Tuesday 21st September 2004 Schmöckwitz. Autumn Equninoxe.
Repairs to Rosy’s engine.
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| Ruins of the Jagdschloss Schmockwitz - Wikimedia photo by Dramburg |
10.8° C Sunny spells between grey clouds, breezy and heavy
showers in the afternoon. The birch trees in the park alongside the mooring
were shedding masses of tiny seeds which got everywhere, all over the boat
roof, the carpet and tried to fill the front deck. We went shopping at the Real
in Treptow park. Glyn ‘phoned to say he was just off to post our mail to
Eichwalde. Got the groceries and set off home, calling at the boatyard in
Adlershof on the way back. The guy said the gasket should arrive later in the
day. Mike gave him our ‘phone number so
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| Schmockwitz trams in 1991 - Wikimedia photo by Roehrensee |
he could ring us when the gasket had
arrived and they would go and fetch it. Packed all the stuff away and made some
lunch. Mike went to give Bill a hand stripping the Perkins down. The chap from
the boatyard rang and Mike told him he’d be there before they closed at 6 p.m.
They finished taking the engine to bits and went to get the gasket. Bill was
lucky he only charged him 63€ for it, that’s just over £42 - ours cost £50 back
in Britain, and he gained some grease for free and a slice of the office lady’s
sandwich! I cooked a pork and smoked sausage casserole with savoy cabbage
(French Potée Lorraine with a German flavour). Peter sent an text to ask Mike
how to make a remote-operated door latch for his boat. Mike sent one back with
details of a type of relay he
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| Schmockwitz trams in 2013 - Wikimedia photo by Platte |
needed to get to build it. He said it was to
prevent boat-jacking! Didn’t think they could get away with that with all the
CCTV cameras, etc, in the UK nowadays.
Wednesday 22nd September 2004
Schmöckwitz. Repairs to Rosy’s engine.
9.9° C Grey cloudy, sunny spells, windy. The ‘phone
bleeped. There was an unread text from Peter from the previous night. It said
that there were gangs of youths in the UK who steal from boats at lock flights
when their crews are busy locking; that was why he wanted a remote door locking
device. The men set to work again on the engine. Mike had
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Aerial view of Schmockwitz - Wikimedia photo by Marathoni62
Mooring quay is towards top right below the blue roofs |
been chewing over
whether or not to have a look at the valves, he did, they weren’t too bad, but
all six needed a session with the grinding paste. They started reassembling. I
did chores in the morning, made a pizza to go in the oven with the buns, and
then made some lunch. They finished rebuilding the engine and started it up to
test it at 4.30 p.m. It fired up first time, no leaks or any sign of the
original problem and Mike had finally convinced Bill that a header tank should
be fitted as soon as possible. Otherwise the next time the engine overheats it
could damage the head. I made Indonesian fried rice for dinner.
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