Twidelling Spreaders

I know my crew is busy with their house, but I've not been anywhere since I returned from the summer cruise.  The weather has been exceptional and all I've done is watch both my neighbours come and go, in fact one has headed off to the Canary Islands for the winter.

Me well, my skipper hasn't even removed the courtesy flags from Dorset to the Scilly's and the wind un-picked my Devon flag and sent down the river.  Still I am still the pretty boy, the work my skipper put in scrubbing my decks is still plane to see.  Yet I'm a sailing yacht and sailing is what I yearn to do, but currently my presence remains on the pontoon.

My crew did turn up the other day to show me off to some friends, the flags came down.  I also know that they did go to the boat show and I've got some new bits that my skipper will either fit or store on board in readiness for next year, s I'm to be stored back on the hard at the Yacht Haven once more.  My Gel coat is still in a shinny state after the skipper spent virtually three months, cutting back the grime and polishing me up, but I bet I get another going over.

Works to the ducting and my Webasto heater will no doubt get sorted this year too, which will, if successful, enable my crew to enjoy some early season sails and still be cosy & warm below once light fails.  I understand that the latest model of wind generator from Marlec has been delivered ready to fit once I'm back in the water.  This is supposedly more powerful at lower wind strengths, quieter than my old model.  This will keep all my batteries more then topped up.

So I wait here patiently, it'll be my time soon.  I'm glad they're having a purge on the house as once finished it's my turn.

                         My skipper working on the scaffold after cutting a
                                            hole in the gable wall