Half way back!

We managed to get hold of a small outboard to hopefully get us back so returned the next Saturday and set off towards Thorne. Unfortunately the outboard bracket has never been used since we got the boat and has seized solid so we couldn't adjust for optimum performance. The outboard could have been done to have been an inch or two lower in the water but it was moving us albeit slowly.

We got nearly back to Godnow and the outboard started to begin running badly so we pulled over to take a look and  thankfully we had left a car at Godnow anyway so we wouldn't be too far from a car at any point. I thought I'd try a fuel filter so we drove off to Scunthorpe to see what we could find and managed to get one at a motor factors which fitted despite being a bit bigger.

We gave it a start and it did seem to be running a bit better so we settled down for the evening and decided to make a move the next day. Unfortunately on trying to start the next day the recoil spring broke! So again the boat was stuck once more!