Work goes on

We did not get much done today compared to yesterday. But that was mostly because we took the afternoon off!

Alex finished off the anti fouling, and patched the above waterline paint where it needed it. Unfortunately the new tin of Lauderdale Blue looks a lot darker than the old, and the patches stand out. Knowing that the fresh paint will soon fade to the same shade as the old does not help at this point!
( The next day Alex stirred the paint better, and repainted. The hull is now all one colour!)

Julian checked the thru-hulls and fettled them. They did not need a lot of work, but we don't want them getting back in the state they were last year!

The inside of the hull is now as mould free as an old wooden boat ever gets, so it's time to get things out of the car and into the boat! I fitted the new radio, but we can't check it out until we have the batteries back in Robinetta. One of them seems to be coming back from the dead, but it won't fully charge and we are investigating replacing both.

Adam Way, who runs the boat yard, helped free Robinetta's mast from its cramped and inaccessible storage rack, so this evening Julian is looking over the rigging, ready to start dressing the mast tomorrow.

The weather is supposed to break this evening, and although we got another layer of varnish on the top of the mast and the bowsprit, the varnish on Robinetta herself was still tacky this morning, and certainly not ready for another coat by the time we left the yard, when it was beginning to spit with rain.

On Wednesday I said I would be happy if we got three good days in a row. We have, and I am feeling really good about our progress! Three people working on one small boat can do a lot in two and a half days!