MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

time to catch up, been on my jollies for a week or three up that scotland, so thought I'd better go see if she was still floating today and definitely went a bit Withnail when I went down below....

last time out we'd left a few 'Things' in the sink, unwashed cups, that sort of thing, and the plug was in. All the rain recently and we must have a wee leak on deck somewhere, not that bad as the naughty dripping water did the honourable thing by managing to drip in the sink. Although the downside was it provided a nice supply of liquid refreshment for the "New Things" that were growing in the "leftover Things" to really have a ball.

There was definately in the Words of Withnail "Matter' growing in great profusion, a half inch thick scum of gelatinous ectoplasm had formed. Pondered a while and wondered about it's sea keeping properties as a waterproofing agent and should I just let it be, maybe it would grow big enough to cover the whole boat, thus inventing a whole new way of antifouling that is environmentally friendly but decided to be brave and plunge my arm in the sink and ferret about for the plug. The 'New Things" clearly thought my arm was an nicer place to be than the sink and the whole lot decided to attach itself to me as the foul brew that was under it drained away.

went topside and scraped it off over the side. It was last seen floating towards Norway, hope it enjoys the Fjords when it gets there