Cleaning Alnwick's fresh water tank

[NB Alnwick]

Sometime ago when I described the size and capacity of Alnwick's fresh water tank, a few forum sceptics challenged my assertion that it was big enough to stand up in - well, while we were moored just below Cape Locks (Warwick) in July, I decided that it was time to climb in and clear the loose rust and silt that had gathered at the bottom of the tank. The photographs below show me inside the water tank - I removed about four buckets of rust and silt. The remarkable thing is that the water has always remained clean and sweet and, apart from a little initial rust discolouration, it remained so after it had been cleaned. While inside I measured the height of the tank - it is just over five feet deep from the top to where the curved bow stem blends into the flat bottom . . .

 

That's me standing up straight with my feet on the forged stem.

 

Getting hot and dirty inside the tank.

 

The next big job is scraping and repainting the front deck - if only it would stop raining . . .

[larkshall]

Sometime ago when I described the size and capacity of Alnwick's fresh water tank, a few forum sceptics challenged my assertion that it was big enough to stand up in - well, while we were moored just below Cape Locks (Warwick) in July, I decided that it was time to climb in and clear the loose rust and silt that had gathered at the bottom of the tank. The photographs below show me inside the water tank - I removed about four buckets of rust and silt. The remarkable thing is that the water has always remained clean and sweet and, apart from a little initial rust discolouration, it remained so after it had been cleaned. While inside I measured the height of the tank - it is just over five feet deep from the top to where the curved bow stem blends into the flat bottom . . .

 

That's me standing up straight with my feet on the forged stem.

 

Getting hot and dirty inside the tank.

 

The next big job is scraping and repainting the front deck - if only it would stop raining . . .

 

 

Just leave the water tank lid up, and it will be full within a day or so, with all the rain.

[Nev]

Sometime ago when I described the size and capacity of Alnwick's fresh water tank, a few forum sceptics challenged my assertion that it was big enough to stand up in - well, while we were moored just below Cape Locks (Warwick) in July, I decided that it was time to climb in and clear the loose rust and silt that had gathered at the bottom of the tank. The photographs below show me inside the water tank - I removed about four buckets of rust and silt. The remarkable thing is that the water has always remained clean and sweet and, apart from a little initial rust discolouration, it remained so after it had been cleaned. While inside I measured the height of the tank - it is just over five feet deep from the top to where the curved bow stem blends into the flat bottom . . .

 

That's me standing up straight with my feet on the forged stem.

 

Getting hot and dirty inside the tank.

 

The next big job is scraping and repainting the front deck - if only it would stop raining . . .

 

You really have trust in the person taking the photo..... far too tempting to drop the lid

[nigel fryer]

After blacking inside my water tank a few years ago I vowed never to get inside a water tank ever again ! It was no where near as big as yours as the actress said to the bishop !

[BlueStringPudding]

You really have trust in the person taking the photo..... far too tempting to drop the lid

 

 

I was just thinking how hard I would find it to resist doing that myself! Norty Pud

[Keeping Up]

You really have trust in the person taking the photo..... far too tempting to drop the lid

 

It even has the fittings so the photographer could padlock it shut

[cheshire~rose]

Brilliant photo's

[NB Alnwick]

It even has the fittings so the photographer could padlock it shut

 

From now on, we'll call it the 'brigg' . . .

[Proper Job]

Do you hire yourself out

 

I've got to do my gas locker

 

For some reason, I can't seem to find any willing volunteers