I've shaken the snow off the covers, and everything is thawing out :)
This afternoon I fitted a metal plate to close the hole where the chimney for the stove leaves the cabin. Luckily I managed to find some bits of metal the right size at work :)

Then I cleaned the ballast and put it back in the bilges of the forward cabin the small weights are around 50lbs each. I put the floor boards back in place after I took the picture.