As the bilges on Pipit were a little oily I forced myself to clean them out. They really should be totally clean so you can see when there is an oil leak. The water is a touch cold in the bilge between metal hulls and slush ice surrounding them!

The fendering on the wharf for ships is made of large truck/tractor tyres and is attached with chains. As you can see there was a chain on the outside of the tyre which meant it was marking up the side of ships when they were alongside. We rectified this situation as well as replacing some shackles which as you can see below were a little be worse for wear!

Matt wanted to take Dotty for a spin after sorting out the chains. Dotty is in the bottom left hand corner of the picture. She really is quite small!

While I was messing around with cleaning the bilges my cousin Natalie was getting married in Colorado Springs – Congrats Natalie wish I could have been there 🙂