Firing on all cylinders!

These pots must be getting impatient alongside the Emma J......
time for the liferafts to have their annual service aboard the Sapphire, a diificult task swingiong them ashore made to look easy by Lofty and Co......
in the workshop last minute adjustments are being made to the Stuart & Turner engine being prepared for the Inspiration......
including the tappet clearance above the valves.....
then its outside and time to drop the de-compressors while the engine is turned over by hand....
and in a move guaranteed to endear himself to the neighbours - there she fires!
Brittania IV was one of the few boats to land mid-tide this morning.....
the weather this year has piled shingle on the beach at Wherry Town right up to the pathway....
so, it's time to get the JCB in to shift it back down the beach.....
and if you are in the area, make a date with the Raft Race this weekend - a real family affair and a great spectacle.....

Watch a short animation of the motor being fired up by hand - there's plenty of smoke - and it's not from Nick's pipe this time!