MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

I don't know if you're aware of Advocado's principle - something about why 900 ton boats can float and a 2g ball bearing will sink like a stone (Concrete hulled boats - whassthaallabout?) Hang on, an advocado's a fruit or a yellow drink or a football manager - I digress. The plan for tomorrow is to take a 2 pronged approach, remove the last of the soil, gravel and ectoplasm from the engine room and "Pack the Stern Gland", I've had problems with leaking glands in the past and know what effect they can have. So how to do it? Prong 1 involves taking a high pressure jet washer down into the engine room, turning a tap on and filling the boat with water from the inside. Prong 2 involves pulling things out of the stern tube which will allow a brief but vigorous filling of the boat with water from the outside. Should be interesting!

I've always been wary of advocados they make your wee smell - or maybe that's asparagus!

Who's this Archimedes when he's at home?

**/ Skipper's Addendum /**

Avocados are a fruit pretending to be a vegetable and are therefore not to be trusted. Also Weird Al Yankovic sang a song about them. Draw your own conclusions. Archimedes however was clever.

*Running from the Press Gang*

Aye, kings shilling and all that - how could I have seen that little coin in the bottom of my Tankard (pure schpelter) while it was full of Porter? Archimedes was clever he invented the word "Pump" and "Screw" which means that we can all say the words "Fart" and "Shag" in front of our Nannas and Grandads without gettin our legs slapped. Whaddaman!