New prop 2

The new prop duly arrived and was fitted, not only is it 1" in diameter bigger overall but each blade is also 1" bigger.  My skipper has estimated that there's a possible 20% increase in power or fuel efficiency, it will be interesting to see what I can achieve under engine.

 

 



 

This is a vast improvement on what I had prior to coming out of the water, check the earlier blog.  The parts for the Webasto heater are on order, so I assume that's his next focus to get the master cabin heated as it should be.

 

The cleaning of my hull and the blue stripes is going exceptionally well, but I understand that my skipper would like to go over me again with the two compounds he bought as the area around the blue stripes with the compound has shown up the deficiencies of the ordinarily cleaned and polished areas previously completed

 

 

The shine he has achieved is breath taking and my skipper would like the time back to start again.  Still he recons that next year he can fill &polish out all my dings and bumps from the hull next year !  So providing my skipper manages to finish off cleaning my hull, I'm looking to go back in the water the first Monday in March.  This give the Yacht Haven a huge relief and so my skipper can continue to clean my decks and under take other jobs too whilst I'm still on shore power.

 

]My sails are back from laundry  but are being serviced or a third reef fitted, the Lazy Jack bag likewise is being hand made using the old one as a template, so lots going on in the background.

 

I'm looking forward to the jaunt out to Weymouth come the Easter weekend, only hope the weather holds.

 

 

Here's some more shots of the cleaning work to my hull sides and stripes :-

 

 













Glassy finish

It's March and I've just gone back in the water now that my hull's been cleaned, both the jib & main (complete with a new third reef) are back from being cleaned and serviced so they're off to the Hamble to pick it up.  The new Lazy Jack bag will soon be complete and with my soft furnishings in the salon having a steam clean plus Scotch Guard treatment, I'm ready almost for another season.  My Skipper still has items on his list to do but these can be achieved whilst I'm afloat