Tuesday 9 April 2013

Preparations for 2013 season!

We are slowly getting the boat ready for the new season. This winter has been quiet for renovations but the required maintenance has continued. The under side of the hull has been sanded back and the first coats of primer applied.

My dad and his friend Nigel have done sterling work on the centreboard which was in a very bad way. It would appear that money I spent last year to have the board sand blasted and sealed was wasted, on inspection the board was badly rusted and deeply pitted! The moral of the story is If you want a job doing properly....... Don't pay a canal boat yard to do work at over inflated prices while you are out of the UK for three months and can't check the quality of their handy work!

We have decided to use Hempel hard racing white antifoul this season. As a dinghy racer who has always kept my boats ashore, this antifouling malarkey seems a little too much like hard work, it better work!











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