Spring?

Spring is sprung, the weather has hit high teens with sunshine and increasingly the itch to get on the water is becoming irresistible. Having monitored hull moisture for the last three weeks we have decided that dry's'abone ain't going to happen any time soon but most of the hull is now dry enough to coat with Coppercoat so Monday is C Day! It is still the engine bearers and large frames that are not giving up their water although this is unsurprising as they are foam filled with non closed cell foam, a feature of the time when she was built. The hull itself is in fine condition and so we hope that the moisture evaporates into the internal space rather than pushing out into the epoxy paint.

tminus the weekend

The Coppercoat painting will take a team a day and curing will then take a week or so before the "Shuffle" when the boat is moved again to paint the diddly bits where the cradle is supporting the hull. Then it's outside to cut and polish the topsides and put the mast back onboard so we can measure up for canvas work which was postponed since February In the meantime the final plumbing of the watermaker and the waiting to get the saildrive back keeps us busy, notwithstanding that there is a whole other project on the house going on separately 

Almost there

  Hey ho