So I'm back in the Yacht Haven and sitting on a nice new frame. Skipper has already taken my prop off for inspection and cleaning, the two anodes front & rear will need replacing as will the new third anode he hangs off my stern when parked. The heaters are on as is the dehumidifier, so the winter list of works comes out once more and is worked through. He used a jet wash to remove the bird quango from my deck white bits, then he opted to give the green mould around the Gib sheet track a go and it came away without issue. So with care, as you can see below he carefully worked with the grain and started cleaning my bow.
Teak is a strong wood but you still need to handle it with care, you need to have enough power and time to remove the dirt from the surface without damaging the wood or its joints. When I'm back in the water no doubt I'll get copious amounts of seawater over my decks to prevent the mould from growing back, which grows in the fresh (rain) water but hates salt.
Progress on the cleaning front
The steam cleaner is on board and this is to wash down the walls where again signs of mould linger.
Well Christmas is over and Skipper has been down and brought with him the air compressor, he's been working on my keel, rubbing down the rushed Coppercoat that he applied last year as it was going off. One side is ok but the other needs attention just looks ugly. He's also removed some of the stantions for cleaning together with the guardrail wire for inspection and cleaning too. Also, the 1st reefing line has gone together with both pully's as one is broken and the other not free running, no doubt this will inspire further checks on the others.
Starboard side, can see overruns and join
This is the trailing tail of the 'bulb'.
The greeny blue is like Church roofs, the copper colour is where he's rubbed back
and now needs to apply another layer to the middle part.
So with the whole of the teak now cleaned his efforts will be set to the white Gel coat surfaces on deck to wash down and wax. This year the hull will get the same treatment as the discovery of 'August Race' a product he found at the boat show, cuts back the grime leaving a polished shine finish.
2nd January and skip returned to steam clean the master cabin heads, following on from yesterdays work on the saloon ones. He also fitted the cleaned & polished prop together with its anodes, add to all that he cleaned the stainless steel hob too. At least if the weathers not kind he finds jobs to do inside
This is the floor of the saloon heads, shower to the left with the
shower door open against the wall and a seat opposite
This is the master cabin en-suite
The warm moist air in the heads tends to eventually allow black mould to appear along the joints as you would find in bathrooms. The steam jet kills the mould and removes stubborn marks then it's a case of wiping the walls and ceiling down. The use of Acetone helps remove any remaining stubborn marks and is soon wiped over with a damp cloth to ensure no residue is left on the surface. The toilet pan seat and lid also succumb to the same treatment so, at the beginning of next season, there's no limescale, marks or bacteria lurking around. The taps together with the shower rail and holder are cleaned and polished with Autosol and Barman's Friend to bring the shine out of the stainless steel. Once everything has been finally wiped down to remove any last drops of condensed steam, the metal work is given the once over with a soft cloth to buff up.
You have to admit all his hard work has kept the eight-year-old interior spic and span.
The two-year-old hob also gets the same treatment.
Whilst the metal grill that the pans sit on together with the side splash guard has gone to be cleaned at home, skip steam cleaned around all the folds and finished off with Barman's Friend to remove the remaining dirt and bring it up to its new look shine again. Whilst it is impossible to improve the taste of the food his crew cooks, it will at least make the pair satisfied that they're looking after me. This season no long trips where made of course, but not forgetting I was in Shepards Marina for nearly four weeks whilst their kitchen was being replaced, so the majority of the daily evening meals where prepared cooked and eaten.
The third 'manual' anode skip fitted seems to be
preventing the pitting suffered on the last smaller prop
All cleaned, polished up and new anodes fitted front & back.
The sail drive at the back needs to have its coat of anti-fouling applied, but then it needs a break in the weather and reasonable temperatures to do so. You can see the new frame I'm sitting on, a new replacement for the more traditional wooden piles I used to be propped up with. This is part of a system that enables a low loader type trailer to fit either side in the gaps under the outer rail, then lift the whole thing including a yacht and move it with the tractor. In theory and I don't want to be doing that.
All the safety rails and stantions have been removed, they will be checked to ensure the integrity remains and that no weakness caused by rust has got within the wire strands. The stantions will, of course, be polished but not put back on me until I'm about to be relaunched, that way they remain shiny for longer.
The bed linen in my master cabin has been removed and Thor (senior) that was partially emptied from under the bunk (to find the mainsail bag), has been put back enabling Skipper room to be able to wash down the walls and ceiling in there. The shower pump that appeared to falter during the steam clean hasn't yet been inspected, it's off ready but Skip turned up without his small sockets. All ten lifejackets have been removed too, assume these will be inflated, checked and re-packed, with any out of date automatic triggers replaced.
It was extremely windy the afternoon Skip turned up, Sunday (7th Jan) I think it was, so much so, that when he made a brew you could see the tea almost spilling over the sides, he soon put a stop to that by drinking some. Although I'm sitting on the new frame it does give greater flexibility than the old wooden sticks.
So the shower pump was stripped down and nothing untoward was found, it's thought that the stopcock wasn't quite open enough requiring the motor to pump at a higher pressure than so designed to do. As it was also cold outside, he carried on replacing the cupboard hinges and had a quick count of the 20 or so different type needed to have replaced the whole lot. There was nothing terribly wrong with the old ones, some had suffered from the chrome nickel plating rusting away leaving rust spots on the bases of the units and looked nasty. These in the main, were in damp places, I'm a boat I hear you say everywhere is damp, but no, I mean the heads, the galley and some in the Master Cabin where condensation occurs. Maybe this wouldn't happen as much if the Webasto heater worked.
On Monday afternoon, Skip returned with his compressor and set to on the starboard side of the keel once more and antifouled the sail drive, this is the only part that's painted below the waterline.
More halyard pulleys and reefing lines were removed, whether he can rid them of the sticking we'll see, any friction at the points where the lines bend means much more physical effort to deploy. Remove the friction and sheets & halyards can be utilised quicker. Skip keeps looking up at the front of the mast, so I think he's looking at the possibility of increasing the growing suite of sails with a stay sail or/and a storm jib.
Today, Saturday 13th, Skip arrived with his compressor and set to on the keel once more, making the keel smooth so as not to interrupt the flow of water which the overruns would've created. He also found time to remove the spray hood frame and stowed that in the master cabin, this is so that he can remove the covers that hide the lines that run back to the cockpit and get to the deck tidy's underneath. These like some of my pulleys he's removed, do not freely turn causing more friction.
Sunday pm and he's back. Out came the compressor and he finished rubbing back the keel, so that's now without bumps and runs and can either be left or given another coat of Coppercoat to look smarter. He's put some epoxy resin on board ready to cover it. He removed the large panel on the port side that covers the lines that run from the pulleys at the base of the mast, through the deck tidy to the cockpit at the rear. This exposed quite a lot of debris in the form of dirt (damp dust), and he was able to take the deck tidy off which he's taken home to work on. The Starboard side is the awkward one as he's had a go in the past, drilling at one of the bolts to remove it, so we'll see how he tackles it this year.
Also between the teak and the GRP hull at my stern is an off-white sealant, this came away rather easily in places and not so in others, but skip has removed it all and replaced it with fresh sealant. Another job not on his list but evident from looking at me, is a large rust spot and run caused by the bathing platform ladder touching the hull. Just the one, not a matching pair, so he sat there slowly cleaning it off.
The hob in its finished state
complete with surround and pot holders
All the safety rails and stantions have been removed, they will be checked to ensure the integrity remains and that no weakness caused by rust has got within the wire strands. The stantions will, of course, be polished but not put back on me until I'm about to be relaunched, that way they remain shiny for longer.
The bed linen in my master cabin has been removed and Thor (senior) that was partially emptied from under the bunk (to find the mainsail bag), has been put back enabling Skipper room to be able to wash down the walls and ceiling in there. The shower pump that appeared to falter during the steam clean hasn't yet been inspected, it's off ready but Skip turned up without his small sockets. All ten lifejackets have been removed too, assume these will be inflated, checked and re-packed, with any out of date automatic triggers replaced.
It was extremely windy the afternoon Skip turned up, Sunday (7th Jan) I think it was, so much so, that when he made a brew you could see the tea almost spilling over the sides, he soon put a stop to that by drinking some. Although I'm sitting on the new frame it does give greater flexibility than the old wooden sticks.
So the shower pump was stripped down and nothing untoward was found, it's thought that the stopcock wasn't quite open enough requiring the motor to pump at a higher pressure than so designed to do. As it was also cold outside, he carried on replacing the cupboard hinges and had a quick count of the 20 or so different type needed to have replaced the whole lot. There was nothing terribly wrong with the old ones, some had suffered from the chrome nickel plating rusting away leaving rust spots on the bases of the units and looked nasty. These in the main, were in damp places, I'm a boat I hear you say everywhere is damp, but no, I mean the heads, the galley and some in the Master Cabin where condensation occurs. Maybe this wouldn't happen as much if the Webasto heater worked.
On Monday afternoon, Skip returned with his compressor and set to on the starboard side of the keel once more and antifouled the sail drive, this is the only part that's painted below the waterline.
More halyard pulleys and reefing lines were removed, whether he can rid them of the sticking we'll see, any friction at the points where the lines bend means much more physical effort to deploy. Remove the friction and sheets & halyards can be utilised quicker. Skip keeps looking up at the front of the mast, so I think he's looking at the possibility of increasing the growing suite of sails with a stay sail or/and a storm jib.
Today, Saturday 13th, Skip arrived with his compressor and set to on the keel once more, making the keel smooth so as not to interrupt the flow of water which the overruns would've created. He also found time to remove the spray hood frame and stowed that in the master cabin, this is so that he can remove the covers that hide the lines that run back to the cockpit and get to the deck tidy's underneath. These like some of my pulleys he's removed, do not freely turn causing more friction.
Sunday pm and he's back. Out came the compressor and he finished rubbing back the keel, so that's now without bumps and runs and can either be left or given another coat of Coppercoat to look smarter. He's put some epoxy resin on board ready to cover it. He removed the large panel on the port side that covers the lines that run from the pulleys at the base of the mast, through the deck tidy to the cockpit at the rear. This exposed quite a lot of debris in the form of dirt (damp dust), and he was able to take the deck tidy off which he's taken home to work on. The Starboard side is the awkward one as he's had a go in the past, drilling at one of the bolts to remove it, so we'll see how he tackles it this year.
Cover off exposing the dirt and the deck tidy up the other end
where the green line turns before heading up the mast
This is the dirt beneath the cable tidy This is post a quick jet wash
& under the panel that hides the lines to the cockpit.
I thought the way the drizzle was lashing down on Saturday (27th Jan) that I wouldn't see anyone over the weekend but skip turned up today (Sunday). He rubbed down the bit's he filled on Friday including the keel and then set to washing the white parts of my deck. They look much better but not sure he's 100% happy with some of the marks that remain. He's also been rubbing back the filler that hides the screws behind the swimming platform, so not resting on any laurels.
Over the past few days, water has appeared in my bilge, quite a bit actually, which skip has been meticulously been sponging or pumping out. I'm not going to tell him where it's from, but he's checked my freshwater tanks which are holding as then gauges suggest. Rainwater from the mast a possibility so he's put newspaper in the mast box to see if any does run down, he's also replaced the tape around the mast on deck, preventing water from running past the gaiter and down below.
With one full month to go before I return to the water, things should start to return that have been removed for cleaning or servicing.
Skips been back and forth over the past few days and my Gel Coat on deck, as per the photo's above, has been cut back and polished giving me a nice shine, there's one quarter to do but am sure after this weekend (first in February), that'll be another tick on his list of works. He's also been changing the wood he originally made for the mast cover in the Master Cabin. All my pulleys have been removed and there are just two out of a possible sixteen that need to be replaced due to excessive wear or breakage. The standard Synchro 90's cost in excess of £80.00 so £1,300 if they were all replaced, no wonder he's been working hard to clean them and make them spin friction-free, or as close as possible. Then if you look at the HTX range its mega money, the single pulley with Beckett that costs over £108.00 in Synchro costs around £335.00 in HTX. Maybe if skip was putting me through my paces and was flying Spinnakers or Gennakers at higher wind loadings, then it may make a difference, for now, the extra expense certainly isn't warranted.
I thought the way the drizzle was lashing down on Saturday (27th Jan) that I wouldn't see anyone over the weekend but skip turned up today (Sunday). He rubbed down the bit's he filled on Friday including the keel and then set to washing the white parts of my deck. They look much better but not sure he's 100% happy with some of the marks that remain. He's also been rubbing back the filler that hides the screws behind the swimming platform, so not resting on any laurels.
Over the past few days, water has appeared in my bilge, quite a bit actually, which skip has been meticulously been sponging or pumping out. I'm not going to tell him where it's from, but he's checked my freshwater tanks which are holding as then gauges suggest. Rainwater from the mast a possibility so he's put newspaper in the mast box to see if any does run down, he's also replaced the tape around the mast on deck, preventing water from running past the gaiter and down below.
With one full month to go before I return to the water, things should start to return that have been removed for cleaning or servicing.
Skips been back and forth over the past few days and my Gel Coat on deck, as per the photo's above, has been cut back and polished giving me a nice shine, there's one quarter to do but am sure after this weekend (first in February), that'll be another tick on his list of works. He's also been changing the wood he originally made for the mast cover in the Master Cabin. All my pulleys have been removed and there are just two out of a possible sixteen that need to be replaced due to excessive wear or breakage. The standard Synchro 90's cost in excess of £80.00 so £1,300 if they were all replaced, no wonder he's been working hard to clean them and make them spin friction-free, or as close as possible. Then if you look at the HTX range its mega money, the single pulley with Beckett that costs over £108.00 in Synchro costs around £335.00 in HTX. Maybe if skip was putting me through my paces and was flying Spinnakers or Gennakers at higher wind loadings, then it may make a difference, for now, the extra expense certainly isn't warranted.
As you will have read in the press 31st January brought with it different astrological conditions. Here in the UK, we had a 'Blue' moon, that is a second full moon in the same month. Elsewhere there was a blood red and an eclipse. For me, it, as usual, gave higher and lower tides, sitting on the concrete hard it made no difference what so ever.
Yesterday being a miserably cold day skipper didn't turn up but today Sunday (4th Feb) he arrived and completed the cut and polish of the Gel coat of my deck, another tick of the list he has. He also tried to finish off the mast cover in the Master cabin however the drill bit broke, so that's got to go home and be drilled before he can complete that task.
Still, the ticks on the list are starting to come in thick and fast which is pleasing with 4 weeks to go. Today, before returning home for the rugby and lunch with friends, skip finished off cutting back the Gel Coat of the deck and polishing as he's done with the hull in previous years,
Starboard side clean and shiny. Makes a difference
not having the lines running aft.
Port side with the same treatment
The line covers that are currently shown in place will be removed so that the starfish type cracks can be rubbed back and the whole section resprayed in Gelcoat to form a shiny new surface to complement the current surfaces. The Jib's pulleys have been removed and again the single Synchro with Becket looks as though it will need replacing, clearly, the loads on these pulleys exceed that of the others and maybe HTX range should be considered to cope with the loadings. Still, 10 years of wear and tear isn't a bad thing and maybe the same will suffice.
He also snuck in the cleaning & polishing of my push and pull pit stainless steel. Oddly one of the marina staff commented to skip that if he carried on cleaning there'll be nothing left.
Last Push
So it's February and the last few weekends before I'm back in the water. Skip was away this weekend visiting relatives, but he arrived today Monday (12th) and immediately turned on the immersion and set about sorting out the jet wash system and hose. He washed and polished my stern, then more water in the bilge took his attention. The centre section was quite flooded, bearing in mind it's very flat, so a little water goes a long way. He checked the mast box and sure enough the newspaper he put in there was damp, so he pulled that out. By the time he'd washed half of my starboard hull, he noticed that the section under the kitchen sink was also filling with water! How come, it wasn't raining so where was the water coming from? Had the removal of the newspaper caused it? It seemed to stop around the two pumps under the sink, so he partially filled the sink, but no water came from the pipe fittings, he then emptied the sink using the bilge pump to see if water appeared from there, even lifting out the entire hose in case water had sat in there and was running out. All was good. No definite answer, which I know will play on skippers mind.
So by the end of play, he'd managed to wash the whole of one half of my hull and also chatted to someone who also bought his yacht from Inverkip shortly after I was sold and had corresponded with my skipper through the Hanse forum, what a small world.
I know that on his list are other jobs but some can actually be carried out when I'm back on my mooring. Engine service for one, not that I've been out again much last year, but that's two years on the trot, so that may get done later. There are other jobs that remain on the list from year to year, like the Webasto. Having made a conscious effort to try to get it working only to be told it will never run. I think he'll sort out the ducting and then eventually replace the unit and electrics, complete with digital thermostat and timer. Then there are the wish items, the 'would likes', the 'D' ring behind the anchor locker to take a stay or storm sail, the fitting of the AIS aerials on the lower spreader to give a better signal and reception. Not that the AIS isn't working, oh no, check out Marinetraffic.com and you'll see me on the hard, but then I'm reasonably close to an aerial, when I'm out at sea you'll understand that the higher my aerial is the further away from the coastline I can be before the signal goes. This also means that the radius in which other boats can pick up my signal increases, so not a bad thing to do.
Then there's a water temperature and oil pressure gauge he wants to fit and sorting out whether my rev counter is faulty or just needs the contacts cleaned. All of which can wait.
Today Wednesday (14th), Skip arrived in the rain, clearly not to polish the starboard side of my hull having washed it, but to try to understand where the water in my bilge is coming from. The floor panels in front of the master cabin door were removed to locate another cell that holds water.
He also snuck in the cleaning & polishing of my push and pull pit stainless steel. Oddly one of the marina staff commented to skip that if he carried on cleaning there'll be nothing left.
Last Push
So it's February and the last few weekends before I'm back in the water. Skip was away this weekend visiting relatives, but he arrived today Monday (12th) and immediately turned on the immersion and set about sorting out the jet wash system and hose. He washed and polished my stern, then more water in the bilge took his attention. The centre section was quite flooded, bearing in mind it's very flat, so a little water goes a long way. He checked the mast box and sure enough the newspaper he put in there was damp, so he pulled that out. By the time he'd washed half of my starboard hull, he noticed that the section under the kitchen sink was also filling with water! How come, it wasn't raining so where was the water coming from? Had the removal of the newspaper caused it? It seemed to stop around the two pumps under the sink, so he partially filled the sink, but no water came from the pipe fittings, he then emptied the sink using the bilge pump to see if water appeared from there, even lifting out the entire hose in case water had sat in there and was running out. All was good. No definite answer, which I know will play on skippers mind.
So by the end of play, he'd managed to wash the whole of one half of my hull and also chatted to someone who also bought his yacht from Inverkip shortly after I was sold and had corresponded with my skipper through the Hanse forum, what a small world.
I know that on his list are other jobs but some can actually be carried out when I'm back on my mooring. Engine service for one, not that I've been out again much last year, but that's two years on the trot, so that may get done later. There are other jobs that remain on the list from year to year, like the Webasto. Having made a conscious effort to try to get it working only to be told it will never run. I think he'll sort out the ducting and then eventually replace the unit and electrics, complete with digital thermostat and timer. Then there are the wish items, the 'would likes', the 'D' ring behind the anchor locker to take a stay or storm sail, the fitting of the AIS aerials on the lower spreader to give a better signal and reception. Not that the AIS isn't working, oh no, check out Marinetraffic.com and you'll see me on the hard, but then I'm reasonably close to an aerial, when I'm out at sea you'll understand that the higher my aerial is the further away from the coastline I can be before the signal goes. This also means that the radius in which other boats can pick up my signal increases, so not a bad thing to do.
Then there's a water temperature and oil pressure gauge he wants to fit and sorting out whether my rev counter is faulty or just needs the contacts cleaned. All of which can wait.
Today Wednesday (14th), Skip arrived in the rain, clearly not to polish the starboard side of my hull having washed it, but to try to understand where the water in my bilge is coming from. The floor panels in front of the master cabin door were removed to locate another cell that holds water.
Floor panel removed exposing a reservoir
As can be seen, my bow keel bolts are visible as are the hoses to the freshwater tanks, but skip found another reservoir under the floor of the master cabin which it is not possible to gain access properly from above seen pictured below.
This reservoir exists in an inaccessible place under the floor
the sharp edges of the GRP are not skin friendly
the sharp edges of the GRP are not skin friendly
Through two such holes in the structure water that has run down the mast accumulates and overspills and runs to the back of the boat. The only reason it does this is I've not been set level in my cradle so water runs to the stern, where skip first saw it. I'm sure now he's worked out where the water is coming from he'll sort the problem out. His thoughts are to drill another large hole so that the bilge pump hose can be lowered and remove any standing water, although clearly, he wants to seal the mast base at deck level to stop water entering in in the first place.
This hole will disappear when the floor panel goes back
Skip arrived today a sunny Thursday and set about drilling the hole in the master cabin floor, this exposed a central area underneath where water that both runs down the mast and also when the blanking plate and log get swapped around, appears to remain. At least now a sponge can be used to soak up the residue easily. However, the problem that started this path of discovery, water in the bilge does come from the mast, not where the mast goes through the deck, this large rubber gaiter is fine, but the metal plate on top that holds another rubber sock allows water to run behind. Today skip removed all of the old rubber tape he used previously to resolve the problem ready to put new and stop the leak in the first instance.
The bottom plate with the brackets for the pulleys remains
watertight, the top plate is allowing water
to run down the mast
In this soup of sludge and water a
boat builders pencil was found
in the corner
With the weather systems looking good for the weekend I can see that skip will be able to press on and get a lot more of my hull washed and polished in time for my oncoming relaunch on the 5th March.
Today Friday (16th) Skip set too on the mast boot sealing in with a mastic sealant leaving it to go off and not intending in putting the rubberised stretchy tape over it till the sails are back on and I'm back in the water, in case of further movement. With that, he set about polishing the starboard side he previously washed until the moisture in the air started to settle.
With the last few weekends approaching my hull has been thoroughly washed, polished and buffed, skip has also found a man in East Cowes that specialises in stainless steel. So other jobs that have been on his mind like the fact that my new replacement gate is different to the existing bits due to a slight kink in the base of the old parts, making the gate seem vertical, whereas the new comes vertical and when fitted appears to be at an angle, this could be sorted and everything looking as it should be.
Skip's also worked out how to fit a baby stay without taking the ceiling of the master cabin down and will discuss the manufacturer of a new part which will enable me to have a strop fitted to the floor of the anchor locker and a J3 staysail added to my sail wardrobe. This has all come about watching the Volvo Ocean Race the Open 65's all have three sails ahead of the mast.
Another job that was sorted was the replacement of the Nylon spacers at the joint between the vang and the mast. The old spacers had crushed and perished causing some scoring on the alloy base.
Also prior to the cold snap, but only just he applied an epoxy resing with the copper fillings on to my keel hopefully this will not only keep the weed and animal growth off it but also it is much smoother so should provide a better slipstream through the water. I'm due to go back into the water on Monday the 5th March but with the cold snap and high winds, this may be delayed.
Today Friday (16th) Skip set too on the mast boot sealing in with a mastic sealant leaving it to go off and not intending in putting the rubberised stretchy tape over it till the sails are back on and I'm back in the water, in case of further movement. With that, he set about polishing the starboard side he previously washed until the moisture in the air started to settle.
With the last few weekends approaching my hull has been thoroughly washed, polished and buffed, skip has also found a man in East Cowes that specialises in stainless steel. So other jobs that have been on his mind like the fact that my new replacement gate is different to the existing bits due to a slight kink in the base of the old parts, making the gate seem vertical, whereas the new comes vertical and when fitted appears to be at an angle, this could be sorted and everything looking as it should be.
Skip's also worked out how to fit a baby stay without taking the ceiling of the master cabin down and will discuss the manufacturer of a new part which will enable me to have a strop fitted to the floor of the anchor locker and a J3 staysail added to my sail wardrobe. This has all come about watching the Volvo Ocean Race the Open 65's all have three sails ahead of the mast.
Another job that was sorted was the replacement of the Nylon spacers at the joint between the vang and the mast. The old spacers had crushed and perished causing some scoring on the alloy base.
New Nylon spacers at the Vang joint
Keel finished off ready for this season's molluscs, much tidier than
when the earlier photos were taken
This is the leading edge and the port side of the keel
having been rubbed back to expose the copper within
the resin compound.
Skipper has taken the gate that replaced the one that was damaged a long time ago when I came against Polly Agatha. He's found a chap that works with stainless steel so will get the subtle bend put in the straight tubes so as to match the other three. It always stuck out but now hopefully it'll be like the others. He's also talking about getting something made that he'll fix to the front baulk head in the anchor locker so that a new babystay can be fixed. Although the idea is not to have it permanently in place but to have a torsion line sown into a new J3 Staysail or Storm sail, this is an idea he got from watching the Farr65's on the Volvo Ocean Race that has two foresails behind the masthead code 0.
With the weather being snow and below zero temperatures this coming weekend is supposedly my last on the hard.
Today 4th March, skip returned and washed and anti bacterialised both the master cabin and the starboard rear cabins, he's also measuring the baulk headwall between the anchor locker and the master cabin, so clearly he's got thoughts on getting a strap made so that the staysail can go ahead.
He finished off the timber around the mast cover inside the master cabin with those strips that are reserved for cut kitchen worktops.
I understand that he's spoken with the marina and I'm to remain where I am for at least another fortnight.
This report will be continually updated as progress occurs so keep an eye out.
