Let's start with the good news..
The life jackets remained inflated for 24 hours so they are signed off as good, deflated, and repacked..
Now the not so good, or 'maybe', news... with the announcements yesterday by the UK government of increased and more drastic measures to limit the spread and impact of Covid a whole slew of opportunities have suddenly started closing down and disappearing... the sailing club is as affected as everyone else, and over the last week have been beavering away coming up with a lift-in plan that limits as much human interaction as possible while still remaining safe..
Fewer boats per day over a longer period of days, the lift-in on board crews have been slashed so that boats will largely make their own way to the moorings.. the sum and the total of this is that I've lost a week as "Sparrow" is scheduled for the first weekend on Sunday 5th...
That focusses the mind.. anti-foul needs to be on a week before launch to allow time for it to harden off, I have a day off already booked for the 27th so it looks like I know what I'll be doing, or maybe not ..
Why not? Grandson lives at home with us - he was sent home from school this morning as he has a cough.. theoretically the whole household now needs to self isolate for two weeks... can't say it's looking good for me to be ready to go in but we shall see nearer the time - if I'm not ready, then it's not the end of the world and there are plenty of people with bigger problems..
Stay safe folks, and keep washing those hands.. 😬
Life does have a tendency to continue to throw a spanner in the works, but you are an old hand at this (life) Steve and well equipped to handle it.
ReplyDeleteOne interesting aspect to the whole hand washing thing is that it is Equally and really important to dry your hands thoroughly as well, something that is not stressed in all the advice given about hand washing.
We have a special interest in the UK side of all of this, as we have a daughter, son in law and two grand kids in Cambridge - so we watch your side of the world with concern. Here in NZ things are ramping up and getting serious with a number of new virus cases appearing.
Go well Steve and be safe.
Hi Alden - not unexpected I suspect, but I heard today the lift-in has been cancelled for the foreseeable future... in the grand pantheon of things to worry about it's way down there in the gutter, but it brings it home a little more... take care, matey...
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