Laura Colleen has a cruiser style rear deck. On this are two lockers snugly taking 19kg gas bottles (the big ones).
Our recent 20 year insurance survey was fine, apart from a warning that the lockers are rusting. A slight list on the boat (which I've mostly sorted using old sash window weights as extra ballast) has made one particularly bad as it didn't drain properly. Of course I knew that before the survey but was in a state of denial, and made a point never looking too closely. But I suppose I should tackle them now. I've not had a go yet, but I'm not sure how I am going to get proper access to the bottom of the lockers as they are deep and narrow. I don't expect the NSPCC would be too keen on me dangling a small child by their ankles. I'm sure I'm not the only boat owner to have faced this task. Is it easier than I fear, or does anyone have any advice? -- Nigel Stanley
