Tuesday 2nd Jan 2024 I am back working on the house in Doncaster and was woken a couple of times during the night with the rain and wind. There was not too much problem on the roads in South Yorkshire due to the weather but the M18 was closed by an accident. The sailing club… Continue reading January 2024 – Named storms, broken forestay and a replacement mooring strop.
Category: restoration progress
February 2023 – Change of plans for the launch.
February started off fairly well with acquiring a 5 Hp 2 stroke outboard motor second hand. Although the outboard is known to run (Matt saw it running when he picked it up from Manchester for me), there were a couple of potential problems with it which might be significant once I have a tender that… Continue reading February 2023 – Change of plans for the launch.
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.
October 2022
15/10/2022 At the moment she is not the cleanest looking boat ever but I suppose that is what should be expected from a six year repair project on an abandoned boat which has been carried out next to a farmer’s field and in the absence of mains power and water. Well it seems to me… Continue reading October 2022
Cockpit locker lids, anti-slip paint renewal & battery charging. 9th – 10th May 2021.
Despite all the work to create them back in November, I still hadn’t installed the cockpit locker lids onto the boat until after the companionway board revision was finished. This wasn’t a priority while the cockpit was always covered but I am getting close to being able to launch the boat and finish the refit … Continue reading Cockpit locker lids, anti-slip paint renewal & battery charging. 9th – 10th May 2021.
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.
November – Finishing the sail cover.
Do me a favor – If you ever see the boat for real, dont look at the sail cover too closely! I was definitely not cut out to be a sail maker or to have anything to do with sewing machines. You may have already seen the first steps with this job back in July. … Continue reading November – Finishing the sail cover.
Where did that summer go ? (May to the end of July 2021)
It’s hard to believe that it was May when I wrote the last blog post. The last few months seem to have vanished in a blur of trips to Aberystwyth to collect one daughter from university, trips to Norwich working on the other daughter’s house and time spent re(?)-decorating our son’s house ready to let… Continue reading Where did that summer go ? (May to the end of July 2021)