miles from the sea
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My beautiful 30footer centreboarder spends the winter ashore on its cradle as leaving her on a mud berth would see the centreboard case jammed with mud. Usually this works fine but with a shutdown of my club’s facilities due to Coronavirus I can not get her refloated any time soon and it is quite possible she will not get launched until next spring. I am obviously concerned about the effect this will have on the hull as it dries out,particularly if we have another hot summer. Alan Fuller at Robertsons boatyard in Woodbridge suggests laying sacking in the bilges and wetting with sea water. This sounds like a sensible idea but I wonder if anyone has any other suggestions?