge in Medemblik in Holland on Wednesday 5 May 2021</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRrD7hHSvF7rdjYVeSsQ7A8wHzyEu2dlhH64krX05roDcdv8U_sqTilZxAJUIm-WJW2I3ehaZIbduG_MpjDm40hJwmBuzMr73-O2QFkMZ8P_xPgniHPWrgTpxMtOtY08L5Z0sLtnk_nvR7JJPRgEU1giOGaKI8PCcCjURpWGGzi1pL3QaqQqq-m7URPw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1885" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRrD7hHSvF7rdjYVeSsQ7A8wHzyEu2dlhH64krX05roDcdv8U_sqTilZxAJUIm-WJW2I3ehaZIbduG_MpjDm40hJwmBuzMr73-O2QFkMZ8P_xPgniHPWrgTpxMtOtY08L5Z0sLtnk_nvR7JJPRgEU1giOGaKI8PCcCjURpWGGzi1pL3QaqQqq-m7URPw=w540-h256" width="540" /></a></div><br />The owner had been wrangling with the local council as he was one of the last liveboards, in a posh marina and the authorities refused to renew the resifential permit if he sold the barge. Unsurprisingly they did not want these big old barges with their occupant pumping raw sewage into their marina full of holiday yatchs. Xavier had no black water holding tank. We were something of a dream come true for the owner. He had plenty of potential buyers for this lovely wide barge 6x30 metres. A perfect size to make into a home. But the buyers all wanted to make their home im Medemblik, who would not! The owner could only sell it to someone who wanted to take the boat away. Or start a legal battle with the council.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfzbjDNx-RZdunrqASyI85GNVjX1SHeh3kTzFxWa_3GkKh4GBLkrzzvl_E79_HzQ9WmEPzNfWr4ttMllAnhEX6cwMLSE64j20d208lMNStt1D5GhgNU2_Eu9aJjxKuaF9bAM0Ho-9ACsOV4nhPQD0D2iBuKmghD0071CHuUG5cAJnzX_LMmTUlaMmrxw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1885" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfzbjDNx-RZdunrqASyI85GNVjX1SHeh3kTzFxWa_3GkKh4GBLkrzzvl_E79_HzQ9WmEPzNfWr4ttMllAnhEX6cwMLSE64j20d208lMNStt1D5GhgNU2_Eu9aJjxKuaF9bAM0Ho-9ACsOV4nhPQD0D2iBuKmghD0071CHuUG5cAJnzX_LMmTUlaMmrxw=w502-h238" width="502" /></a></div><br /><p>Fast forward a few months. Xavier was ours and she needed a complete de rust and paint and a survey before we could even comtemplate finding a crew to cross the channel to Gweek, where we had arranged a permanent mooring.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGirEfQxEZmVWCCJMqHIK13ZIMm3bMLBQlUx9_9qysY2e0VtDZ3bohHcVv-Ay7joW5MQI1kX3W6HEdoFIw43TDvWW6_EjL_VbQ639FtqS2AaipRfHOAkhbCq8o7n1wLI2R_IvRv1vDKTpUq2-UpNU8fTPPhGsoGjtf1tiXL8bjojWNuYNTX6gS4UTSfQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1885" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGirEfQxEZmVWCCJMqHIK13ZIMm3bMLBQlUx9_9qysY2e0VtDZ3bohHcVv-Ay7joW5MQI1kX3W6HEdoFIw43TDvWW6_EjL_VbQ639FtqS2AaipRfHOAkhbCq8o7n1wLI2R_IvRv1vDKTpUq2-UpNU8fTPPhGsoGjtf1tiXL8bjojWNuYNTX6gS4UTSfQ=w521-h247" width="521" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gweek, Cornwall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Xavier needed a lot of work internally, but we do up houses for a living and we have owned a Dutch Barge before. That did not phase us.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRpbJw6tgHWi_SO_IdkPSm2bT92q9gikJFCjRlVPsheHutrd0-4bw1bjPToBm7lT25XiAZohsZ11mPTxyK69h2ZwcyZtKTH6nGjDQX9pj2sGjhwCBROUeooADVRIlaMhzBMLoOhbAL0fyuoXTWVueEAlyCfWkV1g96Id8bDWGIW9xaOr_f0whXBCdf3w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1190" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRpbJw6tgHWi_SO_IdkPSm2bT92q9gikJFCjRlVPsheHutrd0-4bw1bjPToBm7lT25XiAZohsZ11mPTxyK69h2ZwcyZtKTH6nGjDQX9pj2sGjhwCBROUeooADVRIlaMhzBMLoOhbAL0fyuoXTWVueEAlyCfWkV1g96Id8bDWGIW9xaOr_f0whXBCdf3w=w467-h350" width="467" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our mooring, Gweek, Cornwall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Our broker found a yard called Geertman in Zwartsluis Netherlands, near Zwolle. It seemed ideal as it was littered with old Dutch barges in various states of repair over a huge site. A family concern and the young owner spoke English which was quite essential as we were not going to be there to oversee the survey or the work required. We were in the first phases of the first lockdown and we had only been able to travel to see the boat as our own house was under offer and this was to be our permanent home.<p></p><p>By the June 2021, Xavier had been taken to Geertmans and a surveyor was commissioned to look over the boat. He identified quite a bit of work. We negotiated a small discount with the owner bought the boat. </p><p>What should have followed was a smooth process of painting the exterior of the boat whilst the boatyard worked through the list of jobs the surveyor had provided. What followed was months of delays and excuses. Work on our boat always seemed to be at the bottom of the to do list, yet we really were at the mercy of the owner of the yard to manage the list of works as we were unable to travel over to supervise.</p><p>By December the work was apparently complete. Hefty bills had been paid for the entire exterior paint and the work to make the boat seaworthy including sealing up the lower portholes. But by then the weather had turned - we were in the middle of winter and a .crossing on a flat bottomed boat was not safe. Never the less we got back intouch with the skipper that we hoped would take the boat across the channel and we waited for good weather. Waited and waited. By March and April, we hoped that a crossing would be possible, but unfortunately our skipper had his own problems and everyone he know and we knew that could tackle this work was busy preparing their own boats for the coming boating season. </p><p>April was also the time that we had agreed with Gweek boatyard that we would start paying for our mooring. Never guessing at the time, that the work would have taken so long. In fact the work did not take that long, it was the fact that work on our boat was the least priority. We were not on the spot to make sure things got done. No one at the boatyard really had our interests at heart.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-48739626532177129022020-05-27T04:05:00.000-07:002020-06-27T03:37:24.914-07:00Jack de Crow<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/a4kxdu1YLxmKNd9q7">Jack de Crow</a> The link is a rather rambling video by me!<br />
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Sometimes you come across a book that is such a good read, you wonder why on earth you have not come across it before. This recently happened to me whilst browsing some other topic on the Dutch Barge Association (DBA) forum. The book mentioned was The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow by A J Mackinnon, and I decided that a voyage in a 11 foot Mirror dingy from Shropshire to the Black Sea was indeed unlikely for all but the most adventurous among us. I duly ordered it to find out what sort of person would attempt this journey and how could they achieve it, not least how did they plan to cross English channel? A crossing which many, including myself had not dared to attempt in a motor powered Dutch Barge. At the time I had absolutely no idea what a Mirror dingy was and, more than that, I had no inkling of the reading pleasure that awaited me between the pages of this little known book. </div>
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I am now fully conversant with the possibilities and limitations (if there are any) of a Mirror dingy, and I have become well acquainted with the indomitable Mr Mackinnon; in fact I feel that I have travelled with him on his journey, enjoyed his nature notes, been thrilled at his refusal to be thwarted by almost any obstacle, and impressed by his sheer determination to continue against any odds and remain ever the cheerful optimist throughout! </div>
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If he has a failing it is perhaps a reluctance to plan further ahead than where his next meal is to be found. He appears to have a map of some sort but as it covers the entire route from Calais to the Black Sea one presumes it lacks the required detail. He communicates by telephone, not a mobile of course, and he writes a good many postcards. One suspects that if he had the use of modern day internet that he would be reluctant to use it. But then, if he had all the answers by simply pulling a smart phone from his pocket, he would avoid all the adventures that rely on <i>not</i> knowing what lies ahead.</div>
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Boaters will be all too familiar with many of the situations presented here, but perhaps not so eager to emulate the way our protagonist throws caution to the wind on almost every occasion. Most of us who contemplate a long journey by boat would do a fair amount of research to find out if this idea is feasible. Not the captain of little Jack de Crow; the idea of sailing into the unknown is part of the excitement of the voyage!</div>
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One of the things that make this book such an amusing read is that the idea of having a plan never seems to occur to Mr Mackinnon. From the very start we really are on a roller coaster ride as he tries to navigate waterways that are to a large extent uncharted, some are no more than ditches, never meant for navigation and one even having strands barbed wire strung across to deter farm animals from wandering of their land. Others are designed for motorised sea-going vessels and not a small dingy. I suspect that stopping to fully weigh up the dangers, research the likely consequences of proceeding on a given course, would make for far less exciting reading, so even if he has an inkling of what's in store, he doesn't let on!</div>
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As the author states at the beginning, he is more than happy to 'exaggerate for effect' and so it is perhaps with a largish pinch of salt that the reader can enjoy the progress of boat and captain/oarsman. At times (for him) frustratingly slow and at others terrifyingly fast through canals, rivers and seas powered by sail (yes sailing on a French canal in 1997) or by rowing, often against pretty ferocious tides. Once on the Rhine he<i> just</i> manages to row 700 metres upstream to a mooring, (the only mooring) in 2 hours. That after crossing the Rhine at Koblenz which, of course, took him the 700 metres downstream from his target. That superhuman rowing effort only possible because he had built up strength after rowing pretty continuously for the past few months.</div>
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Through thick and thin, good humour characterises his approach to every situation. Not only that, as befits a teacher of literature his prose is light, lively and down right hilarious on many occasions, and that is said by someone who is not easily moved to laugh out loud! Maybe it's his Aussie temperament that drives him to tackle any situation with an almost wanton disregard for his own safely, and to hilarious effect. But to me his joy in the simple pleasures of the river bank, his modesty, his unabashed willingness to fund his supper by busking on a tin whistle when the opportunity arises, his taste for the absurd and his optimism in the face of any danger mark him out in my mind as quintessentially English! </div>
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A few photos from the time of our final cruise along the loveliest part of the Canal du Centre from Saint Leger sur Dheune towards Santenay, Remigny, Chagny, Rully and on to the end of the Canal at Chalon Sur Saone. </div>
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Although the town of Chagny is uninspiring, we got around the whole area on foot and saw a lot of the rugged beautiful countryside. Hillforts, quarries, caves and vineyards.<br />
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Impressively woven Willow Chagny<br />
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<br />cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-432905708690617132018-09-15T01:39:00.001-07:002018-09-15T01:39:21.858-07:00Paray le Monial - twinned with WellsHere we are in Paral le Monial again, and Julian always corrects me on how to pronounce the name of this town. He believes that he knows how to pronounce it as he came here about 30 years ago as part of a twinning group. <br />
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I'm afraid that I have little confidence in either Julian's ability to pronounce French words or his memory going back 30 years, and I seem incapable of saying it in he insists is he correct way!<br />
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The <b>Basilica of Paray-le-Monial</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> church in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paray-le-Monial" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Paray-le-Monial">Paray-le-Monial</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgogne" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bourgogne">Bourgogne</a>, eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="France">France</a>. Built from the 12th century, on the site of a 10th-century monastery founded by count <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_of_Chalon" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lambert of Chalon">Lambert of Chalon</a>, it was a small-scale version of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Cluny" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Abbey of Cluny">Abbey of Cluny</a>. It was completed in the 14th century, although some sections were added in the 18th century or renovated in the 19th century. As a priory, it was the authority of Cluny and was a popular pilgrimage site.</div>
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The town of Paray is another of those whose shopping area has contracted and the shops are staggered amongst the old streets between many vacant properties. Some km East of Paray le Monial we enter an interesting section of the Canal du Centre where the former scale of industry, and working people in this area, especially ceramic tile making is evident by the number of huge derelict factories, almost as big as cathedrals themselves.<br />
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It's mid September and a few trees are beginning to turn to their Autumn colours. The sun glows clear orange gold rather than the faded hazy yellows and scorched earth that we have been used to.</div>
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We have been travelling through the Nivernais where we saw many cyclists but not that many boats.<br />
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We then turned right and cruised a few miles up the Loire Canal before turning back and beginning our cruise along the Canal du Centre. The first time we did this route, we explored just about every side road, town and village that we came to. This time, we spent more time alongside the canal, and just revisited some of our favourite spots. The coutryside is beautiful in the remote area and there are plenty of small chateau, fortified manoires and ruined castles to see (if you are prepared to leave the canal!)<br />
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The bridges on the Nivernais are a great topic of conversation amongst boaters, especially those whose air draft is borderline for going under some of these bridges. Quercy just squeezed through, and I noted that the bridges South of Chatillon en Bazios were the ones that cause the problem. These are beautiful stone structures built I think in the 1830's. To make things extra difficult, you have to go through them slightly off centre as the path runs along the inside of some of them.<br />
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After a while the arches on these same bridges have been removed and replaced with horizontal metal structures, keeping the stone sides. So although low, there is no problem in navigating under them if you have managed to get through the ones further North.<br />
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Very occasionally one comes across a lively cafe just near the canal and we found the best of places at Fleury sur Yonne, on the Nivernais. Popular with local and boaters is served good food from a limited menu in a former lock keepers cottage, the tables and chairs spilling out onto the tow path and a quirky marquee outside.<br />
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Other notable rural or unexpected cafe spots are Chitry Les Mines on the Nivernais, also worth a mention is the lock keepers bar/cafe at Marigny sure Yonne. Lovely mooring and cafe at Pont d'Ouch, pizzeria at Tanlay on the Bourgogne, and Samois-sur-Seine on the Haute Seine near Fontenbleau.<br />
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<br />cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-48322562642555038932018-09-07T05:27:00.001-07:002018-09-11T06:28:50.074-07:00Back on the Nivernais. (We were here Sept/Oct 2015 see more photos of this lovely area on those previous posts)Here we are on our last cruise in France, and I'm actually loving it! This is because I'm doing my two favourite activities (pottery and cycling) as well as boating.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish, just finished on an upturned measuring jug - I am forced to improvise.</td></tr>
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<br />Yes, I'm doing pottery on the boat, and Julian is coping well with being ignored whilst I'm concentrating, plus we are surrounded by basically wet mud.<br />
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So he is working the boat single handed as I'm far to busy to be bothering with ropes every time we get to a lock, but he loves the challenge of coping smoothly with manouvering in and out of the many many locks and lock staircases and when you get into a routine it usually goes like clockwork.<br />
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We have brought our car here this time, as we usually go by train, this is in preparation for clearing out the boat on our return. So with our trusty fold up bike, I am frog hopping the car and cycling back to the boat every day which is about 20km, just about right as the fold up bike is not made for distance that's for sure.<br />
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The Nivernais is a great canal to cruise on or cycle along. Such beautiful suroundings and interesting locks. We went up the Sardy staircase of 16 locks yesterday, through a wooded valley. Today bigger gaps between locks but sometimes up to 5 clustered or connected in some way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chateau Ratilly, Treigny, Nievre.</td></tr>
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<br />cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-83737093334888090852018-09-02T11:28:00.001-07:002018-09-11T06:48:14.233-07:00... it's been so long and we have done so much - to the UK and backOur main reason for returning to the UK was to look after Sophie and Kitty whilst the au pair had a break and whilst Sian and Joe work their socks off in Ye Old Malthouse in Tintagel.<br />
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But first stop was Penzance where we met Ben to go through our winter jobs in his new property in Penzance. We will be living there for a few months when we leave the boat (for good this time!)<br />
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We stayed in Penny's lovely Air B&B near the station. Two nights.<br />
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Whilst looking after the children we stayed in The Old Rectory near Boscastle. To give us a bit of space after our full on days in Tintagel with the children. Thomas Hardy met his first wife at the Rectory whilst he was overseeing the restoration of the local church. I think he had his mind on other things as many of the decisions were carried by the builder, who generously replaced many of the irreplaceable fittings rather than repaired them! The house and church are very evocative, in a beautiful setting and the B&B was faultless. Great walks in an unspoiled area.<br />
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Kitty thought the only good thing about this walk was pulling Sophies hair.<br />
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Sophie is of course the cutest girl in the whole world. No one would disagree with that. She is a little character and completely confident. Just like Sian was at that age.<br />
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On this day she learned to blow bubbles properly. In other words, she got the idea of blowing through the hole and not at the stick.<br />
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She played at this little tipi gathering with her friend Dulcie.<br />
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Kitty also such a lovely girl but rather a heavy lump!!!<br />
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Finally we spent two days at The Old Vicarage, St Clement near Truro. What a perfect spot right on the River Estuary.<br />
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Malpas was round the corner. A lovely place to live and have a boat with The Heron pub right on the front delicious food. But all small fisherman's cottages, a steep climb and no parking. So that rules that out as a potential next move. Also very expensive - naturally as all lovely places are!<br />
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This is The Old Vicarage. A bit more corporate than The Old Rectory in Boscastle. Both really great places and we enjoyed our stay very much in both.<br />
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<br />julianandcayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112923097349886635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-12237747759143741992018-08-09T09:59:00.002-07:002018-08-10T00:22:22.089-07:00Plaisanciers on the Haute SeinePlaisanceirs sounds like quite a nice thing to be. Being pleasant and having a pleasant time. We have tried to remember this as we negotiated the locks and the lock keepers on the Haute Seine. They talk fast (in French of course) on the VHF radio and we keep out ears pricked for the word 'plaisanciers'. Then we know that they are either talking to us, or about us. In this way we try to understand what they want us to do, as we have discovered that a green light does not always mean 'go ahead'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HEre we share a lock with an absolute monster and a smaller commercial in front of us.</td></tr>
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There are many commercial vessels on this waterway, far outnumbering the 'plaisanciers' like us, and we must give them priority in the locks. Fine if you can see them, but sometimes we get the green light and think great, we can go in the lock, only to find that the green light was for a 180 foot super barge that is a km away behind us, round a bend, and it is he who is getting the green light. We (I) try to speak our best and most polite French on the two way radio, and hope we have heard correctly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When laden commercial barges look like they are about to sink!</td></tr>
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We have arrived on Montereau-Fault-Yonne and this is not a particularly attractive mooring next to a grain silo, having said that even the official moorings don't look too inviting, perhaps it is the rain that makes everything look a bit unattractive.<br />
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Also a little difficult to get on and off!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montereau-Fault-Yonne. Where the Yonne falls (fault) into the Seine. Large pieces of brown moss.</td></tr>
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We've had a good few days from the Marne to the Yonne. The highlight was the town of Samois-sur-Seine, a perfect spot with old houses along the quays, a French and an Italian restaurant, (guess which one we went to? I'm sure Julian said he had gone off Pizza! One of these days I <i>will </i>get a decent French supper cooked by someone who <i>knows</i> how to cook!) Our arrangement whereby we take turns in choosing eating places is backfiring on me at the moment as my choices have been big disappointments.<br />
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Here are some photos of our trip from Meaux on the Marne East of Paris, to our current stop over at the very end of the Yonne.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lock on the Marne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the small canal Orqu that provides Paris with half its washing water (not drinking water)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last lock on the Marne before entering the Seine</td></tr>
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Here we are in Port Cerises near Draveil, quite expensive at 33 euros and we were moored next to a new Piper barge called Leander.<br />
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We visited Fontainbleu. Yes, we actually queued up and went inside (I almost bottled at the last minute even though it was my idea, but Julian reminded me we were here now and we might as well go ahead with it). It was overwhelming. We got to the first state room, throne room, bedchamber...... WOW. After the 10th or 11th I was ready for a sit down and I was fed up with craning my neck to see the opulent ceilings and peering into semi darkness to see the furnishings with their plastic coverings! I did not take photos - would not have known where to start. </div>
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The little bridge at Samois sur Seine.<br />
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We have just collected a package Poste Restaunte from La Poste in this town. Having letters and packets sent this way is very handy. Although also fraught with possible problems unless the package is addressed properly, and the person it is addressed too collects in person with confirmation details on email and passport.<br />
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Last night we attempted to moor at Chateau Thierry. What a lovely name, what an unattractive port. Although it was late, I just could not face it and longed for a quiet mooring, away from the heat and mooring next to children's play park. (We did not actually go into CT so I can't really dis the whole town, but the port for me was unattractive) We plodded on and eventually moored near lock Azy-sur-Marne which was delightful and no one else there - even better - such a sociable soul aren't I! Great views, occasional trains, the odd cyclist or family taking an evening stroll - just perfect.<br />
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The countryside near Azy is full of Champagne grape vines with forested hills and crops in the plain near the River Marne.<br />
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The hills bordering the River are great ampitheatres where the grapes are facing the full sun all day. This does not come out very well in the photo.<br />
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Some late Wisteria. We saw it in full bloom on Corfu in May. Julian passed Debbie and Kevin on Rangalli today whilst on the Marne near La Ferte sous Jouanne. He took some photos of Rangalli all but this one came out blank. <br />
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At Dormans, we bumped into Sharon and Stan who we crewed for when they first bought Encore. It was good to exchange news. Dormans is a convenient place to stop. You pay at the campsite 4.5 euros. The town has shops and a chateau which is also the tourist information. You can walk freely in the ground.<br />
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The mooring at Dormans. Here is Sharon and Stan exchanging places with us as they arrive and we leave.<br />
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In the grounds of the chateau at Dorman's there is a great church which is a memorial to those who died in the Marne area and surrounds in the First World War. This church that has been built as a memorial has a crypt that contains the remains of soldiers of all nationalities who died near here. A very evocative site in a beautiful setting.<br />
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I quite often get on my bike and cycle while Julian cruises, and on my travels I spotted these raised beds made of willow.<br />
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Typical countryside of villages, vines and forests in the Marne Valley. Every village has many Champagne houses.cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-23828509591939625832018-07-31T13:39:00.001-07:002018-07-31T13:39:46.880-07:00All about Champagne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was our first day in the Champagne region proper and so having done a bit of research and established that the medium sized Champagne producer Guy Charbaut was doing cellar tours at 10am this morning, I duly rang them at 9am and booked us on the tour. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and informative tour of the old cellars dating from 1810 followed by a tasting in one of the old rooms surrounding the courtyard of their town house, which is also a chambre d'hote.</div>
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After our tour, having stored our purchases on the boat, we got on our bikes and cycled the few miles to Epernay the home of Champagne, and a town that has little going for it apart from one street which is lined with Champagne Houses. Starting with Moet et Chandon. A large modern building with big gold lettering - all a bit too much bling for my taste and I believe that you must pay 40 euros for the tour. Glad we didn't, it's well and truly on the trodden tourist trail, and we prefer to take our chances with the little guys. In fact the little guys sell their grapes to the big ones and it's all blended and generally a mix of many grapes from different areas within Champagne.<br />
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I have not drunk enough champagne to really tell what is good and what is not. Champagne tends to drunk at weddings and special occasions where there are so many distractions. Here we were sitting quietly and could just concentrate on what we were drinking. I learned that rose Champagne tastes a little bit like red wine. I love the colour but I was not keen on the tanin taste, made either by adding red wine at the end or crushed grape skins at the beginning. Although I had gone there determined to come away with only the beautiful rose, we realised that it did not taste as good as the whites.<br />
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Anyhow, we are not hard core when it comes to this kind of thing, so although there is a lot of banter amongst boating folk about getting in as many tastings as one can manage, no number is too many etc etc, the one visit was thoroughly enjoyable and enough for us. We made some nice purchases for the family and we might even drink a bottle ourselves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hill over the cellars of 1810 where we had the tour. The cellars were in this hill.</td></tr>
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Having done the tour and then cycled onto Epernay we realised it was 1.25pm. Panic immediately set in. We were never going to find anywhere serving food at this hour. Almost everyone in France is finishing, or at least half way through their lunch by 1.30pm. A quick look at the restaurants confirmed this and so sadly we had to make do with a cafe'brasserie, that was still serving and offered seating in deep shade. Friendly enough, with no English, which is fine if there is French spoken slowly which there was not. I ended up with a salad that comprised of half an undercooked egg (thank god it wasn't a whole one) soggy tomatoes, limp lettuce, very thin slices of processed cheese and dried up Serano ham.<br />
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Whilst traveling on the canals in France you invariably end up arriving in a town or village 'by the back door'. So it was in St Dizier and Vitris le Francois. By contrast Chalons seems to have turned things round and here in the port one feels in the centre of things. Tree lined quays, nearby large parks, main street just around the corner and lock to the side where one can watch comings and goings. The buzz is helped by the fact that there is a music festival going on just downstream between River Marne and Canal and we faintly hear the music from our position on the quay.</div>
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The quays are nicely shaded under trees for the whole day, so there is always a place to stay cool. This lot stayed there the whole day and evening!<br />
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Another baking hot day yesterday, so we took off on our bikes, and it never feels to hot when cycling with the wind in your face, and we found a perfect, and private, little swimming spot on the Marne. Mind you we did have to cycle 5km past the spots occupied by local youth and winos to arrive at this one!</div>
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We arrived in Chalons in the morning, after just 5km cruising. Unusual for us, but we had not managed to get here before the locks closed the previous day. A combination of loitering too long at swimming spots the day before, not being sure what time the locks closed, and finding a lock gate jammed just before lock closing time. (At the time we were not sure if is was jammed or just that the locks closed at 6pm on Sunday). Next morning after reversing yet again to twist the opening tube we decided it was definitely jammed, and so we duely called VNF - hotel barge arrived at the other side of the lock and we both waited for the lockkeeper to arrive. A rather surely youth who walked into the lockkeepers hut, pressed a button and just about managed a nod before getting back in his van and pulling away without bothering to wait and find out if the lock did actually work. I know it was 9am on a Sunday but he was getting paid for it! </div>
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We dread these jammed locks as our French is not the best and the lock controllers on the end of the phones as well as the lock keepers themselves, invariably speak no English. Funny when you read the international language on the canals in English. For the majority of boaters maybe, but no one told VNF!</div>
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Anyhow, we were sort of stuck in the middle of nowhere, which is normally not a problem, in fact I usually prefer the middle of nowhere, but on this occasion is was the noisiest middle of nowhere that I had ever encountered. Dogs were barking, people were shouting. Julian was oblivious to the whole thing as he had taken his hearing aids out for swimming. Eventually after commenting on this over the course of about an hour, I decided to have a little wander; which I usually do in the evenings. I could see people coming in and out of little rat runs between the canal and the woods. There were a others on the canal bank and loitering around the lock. I peeped in and over a small river bridge and saw lots of cars and vans and so I guessed this was a travellers site and hence all the noise. I wondered if I should suggest to Julian that we moved back to the previous quiet mooring. Would think I was being ridiculously over cautious? - and so what if they were travellers, it did not mean that they would be unfriendly, in fact I had exchanged 'bon soir's' with quite a few of them in my walk. Anyhow, I got back to the boat and told Julian what I had found and he immediately said 'Shall we move back?'! The chances of unwelcome night time visits are more likely with 50 people than with one or two. I agreed with his logic - so we moved. Here is a photo of us leaving the area on our one and only ever dusk cruise!<br />
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Anyhow, I'm digressing, yes the port, with friendly capitaniere, and an incredibly reasonable charge of 4 euros per night is in a pleasant position in the town of Chalons. There are good walks including one we did on our bikes along the old canal St Martin ending up going under the canal before exiting in the river. We saw a lovely horseshoe weir and it was a beautifully tranquil evening ride, unfortunately no photos of th weir as I was too busy looking at it.<br />
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Swans, just now with 3 signets<br />
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Very old trees along the Canal St Martin last night.<br />
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The grumpy Belgians that would not help us by witnessing a contract have gone, and all is early morning freshness and cool with sun beginning to shine through the trees. Today we are waiting for a shoe shop to open at 2.25pm, or we think so as there are conflicting opening signs on the door - what a surprise! (not) We must just be thankful that it has not closed down, it looks like it might. Why you ask am I keen to delay our cruise today by visiting a shoe shop in a provincial French town that looks like it might be closing down? Well much as I love my lovely Green Shoes, made in good old Moretonhampstead, I have just self diagnosed myself, as of last night with Tendonitis! Walking has gradually been getting more difficult, and when I have to keep asking Julian (of all people) to slow down, I finally get the message that something is wring and it is not just 'old age' as he unkindly suggested.<br />
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Tomorrow we are moving into Champagne making territory and just how we chose which champagne houses to visit I simply have no idea.<br />
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HEre is Julian as our first lock this morning as we leave Joinville.</div>
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Leaving the lock.<br />
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Looking back at our mooring last night where we swam in the canal. The waters here are so clean. So much water considering that there is little rain.<br />
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We used the gang plank ladder to get in and out by hooking the rope at the en over a bollard on the quay.<br />
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15 minutes later there was a lovely sunset.<br />
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Me in the water. It looked much clearer than the River Marne which is followed by the canal all the way until Epinal when the River Marne is large enough to be navigable to Paris. It makes you realise how Paris came to be the capital, having two great navigable rivers flowing into it the Marne from the east and the Seine from the South.cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-60329399273554326562018-07-25T04:09:00.000-07:002018-07-25T04:09:11.123-07:00Vignory and our cruise to JoinvilleWe've had a good cruise this morning through the Haute Marne previously a centre for metal working, both utilitarian and ornamental.<br />
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Julian started out from our mooring and I went by bike to see Vignory before joining him further down the canal.<br />
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Here are some photos of the church at Vignory and the boat cruising down the canal which cuts through some hills.<br />
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<br />cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-86473800220201102022018-07-24T01:05:00.006-07:002018-07-24T01:16:20.732-07:00Pottery weekend near Chapaise and CormatinLast weekend we returned to the beautiful area of Burgundy that is inland from Tournus. My photos just don't do that area justice, and besides I was too busy sculpting and enjoying the scenery and food to take many photos. Romanesque churches in every village, crumbling stone balconies overflowing with geraniums and begonias.<br />
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Rolling countryside, with cows and a good many horses - a few sheep. Deep forests and plenty of shade to protect us from the blazing mid summer sun as we cycled here and there. As least this is what Julian did, as well as reading and pottering about generally doing nothing in particular, which is what he can always do and I can't.<br />
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Here above is Auberge de Grison where we stayed. What a welcoming place. Friendly owners and good home cooked food. Yes it had limitations. No wifi! All sorts of odd bits of furniture including a sort of bookcase (empty) made of chipboard. A limited menu, but all made from scratch (even the veggie burgers) So the limited menu was only limiting if you stayed there for a week. We stayed for 4 nights and ate there every night despite much posher places in Chapaize, which is a little mecca for countryside poshness about 5 miles from the Auberge and near the Pottery of Monique Delaigare where I did the pottery course.<br />
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At the end we were so embarrassed by the most reasonable bill that Julian tipped a ridiculous amount in comparison to the actual bill. The padrone was taken aback! He scurried out and round into the cellar and came back with two pots of home made confiture! I had been complimenting on his jams at breakfast.<br />
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Here are some photos taken during the course. There were four students and Monique the teacher above in the foreground. As is typical in France, the lunch break was two hours long, about 4 courses including wine. A bit tedious as my French is not too good. A was dying to get back to the pottery studio and my bird bath.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two on the left were Monique and Philip.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bits of my bird after I had scooped out the inside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drying a bit to avoid collapse</td></tr>
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Small Kestrels (Lesser Kestrel as opposed to the Common Kestrel)<br />
We were lucky to find another colony of these beautiful birds just outside Chissey les Macon near, in fact the nearest village to Prayes where we were staying.<br />
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It was abeautiful evening and the sunset was orange and purple. Our phone camera could not pick out the Kestrel's and the sunset was a different colour, but the following photos show something of the evening sunset and the knoll where the Kestrels were hunting and then roosting.<br />
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<br />cayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09001873440197760555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152886127580104039.post-39865462256015012022018-07-14T08:42:00.003-07:002018-07-14T08:45:17.048-07:00Moss and a Mausoleum. Plus a hoard of plums. <br />
Although it is too early for walnuts and too late for cherries, it is just approaching plum season. I'm always on the lookout for an overhanging branch of a plum tree (that is not overlooked by any windows) or better still one beside a road with no apparent owner. We found such a tree beside the railway crossing at Rolamport this morning and picked enough to make jam.<br />
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Before getting to the Moss and the Mausoleum, here are some photos of our evening walk yesterday to the Pont Romaine. You are not even allowed to walk on it! Julian swam and I went in up to my torso. I will spare you the photo!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relaxing under the trees after visiting the Pont Romaine - they have Ash dieback</td></tr>
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Today, another stiflingly hot one, we set off on our bikes just before lunchtime to see La Tufiere, which is a spring and limestone deposit and a lot of moss. A beautiful spot with information boards, but even with the English translation I did not quite get whether it was about the build up of moss or stone or whether the moss turned into stone.<br />
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Retracing our steps somewhat we returned to the sign in the centre of Rolamport pointing to the Gallo Romaine Mausoeleum. Thinking that sounded interesting we set off. 7km later we reached a small house that was a museum with a 3.5 euro per person entry charge.<br />
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When we actually got to the Mausoleum site, a further 2 km, it was very uninspiring. So glad the little museum with the actual relics and a reconstruction was open.</div>
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I love cruising on Quercy, gliding along at 6 km down a tree lined waterway, I enjoy the locks and relish the often tight manoeuvring into a crowded mooring. So why am I now putting Quercy up for sale?<br />
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Well, we have enjoyed four years of cruising although our commitments mean that in any one year I have been lucky to manage two month's on the water. During the four years we have accumulated a number of grandchildren and feel ourselves pulled in their direction. Rather than maintain Quercy for possibly just a few weeks in any year we will focus for the next few seasons on family.<br />
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My hope is that somewhere down the road I will be allowed to get back into boating.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Quercy is fitted to full year-round luxury live-aboard spec with top of the range equipment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Quercy’s striking colours and beautiful lines are much admired along the waterways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Hercules 10hp hydraulic bow-thruster powered from a gearbox take-off.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Fully integrated 24 volt Mastervolt system comprising:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">12x580 Ah 2 volt gel batteries, replaced in 2014</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Whisper Ultra 6kVa generator with fully silenced exhaust and remote operating panel in cabin;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">150 amp engine-driven alternator;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Mass Combi 4kW inverter charger;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Mass GI 3.5 shore-power isolation panel;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">MasterView Easy integrated monitoring system with readouts at helm position and in cabin;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">100 watt solar panels for battery charging when boat is unoccupied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Raymarine A50 chart plotter with GPS incorporated;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Harworth ‘Bubble’ marine oil-fired boiler, upgraded in 2016 with a new enhanced burner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Jabsco deluxe electric flush toilets;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Seagull IV water purification system;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Challenge laptop sized safe in engine compartment;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Sony radio/CD player at helm position.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and shower rooms. Hot water is provided by the oil-fired boiler, electric immersion </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">fridge/freezer; a microwave; sink and drainer with an additional filtered drinking-water tap; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">A main washroom with a separate shower cubicle, a washbasin and an electric macerator toilet. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">compartment can be integrated with the guest cabin as an en suite.</span><br />
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Again sitting room, showing kitchen and steps up to wheelhouse.</div>
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Kitchen area, above microwave are master 24v switches, tank gauges, generator control and control panel for all the Mastervolt equipment.</div>
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Ample radiators in all rooms.</div>
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Kitchen showing cooker on right, there is an extractor above cooker.</div>
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The kitchen sink has a second tap for filtered water.</div>
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View into sitting room, left door is to main bathroom, right into second cabin.</div>
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Master bedroom showing walk round 5' king size bed.</div>
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Master cabin showing way out.</div>
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Master cabin showing en-suite.</div>
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En-suite with shower.</div>
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En-suite showing shower control.</div>
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Full size shower in main bathroom.</div>
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Fold down desk in spare bedroom for office use if needed.</div>
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Central heating boiler in engine room.</div>
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Generator in engine room.</div>
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Beta Marine 6.7 litre 120 hp engine.</div>
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Domestic battery bank and solar controller on side.</div>
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Mastervolt inverter charger.</div>
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Mastervolt galvanic isolator, also consumer units and battery isolation.</div>
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Pressure vessels, filters and pumps in engine room.</div>
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Here we are next to another Piper barge Kokoro at Langres, well below Langres in fact; its quite a hike up to the town and consequently this area is a little haven of peace with only boats and camper vans. The quay soon gets filled up with boats looking for a mooring. Ports have been few and far between up until now on this canal and since we left the River Saone - not helped by three unoccupied boats moored here permanently. Two of which look so neglected that I doubt they will ever be used again. Shame they are taking up space that other touring boats who pay their cruising fees would appreciate. <br />
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We have lovely neighbours on Koroko with beautiful dog Emma. So altogether a relaxing few days near an interesting busy town. The weather has cooled to the low 20's so I have taken the opportunity to paint the top deck with non slip paint. As always the prep is the hard bit, but all washed, dry and taped up and I've painted down one side.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diderot son of Langres. He invented and wrote the first Encyclopedia</td></tr>
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In Langres there was a redundant tram that used to serve passengers arriving by rail. Unfortunately almost no one arrives by rail any more so it remains an unused relic and a reminder of the days before everyone went everywhere by car.<br />
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The town has monumental fortifications dating for the most part from the 1800's. 1851 springs to mind above one doorway. There are a few vestiges of Roman and later medieval walls and gateways, but most of these were swept aside during the Napoleonic era.<br />
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Here are some photos of the tunnel to the south of Langres<br />
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Approaching the tunnel before we arrived in Langres. All proceeded smoothly through the tunnel as I would expect from Julian's impeccable and confident steering.<br />
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We decided to find the Source of the Marne river. The longest tributary in France, flowing into the Seine East of Paris. It flows out of the ground in the area above the tunnel. It is quite well signposted and was about 10km from the boat.<br />
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It was a very pleasant ride through a watery landscape on a hot day. Shaded by trees in country lanes. The Haute Marne is sparsely populated. There are many golden fields or barley in the mid summer sun.<br />
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An old sign marked a cave where a Gaulish soldier who claimed to be the grandchild of Julius Caeser hid, with his wife and child for 7 years. Unfortunately the Roman army eventually discovered his hiding place.<br />
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There are number of large lakes near here that have clean beaches and good swimming facilities ie sandy bottoms!<br />
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I haven't taken many photos of us going through a lock recently. It is a lovely sunny day with a breeze, so I decided to walk beside the canal with the boating hook and assist from above. That way I could also take photos of the whole boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering the lock</td></tr>
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The locks are automatic and we have a remote control to open them in advance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the lock gated closing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lock keepers cottage now a private house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving the lock taken from the other side</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving the lock and I'm off to the next one just 900 metres ahead.</td></tr>
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Sometimes when you think you have got into a good routine with the locking procedure,you get a bit complacent. Just one thing that is unexpected or different from all the rest and the whole thing can go pear shaped, unless you are always alert for hazards.<br />
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Here is a case in point. As I had decided to walk along the canal side, Julian was doing all the ropes and controlling the boat from the wheelhouse, and was alone on board. My only job was to take the boat hook and hook the rope up and on the lockside bollard at each lock. We were going up so we approached the locks from the downstream position and these locks were deep, up to 5 metres deep.<br />
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So he decided to secure the rope to the front bollards leaving as much rope as he needed for me to reach down and hook up the rope, loop end, and drop it over the the lock bollard next to me from my position above. All worked fine until the position of the bollard on the lock changed. The rope was then far too long and we only realised this as the gates were closing. We almost got squeezed in the huge lock gates. Moral of the story is never set the lock gates to closed until you are properly moored up inside safely.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice old ironwork</td></tr>
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