Monthly Archives: March 2011

Slow progress …

We were provided some moments of reprieve between rain showers yesterday which allowed us some progress against our task list on Saturday. As mentioned I removed the nipple from our genset exhaust through hull fitting and found it brittle. A … Continue reading

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Friday it rained

And it rained. And it rained. And then. It rained some more. And it was windy. There was some progress though. The yard was able to assign two chaps to start the sanding of the hulls under the cabin. They … Continue reading

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Hauled out

Thursday turned out to be a long day. As we were rousing for breakfast we were visited by the sail maker who wanted to take some measurements of the rigging. Once that was complete I made another wine run in … Continue reading

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Waiting to haul

Right now we’re waiting in the dockyard canal waiting to be hauled.  We’re tied to the canal walls and the lifting gear is set up beneath the boat. INSERT_MAP The workers are off to lunch while the tide goes out. … Continue reading

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We progress

We made good progress yesterday.  I paid off the guys for the work done on the genset.  While out and about I visited the upholsterer.  Our new (and much more comfortable) helm seat base was ready as was our new … Continue reading

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