MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

the emergency inside out caulking job seems to have done the trick, crappest & wettest august for years, only a cheap B&Q tarp covering where the deck used to be, and she ain't sunk!

Had a month off, and was expecting the call from the marina that we'd turned into a submarine, but didn't come, although there was one call from the marina... (more on that later)

so had a few weeks up on the western isles and ardnamurchan, readying myself for the final deck attack. The one call from the marina came as I was on the ferry back from barra to oban. Now the thing is, I may or may no have over indulged a wee bit the night before with them vatersay chaps, and was feeling a trifle, err... 'delicate' so on the ferry, thought I'd just lie down for 'a bit' my phone lying next to me up in the nice quiet forward lounge. My phone is quite loud and the ring tone is a ships emergency klaxon..... so I'm lying down out of sight of everyone and the phone goes off, I looked at at, decided I was too 'delicate' to converse with anyone (possibly the big white telephone at a push) and left it ringing.

by all accounts there were quite a lot of disturbed and slightly panic stricken passengers wondering which way to the lifeboats

back to the Panser now though, although not till next week, got to put a new floor down in No2's house this week, not casting aspersions here on hinting on anyone having an ample girth but floors giving way unexpectedly has never happened in my house