So.... another weekend has passed and what's the update, I hear you asking?
Well, this is us at anchor:
But I'm skipping ahead here. We had 18-24kts SE predicted for Saturday so out we went on the high tide (about 09:30) and got some motorsailing in up and down Chichester Hbr. After a brief visit to one of the local marinas to drop off crew and fuel up, we figured a nice blast outside of the harbour would work a treat. Unfortunately though, [.....]
"On an Ancient Wall near Cairo
where a dusty Pharoh blinks
Deeply graven is the message -
It is later than you think.
The clock of life is wound but once
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
at late or early hour.
Now is all the time you own,
the past a Golden Link,
go cruising now my brother -
It is Later than you Think". [.....]
Another weekend, another attempt at testing that didn't happen. I was due in for my VHF licence course on Sunday so we had to make the earlier part of the weekend - unfortunately though, this is what we woke up to....
Now, the fog did clear a bit, but then someone got stuck in the channel (centreboard gone wrong), which pretty much spelled the end of testing. On the plus side though, the sun came out and I cracked on with fitting lifting rings, a drain [.....]
Finally, after 3.5 years, the boat is done. Well, done enough that we can take it out the next time the tide's right. But back to the past week.
The sliding windows and external winches have always been a problem. Thus began a full day of hacking, cutting and a few tubes of Sikaflex....
.... and here are the finished photos. Wheelhouse:
New sliding windows.
Salon.
Galley.
Forward cabin (also the current storage [.....]
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