Monday 3rd After lunch I went to the boat to get a cartridge of sealant to use while installing the roof lantern on our extension. I have also bought some more impact adhesive for that project so, while I was there I glued the piece of headlining onto the sliding hatch. There is quite a… Continue reading February 2025 Pre season jobs getting done on the hard.
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January 2025 – Working towards the new sailing season.
The club’s first two ‘crane in’ days are 27th & 28th March and my position in the yard makes it likely that Rathenice will go back in the water on one or other of those dates. There is less than 3 months remaining to achieve my two page “To do” list and the weather will… Continue reading January 2025 – Working towards the new sailing season.
December 2022.
“A lot of people were very glad to see the end of 2020 but the following two years havent really been that much better. For me this year has been a mixture of making progress on some of the smaller bits of the restoration interspersed with periods of other stuff that often feels like it… Continue reading December 2022.
November 2022 – Water tank fill plumbing.
I took the top off the original fiberglass water tank a long time ago (September 2019 ) because it was impossible to get good enough access to clean the tank and the outlet plumbing was very corroded. When I removed the lid I left the rest in and re-purposed the space as storage and somewhere… Continue reading November 2022 – Water tank fill plumbing.
Head refurb.
The original marine toilet was bolted down on a small platform so that you sat with your back towards the hull. It has been out of the compartment for a couple of years now. When I got the boat it was already disconnected from the sea-cocks so I refurbished them but did nothing with the… Continue reading Head refurb.
A space saving solution to a navigation station.
It was only my “Father’s Day” present this year that made me start thinking seriously about the challenges of doing any sort of navigation, pilotage or log keeping on a small boat. Can you realistically achieve anything in the cockpit? What about the saloon table ? Do I have a solution ? – Well I… Continue reading A space saving solution to a navigation station.
Cabin headlining + moving a daughter to her new home.
<Rant warning> If I learned nothing else from the camper van it is that I never want to try to do headlining again in the way VW did it. Fortunately the original boat version is more like the hull lining so there will be no saggy uneven tensioned cloth, no hoops that try to flip… Continue reading Cabin headlining + moving a daughter to her new home.
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.
Cabin wall lining – If it was the camper van they would be “door cards”.
The title might seem like a totally un-connected with boat restoration but bear with me and it will make sense. It feels to me as if I have been here before only last time Matt and I bought in the decorative lining cards ready done and then struggled to adapt some of them to fit… Continue reading Cabin wall lining – If it was the camper van they would be “door cards”.
Easter “holiday” – No holiday for the “lock in” part of the population or front line clinical teams but time to work on the boat for me.
Good Friday (Bank holiday) Early start again today (only slightly before the alarm but still earlier than needed). Started by fitting conduit for the navigation light cables. Initially fixed with the sticky foam that comes with them but I know that wont stay attached to the fiberglass for long so I used the remaining resin… Continue reading Easter “holiday” – No holiday for the “lock in” part of the population or front line clinical teams but time to work on the boat for me.