The middle of the month seems to mark a bit of a slow-down phase for boat restoration because I am wanting to get plywood and some oak strips. The lockdown is beginning to ease a little but I am still having trouble getting marine plywood. TP are now open for more extensive business again and… Continue reading Solar panel mounting – May 10th to 25th
Month: May 2020
May bank holiday weekend & VE day aniversary.
This one is the first of my “As we go” blog entries. I really should also put in the retrospective bit to explain how I come to be able to progress with my boat restoration when, like everyone else in the country, I am supposed to be on what has been termed ‘lockdown’ in response… Continue reading May bank holiday weekend & VE day aniversary.
You have to start somewhere (first post but not the start of the story).
So this is my very first blog post about restoring and sailing a fiberglass sailing boat built in 1973 and now named Rathenice. Although I am by no means qualified or even experienced in any of this boat restoration game, hopefully readers will find inspiration from my personal journey through marine engineering, electrical work, painting,… Continue reading You have to start somewhere (first post but not the start of the story).