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Friday, 26 June 2020

Anti foul (on the cheap)

Total cost, a cup of tea and water! A friend of mine gave me an almost full tin of antifoul paint and another friend helped me clean the hull and apply the paint. I used the clubs scrubbing dock and after a hard days work in the sun Louisa now has a Vision-On style hull.


We finished the antifoul off with the dregs of an old tin I had. It would have cost more if I had more than one tea bag!

Also managed to fit the self steering and change over the anchor chain + some other minor jobs. The self steering is a Mk 2 Sea Feather and  despite not having any instructions it went together reasonably easily.

Hopefully the lock down will be over soon and I can go sailing properly.

Monday, 22 June 2020

Job List Progress

A good day of progress, multiple items off the short term list including;

  • electrical distribution
  • voltage sensing relay
  • windlass service
  • sampson post install
  • jib sheet winch cam locks serviced and re-installed
And gave my mate a tow back on to his mooring after he had his engine lifted in at a local boat yard.

Next on the list are some medium term job like fit the self steering and hull scrub and wash.