Last week I got down to the boat and finished off Job #9, the curtains are actually hanging and I have to say that despite the piss poor sewing I'm quite chuffed with them... took the opportunity to replace the bungees they hang on at the same time. Security and shade in one fell swoop..
Also completed Job #13 - "Fresh coat of bilge paint required"... I have the before pictures, which show the bilge in it's slightly tired state...
.. but you'll have to trust me when I say it's done, as last time I went down (two days after!) the paint was still drying due to the aforesaid Baltic temperatures... I still need to treat a few areas of rust on the keel reinforcements with some Fertan but I'm calling this one done..
Not all hard work however, as in between the above, and laying 8 cubic metres of cement in the club yard on a work party, a minority of the team also got to put the first of the Jolly Boys boats back in the water... AmiLy was launched yesterday! 😀🙌
Gloriously sunny day, but so chuffing cold with a F4 gusting 6 northerly..
While sitting on the pontoon in Port Solent, we did manage to get the sails back on though, which is a fairly major exercise involving multiple battens, stack packs, reefing lines and lazy jacks.. that completed though, it was bacon butties and tea while we waited for enough water to be able move her round to her usual berth on Whale Island.
Having shifted a car down to the other end, we then pushed off and into the harbour for the first time this year... it was good to be back on the water, but Lord above it was cold... very, very, few boats about to orientate ourselves on, not much water (was still coming in), and the tricky winding channel out of Port Solent almost did for us, but 45 minutes later we were back..
Safely tied up on the pontoon it was time for the obligatory large slice of Smithy's cake with tea before wending our way back to Port Solent to get the other car, and then home.. slept well that night! 😀
Well done on the curtains front, I think you have done a great job - these self help jobs can be very satisfying.
ReplyDeleteSparrow being a glass boat and all - did you use two pot paint for the bilge?
Bacon Butties and tea - last time I heard that so very English expression was on 'Coronation Street' (Still a big favourite with Kiwi viewers) - makes me nostalgic for the UK - perhaps time for another trip to visit our daughter, son in law and grand children.
Bacon butties and tea are a global delicacy - I've eaten them in France, Greece, Cyprus, Oz, basically, just a name change.. :o) They definitely taste better when in the company of grandchildren though!
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