Stuff getting done.. clocks and tenders...

Stuff has started to be done...

Job #11 "Titivate the tender - thwarts/strakes need doing" - is done/closed/finished/shuffled off this mortal coil/is an ex-job, etc etc..

It's as rough as a badgers ar*e but it is a solid fix, construction-ally sound, and ugly as sin... 😁

The front looks horrible but it has the advantage of at least being solid now whereas before it was not - both knees had split and were no longer bracing longitudinally or widthways, and various pieces were rotting - so we now have bracing, and the rot removed... let's move on, no one wants to see this wood butchery..  😀

Job #12 "New clock" - is also done and might fine it looks - chuffed to nuts with this - thanks bro in law..

Of the regular/annual items - the life jackets remained inflated after 24 hours so the air was sucked out of them and they are now folded away and back in their covers ready for another year of use..

The outboard also came back from it's service with a clean bill of health.. we're hot to trot..

Going to take some time off during the next bit of good weather and get some unguents on the wood surfaces..

Time to get going..

Well who'd a thunk'd it..? A new season approaches and time to kick my moribund sailing life into motion again..

Lift in date is the 15th April - Easter Bank Holiday Friday - the count down clock (left) is ticking again..

Jobs:

1. The outboard is in for a service - didn't get a lot of use last year, but as previously mentioned I'm a mechanical numpty, and better the experts check it over than it fails when I need it most..
   
   
2. The life jackets are on their 24 hour inflation test - gas bottles weighed and well within limits (+/- 1 gm.)
   

To do list (in priority order - full list above)

• Antifoul (if I can do job #8 - the smooth off of the old antifoul, as well, so much the better)
  
• Job #11 - Tender thwarts need doing - I may have a lead on a replacement tender which would render the job unnecessary...
• Job #3 - the depth gauge - I don't want to cut holes in the cockpit so currently thinking a hinge out instrument panel on the side of the companionway entrance will do the trick...  VHF mic and the GPS mount can go in it as well
• Job #12 - fit the new clock
  
• Coat of paint on the locker lids and wash boards
• Update and replace the cabin stores
• Any of the rest I get to!