Beware: Cling film does eat into stainless steel! This is not fake news.
Sunday 10 Nov, HHN day 30: All day trying to get the burnt clingfilm off the furlers. Evening is toilet tasks. Next big job, on the path to sailing again, is to…
Sunday 10 Nov, HHN day 30: All day trying to get the burnt clingfilm off the furlers. Evening is toilet tasks. Next big job, on the path to sailing again, is to…
Saturday 9 Nov, HHN day 29: Sold the Avon dinghy, new lifting points fitted to the Highfield, feedwater pump rebuilt and twin Dysons mounted. Avon dinghy has been advertised in various places…
Thursday 7 Nov, HHN day 27: Cloudy Bay is back in the water with no leaks! Now it’s time to get the dinghy secured on the davits. We are up early again…
Wednesday 6 Nov, HHN day 26: A day of bits and pieces, but no launching. We are up early so we can meet the launching crew immediately as they start work at…
Tuesday 5 Nov, HHN day 25: Last jobs under the boat then a big tidy up ready to launch. And finally we unpack the new outboard and Highfield dinghy and introduce them…
Monday 4 Nov, HHN day 24: Watermaker feedwater pump dismantled, ceramic Pro applied above waterline and final piping reinstated to the engine room new sea-cocks. Today’s missions are to conquer the polishing…
Sunday 3 Nov, HHN day 23: Polishing the hull and fixing the upper rudder bearing. It’s going to be a wooly hat day again, Glen cheerfully comments as he wakes up determined…
Saturday 2 Nov, HHN day 22: Boat anode bolt installed. We go wild on Amazon and the hull polishing exercise begins. Winter is definitely coming, this morning we found the rain water…