Over four days last weekend with Roger Taylor we put the new engine into use. Saturday was cold with force 6 North-easterly winds, so we worked aboard until late morning, before setting off in force 5 winds to motor down to Harwich Harbour, picking up a mooring some way up the River Stour for lunch. After that, with the wind behind us, it was up to Ipswich and back to Woolverstone, mostly against the tide.
Sunday had very thick fog until late afternoon, so more work was done on the job list aboard Nancy, which, for the first time in my experience with the Trust, reached zero! Great thanks to Roger Taylor who spent hours on the electrics. The new engine is slightly more powerful than the old, thanks to a larger pitch prop, and very much quieter. Normal conversation is possible.
The 20-hour service comes up on Friday morning. Frank Martin and I travel down on Thursday afternoon and Roger Sturge joins us in time for lunch on Saturday. Nancy is ready to proceed on passage in the general direction of Falmouth.
Posted by BLB