It’s been a slog; and not all of it’s going on here.
But. We’ve made the deadline to get her back in before I’m off to Scotland, and before others need the space in the yard. Much assistance has been received from the guys in the yard, and it’s been appreciated.
What’s been done?
Stopcocks replaced (incl the section of fibreglass around them), anode replaced, prop taken back to bare metal, rudder bottom rebuilt and shaft straightened, keels taken back to a good surface and primed (many coats) and the whole boat anti-fouled, and a lot of tidying inside and out. Hopefully the sources of the leaks will have been found and fixed, and she’s ship-shape to go back in.
Now will be a bit of a drop in the work rate: I’m away for 3 weeks (first “leave” this year – though I’ll be doing some work most days even whilst away) and then have major deadlines on the “proper” (i.e. paid) work.
Getting the bottom half ship-shape really does put that crappy topsides paint into perspective, though…
